Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-01-30

4nE ANNUAL uAEEIANN VI Ln6 OAAN -
LAND SUNDAY SCHOOL UEIoN.-The Cleveland |
Sunday School Union held Its anniversary |
exercises on Monday evening, the 11th in
stant. The meeting was opened with sing
ing by the children, prayer by W. 7. Smith,
and reading select portions Of the Scripture
by the President. The quarterly reports
from the schools were then read, after which
the Report Of the Treasurer, R. F. Smith,
was presented.
The Secretary, W. NJ. Merriam, then pre-
sented his annual Report
The past year has been one of no unususlin-
tsrsst in the Sunday School work. Owing to
many disturbing Influences the average at
tendance in most Of the Schools has not been
so large IS in former years. Those engaged
in the blessed work, however, have not been
discouraged in their labOrs Of 1--we. The
number of Schools that have reported to the
| Union is 81. Owing to the change in hold
ing the meetings of the Union only quarter
| ly, the statistical report for the year cannot
| be made up this evening. On the 9th day Of
April the Union Mission School on Cham
/ plain street was united with the Bethel
School on Water street. The exercises Of
i the School were held in the Bethel Church
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ent of the Bethel School acting as Superin-
tsndent, and D. P. Eslls, formerly Superin-
tendent of the Mission School as Assistant
Superintendent. Tho st. Paul's Br. S. School
has been discontinued. Tho Wesleyan
/ Methodist School held no sessions during the
first three months Of the year.
The Committee appointed to prepare
| collection of hymns for the use of the Union
have finished their work, and we are now in
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| nearly all Of the hymns most priced by the
friends of Sunday Schools. The thanks Of
the Union are due to Mr.. L. F. Msllen, to
whom was committed the labor of compiling
this book. The singing at our Monthly Con
csrts under the charge of Mr.. Mellen, has
| added much to their interest.
The Board Of Management, consisting Of
| the officers of the Union, have held monthly
meetings during the year, with one exeep-
ton. At these meetings much Of the bust
ness connected with the Union has been
transacted, leaving the time Of our monthly
/ concerts to be occupied in exercises Of more
general interest to thoss usually present.
The most important work Of the year has
been that of canvassing the city for the pur-
pose Of ascertsining the sctual number Of
children who do attend Sunday Schools, and
those who do not attend. As early as the
| monthly meeting Of the Board In April, the
Visiting Committee introduced the following
resolution
RssoIved, That the Sunday school interests
Of the city imperatively demand an immedi-
ate and thorough canvass of the city, for the
purpose Of securing the attendance Of every
child of suitable age upon some Sunday
School, and that when the children are thus
gathered into the school, more eficsent
means be devised by superintsndents and
teachers to keep them there.
| An Organization of the schools was formed
in June, West Side,) called the West Side
Sunday School Union, auxiliary to the Cleve-
land Sunday School Union. A committee
was appointed and a canvass made, which
resulted in ascertaining that three hundred
and ifty children, in the fOus wards Of the
city, West Side did not attend any sunday
school. Many of this number pledged them
selves to attend some school, and it is hoped
that many have thus been brought under re-
ligious training.
There are eight schools connected with
this West Side organization. They hold
monthly meetings designed more particular
" for superintendents and teachers. The
work on the East Side was not begun until
September. At the meeting Of the Board Of
Managers held on the 18th of that month /,
the city (Esst Side) was divided into thirty
i've districts. These districts were assigned
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At the quarterly meeting of the Union, on
the 18th Of October, Mr.. Msllen, of the Com
mittee reported the results of this work. The
number of children reported attending Sun
day Schools East Side, 1921. The number
not attending any Sunday School, 932. At
the time the canvass was made it was ascer-
tanned 81 far as possible from those who did
not attend any School and who pledged
themselves to attend to designate which
school was preferred. Separate lists of these
were made out and given to the different Su-
perintendents with the expectation that these
children should be looked up and brought
into the several schools. The good accom-
plishod by this work is not seen merely in
the numerical results obtained. Nearly every
school in the city has been brought directly
into the work, and thus by labor have teach
era aud superintDdents been blessed. Many
families Of the poor have been found, and in
many instances their wants supplied. An
increased attendance in many Of the schools
has been attributed to this work.
If any good has been accomplished If
only one poor wandering lamb has been
brought within the fold, it will not have been
labsr in vain Tho approving smsle OF the
good Shepherd will amply repay for the toll.
Let US enter upon the labors of the coming
year with renewed zeal, arming ourselves
with the " shield of Faith and the sword Of
the Spirit" and trusting in the Almighty for
success in cur work.
". MERIAN, Secretary.
CLEVELAND, January IL, 1854.
The report was accepted and ordered pub
lished.
1t was unanimously voted that the Union
Concerts hereafter be held on the second
Monday evening of each month, in accord
ancs with a former usage
The following officers we're elected for the
ensuing year:
Pre.ident-J. P. Bishop.
Vice President-S. Foljambe.
Secrstary-W. NJ. Merriam.
Tressurer-R. F. Smith.
Visiting Conmittee-East sids--L. F.
MeIlen, G. W. whitney, A. WOehsr and G.
]. ComstOck. West side-A. G. HOPkinsOn
and c. S. Root.
Musical DirectOrs-E. @. Rouse and ]. A.
RsdingtOn.
On motion, the thanks of the Union were
extended to the Trustees of the Second Pres
byterian Church for the use of the vestry for
Sunday School Concerts.
After singing by the children and prayer
by Rev. Mr.. WOlcOtt, the BenedictiOn was
pronounced by Rev. 7. q. Hawks.
RUMsEY's MATINEE.-Great success Of
". Manning, the great western commedisn.
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