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The adviseableness of holding a Convention of Sabbath School Teachers in Canada
was suggested by Mr. 8. J. Lyman, at a Meeting of the Committee of the Canada
Sunday School Union in July last. The Committee approved of the suggestion ; but,
as only a minority of the Sabbath Schools in Canada co-operated with the Union, they
hesitated to take any decided action, believing that, to be successful, the Convention
would require to be Provincial, and that it would not bo so if they alone moved in
the matter. It was agreed, however, to appoint a sub-Committee to invite an expres-
■ion of public opinion in relation to it.

This was done, and it led to a preliminary meeting of a few gentlemen
from different parts of the Province, at Kingston on the 25th of September last. The
decision at that Meeting, in favor of the Convention, was unanimous ; and a local Com-
mittee, consisting of the Superintendents of Sabbath Schools in Kingston, and a Committee
of arrangements, consisting of the original sub-Committee of the Union at Montreal,
were appointed, and the Secretary of the latter was instructed to correspond with parties
in Toronto, which city was unavoidably not represented at the Meeting, for the purpose of
inviting the organization of a co-operating Committee there. The friends in Toronto who
had previously manifested a warm interest in the movement heartily responded to the call.

These three Committees carried out, as far as possible, the views expressed at the pre-
liminary meeting.

With the exception of the superintendent of the Great Western Railroad, the managers
of all the roads applied to, liberally entered into the plans and views of the Committees
and proprietors of newspapers throughout the Province as liberally inserted the notices
sent to them.

From time to time the Committees were much f r: t^fied by the apparent growing po-
pularity of the movement : a popularity not to be ascr bed to their efforts, but to the over-
ruling Providence which blessed their labour, and which ultimately gave to the Conven-
tion a measure of success which far exceeded their expectations.

May the same Divine grace accompany this Report, and give to all who read it deep
and abiding impressions of the importance of Sabbath Schools, and resolution and ability
to labour unceasingly for the spiritual good of the youth of our country.

DEC 2 ~ 1920

CONVi:XTTON OV BELEOATES

KIIOM

SUNDAY SCI[0()LS IN CANADA

AND

REPUi:SENTATlVi:S FROM 'IIIi: UMTFJ) STATKS.

WKnNrsnAV, lltli Fchy,, IHr.7.

roiifiirnialily to tli<' iirriiiiLCcincnls c.f llic locnl
Cniiiinilti'c, ilclcffiilcs assi'hilik'd in tlic Wes-
Iryiin Mclliudisl (Jlniri'li, Sydciiliatn Slrfut.

At lmir-|iiist !) H.ni. the lU'V. Mr. Mnrlinpr
rallcil ilic ,M''ciiii<r to ()i'<|(M', iiDil I'loposril |)r.
Mail-, of Kiiii^'-'toii, iis leiiipurury Cliairiiiuii.

Norn in II I ion a[iiirovo(l.

Dii. Maiu ftC('ortliii<;ly took tliu (Mi;iir, ami
eallcil iipoii till' Itcv. Mr. LaiitDii, t') oiu'ii lliu
nu'otin>( with prayer.

Al'Icr which Dii. .Maiu saii),tiiiit lie ili<l not tliink
it ni'ci'ssary to nad the circular lij which tlii.s
Convention had liccn called loi,'('ihcr. Itwii.s
sntlicient to say tiial it had oritriiialed in u coni-
mitleo appointed to meet in Kingston, for
the pnrpose of considering its expediency.
Three connnittees were named, one for .Mon-
treal, one for Toronto, and one for that city,
ftiid ilie residl wa.s maTiitested iutiie highly res-
jiectalile nu'eting then before him, It allorded
liiin the ntniost pleiisiirc to he called to the |io-
Hition he then ladd ; and he would remark that
lie had lieen much struck the day liel'ore with
the remarkable intelligence and good coun-
tenances of the nnnu'riMis Delegates who had
arrived for tiie purpose of attending the (/'onvcn-
tion. lie had lived in countries where he had
become familiar with very diHerent faces. He
had been in N.S. Wales and Van Dienians Nand,
where he frecpiently had to encouTiter persons
of the very worst characters, and could state it
as a remarkable fart that crime st.Tmped its im-
press on the countenance. Having had these
op|iortnnities then of observation, he could not
lielp comparing the benevolent and intellectiml
faces before him with those of men wlio had
bciMi familiar witli crime, and with everything
else whiidi teniled to make the heart worse than
it naturally was. He cordially entered info the
desires expressed in the prayer just oU'ered, and
had no doubt the Convention would tend great-
ly to the advancement of the cause in which nil
were so much interested. He felt, too, that the
Lord would he ]>resent with them, [t was de-
lightful to rcllect that there were present men
who merged all their diderences in love — love
to (Sod — love to Jesus — love to the Spirit of
Truth and Holiness. Would that the day might
shortly be seen when all men, of all the various
opinions which were entertained, would come

