New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
ONE OF THE FINEST.

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Brooklyn also has one OF the finest Sunday
school buildings in the country. that Of ths
Marcy Avenue Baptist Sunday School, which is
said to be nearly perfect architecturaIIy
On the spring day when the Brooklyn Sunday
school children have their MAY walk" the Oh
server may see how numerous they are though
tney only gather in sections in different parts
OF the city. 1t would be interesting il il could
be done. to gather ali the Sunday school children
or Greater New York together and see what an
Sp,,, army d uney would make No one knows exactly
now many there are. The figures OF the Protest.
ant Sunday school children are availabls, TO be
sure.
In Manhattan there are 9O.717. not Including
the home departments. which are made I'D Of
grown people who wish to belong. but because
OF old age or sickness cannot attend the ses-
sions, or the Cradle Rolls which means the
little babies whose parents have enrolled them.
In Brooklyn there are about 11jO00 probably
more since there are a number of schools not
yet afhHated with any OF the three sunday
school organizations in Kings County. and
whose numbers therefore are not enrolled.
Then there all the Roman Catholic chI-
dren, of whom exact figures are not 20 be had.
The parochial school children number d round
100000. and they, of course, are al Sunday
Catholic children who live in parishes where
there Is no parOchial school, or whose parents
prefer to send them TO the public school These
boys and girls are all gathered in for religious
instruction not only Sunday, but on Wednes
day afternoons which is trife hard on them
but It's good for them," Father Smith, EXAM
iner of the New York parOchiaI schools. re-
marked II would be safe to compute that the
Roman Catholic Sunday school children OF
Greater New York number al least 1JN00O.
Then there is the Ethical Culture Sunday
school. with its little band of one hundred and
fifty; and then there are the Sabbath schools
or New Iorks Jewry. OF which, again. there IS
no central organization, and therefore no record
The Hebrew Sabbath schools are of many kinds
There are those Of the Reformed Jews, who cali
! their places OF worship temples. and where tbs
Sunday schools almost like those Of the
Christians. except that few Christian children
are so thoroughly grounded in Biblical htera-
ture. There are those Of the Orthodox Jews
and in those Sunday schools the BOYS wear
their hats and close attention is paid TO Jewish
observances. The downtown East Side syna-
gogues rarely have religious schools for The chill
dren, but the Cheders scattered through the
Ghetto all practically religious schools. Also
Sunday schools are being established IN tnat
locality by the Jewish Centres Association.
which is striving to keep the small 1saacs and
Rebekahs firm in the faith and away from
the Chrstianizing influences that surround them
Then there Is the Educational Alliance. which
has Sunday classes TO teach the boys religion
and patriotism The Alliance and its branches
gather in about three thousand children on sun
day, but OF the numbers OF pupils IN these othet
Jewish religious schools II would be difficult 70
say anything except that undoubtedly they are
very many.
But imagine those Sunday schools OF which
the figures are obtainable. the Protestant Chris-
ttan denominations. the Roman Catholic ana tie
little Ethical Culture. holding picnic IN CEN
trail Park How far would they reach AROUND
the park IL they made game OF holdins hSr1s
and stretching out around IL? All tosetnsr SheIs
would be over $4,000. The average child OK
twelve. which is the average Sunday school age.
measures from hand 70 hand. with MS ann
stretched out. about ffty-fOur inches. or iocs
and one-hRlf feet Central Park Is aoOut two
and one-half miles long and half mile across.
That makes six miles. and mile eohIa1ns
o.2sO feet The children would. Jherefore. rea-a
around Central Park something more ulali ns
and one-halr times. A ring OF Sunday Scnvo.
children encircling Central Park for haIf 'h'
way five and for half the way SIX reet dsep.
Now that there Is much talk OF app'y1Iss
day school methods to the Sunday schooi ~
curious to note that one OF the nrSt Gay s. sciop
founded In this country was very like Suhcay
school. and pretty strict one az thar
entry In the very early records or Boston . to
Is as follows: Resolved that brother nIse s,sr
Pourpont be entreated 20 become schoie,
for the nurture and instruction or our cahu s -ns
In the Boston Library there Is copy ei 80 80
curriculum of this public school II IIo.,.sd IIo..
hundred and hfty years after X was Si ss rrg-
The course Of study embraced the p.sIrsr
land Primer" Dillworth's "Speher' ta ,s. OM
the Creed, the New Testament anu .Sn.usrs
Testament copy OF Dilworths mttn
shows the spelling lessons mterspee,. a. the
moral and religious admc nitionS' wine IA
New England Primer Just SIX Pases man fol-
voted to short words In spelihs, a @ Wstts's
lowed a catechisn. the LORDS Fraye., aye.,...hismA
Hymns for Children" and two more s' .choI
No need OF Sunday schools win pos
curriculum like thati ...s.v dffer-
The public schools of to-day are rssnes to-asy
ant. wherefore the awakening tnte,0 - I'm Grove
IN Sunday schools and the desiiS ,..ing 10
them Those who know say thar snU - nav "
growing-even though IN some 49, vast 5ids
only Of the sort expressed os oN'
woman ,.fvhhorhocI
I'm so glad we've moved INTO Gasav school
where there's u nice afternoon gu sei onist fos 02
pho said. Now can set "a "a n'S''
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