Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-07
LARGEST SUNDAY SCHOOL.
4 Visit 10 The Great Institution at
Stockport, England.


sroci,poRr, England, Aug. 90, 1894
On SUNDAY, August 10, VISIT
cd the Stockport sunday scho1huaid TO
be the largest not only 10 England but
In the world. vending my way 20
tho direction pointed ouI ] soon ap.
preached the spoL The nml sight Of
the bullding Impressed my mind that
It was q mill Of some kinlj upon In
qulfy, however, | Ulioited tho inf0rmn.
ton tuat II was the noted odincc was
In search Of. Being directed TO tue
proper entrance was econ ushcfod
into the committee room aud intro
duced to W. u. Leigh EsIp tue gcnor.
nj secretary, who 1 learned, nearly two
years ago, ut bis fathers domlsc, had
succeeds him In that proniuct peel.
uJn. This gentleman took luasufo 10
showing me through the building, ana
furnished full information concerning
the working Of the school. We spent
two hours together. Tue building con.
taius four stories and 10 situated IN au
elevated position on Wellington street.
There nru nearly 100 ICONS lu iI Toe
main room OF hall viii PROBABLY seat
over 1000 people, aud DO used Tot
jubiletf, anniveuafiys, sunday oven-
ing service (once a mOntnl, anu iyf
oihef pufp0svs. For aIuii ,male nui
female Glasses There are two main nud
ton class rOumi; for hnt Gud second
classes tho same number Oi f0gmt On
"a - Hs.H
boys and, on the second n1Or, ten
rooms Tor girls, three libraries, one
Tract room (whefe tracts ami fov
cheap books are solI) one commit.
TO ro0m,l one inspectors room,
one liofaflan's room aud one Tot tue
toftef. At present there are nity.
seven CLASSES ia the school. The gen.
efAi library contains $500 books, tue
toaohefs' library 5000, anu tho fret
anu second class library 1900. The
latter " composed mostly of maya
zines. On the walls Ut the committee
room eau be- seen elegant oil paintings
aud phOto-engTavings Of distinguished
men who have taken very active !
part In the school, some " whom were |
Ia service for half a century or more. !
Prominent amongst the oil paintings /
IL Mr.. Joseph Mayer, who was cIn.
nscted with the school from i10J until |
hia death, January 20, 1857.
Attached 10 tho school IL small |
building erected expressly for an infant |
department, 10 which all under nve
ycaf- Of age arc admitted. About 200
. amcs are enrolled.
The sauitAfy arrangements are the
most complete 20 be found In am pof.
lion OF England. During the time
ch0ol IL IN sussiOn, apparatus IA IN
working order which takes on 10y
watetl every fifteen minutes all i'm.
pure matter. IL Ia built Of glazed
uIick Rnd was erected last year alta
cIst Of El 900.
Adjacent to the town are four
branch schools belonging 10 the Stock |
port Sunday school. Last years. an.
nuAl report gives the number Of
teachers and scholars a. follows
stockport Sunday school, 1901; Hea.
ton Mersoy, 2sl; Brinksway, S1l, Ian
cashito Hiil, 400; Heayiiey, $40; total,
1851.
The officers Of the school consist Of
general inspector and assistant, treas
ufer aud assistant, general secretary,
librarian anu assistant, two auditors,
committee OF eighteen members, forty
visitors (supefintrndents Of an rent
Departmental, thiriy.ono trustees, Aud |
a finance committee OF fucuu. The
school hours are from 20 ~ aud
rom 10 4. The exercises consist uf
singing, prayer, short addresses, Bible
Aud writing iessons, etc. Once
month the majority Of the classes,
shortly after 10 am, march to different
places Of worship. The day 1 was
Al DO. a
school TOT that purpose. one sunday
evening each month IL stt apart Tor
service Ia the main room Tor all mem.
bers Of the sohCo', parents AMI friends.
Occasionally Ia the large room tea par.
ties i1t parents and members OF tue
schools are held. A. the last there
were |, 400 ~ sent aud two night. ne.
vi0us LOO were seated. There h A
siok anu burial society connected with
the school.
The school Ia nou.soclarlan, ana
admits children Of all denUmiua'i5rs
excepting Catholic, Jew aad Initial.
~. +. w. Wothrfol, prominent
ics dent Of New York, and who IL
greatly interested Ia sunday schools,
make, a yearly visit 10 Stockport, aud
remains Tor lew weeks for the puflOfe
~ visiting the school. A large photo.
engraving OF TINS gentleman can be
seen Ia tue committee room,
Looking over the Schools registry
list | noticed the following: "June,
1885; No. 41,9is, Ephr.im Clatkson,
aged b yeats." Mr.. CI,kslu II porter
Tor tho school, lie Ia now % ycurs Of
age.
Ihs hnances Of the sohool arc kent
up by annual subscription from tho
public, collections nc annual sermons
and monthly mcelings fvnts, profits
from books aud stationery SOLD, etc.
1 registered my namobs mailing from
salt Lake City. Tho secretary Invited
me 10 come some Sabbath Ald address
The adult rch0lAu,
A brief history OF the Stockport Sun.
day school Il ~ follHwt; M R1brrt
Ilaikcs commenced tho hrst SUNDAY
school IA Gloucester England, iu 1850.
The report Oi Mr.. Raikats guccels
having reached STOCKPORT, 70 sutuu.
lated few friends intefrstsd Ia The
welfare u tho youth On follow In the
footsteps Of the illusIrioua SABBATH
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