Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-08-09


From an early period III the seventeenth
century pin making had been an import
au, industry il. the old city 81 Uiou>t-
ter. England This manufacture en-
ployed great numbers of small children,
NOT only residents OF the place bat of
neighboring places.
Vast numb of these children We're
wholly uneducated, and being without
parental restraint or moral supervision
they naturally fell into gross disorder and
immortality. especially on Sundays. when
the factories were closed.
The first person who undertook to
remedy this distressing state of affairs
was Robert Raikes, a printer OF Glouces-
ter He found four persons who had
been accustomed to instruct children in
reading, and engaged their services to re
ceiVe and instruct such children as he
should send to them every Sunday
A letter written by Mr.. Raikes and
dated June 5, 1884. clearly indcntities him
as the originator of the Sunday school
movement In this letter We're the gen
q "a - '''a' INI'9 VI ''i' =
4ie" were l" ~ SON ~
morning ana stay uh'H - 'i'en y no
and return at !, and after a reading les
son We're TO pe Col"'S'eN - II ~ : -
After church they We're to be employed
in repeating the cateohlsm till $50, then
to be dismissed with an injunction not to
MAKE any MOIST anu ny no ~ 'e''7 ~ t''''''
IN the s'reee7'
men once 1he 'Ue" % '"t'''''
instruct ION 'or we - ''''
GREAT bF+'84" Was ueNV''F'N' - "
10 nave MOI only e"' III -
out also ie'I'N' 7"7 ''''tot - ~
Plhee7'
\ 9ahdaE scAool Soe4e'S was 'ol '''''' -
LONDON ana 80 great as 'He tH'sie
a"aheheu III 'Hl7 N1iiN u W. - ''i'''
the eouFse u IL" He"i9 '"''N'"s
were s'aI'eu III H'"''>
England
o"lhg 10 'he 10" STATE VI pu 'il. gu
ton III lha' country hUiiuieoe u ''so -
amos Oh th44uleh "eie A'iiS VIZ - ''>'> -
upon SUNDAY seHooie io' 'i'' - - :
mehls OF instruction lieiiee 'ea'.i+'s '''s'
"fi'4hs were UNI sa'4' '"e : ~ - ~
SUNDAY schools'
very earl! SUNDAY schools W ''''
organization was Isl" VI 4'iieu ''i'
4'sI' III h4lauel pima anu az NV ~
hrst DAY OF 0uhua! school soeiets III
hrsi article OF the eois'l u'1oh Vi '"'s So
eletF required 'hat Ihe hs'Iu'tIoi' ''''i
IN the schools es'aoilsieu uiioei t's aus,
plces or receiving us peheheehtt siodid
be confined 10 readlhg ana Writing from
the Bible ana euch olher reilelou7 pooAs
as the society may from time 10 '4iHe
dlrect
Inc teachers mere as III EhglaHu' We're
pala 10Y lhelr serN ices. ne piai VI e'ii-
pioylng hlred teachers mace II htcessal
not only TO raise large sums Oh money
but also necessarily placed mint upon
their extension ana permahehee'
IN discussing tAls supJect al Ill edilH
period OF the history OF ouhuHA school9'
KEY Johh A. ADAMS salu: II ilelliis
teachers can scarcely DE eApetteu 10
possess either the zeal or 'he apllItS OF
those VINO no" engage III 'he "oi n rom
motives OF pure peheNolehce'
C'ratuNous instruction WIS an a9'ouilu-
ing improvement OF the system "hleh
does not appear 10 nave entered ll'o 'he
views OF ITS author
1t i dlfhcuIt 10 NIX upon any one per
son a. having been the hrsl 70 commence
gratutous effort IN the teaching OF INT
sunday schooI' ouI II l. suppoSeu Il =" as
KEY. John W Wesley
Just a. no movement 8Ie"t Vi SiiIaii
can be started without opposition 50 II
Vas win the SUNDAY Sehool, Wv tiis -
the general exhaustion ol 'he '"n'''is
lo4l"Nlhg lAe heNoIu' -oil7fS Wal anu tHe
unsettled cohu4Nloh ol Hna4Is III ii ~" y
organized governments nearly y "ai 'ei
OF century hao passed before SUNDAY
schools became common III ehher lhe
Northern or southern states ana CON
IL "a b - D a