Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-22

ing tnat tne AG0ocdLe mas an extensive
circulation. Were this not so ii would |
be discreditable to the good tasteyof the
denomination of which it is the repre-
sentative.
The NOrthUessern Christian AdUocGte
reports Bishop Ames to bein bad health.
Bishop Ames is regarded as the wise
counsellor by his associate Bishops.
The Mission Sunday school.
Editors Journal: E
ALLOW me, through the Journal, to say
few things to the public in behalf of
the Union Mission Sunday School of this
city.
Every person who has the welfare Of
the city at heart can not but desire to
see the institution Of the Sabbath School
maintained. and its sphere Of usefulness
enlarged. Every right-minded person
Acknowledges it to be a great aud power
full element for good in our land, and the
community that rejcices in ths best regu.
lated and largest number of such schools
is invariably considered the place for a
family to locate, whether they Gse mem
bers Of any church or not. This being
so, and so well known and understood,
it hardly needs mentioning, except as q
fact Letus look and see how It is with
our rapidly growing city.
OF the boys and girls and youth of
our city, there is about one in four who
attend Sunday School. What the re-
mainder do on the Sabbath is easily
guessed. One essential element of
! good and Aourishiug Sunday School is
good room in which to conduct it's exer-
cises. If fevery place in town was filed,
in which schools are now held, there
would not be room for one-third of the
children of our city to be gathered in
under its blessed influences 1I
Our Mission School used to have an
attendance, when it was held in the
Crescent City Hall, frequently, of 400
children--sometimes more. In the
Court-room, where the exercises of the
School are now held, there cannot now
be accommodated over $50 children /;
and here, right in the teeth of the fact
that almost daily our city is growing in
population, instead of having increased
facilities for the proper moral training
of the young around US, we are COM
PEELED, virtually from lack of room, to
deprive several hundred children of the
benefits Of Sabbath School instruction.
There are very few more children
found in attendance upon our Sabbath
f Schools now, than when the city num-
bered only $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is q
terrible reality, and every heart alive to
the best Interest Of our city knows that
: itis an appalling truth, and 10 ready tc
+ say this ought not to be. Where the
r chances are so great for the children
D to learn every species of wiekednesl
4 and vice, is it prudent or judicious tC
J. deprive them of one chance of learning
r some good--Of being taught truths tha
4 will tend to raise and elevate them to a
J. higher and nobler life. Ae
0 If the children will ccme, and we hav,
v proved their willingness TO do so, it is .
. shame to our city if we cannot 6nt
: room for them, and this brings me Il
' something practical Something ough
to be done at once to secure place ths
will accommodate 500 or 800 children
d / earnestly believe that we can get tha
II many to attend our school if means ar
I, provided for them.
10 In New Albany, Indiana, the Govern
% meut donated and decided to the Missio
n School, Of that place, large and com
modious building, which had been use
as an hospital-A worthy use to put
'o to--after il Ead helped renovsts an
~ cure the physical arrangements of ou
2. 2. boys, now to 60 towards helping to d,
se velope the moral faculties of the yeun
" ones
70 We have q great deal of Governner
IN building here, which, I understand, vi
VI soon be offered for sale. Why cont q
IN have donation from the Governmsn
- of building materials used in ersctir
~ hospitals or barracks, sufficient TO bui
A. room for the purposes OF our Snndi
Il Schools. It could be done at q sEla
hv cost Let the building be put up
'ha some central part of our city, on a V
,lS cant lot that can be leased for q term
=. years, and then, if the building is put
IA substantially, it can be made to pay
~ itself by being rented out for lscturin
.ra &c. This is certainly practicable al
,al within bounds. Ohiif only moity
a. the money that is spent in vain and 70,
ish amusement and worldly pleasur
was turned into such channel as is
ale fered in this opportunity of doing gre
.eir good, it would do more for the re
the grOlCth and prosperity of our city, th
the ell your billiard rooms, theatres, &
ted banks, &C., can ever do-recoguiEi
in the truth that what improves the int
NIB, lectual and moral condition of co
nee munity, adds far more to its prosper
art than aught else.
lies Will some. of our prominent citize
art come forwsrd st once and help rs me-
,my in this matter, and secure the deaf
i OF end while we now have favorable
veil portunity. wopld like to knowf
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