Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-10-17
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOUNDED ~ t7at pv A PRINTER
or oloucgsrERsttiRe.

How Ro.~rt Rsises wss L.a 70 orrs.--
10. the tir.' sunday ssh.ot-why ts.
scheme Anrscs-d General Ass..sies.
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Sunday schools wcrc founded about th.
close OF the year issi by Robert Raik-s. a
printer IN ulouccstcrshire Busincs. lead
Ing him into tho suburbs Of til. town
Inhabited by tn. lowest clas. Of people. n.
was surpria.d 10y seeing multitudes OF
miscrabiy ragged childrcn whs made the
Sabbath day u carnival OF noi.e and no,
In which eursing and swearing had a Iar..e
part
To check this proclamation Of tho Lord.
day he engaged four women. teachers of
week day schools To Instruct such chill
drcn a. lac should send them ON the SUNDAY
tn reading aid the church catechism. TO,
which they were tn receive ono shilling
each
a Visible improvement hoina effected La
abort timo both In the manncrs and
morals Of the children Mr. Rsikcs scbeu,.
attractod general attention Her majesty
Queen Charlotte admitted him To an audi
enco and Expressed high appreciation OF
I
tho same model splang up In tho principal
towns. and -oci.ty. under high patron
age wns formed IN London I've i7S5 for th.
establishment and support Of Sunday
schools throughout the kingdom This
was tito hrst stsyo Of the Sunday school
oHAruITous INSTRUCTION
great iniPcdiment To prosperity wss
tho expense OF hiring tho teachors. Il A
not ceriain who irst eoncei we'd tho ida. of
gratuitous instriiotion. but this In tim,
came about. and tho result wa. that by the
yen 1900 teaching in the Sunday school
was almost universally without reminsra
tion
I'm 1909 the Sunday School union was
formed which. by It's numerous publica
'ions agents and branch societies In the
different parts of the Kingdom. exercised
q wide iniluence Tho Institute Of th.
Church OF England. which operated In a
like manner. is OF a similar date
Scotland boaSts OF SUNDAY schools as
early M 1852 But IL was not till i7s8
when the Society for Promoting RsIigi
ous Knowledge among tho Poor VIC.
formed, that they were publicly r,cog
nized nor until 1907. whsn the nrst FIRE,
tha, FREQ Sunday schools became general
At tirat thess met with considerable op
position from portions Of the ecclesiarti
cal court, but this soon vanished. aud
sunday school unions existed In most Of
the largo towns
sunday schools la Ireland had been In a
measure anticipated la County Down ln
l1'o. but the system pursued By Mr.
Raikes was not adopled till about i7s5
since which date lts system has been
similar To that Of England
In Ireland the Sunday School society
was established In 1900
The Roman Catholics. In tho United
Kingdom at least. bnvo numerous Sunday
schools
THE FIRST IN AMERTcA
The First Day or Sunday School society.
formed IN Pbiladelphia In 1871. ls the first
permanent; Sunday school Organization Ia
the United Stytes Of which there Is trust
worthy record II was composed Of mcn, bers
OF different denominations including the
Society Of Friends It's constitution 70
qnired that reading aud writing from the
Bible aud such other religious and moral
books ~ the society approved should fur
nisb tho course of instruction The New
York Sunday ScfSbI union vas organized l..
1919 the Philadelphia Sunday and Adu.t
School union One year later These three
societies recognized the union OF diforcat
denominations. and icd To- the orRsnixatioa
OF the American Sunday School union 81
Philadelphia la l824 The object of tAi.
union was 10 concentrate the efforts V
Sunday school societies Ia different Sc
tionr o. the United States. and 70 Sta
schools wherever there were childr
found in sufficient numbers % attend theni
Il naturally came about that a. nc
states woro settled and the various demon
nations were strengthened Increase
attention was given by each 70 It's owl
Sunday schools. and denominational unIon-
u promote these vero formed As years
passed the question book was sdded IN
tho original recitation. and at length IN a
great degree superseded Il Later on
came lesson helps texts. maps black
board exercisea. etc In tbs earlier schools
reward tickets were given and when these
had sufficiently accumulated they were
exchanged for books This stimulated
the production Of works 0f a ohsraeto.
suitable 70 young minds. and from this
has been developed tho Sunday sehoo'
library.