Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-07-24
The Mission Sunday Schools Of Rich
mond. Ind.

Some twelve years ago, a few good
and faithful people, belonging to the
Society of Friends, seeing many chill
dren OH the streets of their city, who
were without guides to point the way
of duty in this life, or 10 inspire n
hope for the life to come, determined
TO establish a Mission Sunday School
for the benefit of such children, and
others who attended no other Sunday
Schools. Although the School, as
has been said, was established, and is
still almost exclusively under the i'm
mediate care of members of the
Friends Society, yet it is not at all
den~onIinational or ~sectarian. The
object being to establish and keep up
Il moral haven unto which all chill
dren, male and female, who have no
where else to go, can enter and find
Instructions. willing to give their
time and talents to the work of eleva-
ting and fitting these poor children
for usefulness to themselves and soci-
ETY. here, and teaching them the great
cardinal truths of religion, without
any sectarian bias whatever. In con-
nectiom with this Institution, but sep
arate in fact from it-there is also es-
tablished q mothers School, to
which poor Mothers, without refer
cnce to what their past lives may have
been, are kindly invited and received,
and instructed and assisted in many
ways calculated to elevate, reform
and fit them for living comfortably
here and happiness hereafter.
On Friday the 18th inst, both these
Schools, in charge of their Superin-
tendent, .. w. BAGGsHALL and Teach
ers. came down by Railroad on a Pic
Mic exclusion 10 Eaton, which was
held on our Fair Grounds. There
were almost two hundred and forty
belonging to tile Mission School aud
about twenty belonging 10 thc "Moth-
cris School, present. This treat of a
Picnic is. given TO the Schools annu-
ally. The object is to make it a day
of moral and physical recreation and
enjoyment ThcachiIdren arc reeuir-
ed to conduct themselves in a proper
manner, but all plays known to chill
dren Were freely INDUCED i'll by all.
The rcpast, in which the children and
Mothers Cat separate tables were first
served, consisted of. every thing that
could have been desired, not only the
s~ubstantials but the delicacies of life
were pientifuIIy dispensed. The
Teachers for-each class took charge of
and waited uponthe members oftheir
classes respectively, and it may be
truly said that every thing was done
in decency and order. After the
Schools were served, the Teachers
and all others present were invited to
partake of dinner, neither better nor
worse than had been enjoyed by the
scholars, aud then there was enough
left for a substantial evening lunch.
The lunch was served at AZ O'clock,
p. M. and the procession was.then
formed and returned TO the Depot,
where all got safely and happily away,
after having spent their first Pic-nic
in Eaton.
If the citizens of Eaton had known
more of these Institutions. and had
also had notice of their coming, the
reception given them would have been
more marked. AS it was, but very
knew of the contemplated visit, hence
there were but few to receive them
When II people became aware Of
their presence, quite a number visited
the Fair grounds to witness the pro-
ceedings, and all expressed their APP
prevail of what they saw, and theil
sympathy with the great work that i:
being done through the instrument.
tality of these schools.
We hope that in giving their annu
: al Picnic next year, Eaton may moi
be overlooked.
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