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

lest times. a Jewish tradition runs to
the effect that Mvthu8elal instructed Ii:
descendants in the mishua (or record
continuous from Ada1n) On set days f0r
several hundred years; that Abraham
also taught, AMI that Jacob was g good
Sunday school attendant while Esau
played trtant. This may be tradition
only, but Jcsephus records that from
the time Of Moses until this day the Jews
assembled on the Sabbath Tor i1lstruc-
ton in the law, and the errophets and Di.
bic illusions confirm it.
It is certain that Iitlc schools orchil-
dren existed among the carly Christians,
and Moshei1n says that they established
q school wherever they formed a
church. Why tLese schools were dis.
continued it is not easy to explain, but
it is certain that they were and that in
time it'calne to be thought violation of
! church .lasv IT, teach children the creed
in tie Vulgar tongue, so callcd-that is
the language of everyday speech. Latin
| had become g dead language but al the
formularics Of the church were still
written in it. When tho inouisitora
first went among the WaIdcnses, they
were amazed to learn that the children
could report all the lessons Of the church
and recite long passages Of Scripture in
their everyday dialect, and it was re-
ported as something very serious.
It is also certain that other dissenting
sects taught their children in classes and
in the common tongue, and Count Zin-
ZendOrf records that about 1927 there
was q great revival OF child teaching
among the Morayian brethren. In 1903
q plan Of teaching children was author
lied in England, and in 1850 the Scottish
kirk established regular Sunday schools.
It also appears that Rev. Joseph Alleinc
had school at Bath in 1865 and that
such schools existed at Roxbury, Mass,
in 1874, in Norwich, Conn, in 1906, in
Plymouth in 1850 and in various other
places.
Nevertheless the credit is justly due
Mr. Raiizes and his colaborers, and it is
all interesting fact that he gives the
whole credit to Hannah Ball, young
Wesleyan who Established a school at
High Wycombe in 1863. Robert Eaikes
was born at Gloucester in 1885 aud died
there in 1911. He was editor and pub
fisher of the Gloucester Journal, and his
/ first plan fer Sunday schools was to en-
| ploy poor women as teachers, to whom
lie paid shilling per day, So many vol
unteers offered that the pay system was
soon discontinued, and the rest of the
history is too well known to need recital
here. j. Il. BgAD1E.
GETTING IT DONE.
| Et Is :. Simple Anair IL You Only Know
| low.
+ 'It's stra;i ge cant set my wife to mend
my clothes,' remarked Mr.. Bride disgust
eflly. ~ asked ler TO sew the buttons on
| this vest this morning, and she has never
| touched it''s
You asked hcrs" observed Mr.. Norris,
| with 4 slight sirug Of his shoulders. ~
Yes. Wha5 else should dos"
! You haven't been married very long,
| and perhaps you'll take a pointer from
n1e," remarked Mr.. Norris, with a fatherly
| air. Never ask q woman 10 mend any.
| thing. That's fatal. - l.
why, what do geu ,leafl?i' s- - s.
DO IS I do, When I want to have q slii II
anended, for instance, take it in my hand
| and hunt up my wife. Where's that rag
bag, Mrs. Noeriss, Idomand fercely. d..
- What do you want the ragbag for?'
sl2e says slispicioualy
s i want to throw this shirt away Ets
all worn out, N reply.
" :. 7 4et me see il, she demands
But put the garment behind my back.
No, my dear i answer. There is nc
nse CT yoar attempting to do anything with
it. It needs'
4et me see it., she reiterates.
. 'Butit's al worn out. tell YOU
- Now, John, you give me that Shirt.
she says in her, most peremptory tones
! 81 hand over the garment.
s.s5.SSEhy, John Norrist she cries, with
Womanly triumph. This is a perfectly
good shirt, All it needs IS a neW neck.
band
ts' And the cuffs are ragged, too I an
.s,s--sr mildly.
/ a4tnd new wristbands, and the button
holes worked over. she adds
! - ell, never mind what itneeas. don
/ intend yotl shall bother with it. You'll
only 'fsaste your time. You'll never get il
i taiit N the neck nm yway.' throw in as O
final s1ineher.
'.Ss.=''rnat's Just Ike your atravagance &c,
she cries q, going to fix that shirt.
idea Of thrs,ssilss away q perfect good
garment. II tx it SO you can never tel
tie dinIereace., And she does.
It's the way get my clothes mend.
i go concluded allr. Norris. lust tell
woman she can do anything ana then
stand aside and see bow quickly it iz
esona. - Brook lsn Life.
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