New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-14
METHODIST CITY SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY
MEETING

The City Sunday School Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in this city held quarterly meet
copal Church. The attendance was rather large Mr.
j. Coos, President of the Society, presided After
sir ging and prayer the President stated the object OF
the Society il being TO advance by systematic effort the
cause of Sunday Schools III this city.
The Rev. +. s. De HAss, formerly of the Pittsburgh
Conference but now Of the New-Iork East Confer
ence was introduced TO the audience, and delivered
an eloquent address of considerable length He spoke
in his Introduction Of the Importance OF little things
The oaks acOrns, the earth is composed OF
atoms the Of drops and islands Of the sea have
seen floating in the River Nile in it a child was
found the child grew up to manhood, and was
tie leader Of the Israeites when they left their
bondage, and he became the greatest Of law.
givers. When the Rev. DIR. Morrison, one OF the
first missionaries to China, and the man who trans
lated the Scriptures into that very difficult language
was a boy, he was ragged and dirty. A lady saw him
in the street and induced him TO attend Sunday School,
He did go for while but left it. She followed him
up, and be returned Although he abandoned the
school several times, she always watched him and in
duced him to return. He afterward became the great
missionary 10 China, who has done more for that
country than any other man has done. The speaker
proceeded by illustrations to chow the importance of
training up the youth properly and spoke of the ad-
yantsges of such course to them III their worldly pur
suits, and OF Its Importance TO the church.
The Corresponding Secretary then read the reports
fom the different schools. Many Of the schools con-
eced with the Society failed to report Those which
were read showed an encouraging CONDITION OF tnigs
in the schools reported.
Rev. Mr. PrRsHING Of the Pittsburgh Conference,
was then introduced and addressed the congregation
in an interesting He spoke of the influence
of the Sabbath School in aiding intellectual develop
ment. There are thousands of children in single
States, and vast number throug hout the nation,
who do not enjoy the advantages Of Common
Schools for education. The Sunday School
to considerable extent supplies this deficiency, and
thousands from the darkness Of ignorance. In
the Sabbath school, also moral education is taught,
which is essential TO their welfare in life During six
days of the week the Common Schools developing
the intellectual powers, aud tue Sabbath School on
Sunday serves TO sanctfy those powers He spoke Of
the influence Of the vast number of books and pubca
lions issued by the SundaySchoo organic atoms, and
scattered all the land They have wrought wonder
full effects upon the morals Of the people Of the nation
If church is be established in sections Of the city
where ground is to be broken, il must be done by
first gathering together the children of the neghbor
hood and establishing prosperous Sabbath-School.
The parents viii then become interested, and church
will be the result. He called their attention 10 the
fact that there are thousands Of children nhe City
Of New-York who attend no Sabbath-Sch0Ol, and
urged the teachers TO gather in the neglected ones
The Rev. w. ii. SMITH then made brief address.
He stated in the course of his remarks that where
there Is one child attending Sabbath Schools in this
citv there are four that do not and there is sitting
room in the churches for only 200 600 Of our 0v0
POPULATION. Unless the children OF the present. time
have moral education. these riots and midnight
rousals and the opposito. 10 the laws VIII prevail
years hence much moro than at present.
After further singing the congregation was dc
m,seed with the beDecicr0n,