The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
A Great Variety OF Articles Made fer Use In
Religious lnstruction.

Religious Instruction.
Probably about a. limited a. any business
carried on In this city, judging by the number
OF firms engaged In II, Is that Of Sunday school
supplies. There are various publishing houses.
UNCONVENTIONAL and otherwise, that to a greater
or less extent deal in the goods which come
under this head. but there are in this big town
only tw, concerns dealing In Sunday school
supplies exclusively. While the number Of
houses thus engaged Is limited. the things dealt
In are almost numberless including things that
have been used for many years and a great
variety Of things that forty years ago wouldn't
have been dreamed Of as articles Of Sunday
school equipment
Take. for Instance. punches such az railroad
conductors use. In old times nobody would
have thought OF q punch az an article Of Sun
day school use, but nowadays there are many
sold for such use. with dies cutting respectively
T. and l., for indicating early and late. and
punches with round dies and with the die star
shaped. these several punches being used to
mark the various kinds Of attendance, record.
and class cards In Sunday schools. A Sunday
school pupil. for example. Is provided with an
attendance card appropriately printed and
bearing his name. As he enters the Sunday
school on any Sunday that date on the card Is
punched out with an z or an l., according as
he Is early or late.
A modern item Of Sunday schoo supplies
In a Scripture teIt souvenir button. celluloid
finished. and each with a floral design and a
Bible text upon II. There are Sunday school
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Tbsre IA nerbans no husiness with records
more systematically kent than those of sun.
dav school,. nor any in which r keener effort
Is made To ~economize time and labor and run
things on business nrincinles or teachers'
Glass hooks alope thsrs ara a dozen or mora
kinds. soma for one wear and soma for two.
books for any number OF names and with
spaces ruled for attendance and contributions,
conduct and 30 on. all so arranged that the
records can he easily and quickly made. OF
Sunday school records designed for the use
OF secretaries and uperintendents there are
a score or more Of different kinds. including
records designed for schools Of various sizes,
a. Of twenty-five classes, scventy-fve classes
and 80 on. The various kinds Of record books
made differ more or less In completeness Of
detail and In arrangement, some finding
favor with one user and some with another.
but they are all designed to enable the keep
ing Of the records OF the school in the most
complete and comprehensive manner within
the least possible space, where they can he
readily and easily seen. There are also various
kinds OF records designed for Sunday school
trsasurers' use.
OF library cards, among Sunday school sup
plies. there is a variety: and there are covers
for library books; and rubber stamps for stamp
ing books, and library numbers, Of various
sizes and kinds, to paste on the back of books,
and labels to paste inside of them. There are
Librarians record and account books Of va
rious kinds.
There are nowadays many kinds Of things
devised with a view to helping in the gathering
of money: collection helps, they are called
A familiar thing OF this kind l. the card that Is
punched by the contributor with tho point Of
a pin. There are various cards Of this sort.
printed In different designs and with the pin
These cards can be filed out to show how much
It costs to punch a hole: the punches may be
one cent or any number Of cents each. a In
dicated on the card. and tho purpose of the col
lection Is set forth on the back of the card.
There are many other kinds Of collection helps.