, 1860-10-27
The Sunday School Union of the Meth-
od1st Episcopal Church.


The Sunday School Union of the Meth
odlst Episcopal Church.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Tie anniversary exercises OF tie Methodist
Episcopal Sunday School Union occupied the
attention Of the Methodist community, and q
large portion Of the members Of other Chris
tian denominations in Detroit, On Saturday and
Sunday Last, the exercises being Of most in
teEc't1ng character. The Corresponding Sec
rotary, Rev. DR.. Clark Of Cincinnati, read the
following report:
THE FAST ASD THE pREsExr. -
seycnty.fyc years ago there waz not o sun-
Gay school on this continent. Tonight the
II. :. Church alone sustains 13,40 sunday
Schools, numbering over 145, eco teachers and
1s8,tUa children, while in the nation there can
not be'ltss than so, schools, taught by 500,-
O00 teachers, and containing, over 3, ,000OO0 Of
children. Were the scholars md teachers In
our own Sunday Schools arranged in single
nie, allowing two feet to each, they would form
column ;55 miles In length. Could the hon-
Decd founder OF American Sunday Schools, our
own Asbury, behold this vast array, he might
appropriately adopt language similar to jacobs
at Eanlanain, and cxcaim: *1With my stalr1
passed over the Atlantic and planted Sunday
school IN Virginia, aud now. 1 a,n beeome a
vast and countless band." And We, beholdins
the wondrous growth OF this benign institution
botll in and out of our church, are surely JUS
tilted IL cxc1almingg: "Bchold what God had
wrought"
Ii We reckon from the date Of its original
organization. this Is the thfrty-third anuiver-
saE5' Of our Sunday School Uu1on. Since It's
reorganization In 13i0, our sunday Schools
hay: made steady aud remarkable progress
Our statistics show i net gain for the Etst de-
catte Of S, LIT schools, 0lO0 teechers, au near
" @U.OO scholars. For the past yedr the re-
turns, SO far % received, show . nrt increase
Of ~, schools, 1856 teachers, and about H.
oo scholars, galn Of scholars considerably
greater thau tue average Of the decade, while
the gain IN teachers and schools has been
somewhat below it. The number Of scholars
converted last year In twenty Conferences (alf
that have reported to this date) was II 100.
The whole number reported in ten years is u.s.
:99 Tn the whole, our progress is such Us to
bid us :" thank God and take cousaccr'
This Union, through Its corresponding Sec
ret&Ey, supersises the Sunday School literature
Of the church. It proyilcsa larger, cheaper,
and for Methodist Sunday Schools, 4 better
supply Of eplendidly y.iliustrnted and wcl!-writ-
ten Sunday School books than any similar In
stitutiun in the land. 1t now has 0txr thirteen
hundred bound volumes in its several Suntlay
School libraries, AMI is bringing out new works
At tue rate Of ovcra volume l'er week. Some
faint conception fuay b. gained Of the na@ni-
tude of its publishing operations from the fact
tnas IN io39 We printed nearly III ,0o,0W Of
s"tlaay Scnoot pnolicatlons. Assuming 1nat
teen in the United States Is nbout 6o00, COO,
this giyes au average Of 70 pages to every child
| in the land. The number OF Sunday School
books bound at our o1iicc during the same year
"M ABOUT mullon and AaL
We publish two periodicals, one for teachers
w&%R If u1ar fFT-
anu bloie c4asses, anu one tor children. Ihe
| former, me sunday Scho1 1edeheT* Journal,
ellation OF ovsF y ,No copies Its very cheap,
anu w nope 1t WILL have 5000 Subscribers be-
lore the eolnmc closes. IAc latter, the !Sl'a-
ddg oenoa @ ~ Adtocase, Las circulation varying
from @o,oCO to 10.Voo COPIES. We hope to r.
port !lst ot a"V,ooo strong ut our next ami
vc1sary.
