Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-07-21
Aug. 81 and al

Eediately after it the second worlds S
Sunday school convention will meet and
sit till Sept. 6, and about the same time
az informal convention will be held OF
the international field workers in the
Sunday school line. Of these three the
first is the historic and important one,
and among its promoters are many Of
the most noted religious educators in the
world
The numbers given above are but u
round estimate from the known growth
Of the Sunday schools, but in exact fig
ures the last report showed 2,O51 ,GT3
teachers and 9.02G. SIG scholars, G grand
total Of 20,078,59 Of whom but q few
less than one-half, Or $500 Al, are in the
United States. Add the $50, eco in Can
ada, and it will be seen that considerably
more than half Of all the Sunday school
attendants Of the world are in English
speaking North America In Great Brit
ain and Ireland are 1880 ,C35 more, and
every other country is so far bohird that
it IS not in it fer comparison.
In truth, the Sunday ecll0ol Was from
the start and still is all English
institution, and whether it be decided
that the great Gberality Of thought and
progressive energy OF this great race, this
two nationea race, SO to speak, be the
cause OF the result Of Sunday schools, or
that each promotes the other, the fact is
equally suggestive and instructive Ger
many comes next with 431 ,221, then
Sweden with 239, ,0S2, Holland with 49,
G15 and Switzerland with 09,459, after
which the numbers fall off with surpris-
ing suddenness. In all Austria there are
brt-4 .S31, i'll all Russia but 6,465 and in
all Spain but S, 400 Yet it is Il pleasant
surprise to read that Mexico and Central
America contain 10000 Sunday school
attendants and South America 153, GOO.
Wherever English is the language the
Sunday school is esta blished as soon as
colony has children enough to form a
/ class, and next in this line are the speak
ers of German, Dutch and the Scandi-
navian tongues. Even farof Australia
SO recently great country that old peo-
pie still think Of it as Botany Bay, the
land of exile for criminals, has 457, ,729
teachers and scholars, while little New
Zealand, but yesterday the home of the
wild Maori, has 10o,872. Hawaii-Nei
(oficia! name Of the Sandwich Islands)
has 1925 and the English islands gener-
ally l0,S00
It should be noted that many sections
are omitted. Very few Catholic churches
sent in any returns, and large part of
the Episcopal schools are not included,
as they are given different name. Sc
it is believed that the total of teachers
and pupils in the world exceeds % 2,00O.-
COO. Still moro remarkable is the fact
that Of the l90, ,5?:5 places Of meeting re-
! ported the United States alone has 10S,-
93o, or nearly tllree-ffths Of all in the
world, as in this country generally the
| churche are used and room is abundant,
while elsewhere the schools are often
| held in immense halls. In ST. Louis are
64,537 teachers and pupils by the last
report, and these will consider the DEL
egates as their guests and the guests of
the city.
St. Louis has devised and maintains in
great activity an original system of house
to house visitation in connection with
her Sunday school work Her Sunday
School union and the Missouri State as
sociation are making thorough prepara-
tons to receive and entertain the visit.