Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-23
SUNDAY sonoon srAr1srIos.
The Extent of the Effort 10 Train
the Young In This County.

the Young I'm This County.
The statistics of New Castle county
show that there are 80 Sunday schools
with an average Attendance of about "a
pupils or u total of 9,179 children who
are receiving spiritual instruction in the
various Sunday schools Wilmington
leads in the work with $685. pupils dis
tributed in 81 schools-more than half
the pupils and less than a third of the
schools, New Castle comes second in the
list with 642 Sunday school children and
Middletown and Newark follow with 800
and 361 each. OF the separate Sunday
schools that of st. Mary X. O. Church
this city is the largest with an attendance
of 575 pupils, Grace M. E. Sunday school
is second in the list with an attendance
of 400 Ezion M. Il. Church Sunday
school has 1856 ; Scott M. Z. school, $40 /;
West Presbyterian, $780, West Augustine
is the smallest in the city having 20
pupils enrolled and the school in Nor
rows Hall is next smallest with 35. The
largest school outside the city
is accredited to New Castle church,
1856; and the second largest to
Emmanuel Church, It's. The largest
Sunday school attendance in the purely
country districts is Bethel in Brandywine
hundred, 80 and the smallest is st.
Patrick's, Ashland, whose roll shows 10
names.
Appended is list of the Sunday schools,
locations and number of pupils given:
Wilmington-R. L. Church of the Re-
deemer, 1870; A. U. M. p. Church, 80 /;
81. Paurs Chapel, so; st. Johns P. e.
Chapel, $50; st. James Chapel, so ;
West Augustine, 90; st. Peters Chapel,
55; Morrow's Hall, IS; Wilmington
Chapel, rs; Grace NJ. E. Church, 400 !;
Riddles Chapel, 175 st. Peters Church,
$50; Trinity Church, 7S; Ezion M. L.
Church, 1856 st. Mary r. O. Church, 575;
Gilbert Chapel, $50; Calvary P. L.
Church, 175; Wilmington Church, $50
Scott M. e. Church, $40; West Presby-
terian Church, $50; Ninth Ward Sunday
school, 175; Chapel Good Shepherd, lis;
Shiloh Baptist Church, Go st. Paul's Nj.
4. Church, 500; Old Swedes Church,
$50; X. e. Church of the Covenant, 14O;
Rodney Street Chapel, 1874; Zion German
Church, 1870 Central p. H. Church, 300
Sacred Heart Church, 145; ST. Andrews
p. Il. Church, l75.
New Castle-Rose Hill, 1S; Union NJ.
e. Church, so; New Castle Church, 1856
Mt. Salem M. E. Church, Go; Emmanuel
Chapel, 175; Presbyterian Church, 100
Dobbinsyille Chapel, so. -s'...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Church, 80 Newark
M. d. Church, ia Newark Church, SO
Union M. L. Church, 20; st. Johns A.U.
Church, 80.
Middletown First Presbyterian
Church, So; Second Forest Church, 80;
Bethesda M. L. Church, 100; St.Andrew's
Chapel, 80; Dales Chapel, 65.
Glascow-St. Thomas A. u. Church,
40; Presbyterian Church, so; NJ. Il.
Church, SO.
Delaware City-Union A. M. Il.
Church, so; M. E. Church, 80; Christ P.
Il. Church, 65; Presbyterian Church, 70.
Christiana Christiana Presbyterian
Church, so; Christiana P. T. Church, so;
Christ Church, rs; Lower Brandywine
Presbyterian Church, 60; Christiana NJ.
e. Church, 40.
Port Penn-Presbyter Church, AZ;
M. Il. Church, 4S.
Deakynesville = Friendship NJ. rE.
Church, 40; Scott's Chapel, rs.
Odessa-Zion M. L. Church, so; M. e.
Church, los. ..
Observation-Disclosures Chapel, rs; Salem
M. Z. Church, so. .--.....z
Ashland-St. Patrick's Church, Is.
Kirkwood-Kirlzwood Chapel, 80.
st. Georges-St. Georges Presbyterian
Church, go; M. e. Church, 40. E
Newport Simpsons M. e. Church, As.
Claymont-C laymont M. e. Church, 4S.
Cooch's Bridge-Salem M. e. Church, AS.
Stanton-M. e. Church, 20.
Mt. Salem--M. e, Church, 100. n
Summit Bridge-M. E. Church, IS.
Greensprings Massey's Chapel, 20.
Observation-Disclosures school house
so.
Green Hill-Presbyterian church, IS.
Hare's Corner-School house, district
No. 4S, %. 80
Hockessin-St. Johns Church, 25.
Brandywine hundred-Beth M. E.
Church, 90.
Mt. Pleasant-Mt Pleasant Church,
so; Calvary P. e. Church, 20.
School district No. 68-Walker's school
house, 40. ..
Stanton Presbyterian Church, 25.
Red Clay Creek-Red Clay Greek
Church, rs.
-Rockland Church, 60.
Summit Bridge-A.. u. ME-. CHURCH, 80.
McClellandsyille- Wesley M. e. Church,
40. - -7--.''s IA
Townsend Townsend Church, & 80
Union M Il. Church, 35.
Graceville-Grace Church, 60.
e--Bmckenville Church, %.
Greenville- Centreville Hall, 80.