Telegram-herald., 1889-05-13
SCHOOLS
The Sixty -Fifth Anniversary Of the
American Union.
Al ADDRESS BY REY. y. D. HILLS
The ferlls ana frotectloa Of Oar : a
tions ehesn 50 br IA she osth-
somS Interesting eUad2y
sShool statistics

ALsASY, Y Y, Nay l2--fhe aKts
hfth anuiyeI sary of the American saH-
day-Sch0ol lnion was observed today
Rev. y b. i blGs. OF Peoria. H., del-s
cred an add ess 0n "Tne Per.s and tle
Protection \ 0uf Nation" he stldi
To-Day "A lere are u oar villages ant
country dlsJ lcts . .o0. $3.50 caaaren ans
youth who Fe without instruction a-
~ the great trutns ot moral iie ant
duty. Aod Oycr. these millions 81
goddess Youth are mostly oI l0relss
birth. 1ney are found Tor tie moss
part lu the interior ana great Nest
tne region that viii Ultimately, a.
Mr. Gladstone pr0phes.es. be lIi
dom naul section of our lsut.
NON, when We remember that
these millions OF youth are without
the training ot church Or Sunda5
school, that the other agency of mora
instruct iOu, the common school, mas
been secularized, We may Well beiiets
Wit a writer 20 one of our leading rc-
views, THAT here turks the most IT,
mendOus and imminent danger -
which the interests of our people VII
ever be exposed, ln comparison wlth
winch the ISSUES OF slavery and lnt@n-
perance SINK INTO utter nsignlticancs,3
at is a brilliant and promising char.
actcristlc OF our times that the mal
ayers OF this society, men renowned ths
Nation over for their integrity and
commercial success, should have been
moved 90 such enthusiasm of endeayor
IN behalf of these 9,000 900 unreached
children and youths. 10 speaks mu-A
for the practical efficiency of this
society that its controlling spirifs
are our honOred jurists, me-
chant princes, railway magnates, men
whose interest insurcs success. Large
business experience hath taught them
wisdom. They know men and the needs
OF new communities. They knowl
what plans are practical and waat
methods are moOnshine. 1t argues
much for the Nations future that such
men as W. +. Dodge and Morris X.
Jessup, of New York; Marshall Field
and l.. Il. Letter. of Chicago,
with many others, support their own
missionary, who assumes general over
SIGHT of from fifty to sixty Of these
communities, and maintains Union
Bible Schools therein. During the last
structiOn has been organized IN 1000
villages and communities. This num-
Der exceeds the humber of postoif ces,
$500, IN this great state of Few
York When we remember what
one Bible did for John Bunyan and
Abraham Lincoln, and what that
Bible, through them, wrought for hu-
mauity, when we remember that tirl
hath said. the rain shall net mQre
lainly nourlsh harvests than lis vsx
Righteousness, who shall estimate wi.er
influence for good these $500 schools
have wrought TO our people and lnsti-
tons.
Now we may be quite certain that
these men have stirred to their un-
wonted zeal and activity for reason.
These open purses, these far-reaching
plans, mean danger pOrtentOus and
needs most striking.
In conclusion, Mr.. Hills said "In
the year Just closed this American sun
day school Union, whose siXty-ftth
anniversary we celebrate tonight in
this capital city of New York, has es-
tablshed l 100 new Bible schools IN our
country. These schools have 1859
teachers, and $50 scholars; It also
aided $40 schools, containing 1905
teachers and l23, ,j3S scholars; and
schools previously aided, 4,432. con-
tanning 2l,77S teachers and POI, ,55l
scholars.
Bibles distributed, S,625; testaments
distributed, ll.5Sl; visits to families,
40,0+I; addresses delivered, 1I,34I;
miles travelled, 400 300.
Five hundred and fiftv-seven Of these
from them have already developed
eighty churches. and > .690pcrsons have
made profession of conversion 10
ChrIsts service"