Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-04
N Sc DOL REVIEW.

ACa Cn-On (ua---.iy sun
day School meeting, held at the Bap-
ST eau ch on last Sunday evening.
over WI ca Sroy. James Ca, roll pres
ded M:..n his usual east and dg1 ",
we e assembled inc Supe: .ltendan 5,
my O the teachers and scho-a S o.
ne w :ous Sunday Schools in this
c.. We a-e compelled. however, TO
express ouc deep regret that there was
not sill a much greater number of
scholars present than there were on
this very inte es;.ng occasion. Mss
! Old W; dwell as organist, conducted
The music: assisted bv qri e a nrm5e'
of he membe S of the die. ent choi s
in the town. The exercises wee -eg-
ularly opened with prayer by Elder
E-ooks, who, ater a piece Of music
by The choir, made q sho. I bet very
app 'op.iate and impressive speech 10
lie children, giving the life work of
Paul as an example wo. Thy of imita-
Lon by all. He sad that it was i'm
possible 70. succeed in any enterprise
wa, % oe,er il this lie without 9 eat
iabo.. hat ne.:3 20 Jesus ca ist, Paul
WIS .le g ea.est nan shat ever hG3
lived \ IBIS void, Gad hat he did
no q hard wo k in the same leg o
ne han was evcr done bv any one
G c. He sad also GO which al
: erred 20 ?, ee) th:t Paul was a
Da:he!0r, and that he disapp owed 0
that fel.u.e il bis chaI acter. lie ed
iv-ei tie l-tie q Is ID n'epale .her
selves "ot iItL2e usefulnG:j and la1oc
il me Q eat work o" lie, as they might
| at some fu.r e dav be tie wives Of
io'I ~ men Ike Paul. Az: nus C.,
AID Il ev'ew e e-cise OF some of the
: 'uday Sc.ICoi Lessons, Rev. H.. B.
See,ysai that the fl st Sunday Soho1l
WIS o 9auIed about 95 years ago in
LOldsr by Robert Rake, and was
com posed Of a feW'b bad boys who wee
~in%rCcd % gathef themselves together
/ q kidd OF an ou,-oEthe-way place.
on Scnday mo r'r9s to be ins."dc'ci
rHr &c 10, by a lady -: cher, odt O..
tie SCI 'D.G es. That small beg.IninT
g ew Sea lily rom that time o tn
.cseut, ald now, ins. aed % one
Ichool, one teacher and about a dozen
scholars, the'e are 120, ZOO Sunday
Schools, win ISL, 900 Office ) add
6,7J9,7 1888 scholars and officers to
ge,Eer. tbs vast multitude o. Sud-
DAY School worke 5 would male a
continuous cC'umn o. ah1ut l,6G0
m'tCs in length. He hopes that SILL
( "at"f efforts might lie made in be-
hIlf o: the Sunday ScnCol lees ;
everywhere. Aitor muse and GeN.ew
exercises, Rev. NJ. Maple w:s l.
formed that he could have FIVE IN IL
utes in which to address the School.
lie commented by saying, that accord
lag 20 l. O. Saelv, if he e bad bee.a
70 bad boys, and tnose bad boys had
rot been making a noise on. SuHtav,
probably there might never have been
snv Sunday School. He then pro-
ceeded to exhibit 10 the School a piece
&C. pet"iiied wood, the nature of which
he explained to the ABSTRACTION of az.
lie said that that piece of rock was
once a piece OF wood, but from The
c feet of cer,ain Influences acting rpon
=. it had gradually lot lis woody
p inc'ple AID was changed into some,
and would never be wood anv more.
% with The heart that yielded TO the
bad influences surrounding it, aid
continued lis course in sin and wick
odn"es of the day-it would become
as Il hea / of $ one. resisting all good
impressions until it would be finally
LOSE. He r"gcd the great i'npor aIce
Of an immediate trrning ba,k f ON
wrong ccu.se in lie, boo Z Z
EAT shorId hos become f~a;dcntd,
and while yet ii is susceptible OF the
good influence of Gu. istianity.
The lXerc' IS We all of the most
int 'esting and Profitable charlcte".
J And we must again express our great
regret that every child in Me.;co,
whether Il member of any Sui.dav
School or moi, was not present. on tn,
occasion. The next meeting which
viii be on tue first Sunday of the mex
quarter, will be held at the NJ. f.
Church South.