National Republican., 1883-12-11
IN TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Senator CoIquitrs Grafton on Its Power
and Influence Over the school.


The ifth annual meeting Of the Sunday school
union of the District of Columbia was oponed at
Congregational church last night with mass
meeting. The meeting was opened with prayer by
Rev. b. Sunderland, ID. d., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. Amer the singing of an an
them by the Calvary Baptist choir and the read
ing Of Scriptures by Rev. samuel bonner, pastor OF
81. Paul's Lutheran church. Rev J. E. Rankin
then offered prayer afet which the annual report
Of the union was road by the secretary, Mr. Henry
n simpson 1t gave q summary Of The work for
the year and urged All Increased interest aud CO.
oIelotiOn during the coming year. .-,- .,
delivered the able and interesting address. He
took as n topic "The sunday School; Its Influence
on Government and Society" In answer TO the
question, eNhat proportion of the $500 sunday
school people are males and what females q he
said that he thought 900 males were good pro-
Iortion but II was not az large as it ought ~ be.
Many prominent men think children, especially
Sunday school children, quite beneath their no.
lice., The man who objected to sick child IN
the sleeping car must have been born cross old
man, or he would not bear down 80 hard on the
children.
legislation Is not to be compared in Importance
with the greater aud more important work that
Is done by sunday school teacher who plants
good seed in an immortal soul.
The real work OF reformation must begin In the
young in the Sunday school. The growth OF the
church IS In the Sunday school, What u mau
in him between the ages Of and 10 years. What
ever else may accomplish for myself or others,
one thing lies near to my heatt--that may train
my boy so that he may grow up TO be virtuous.
useful man, and that when we are parted
by death wo may meet again in "the. golden
streets" OF the New Jerusalem. Home religion is
the beginning of the church and the beginning of
the Sunday school. We are all interested IN tho
sunday school necessarily, for although all the
children ore not In the Sunday school, oil tho
children play together, and parents ought to be
careful who the plnymntes of their children are.
TSS pSb are Sso bS nSSy
school financially IL has been said that every
honest mau carries q thscf upon his back 1t costs
the country millions Of money every year to carry
on the prisons, almshuuses and places Of refof.
nation. Where is the remedy, II II is not in
teaching, and guiding tho young Of tho land in
such wBysas will prevent the need of such places7
The work of tho Sunday school teacher is to
bring out the angel in the man and TO crush out
s 9s 'na o the SSa viii Let the bog .nS 5d
hand, contrast, in your mind what the man. is
when the Sunday school has started him Alright.
What the Christian mother makes him; what tho
Christian sister makes him. The safeguard and
liberty OF this country is In the purity Of It's
homes
by Prof. Bisehoff, vocal music by Mrs. Bodish
and Miss c. Kidwell, and hymn by tho congre
Tho Sunday schools represented were: Calvary
Baptist, X II. Kendall, ,superintendent; First
Gonsrreeational, Weston Flint, superintenden!i
@ Bsps FL Mason ppx Sn
street NJ p, Nixon Brewer, superintendent Mount
Zion NJ. H., Geo. Rowzee, superintendent; Central
t.ndeh First Presbyterian, ]. B, Wight superin. Hi
tendent Union NJ. f.. W. II. Womersley
%den b. supernendent enSh Bethany
chapel. s. l.. Crissey, superintendent; AS
semblys Presbyterian, Thomus Z. Keene
superintendent: Union Mission, J. +. Johnson
superintendent; Western Presbyterian, W. II. II
Smith, superintendent; Metropolitan M. f., A. T.
Lacey. Superintendent: New York avenue Pres
bylerian, j. X. Van Mater, superintendent; Metro
politan Baptist, =. p. Murray, superintendent;
Street Baptist, j D. Smith, superintendent; Fourth
street NJ. e.. Joseph Webb, superintendent; Metro
puitan, II. NJ. 10 Due, superintendent: Gurle,
chapel, N. A. Robinson, superintendent: Kendall
chapel, A. II. Nelson, superintendent The col.
lections for the year amounted 10 S9055 The
regular institute opens TO. day.