, 1875-11-12
Stattstics of Teachers and Scholar
Address by the Rev. Dr..
Fallows.
Moody's Example, Infuscs Now Lie Into
New York ClergJmen.
Several Brooklyn Churches Conducting
Successful Rsviva1s.
Methodist Appropriations for Home
Mission Work.

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Tho Cook County sabbath.schcol Convention
commenced its session last oveuiug In Farwoll
hail, bofore n large anil Interested nndioncs.
1ho programme, which. was very Interesting
and entertaining one. WAS conducted by Aiorsta.
Il. G. Lane and D. L, Jacobs.
In Tho nbseucs OF Mt. John v Farwc1l. tho
Ilov. atr. Goodwin. OF Nyao rars, lod thc ze~
lieio,ls e1efciscs.
The Michigan Avenue Daptiet Church Choir
gave voluntary, which MAS well received.
MA. +. pAYsoN ronrER.
Secretary Of tho Cook County Sunday 'aohool
Association, delivered shost address on "Our
Field" in which ho gave hopeful account OF
Tho miasiop. moro particularly outasds Tho city
ljn,itu, lio madc the following statement Of
facts:
Sunday schools In tho city,.................. 15t
Officers and teachers en-
Thtaa membership. .42,l7o
Last report was 1nado In 1869, whom thors
wpro l5o Sunday -erhools In tho city, vish
membership OF 39,0t7.
III tho county thoro are 100 sun1ay-schools,
with 1non,bership Of 1,124 officers and teacit-
ers and u,435 pupils. This ID an increase OF 20
per cent IN tho county over tho report of 1860.
Ths incrcsso in tho city would hsre boon
much larger hud not tho fro tutet.ened aud
ca,ssed much confusion and disorga nization.
Thcro woro enrolled III tho public schools Of
Chicago during the month Of October, 40,829
pupils, which showed that tho Two classes nero
pretty nearly equal in numbers.
THE REV. BAMUEL FALLoTR u. D..
| Was introduced to dollyer an address. Hc said,
among other things, that. IN tho manufacture OF
| papur- -Tache, the human hand was found tho
| most efficient ngont to give It that polish aud
beauty WINCH it a:lurol. There wus good deal
| Of gospel IN haul-shaiiug,-in br.nglng people
| noaror to Zach otbcr, aud communicating
pcrsonal influence to nsstst tho truths Ut religion
lie had to speak first OH hualo Influences in tho
| oilucation ct chi1dron. Man was but uoit. t.-not
! society. Tho latter was formed by the Mnion OF
| man aud woman.~the bead and fountain of all
BocictY, Thin Was Tho halicst, tue happicRt tho
noblest form Of hunan life, and, destitute OF
| Tits, society could not extst. Tho Children horu
to Christian father and Christian mother Wefo
| committed 10 a glorious guardianship, And
neither SHnlay -sehoo1, DOE coululon-scllooI, nor
onointe1 priest. bad right TO lntarfefs between
children md their Chrlatinn pareuts who wtEot
after oil. tbs bost tcaohora Of rolgion when their
hearts woro devoted to tho service OF God.
When he 81" ihp infant clasped 10 the breast Of
| Christian mother, hs felt thoEe wAa q royal
Gua. Tue home Influences formed tho chat actor
Of tho child, aud prepared it tor tho work Of the
sunday~echool. Dr. FAllops thon spoke Of tho
eommoa, school systom. and called i
/ tito pnllAQ1um Oh jAual1cAQ u1sEtSs 4Ahu
| thae away and our Freedom aad ous
ropubcauistn would depart with 1t. Thero more
| attacks baing mado upon that system by poople
Of mAny denominations. Tho batteries, 80 far,
weso masked. but soon tho llro would open along
tls whole llno. The people would. however. he
| beloved. a.anl BY tho conmon-achool aystau1-
cur glorious Americau Byatem-whoovor might
oppose 1t, fApplause.
lilo had read in the nowspapera, for which he
had great 1espect, although be did not always
bs!ieye what thoy said, that tho Chicago Buar1
Of Education lad prohibited the roadtng Ut tn
| Nlbio In the public. schools Of tho CITY. The1
might say that it should not bo road as medium
OF religious instruction, but no Chicago Dos1e
OF Education dara 60 and remove that sacred
book-the ea1llest 0f all htstoros-from tht
teachers deBk. [Applnuso,l Take that away from
the world and what remained Pm blank. Il
would take tho soul out OF louanos and out ol
poetry out Ct all TINT sns good. aud noble, aut
gane1oua, Four-lifths of tho teachers OF Chicago
wore IN favor Of tho Dlblo, md tho people 1oult
sustain thom. tdreat appiauRe.l The poopl'
would bo Leatd from will voIce Of thunder, /
the B.blo wore offeted my fultler indtKui.y.
| Tho SnndaY-school army OF tho Unit0d Ststa
now unmLorcd 3,500.00j children and COO, ,00
toacheys OF tue Methodist denomination alone
THIS WIS magniticent work. and the otlo
churches were ab!s 10 show splendid muster
roll li0 concluded by oxhottiug all his bearer
TO labor zealously for the Sundayschool caslaa
Tho Convention, aftor singing Work NJ,
SOME othor selections, adjourned uusli 10 ooloc
| tl1lA morning