Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-01-14
CRY AND COUNTY

UnlversalIrt sabbath school Meeting.
The scmi,annual meeling Of the sabbath
school connected With The Upiversaiist church
of this city was held yesterday afternoon.
After prayer by he pastor. Rev. IN. Bur.
rington, Mr.. WIN. Mccorney. the interchangeable
superintendent of the school, made his semi
annual report. from which it appears that the
whole number Of members now is 2s6, 100
Of them female. There are thirty Bible
classes, with seven male and twenty three
female teachers The number belonging TO
adult bible classes is 61 The average at
tendance at the school from July to October
last, was l45; from October to january, l62.
Entire harmony Of pnrpese and action bad
existed between teachers and scholars. In
July last the nupber belonging TO The school
was 300. The library contains 400 volumes.
Two deatbsS of members have occurred during
the last Ak months. The report made appro
uristt reference to the death of Mrs. Adams,
lie of the former pastor, as an ardent friend
4 Of the school. II also alluded in terms of the
warmest commentator to the labors Of the
Rev. Mr.. Adams, while here, in behalf of the
school. The superintendent said that at his
own first connection with the school, nine
years ago, it contained but 65 members, and
lie had ever manifested the greatest interest
ii its growth and success. He said there
were S4O0 children in the city yet without the
benefit Of any sabbath school, and he urged a
more general interest in behalf of their vel
fare. BY their proper religious education. He
gave an interesting account of the origin of the
sabbath school system, in Gloucester, England
| in 1881, by Robert Raikes, and its increase
and influence since The first school estab
lished in this country was in Pawtucket, R. l.,
in 1897 and the first in Massachusetts, al
1 Beverly, in 1910. The Universalsts first
established one in 1880. Mr. Mecorney con
cluded with a strong appeal for the increase
Of the benefit Of sabbath school education
among the poor and destitute children Of our
own city.
Martin Stowe, Esq, for five years supcrin.
tendent of the Old South sabbath school, was
then introduced, and spoke briefly. showing
the Importance and benefits Of sabbath school
instruction. to the children.
Abraham Firth, Esq, formerly superintend
ent Of the sabbath school connected with the
Church of the Unity, made some well-timed
remarks in support Of the system Of sabbath
school education, as part of the broad plau
sanctioned by the law Of God for the education
of the race. The children should be taught
to understand the natural laws which govern
everything, as well in our own minds and
bodies as in the world at large. God was the
author of these laws, and proper understand.
ing Of them was necessary as well for our ply
steal and moral good as for a proper know.
ledge.ot His attributes. Gods laws were in
variable and eternal, and must be obeyed, or
the evil consequences Of violation of them
would ensue, physically and mentally, as well
as religiously. Mr.. Firth interspersed his in.
teresiing remarks with many happy illustra-
ltions.
Mr.. Mecorney said he was happy to see
ere one whom all present would like to
e as the representative Of another church
Aizaiion of different religious views-the
- Richardson. He trusted tile time
- when the partition walls Of
n3awn, and an would
poke. in application q 4 S--ss4sell y
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