The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-24

| SduSe OF the nnn..l, n RI
which Raikes took II scslia ia
the instruction Of tho '1e qusxie
death of his father, in mi l7 ss's s
came proprietor and ed; to-, Robsu
and in its pages thess 0. q tas pa.
frequently prominent. sss9ess
account of the commenssai sss n
movement is simple and S;slt i \
his writing. Having =. BEEN WIS. -
concern as as he says, IN ons 's' 7: Il
in the city at seeing pro ae . Z ~ ii
wretchedly ragged It p ST1e9 Y :, { sla
and also by the descrIntE;a.aa s ,tss
woman on the spot rays ''1 "a MID
scenes of noise and r;os nm Il
place in the streets on Su,a snlea d
quired OF his informant !. rss:a b
were any decent, well.dis"nross..ass
In the neighborhood who g ~ M
Tor teaching to read. I MP, ~ stsl
continues, !" was directed { j :
those ! applied, and made i |" e. l0u
with them to receive Is man 4
as l should send upon tha -. eald
women" he adds, seems saaay
with the proposal" 1t WA !, 4 pew
OF a MIR. King in St. Catbs : Y ~
that the first Gloucester Su r,i.s !. ..
was started, in the month ~ J Js 20
and it is this humble han;su ~! Ia
is to be celebrated in july NAM ,erlas "
years after the event. The secs. ~ !,
was immediately Afterwards ss,.. saa
by Raikes in his own parish Il Il.
OF Greyfriars and Southgate ~, rsea,
third school is believed e M. 49, q.
tablished by Mr.. Stock. M esa
others were quickly started a. Z wv n
parts OF the city. The teachs,, ! !. W Y
early schools were most q ts.a aa
for their labors at the rate y W. g
ling per Sunday. The coo = e
rendered by them in tesc6Inr !. H
children to read can only p ! 4
appreciated by considering t tbs ,s1
eddy imperfect and partial natnr ~. y
systems-if systems they can & 81
for the instruction Of the Door I .
days. The progress made f. i
small beginning was really ms,,.aa
Only five years after the settine :
the little school in St. Cather;;ss. ! \.
DIR. Glasse observed that there Il. y
ready 100000 children at SundsvsS.'
throughout the kingdom and IL \
system, having already extended sls
land, was about to be introduce !,
the colonies. This extraordinsrg -,
seems to have been in great usit an ~
Raikes's statements and apuesk { n
Gloucester Journal. In 178S thsis.
ladies at Windsor were reuorta
passing their Sundays in teachjns h
poorest children. Raikes, being n.
town about this time, was sent 4
Queen Charlotte, and he has Ii ~
note to a friend recorded tbe I'M
which the Queen evinced ii IL nr
ment. The famous Mrs. Trimmn
Hannah More rendered great M
with their pens. Raikes mesasI1
went steadily on his way, pruupi
new schools in his own neichbolis
and elsewhere. The idea Of conduIs
Sunday-schools by unpaid tescb,u1
said to have originated in / nesa
of Jealous Wesleyans. WESLEY ssua
as early as 1885 the masters in The ~
at Bolton gave their services mi
tously, and few years later ths =
practice became general in StockwI
Every succeeding year added 70 I
number of unpaid teachers, the Nuuuu
formist churches being especianynl
to recognize the advantages Of volunx
Sunday-school labor, and thus y G
grees paid teachers were entirely ays
seded and gratuitous instruction ssa
The universal rule.
The children attending Raikes Sd
day-schools appear to have been, ina
without exception, without prssb
training of any kind. His conditia
we're simply "clean faces, clean hn
and hair combedn battered garms
md shoeless feet being no disquaiix
ion. The duty of the instructor WY
each them their letters, practice iha
n spelling, and hear them reA
private letter to Colonel Toxh
aaikes says: 1t is now about ihs
7ears since we began, and | wish
we're here to see the effect. Ihag
ng among them," he says in the y
etter, "doing them little hndn1
distributing trifiing rewards, snd
yratiating myself with them. hsss6H
ne an ascendancy greater than
,ould have imagined, for ! 90
~ their mistresses that they ~
much afraid Of my displeasrre' :"
interesting passage kaIxess,s
: You will understand that theie q
lren are from six years old to foafis
Boys and girls above this age Nhos
'een totally undisciplined are genell
90 refractory for this governnsnL
eformation in society seems 70 =
'e only practicable by establishing
ions of duty and practical habits 2
Ter and decorum at an early age
pleasant to observe that with ihs
appearance of ignorance, rags enc = !.
Get began to be less frequent ~
etired from business at the age g ~
even, but his interest in this moss9
ontinued to be undated. he al0
he 9th of April. 1911, Of the
evenly five, leaving . large ~
iobert Raikes seems to have 49,
nan of liberal views, with no an
ion to discourage but rather . m
amusements. Music wsss's
n important feature in the annun =
ay-school festivals in his day., ~
ne of his articles he defends ags,as
ensorious correspondent his pre-
publishing in his paper notices = !,
1atic r,aYfnrmaucoS and 0LneI ="