The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-20

| QUARTERLY MEETING OF rRE HESRlcs So,
tgAY SCHOOL UNION The quazserly mcetiu
5of the sHenrfeo Sunday .Schoos Union ws
heldat Grace church last night. Rev. Chprle
Mnnige1odei occupied the chair The mee
| iEE was opened with appropriats religion
eAercises, conducted By Rev. DIR. Minnigz
roce dnd Rev. Kinloeh Nelson. Repor,
were received and read from several OF til
Sunday schools. as folfows:S liaFss lisa SIS
b. 81. ..PduPs: RI e6rganizsd on 1st srptem
ber,. after, summer vacation. There hayi
been only three meetings, and the schoe
may be said TO be stiil In the stage OF .5rma
tion.. Number Of officers and teachers thu
far at work-raale, H. female, 23. THeal
| 81. Scholars at present enrolled, 153. TetaI
E1s7.. :
/ ST. James: Officers and teachers, g:
scholars, 145! Grand total, 172. .Ayerzg.
attendance :: Officers and teachers, IL; scho.
hrs, 54; Contributions, aba64. S aai
81. Marks; Actual attendance averaged
in the morning school, BJ; afternoon, n
Contributions, S20.Ssi Registered names in
actual attendance, BG. G,l.t' = 2.a.i
Aoaunseiaa! = Officers and teachers, 3& !;
-scholars. 1885,. Average tatteaasncse Teach.
ersr 21;. scholars, 129s !, ,:,,., :; ,,.,5,7
Grace Chafch: Officers and teachers, % ;
scholars, 166 Average. attendance Teach.
eYs. 10 ;: scholars, SO: Contributions, Si3. II.
Ii, ST.. John's-= Officers and teachers, %
scholars, 1913. Contribution hst Sunday
A7r~ There was only verbal report from
this school. @ 1,@>, ~
!. Manchester tverbal report: Teachers, 20 ;
scholars, 1861 iis4H.sfa: ~ ts.lom id@ ,,
=, Moors Memorials There was ONLY verbal
report from this school, to, the effect that at
present there are about forty scholars in at
tendance i'a :, t'1,,'s ~ @''i W 2"
35: St. Ahdrew's : Officers and teachers, 80
scholars, 227-total, 257. Average attend.
ance:1 Officers and tescbers, "a; scholars,
1S9-total, 213. The morning school at St.
Andrews numbers. about 5 teachers and 45
scholars. sf 2'edi 5+'i1%' - ~'''"R S,-Ino
There:wss verbal report only from the
school at Powhatap Furnace: Teachers, 8
scholars, 70. t.a~..o,,- ,.,f, ~
ST.. Phhprss A verbal report from this
school was received. The school was re.
ported to have kept up well during the-sum-
mer months, the number Of teachers being
about u, and the, number of scholars 10.
AT present there are only about go. 80 ia =
The reports having been received, the Pre-.
sdeut (kev. Dr.. Minuigerode) announced
tnat the suhlect Tor discussion was Sunday
school anniversaries whether it was expe.
dent to have one Or more celebrations du.
ring the year. ,...s..r~ as.
Rev. Pike Powers was the essayist on the
occasion, and argued that the benefits to be
derived from Sunday school celebrations dc
not outweigh the objections to them, and
that they are of. doubtful expedieney.
Messrs. Thomas Potts, j. L.. Williams,
Raleigh Co|ston, Don P. HaIsey, Rev. Joshul
Peterkin, Rev. T. G. Dasbiel, and Rev. DR.
Minnigerode favored the present system o
celebrations, while Mr.. William D. Gibson
and Mr.. Adolphus Blair thought they wer,
not attended with any good results. Mr.
Gibson reached bis conclusions liter an ex
perience of forty.five years.
DR.. Minnigerode, at the conclusion Of tht
addresses, thanked Mr.. Powers very warml
for his cllaste and forcible essay, and sai
that, while be did not agree with him, b
thought that what he had said would d
good. r-. .sa.n:t.l7E ..l@:
After appropriate religious exercises th
meeting adjourned. The subject will be fret
ly discussed again at the next quarterl
meeting.