Mohave County miner., 1888-06-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Sunday schools woss founded about the
sioss Of the ysar i7sl By hobart Rsikss. .
rsintss In 0lsusssswshira Business Lead.
Ing him into ahs suburbs Of the town
inhsbitcd by the lowest class Of people. he
was surprised b. seeing msltitudss OF
inissrably ragged shlldssa, who made the
Sabbath day . carnival Of noiss and riot.
IN xhseh eurstng nsd swsasiag bod le~gs
lart
1 30 check this rrofanssson Of the lord's
day hs Engaged four womsn. tsaehsrs of
week day schools. 70 instruct such chill
dren as he should send them on the Sunday
sn reading and the church casschism, for
which they were to receive one shilling
each.
A visible Improvement being effected In
short time. both In the manners and
morals of the children. Mr Raikes' scheme
attracted general attention. Her majesty
Queen Chatlotte admitted him to an audi
sncs. and expressed high appreciation Of
bis plan Numerous schools formed on
the same model aprang up In the principal
towns, and society. under high patron
age. was formed In London In 1855 for the
establishment and support Of Sunday
schools throughout the Kingdom. This
was the drst stage Of ths Sunday school
cRATuITous nSsTRUcTToS.
A grest impeachment TO prosperity was
The expense Of hiring ths tsAchsss. Il ID
not certain who Arst conceived the idsa Of
grstMtons instruction., but this In time
esns about, and the result was that By the
ysas 1900 teaching In the Sunday school
was almost universally without rsmuness
tion- -
IN 1909 the Sunday School union was
foennsd. which, By its numerous publca,
ticus, agents and branch societies In tbs
diSsrsnt parts Of the kingdom. exercised
wiAs indnsncs The Institute Of the
Church Of Eugiand. which opsrsted In Q
Ike manner. u os . similar date. s..
Scotland boasts Of Sunday schools a
early - I762 But II was not till i70e.
vhsn the Society Tor Promoting Rsligi
Gus Knowledge among the Poor was
formed. thst they were publicly rscog-
Mad. nor sntu 1897. when the 6rst Fra
Sunday School society was organized,
that free Sunday schools became general
At 6rst these met with considerable op
position from portiona OF the ecclesissti.
cal court. but this soon vanished, and
Sunday school unions existed In most OF
shs large towns
Sunday schools II Ireland had been In {
measure anticipated In County Down In
lf7O. but tho system pursued by Mr..
Raikss was not adopted till about 1855.
since which date Ne system has been
similar to that Of England
In ireland che Sunday schoo. socisty
vss essablishea Ia 1900 Ast~a2" 20
Thsu Ronsn OstholIos. 3, ths UnitAd
Ungdou - isast. have nunSrous Sunday
seboolA :,
TH1 Snsf n ANxRlcA.F ~ W
The First Day or Sunday School society,
formed ID Philadclphia In 1871. Ia the Arst
permsnsnt Sunday school organixation IN
the United States Of which there b trust.
worthy record. II wss composed Of membess
Of di6srsnt denominations. including The
6oe1sty Of Friends Its constitution ~
quirsd that reading and writing from the
Bible and sun other religious and moral
books - the society approved should fur
nish the course Of instruction Tho New
Yotk Sunday School union wss organized In
1915. the Phiiadsiphis Sunday and Admit
School union one year lstsr. These thnss
societies recognised ths union az differsut
dissemination, anA - - Othscxxanizstion
of ths Asssr1ns 6ondsy School union at
Phalsdelphia In 1924 The object Of this
union was 10 conesusratS tie sGorta OF
Sunday school socistiss IN dl6nsnt Sec
tions Of the Unitsd States, and to start
schools wherever thsrs were children
found In sufficient numbers 10 attend them
It naturally came about that q new
states wero settled and tho various demon
nations wers strengthened. Increased
attention WAS given by each to It's own
Sunday schools. and dsnominational unions
TO promote these were formed A years
passed. the question book was added to
the original recitation. and ct length In
great degree superseded It. Later on
came lesson helps, texts. maps. black
board exercises. etc In the earlier schools
reward tickets were given, and whsn these
bad sufficiently accumulated they wsss
exchanged for books This stimulated
tho production Of works Of Q charactss
suitable u young minds. sad from this
has been developed the Sunday school
library
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