The Sabbath-School Index: Pointing out the history and progress of Sunday-schools, with approved modes of instruction.Pardee, R. G. (Richard Gay)
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The Sabbath-School Index: Pointing out the history and progress of Sunday-schools, with approved modes of instruction.
Pardee, R. G. (Richard Gay)
Sunday schools
This work is--1. A holy work. 2. A deliberate work. 3. It is a work of
pure good-will. 4. Says Rev. Dr. Chalmers: "No other ministration is
to be offered than that of respect and kindness." 5. They are to go
just so far "as they will be gratefully met by the population." 6.
Visit rich and poor, but carefully select districts adapted to the
visitors. 7. Seek the confidence of parents and children; be patient,
be persevering, be courageous, be sympathetic, and take no notice of
repulses. 8. Enter no house in vain. Leave some kind suggestion,
counsel, or sympathy in regard to spiritual or temporal interests. 9.
Relieve all want and distress possible; inculcate temperance,
cleanliness, and economy. 10. Counsel with mothers with reference to
their children. 11. Give a fraternal aspect to your visits, and avoid
controversy, and generally even argument.
If each professing Christian in our churches who is able would become
responsible for the regular visitation of but four neglected families,
every family in our land would be faithfully visited. "What a plain,
simple, magnificent idea is here presented!" A regular Christian army
of occupation for our whole country. Says the Rev. Dr. Guthrie: "It
would everywhere bring life into contact with death, and cover the
whole outlying population, even as the prophet with his own body
covered the dead body of the child." The motto is: EVERY CHILD IN THE
SABBATH-SCHOOL, AND EVERY FAMILY IN THE CHURCH.
XXII.
NEW MISSION-SCHOOLS.
In all our great cities, in the town and country, there are vast
numbers of immortal youth far beyond the reach of churches and church
Sabbath-schools, and therefore, it becomes necessary to carry the
Sunday-school to them. A room is obtained, conveniently located, with
seats, books, etc. The children are gathered, taught to read, to sing,
to pray, presented with library books, papers, etc., and thus
innumerable blessings are sent down into destitute families, and soon,
like leaven, the Gospel is seen diffusing itself everywhere among the
mass.
Something like seventy of these mission-schools are now successfully
sustained in New York City alone, with twelve to fifteen thousand
pupils in them. Roman Catholic, Jewish, and other classes of children
are in this way easily and successfully reached, and permanently
benefited. This instrumentality must be largely increased everywhere.
Some five or six different denominations often unite in the labors of
one of these schools, and all work together in the most beautiful
harmony. This movement is in the highest sympathy with that
_aggressive_ feature of the system, before named.
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