The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-05-24
Sunday schools w est of the Mississippi and
in Southern IIIinOis-LiberaI p rOposition

The undersigned would respectfully call the
attention of all the friends of Christian education
west of the Mississippi and in Southern Illinois,
to the following Liberal Proposition: Sunday
school teacher in Boston has authorized us to saw
that he will supply in part, with Libraries, the
first new Sunday school that shall be duly organ
lied in each county: and reported to the under
signed, to the following extent, and on the follow
ing conditions, viz: If the school shall consist of
not less than five teachers and twenty scholars
he will give the half Of ten dollar LibTarn-the
school OF its friends paying for the other half. No
matter how many schools already exist in the
county, this proposition lie to schools that shall
be organized before July next. If more than one
application come from any one county, the first
one reported wall have the preference. All that
part of the United States lying north of the State
of louisiana west of the Mississippi river and
east of the Rocky Mountains together with the
south half Of Illinois, is embraced in this propo.
sition and viii hold good till July 1, 1862 The
report must embrace the following particulars:
l.. The name and location of the school. g The
name and postoffice address of the Superintend-
ent. 3. The date of its organization a. The
number of scholars and teachers. s. How and to
whose care, the books should be sent. 6. The mon.
ey required from the school must accompany the
application Each school should raj sc some three
or four dola rs in addition TO what is required for
the library, for the necessary instruction books.
hymn books. DC. But this is not a condition of
receiving the donation. The books with which
these orders will be filed are the four ten dol
lar libraries of the American Sunday School I'm
ION, ettcn cOHStIIlDS one hundred seecG volumes,
of from 72 to 208 pages, substantially bound The
volumes are regularly numbered and ready for
use; and each library will be aceomp .nied by
twenty four printed Catalogues. The following
| ad ditonal books will ordinarily do for a school
of twenty five scholars, viz
| Six Union Primers, at cents. IL cents; First
Readers, at cents, IL cents; 6 Union Spelling
Books at cents, 48 cents; Union Question Books,
at cents, 48 cents; 6 Chld's Scripture QUESTIONS.
at cents. 45 cents: 25 Sunday School Childs
Hymn Book, Is eents:1 Teacher Taught, 80 cents;
! Infan''s Library, at ~ cents, II cents; Union
Bible Dictionary, Is cents; 10 Penny Question
Books, 10 cents; Tickets, ~ ents; total, So 80,
The desire is cherishsd that all benevolent per-
sons residing in the above territory, who may
chance to this notice, will use their influence
to have the schools organized in their respective
neigh boThoods. and promptly reported For the
last thirteen years. from one hundred to two hun
dred schools per year have been supplied with
libraries by the same benevolent gentleman, at an
average cost to him of about 81 900 per year. APP
! plicatons for books this proposition, also
for donations account of the American Sunday
| School Union, should be addressed to the under
| signed. A. w. COREY,
Superintendent of Missions for the Valley of the
Mississippi, Godfrey, Illinois.
! Orif convenient, G. @ MORSE, Emporia, Kansas.