THE OBJECTS or TIE UNION,
1bc o7snd nurnosc If this soc;stx ia IN ,nn1,
| tiniy and str.nctl.sn Wetl,n,I;st snniar
Schools. It docs not itself or,c,,,;zc SnnJay
S.l,oris he snecio1 n,rcrts hoc,,.a IN nr.rs.;.
aim mi ,.sre nf SSn.1ay Sc;ns,i. ~ ~ . ;rn.1
1j,at lclon.Ts IN tl,c chnrc,,cs md s.,nnot he
c1c,entIv 7iorc hr on,- sT+rnron',s @ ..l.,,,c;a"
Int yonr Union ht1n, ana cnconra"cs s,nr NJ,
rh,rr1r, tn do ttis wori he ,.r,nt;n;, t,.n, nm
Mis- Of looSs wIcrew;tI, f. hcn;5 au,l % ,,sr1v
IN the;r schools II sar. r. &c.,. f.,rtt,,'
church ~ cyerv n';ss;3v ~ ,J,nrci, - "Tcr.
cImrci, on ,no- .r,,,;t r., a....r '.,,,,,.s, i;
III" cnnnrrt;an t,,t !. tnn ,nor ~ ~ hnu honts a.
s.|s-..;s S.' ti. - ~ pt ~ uooas ~;
.hiiran ~ rnn an..ps,. ,',. unsn H.. ~ a ~
camn1t tn ,.,.a,,s Suut ".ey - sne sa 'ha. you
,.a.'n anI ons, .osn
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a!,st t,,,+ ~ .,t"n, ,.nrl; .o H.
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rh.p pUps,l u ne n.IS
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ha,nsI ,,,ar ~, ~ IN ,,."ois ;as .,;r.x
et1oes .''a. 60 Ian ,n,,,,,ns ia,t
ri tn ir T,,.1 % s'v ,nr,rd oSna1f ,n;';nn nfnoo
Children t.; ruanv Of wh.,m mt thew haven have nroyr.i
..s i'a.,' t ~. ...i.' y. ~ cvs
SuuS S, uotn f;C ~ .A' 'ep'c VI noo"'e"Ge "''o -
~ Tur,,tn. ,,tn ~ W. .o,, f.,o not-o,.
sn,'ni3t Hna+ b"t;s, 1ust. nv i:nn., a;1".
- no an.a ~ ioS ~ M u.oc a.I.,
Sho',s. ,hnt si,t.o ", ~
~ i1n;,,, ha. a;Nej ~ ~ .oar1 ;,,:,;,.,if -
an',no1s ' II i,as .,,,nt - II on ronr -,
r;tnrv aycins;xc nf ~. '.+.,1ts a. r.: co.nin,
xc,r n 1I,e Mic1,;oan s:onf.reuc.. II has ~
ea.d ~ :. cE7 ,,,st;5,r tnta1 az ~ +n.n @ ~
t,ru,rs rur r. vonr statc ~ ri ar t,,js ann !;
hos rccciva;i s,ac,S rrom he Dctroft f,nnf;re,,c
sIi" fr',m The ~ Micl,i..,n 81 ~ ieayinr n hsl
1n,,,,. or ~ Il: wL;ch H. 1;n;n,, l,ns tass,
SrIm ia colIrctions in othnr confcrcncf,s tn *
nrnd mon your Sunday ID Schof,ls in he s,aic a
M;ch;@ani f)nrht n cjn,rci, RI numerous m,
w,s,itj3y M mrs couf,sscdly il. in tl,;s nail
AMI ,,rosn,.rnms State tn aiinw it's Snn,i
schools ~ lean for s,,rrnrt m thc chaTItv :;
othrr f,nnf.rencess II Is honoIl that nnr iii
viii slnrtly answer tiis al,cstion Iy nn,,rin, IN
thrir giffs into our treasury in s,,ci ahnndanr
rs to not mcrcly lIotidatc their Obligations In,
10 frnislI us tie mrans offurtbcr licln;nsr i,ot