The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-15
ST. PAUL'S CHINESE SCHOLARS
LEARN RELIGION AND ENGLISH
downtown on SUNDAYS.
They Come In From Miles Around TO Attend
Mr.. Hunting tons Glasses in the once
Building on Church 81. Fond OF sing.
ing Hymns -SOme Primary Lessons.

rhey Come In From Miles ArOun to Attend
Mr.. Hunting tons Glasses in the once
Building on Church ~. Fond OF Sing.
Ing Hymns some Primary Lessons.
Hanging alongside the entrance To the
Office building Of st. Paul's Church, at
Church and Vesey streets, yesterday after
noon was a large red sign on which big
black Chinese characters showed up boldly.
A lot Of people going to and coming from
the ferries stopped and gazed long at the
sign. Some Of the irreverent went on their
way asking il the church had branched out
into the laundry business.
From 4 o'clock to 4:3O little groups OF
Cinnamon wandered down Vesey street
and, seeing the sign, went in. They under
stood that it said.
There is a Chinese Sunday school on the
top floor. Services commence at $50
o'clock"
The Sunday school was opened about a
month ago. 1t is conducted by the Rev.
George Huntington, one Of the curates OF
st. Paul's. Mr.. Emerson, one Of the as
sistants in the church, assists Mr.. Hunting
ton in the services and three Chinese also
help every Sunday in instructing the
scholars. They are Moy Up, the Chinese
interpreter in the Court House; James Sing,
a merchant in Brooklyn, and Chong Shank,
one Of the leading business men Of the
Chinese quarter in this city.
The fact Of the establishment Of the Sun
day school has been noised about among
the Chinese and they have been quick to
take advantage Of it, because they are not
only instructed az to the Gospel but are
also taught to read and write English as
they 60 along. There are at present twenty
seven scholars and they come from all parts
around the city. They are a very intelli-
gent and neat looking lot Of Cinnamon.
The majority OF them are young men, but
there are some rather well along in wears.
One l~aundryman from Elizabeth has gray
| showing in his hair and his hands INC face
show plainly how he has toiled. He ia just
"a enthusiastic in learning English az the
younger pupils. Another scholar is from
Hoboken and several come from points
in Long Island. A majority Of the scholars
dress in American style. but several stick
TO the Chinese dress and hardly one has
dispensed with his queue.
The services are held in the chapel on
the top floor Of the building and the benches
are arranged in squares; that is, four
benches are faced together and a sign on
each tells who the teacher is FOR that sec
ton. II is necessary to have a teacher for
nearly every scholar. h teachers come
from all parts Of the city and surrounding
places. As the school increases there VIII
he need Of more teachers and Mr.. Hunting
ton will be glad TO get volunteers. II one
Of The Cinnamon should go to the school
and be neglected those in charge realize
he is likely to stay away altogether. For
this reason Mr.. Huntington is earnestly
hoping that men and women who can spare
the time on Sundays will go to the chapel
and help out.
The services yesterday opened with sing
Me-" The Chinese are fond of singing and
they join in enthusiastically. Following
his hymn there was a prayer led by Mr..
Huntington n then all hands sang Il
Need Thee Every Hour" The singing
was led by Mr.. Huntington. who also plays
the piano. A prayer led by James Sing
cam next and then the scholars were
turned over to their teachers and instructed
in English. This lesson lasts for three
quarters Of an hour. The scholars are then
taught ten verses from the New Tesla
ment. The Bible used has both Chinese
and English lettering on the same page.
For the English lesson a first reader
that was prepared by the Rev. !. NJ. Condit,
a missionary, is used. IL also has the
lessons and words duplicated in Chinese.
The reader contains nearly 800 different
words. The lessons are graded. The read
ing lessons cover a variety OF subjects and
include a great many sentences used IN or
binary conversation. The editorial note
in the front of the reade explains that
Gospel truths have been introduced as FAR
az practicable. The Chinese portion is in
the Cantonese dialect, as this is the spoken
language Of the majority Of the Chinese in
America, Australia and the
Islands. The author used il so "a 10 give
the learner the meaning OF the English in
plain and simple words, such as he himself
would use in expressing the same thing
rather han in literary Chinese.
Two scholars had got as far yesterday az
the fifteenth page. There they became
Just a trifie confused. They first got this
to memorize:
do you see my bed? 1t is for me to
lie on"
The confusion came with the next lesson.
which was:
1T il a sin to lie. Do not lie
1t was with no little difficulty IN the
teacher explained to the Cinnamon that it
wasn't a sin to lie in bed. This knowledge
was a relief TO the scholars, who were be-
ginning to think that turning Christian
meant going without sleep.
The first part Of the reader consists en-
tirely Of short, plain words OF the. dog, cat,
rat order. BY slow degrees the pupils are
led to the short sentence stage. and when
they get more educated and are able to
negotiate the last part OF the book they
will strike such long and intricate stories
as the fable of the two hungry cats, the
pIcCo VI CuCCES dHu NV MUMMY JuNSVs
Then there il also waiting for consumption
the famous story about IN shepherd boy
who yelled wolf" II will be some time
before the aundryman from Elizatbeth
gets to these, but from the way he is apply
ing himself It is a pretty sure thing that he
will reach them eventually.
Tho Sunday school session lasted for
about an hour and a half. There was more
hymn singing at the close. Incidentally
with the singing the Chinese get instruc-
tions in our numerals. The songs are an
nounced by Mr.. huntington, who calls out
the number slowly and repeats It several
times. When hymn 8lR was announced
there were several who got all mixed up
with their skies throughout the book, but
theJ found the hymn all right in most cases
without calling on the teacher for help.
When the service and lessons were over
all hands stool around for a while and held
an informal reception among themselves
and discussed the progress they were max
ing. The Rev. Mr.. Huntington said last
night that he had plenty 81 room for more