The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-28

THR AMERICAN SUNDAY School UNIoN-THE
FoRTY-THIRD ANNIvERsARY TO BE Held THIS
EVENING.-This evening the forty-thTd ami
versary of the American Sunday School Union
VIII be celebrated at the American Academy OF
M MUSIC. IN this city, the exercises commencing
az quarter before o'clock.
-94Gg -B9n4GTlpg the past year, the Union has employed
X nsas, Nebraska and the northwestern counties OF
Indi. MA These Missionaries report having organized
las reV er before been sunday School, ana large
portion IF them where the Gospel has seldom or
57O7 teachers ard 3s7 scholars In addition to these
M SdaS @ "IRe o s5s
reached by these missionaries during the year These
among Shom have Bsan dstrDued books
saye 70 & he IN a1o5n 81 and o eebe
schools: besides 4OO3 copies OF Inc scriptures The
books has been S2isl590 or THIS sum, sl4 9ssi has
In Wisconsin and Minnesota the Society has en-
pioyed lS mlssionares whose aggregate Time OF ser
new scboos. with iS5s teacher 5siS scholars aided
SSi feeble & schools having 4l5S tsachers and Sg3S
ana papers by donations and sloss'ls for sale; and
Their abors have been blessed by the conversion of
about 5Ol souls.
been employed. One hundred and forty new schools
have been organized in the back settlements, with 79l
teachers and 1891 scholars. The number Of schools
organized by the missionaries in the State during the
past three years is 4sO with 255O teachers and ss4
p Ohio, during, the past year, 90 new Sunday
teachers and 1s old ones that needed assistance,
teachers.
schools, and 1875 scholars and 500 teachers.
In Kentucky missionary reports ~ new schools or
Schools viiited aud addressed i2C teachers in the
me. 500 scholars, $40 Bibles and Testament dstri-
In North Carolina actual labors bv their mission
ary for the year on this field occupied about six
months, during which he organized rs schools, and
aided SO The teachers in these schools numbered
In South Carolina, "a new Sunday schools were or
ganzed, With 2t7 teachers, and scholars, white, 800
cnoIed 1871; between Al schools aided, revived, and
In PennsyivaniS, 90 schools nave been organized.
with 637 teachers and 3l4 scholars 4S9 additional
schools have been addressed or aided, numbering
43l teachers and 81 900 scholars 1898 families visited
$40 Bibles and Testaments distributed, and GAL ad-
In New York, So schools were organized containing
S255 scholars 398 schools visited and aided,
tanning S714 teachers and 20, ,552 scholars,
lied, with 139 teachers and SIG scholars Schools
have been organized. aided or visited, to the number
of s49 containing 3l13 teachers aud 29 O9 scholars
The following is the aggregate of the whole work of
New schools organized ............. 10y
Containing teachers. ...... 1859
Sda5 SSonaning I1Is,se6 scholars; ar :j 6s2d
Containing teachers, 4575
Containing 35 4S5
Families 359A
Miles travell 3i44IO
scriptures distributed ;............ 1921
day schools. .... sl5,8al'ss
Teachers in .la,..~. ,....... ~~~ "..s 557Si
Tie financial operations Of the Union during the
year have been as tolows:-
Amount Of contributions and legacies re-
ceived during the s9s7276i
EXPENDITURES. :
Excess of expenditures in missionary work
beyond receipts of previous years.......... 2sS 81
expenses Of the departme n ....... s6.sO27s
Amount expended BY auxiliary societles... 1884 80
given 10 Is S3l 9S