New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-20
PREsBYTERIANISM SPREADING.
AGGRESSIVE. WORK OF THE sARBATH-sCHooL
CAUSE AND oP THE BOARD 0r PUBLICATION

CAUSE AND OF THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION.
The Sabbath. school Cause and Board OF Publlca-
ton" was the subject Of the meeting held in the
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church last evculn. The
church was filed with the commissioners Of tho
General Assembly, for whose particular benefit the
subject under consideration. The Rev. Or. J. Il.
Craven presided. and Judge T. A. wilson, Of PhladeI-
phia made an nterestin. address on the subject The
Rev. Dr. James A. WOrdcn. tho superintendent OF
Sunday school and missionary work. made a report Of
the work, saying In part:
"Tbe Church has not been satisfied with simply
improving and olcvating the saJbaths clioos alraly
existing The spirit Of missions has been restored
20 tho sabbath school wor!d-a spirit which breaks
up tie guilty RbUiber Of the Church, which 90 anil
mates that It csnnotTost-on 70 comfort and luxury,
because the cry Of the perishfng ard tho lost
pieroes her heart With the cvcrCITciing years ha5
como around the era OF work COMO is the age Of
crecdrmakug, Of Theological controversy; far gone
the ago Of mOdclsm, Of cathodTalsm. Welcome
the ago OF aggressive work welcome tho tmr when
the Church shall teach the Gospel to every crcaurc
the least and youngest Welcome the hour when the
Church has lifted up her eyes and behrd tho fields
white for the harvest Docs any one Ioubt that, in
these harvest fields in these United statrs, thHro
10000 900 youths outside OF al sabbath sch Ols
-Romanist or Protestant Jrt him take the figures
Of the Commissioner Of Education which show that
there over Is 900 900 Of school age in this
try, and then let him take tho statistics Of the
International Convention, which show that thcro
not 100000 Of & school ago In sabbath schools 10
this country Let him note the difference. where
are these lo.ooO.ooo2 Not merely tho ChAdren Of
the freedmen OF the South
In this metropolis there 1000 OF these neg.
iccted ones. In tbs Empire State sa5,OOo In
yonder Keystone State $4,000; IN Ohio 375 900
in Illinois 100000; in Missouri $4,000.
In other words, in tho very heart Of the land
between 5000 900 and 5000 900 Of young people
without moral or religious instruction.
These millions OF youth have lain llko burden
upon the Churchs heart and conscience; they have
ginning OF the watches 10 pour out hor heart ike
water before the face OF the Lord 70 m I'D nor bands
to~sfa Him for the life OF these millions OF young
People that faint for hunger 10 the top OF every
STREET. Nobly has the Church through a thousand
ntuBS poured into the treasury OF Tho sabbath
School missionary work means 10 carry tho water of
ino and 10 send forth living sabbath school mission
Alto, ana 10 carry the Bible and the Gospel printed
10 Uus OF thousands OF homes. Behind any man
woman IN theso United 6taths who would undertake
70 organize and conduct Il presbyteran sabbath
HeceSs&ry bibles textbooks and singing bOuks. Look
a. one years work-from April J. 1855, % April /,
ls5O the total number OF sabbath schools organized,
directly and indirectly, o4S number OF Iersons gath
cred, 3'r5Oo' ont OF these new schools many
OF others only need minister 10
become Chnrche From these 9Is now schools from
theSo df'ooo ncwly gathered scholars and teachers
eomes an appeal more powerful, moro tender than
'an be uttered by this stAmmenng tongue"