The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-30
thursday MORNING, OCTOBER 80 1873.
Bennington County sunday school


Bennington County sunday school
Union.
The ninth anniversary Of the Bennington
county Sunday school union was held
in the Congregational church at East Ar
lington, Wednesday, Nov. Goth.
The following is the
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
1890. Devotional Exercises,
Rev. II NJ Luther, Pres.
Report Of Rec. Secretary,
Report Of Cor Secretary.
Report of Treasurer,
11.oO opening Address.
Rev. Isaac jennings.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1850 Addresses Topic
our Teachers Rev W 5 Blaisdell
$3.50. Topic
our Scholars.
Rev. II Davis, A Hubbel Esq
CHLDREN's MEETING.
$40 Addresses
Rev. II II Shaw A. NJ, j V Carney, 8 Scott.
EVENING EXERCISES.
Addresses
Rev. Foster Henry, Rev + Booth,
Rev. II Weston.
The following is brief extract of the
very able report of Rev. Bostwick Hawley,
d. d., corresponding secretary of the
union.
DIR. llawlcy said "that not knowing, or
In VIM fbp ,G LOa,,.;,,,.
of Sunday schools in the county, sent out
torty-two blanks for the purpose of Sc
curing full and complete returns from
every school in the county, these addressed
to either the pastors Of churches or to SUI
pcrintendents Of Sabbath schools. Eleven
towns made full and complete returns,
leaving only six unrepOrted. The union
has been in existence to my knowledge for
nine years, and am sure that with little
more efficient working and reasonable CO.
operation on the part of superintendent
and pastors, a better showing ought to be
made than we now can make. After call
ing attention to the great amount of labor
developing upon the corresponding score
tary which is greater than the mcager and
partial returns made can warrant he said
would suggest that the blanks be revised
SO that only the more and important items
DC asked for and reported" The speaker
here presented three tables 1st-Aggrc-
gate table of all the items reported Cd
A table by townships 3d-Dcnomination-
al table. From the statements by towns,
| condense the following
Total number of scholars, 2,7l0.
Number in infant classes, SOC
Average attendance, t,547.
Number of teachers, 26l.
Number of conversions, AZ.
Number of deaths, IL.
Volumes in libraries 6,27l
S. 5. papers distributed each Sabbath,
l,10j.
Expenses and contributions. 81 ,474. 81 j.,
and only five reported that they held teach
crs' meetings.
1t appears from the denominational table
that the Congrcgationaists take the lead in
all of the items, save the conversions, Sin
this the Methodists rather take the lead and
they only report seventeen" and the num-
Der of volumes in libraries in these two the
Congregationalists stand second. The
church which has the largest number of
scholars teachers and largest expenditures
is the second Congregational of Benning-
ton and the church reporting the largest
number of conversions and most volumes
i'll library is the Methodist of the same viii
lage. After regretting that responses to
the calls for statistics from the different
towns were so few in some cases. very i'm
perfect and suggesting promptncss and
fullness OF reports hereafter, and calling at
tention to the fact that only eleven schools
hold regular teachers meetings, that TWEEN
ty-one schools continue the sessions during
the year, and four from four to six months.
The report closed as follows: sit should
be remembered that the aggregate results
of the Sunday School efforts in any place
are not visible nor are they to be fully indi-
Gated by any tabular statement which may
be made. We are encouraged to be UNI
wearied in well doing for we shall reap in
due season if we faint not
The report was very interesting and was
listened to very attentively by the audience
who had assembled to listen and take part
in the proceedings, and we regret that time
and space will not permit of more cx-
tended report. b.