Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-06-03
American Sunday School Union.

Tie Thirty third Anniversary of this inn
portant instisstiof, V =. held IN Philadeiphia,
on the evening Of the 18th inst, in the eapa-
eious Hall Of DIR. Jayne; Ambrose Nhiie,
Esq, in the chair Earnest and appropriate
addresses were delivered By the Rev Dr..
Bran.ley, Rev. Mr.. jenkins, Rev. Mr. Breed,
and Abraham Martin, Esq, to which the
large and intelligent audience listened with
marked attention. The opening and conc'n-
dr. religious exercises were conducted by
the Rev. DR. Stork, and the Ri Rev. Bishop
Eastburn. The abstract Of the annual re
port was read by the Rev r. b. Westbrook,
Sec of Missions, from which the following
facts are gathered:
Tho receipts in the Missionary department
have been in donations, 81 49, 81 in lie
gacies, 81 ,9i5,S1, and a balance on hand
from last year, being specially designated by
the donors $769,43, making the total re-
sources Of the department for the year. 1884, :
GOT, 81.
This sum has been faithfully appropriated
in accordance with the wishes of the donors
A large corps of Missionaries have been sent
forth into % different States and Territories,
who have established more than 1900 Rep
schools, gathered into them about sc, 900 chill
dren, and secured for the instruction Of these
children, over $4,000 teachers; supplying
poor and needy schools and children with
books and other Sunday school requisites.
In addition to planting these new schools
they have visited, supplied with books and
otherwise assisted, nearly 5000 Sunday
. schools, containing more than 100000 chill
dren making a total of Sunday schools Or
ganized and aided Of nearly 5000.
III we take into our estimate the result of
the last six years, we find that the Society
has organized in that time, through the d.
rect labors of its MISSIONARIES, more than
10000 new Sunday -schools, containing about
70, 900 teachers, and nearly 500, 0Do chill
The Missionary labors Of the Society are
entirely distinct from the publishing depart
ment ] adeed the latteris quite Sc coordinate
to the former As missionary institution,
the society has two chief objects: |. 10 open
new Sunday schools in neighborhoods and
settlements where they would not otherwise
be established visiting and reviving old
Sunday-schools; and 2 Tosupply them with
pouhS ioi al Vic SCHoOis ouCSCsSiui-
ly, when thus begun.
ALI DONATIONS made to the Society, are
scrupulously applied to the objects designat-
ed by the donors. In no case are they ap-
piled toscarry on the publication department
of thesSociety's operations.
The Publishing department has distributed
during, the past year, books, &c, to the amt
of 81 n ,563,13. ~.
1t should be remembered in this connec-
ton that it is the policy of the Society SO to
arrange, the price of books as to merely sus-
tain, and enlarge rs occasion may require,
this branch Of its operations, and not with a
view ofcreating revenue for the missiona-
~ department
The Society now publish complete Libra
ry for Sunday schools, containing S4l vol
umes, and 4selections from the general Lii
brary of 100 volumes each, for $40; also two
Give dollar Juvenile Libraries of seventy
five volumes each; Chld's Home Library so
volumes, $3.50; three Village and family Ii
braries, twenty-four volumes, So each, and
the Child's Cabinet Library of fifty volumes,
$50.
q The Sunday-school Journal and Youth S
Penny Gazette are published as formerly !;
and in order to increase the usefulness ofthe
latter, and to bring it within the reach Of all,
the price ofsubscription has been reduced tie
ten cents per annum, where one hundred CO.
pies are taken.
A full report of the Society's operations
may be obtained gratuitously, upon applica-
ton at any of the repositories ...-