, 1866-11-17

{IoEi1," was SNuR. |
Ohio ana Indians 'rhe pratpect," he satd. sis
most encouraging. In Ohio tao uncaycd for and
sabSa, schools and ihe etanaari Of n.trncos .h
II being eTvatly elevated by the improvement Of
&C sy.tem of management and moro thorough B.
altecn Jcars ago, are now the men and women
;,@ n9' % ent} Ks he Of sa
nj sssaa ssaaass wo5s sehsa
sc T. IN q 'ee EGs1s gse' de
lle speates told how he sta.ted Sunday Schaul
IN o. n ~ the upper part Of the state 70 md 1t
ase Year, after It had grown into church. q
ss.:onE, vigorous church, supporting four Sunday
Droller lice. Of Wisconsin. fel. rather Dis
posed 70 speak Of what ta1 been done In thc North
west. than Of the religious dcs1ttction still exist
Ave schools were ttaftcd. viii. ,5oo Scholars. Ia
%i ssao'i s
nesots e @ lse work BEGAN tn 1ss ons reports cannot
IS e. 81 s S @ sS 1851
icy hses sise @ ssSoos as 81
oher schools .hcre Iii SIS scholars, aud 17,SN
Minnesota sO d00 children Of an aee to attend Sun
day Schools. ofthesc on,y about 1a0,000 are in |
ths haelt Q! attending Sunday Schools. The con
WORK in proportion to the eixc oi the pious popn.
la,'en M In the lat rear $500 have been raised
per cent Q, The population OF Wisconsin are Ger
mains, and ten per ceut ScaulanavlAns aud a1l nFc
of thc best element Tor ding up the nest moral
Brother Miner, Of Wisconsin, Northwestern Dis
t1iet made bret abatement 1T the plans enter
ton Of the country. Hc said that The character ot
the Gcld is constantly changing, and 1t needs to be
gons eyer s'sfy ysas yet the YORK Is constantly
dag Schools. snd will guarantee 70 support right
on the!r delds half dozen more ,nissionaries.
speaker he said hat only Ii, ,5oo OF q the sooooo
sunday schools. The State Is sroWilg rapIdly:
whom 1864 we're children and yonsh, and thc
missGna1!cs gre making great c1soEt now TO g.
a ss .e SseR e RS ssoS het 1tsrst ssho9 st ss yes
~ Sunday Schools were started, with 5,sp1
children In attendance on them, and that number
evidence oi the success attending The lahors of
tEc missionaries in tho Saginaw valley, he stated
that three hundsed souls had been converted by
ihc W work sn1I sonth OF Of tis De,foit y MiIvauEsc
Railroad was not ~ilhout success, but II was
| been achieved, anl In the new EctIemen4s the
grea,est efforts nrc being made.
The hymn "Marchtng on was then sung.
the srent teid cmbrscias illinois, Missonri, Iowa,
kansas ard The territories beyond. The Sunday
SCHOOL NRla. N1% EUu1tAGlEtQ III fIlkE5 III tuE
| Mississippi In 1870. and was undertaken with
| great enthusiasm in tho East Al one meeting In
New York, $11, QUO were raised for the purpose,
| work. 4 number OF missionaries were sent oat.
| 3:. u. j Seward and Mr. fiawley among them,
N H bansdn
| also came out to Missouri At TINT time. All that
vast effort. however, exhausted itaelt in about cn
i1uit< of Of tlst aolk aTe perciptihle even to-lay.
BctMcen 1910 and l>'5, there was little missionary
work III lllirois and none in Nlseo n:i. ln The
latter year there werc only two missiona1ies In al
this valley, one The venerable Fashcr Adams and
the ollsl G. A. spr,ng, Wh9 is M st,ll liy1ng some.
began Ills service ii isi5, be travelled thousand
uilea through the State aud fonnd only one Sun.
day School uhconnectcd with churches and only
The There ~ was Sieat = apathy amons Christians in fe.
| ea1d TO them, and at this samc time Rev. q. ".
geeeher opposed them exeep! a. associated with
sputl crn Illinois. The results were briefly stated
a. follows. During The past year .wenty-hy mis-;
tthey have III That lime started sli new schools,
with :i,Gle teachers aud aa9,0il scholars, They
have also WISHED 1,9ii olhcr schools, embracing
sehoe ue'op 81 'ps 70 the amoans q
wse sy te
copIc: uf the Sacred Scriptures. The FIRST e=hoo
be established was al Marion, In Williamson
.. port Of al which came within hi. knowledge
II that time, up 70 ths isst t. q, q November r
hs h3d Obtained Senoas 1aq !rn r. as se9oSs, @ 81 y
scholars. and that the value Of publications ot th
gnS1 Is & eFoSnsn 1esa
donated to new and weas schools. Tho constltu
) ton Of Sunday School changes more or lss
Gsery aoqe qeort or ns a1a foa
G years. some SCHOOLS hare been counted tWice, !
;nns II chii1en ave ~ in ihose twentvons yesr
sessissd religious in5rqstio9 It n those scho9l: r. q
hnrc az arn e2 ctes,er nnher ~ c1rcn n ~ ~
{ Valley Of the mississippi unpzoyidsd with = H!elI
.oas a1 ,soa saan Meic "neo ILLS soo
daX fh0o1 ~otS IVES was 3 1mnt. a., m, ,,,,a
ing sneaker: He saia !hat !ns5s e. hsd bse1 vas
dehl q ignorance IN "Eeypt. INC asstfack he tep
a. ao Gra aa9mnf smn or 4
tres and by moonlight and under almost all othe
elrenMstancsa where thc etott Monid seem aimas n
{ illustrative q the Ignorance o, Egypt. i.
s esssmsnt eboa as o eSs
+ lin County to pay the superintendent and teact
y liz Sanitary Commission hymn books and sNcr
J. was such a great public turmoil that they had
10 political aaair. ior " there was a Unltcd State
e !s Ssfs 1eiaseS = ~ seek; sses ts:y a!an
,r h'leeve IN book 1arn5n" Notwithstanding =
r. ,STn R5aq1o'sn ss Is hS5S ss,4Is
!, % ase eoiofed % and from taetr sci sehooi % eaese
10 Duquoh, n Perry Comfy, .he:c arc thirty -seve
,c Sunday sehoo1s With .O9 scholars attending t1c
o The town Of Cairo not long since gave fsoo
z. saicn in ihe lsst season saye 81 fof the ,an
ire o. S on an1c as ht@ @
to carry On this wotk. It ie nov desirable to 2,