together to advance the cnnso of the conimfni
Lord. In the larg" correspondence which had
taken place ou this subject, lie thought ti.at
there was but a single letter in which the writer
ventured so tar as to opjio^e this moveliieni, " be-
cause'tliis Ciuiveiitioii would con-iist of rather
heterogeneous materials." That he (l>i'. Mair)
coiiM not iiiulcrsland. Ilelengeneoiis 1 He
took it the materials were (piite tlie reverse. Had
they not one Father? — one Saviour? — one Hj i-
ril iiilliiencing them all ? How, then, could the
liody be heterogeneous? They were all one in
(!)lirist Jesus. To these few remarks he bad only
to add, that it was his duty to call for the ap-
pointment of a tem|iorary Secretary.

Mu. (!eo. Hai!('(m:iit, thereupon nominated
Mr. J. \V. Tavi.oii, (d' .dontruul, and lie was
appointed to that otiice.

.Mn. f. J. Lyi«av, then moved the appoint-
ment of a nominating Committee to nominate
officers, and the Chairnnm named

Messrs. S. J. Lyman, Montreal.
" D. Mkadi.k, St. Catherines.
" (lEO. llAi((;otiiiT, Toronto.
" Joii.s Paton, Kingston.
" W. J!k<!(j, London.

The committee retired, and dovotionnl ci-
crcises were engaged in for half au hour.

The nominating committee having returned,
reported the following names for the oflicers of
the Convention, and the nominations were una-
nimously adopted, vi/, : —

IIo.N. Ja.mijs FKnniKn, President.

VICE-PnE8IDENT8 :

• Rev. R. V. RooEUS, Midland Di.^trict.

• Mr. J.H. Sankokn, M.IM'., Kiistern District.
Mr. \Vm. Rkoo, Western District.

Dr. John Maiu, Kingston.

Mr. Sheritr TiiKADWKM., Ottawa District.

Rev. Wsi. Lanton, I'rcscott.

HEcnETAniEa :
Rev. John Scott, Hath.
Rev. Tiioa. Honn.sKiN, Doon.
Mr. J. W. Tayloh, Montreal.

• These (rotitlemen worn not present. Tho Nomina-
ting Committee put their names on the list of olItciTS,
as it waa understood that they would be prascnt.

UKroittt or TiiF, rnnrRKDiKoii or rrtK

Tlip Hon. .Iah. Fituiiimi, hnving tukon the ; lti(jt mncy rcv.nliil In ilic Uilili-, uiid wluii t?o

rriiH'iiilicr tliiit sii liii't(» u |iiii'tiiin uC our riicr

flmir, dpdki' iiM I'lilldwn

ilii' in viMilli. M it mil our itnty to tciirli tlio

nu'lstiim Ilr.'lliicn : I liiivf rP|.cut.-;llv -lur- ,.|,i|,|,,:„ „four I'lovinc- to rn..l llmt '• (i.-.l ho

iMiiiiir imtl ri'?i|>onsiliilit\. loil wwv lu'loic Imvr
I lilt nivsclf so lii;;lil,v lionori'il, nor Iiiivr I or

J^on. Ilml wliosncvcr U'lirNclli in Mini ulioulif
Hot |iiii-li, Imi luivc i'viilii>iin>f life '.'" ( hir

(•ii|.iiMl sonv^lMin-il.lciiiio.^ilioniis I ilo tliHiliiy, j ,.|,i|,|,.,,„ ,„|,^, ,.,.,,,1 ,|,nt .1,,.^,^ ,.„„„. front
in piTsjclinK "vrihiHlain.uiwhk'i-i-ly i»l>'i''^l- | |„.„v,.n fo .Mirlli to hmvo tlirm. Th.7 most
intfussrnil)ly til <l<li^'iiic^ IroinSim.lMy M'h.iols, ' ^^^,^^^ ^^,. ,,,^. ,„^,, „,■ .j,,^„^ ,,, ,.|ii|,licn \vli<n

Kint, Wi'.-il, Norlli

Sooili. WiTi' wi' met in

tlli^< |iliH-i' tinlrlrrniilM' wl.ilt I'olllsi' to pllltiU' I

'iii'th, — liow Ik' took ihi'in in his arnnt

roI'Mciu'c to hoini- jji'cat )inlilic;i| nui'-ili'in nl- j^^_ ^j
fVclin;,' llu! in.ili'riiil inliTi'tt'* of ("niiiiilit, how
ln:inv cvTS woiihl lie on ns I how niiiiiy would

I Mr

.1 tiM

can thi!«

one ("o wt

\h' rciulvcilln'r to ti'nsiirc of aiipliii

il tin' ili'ri-

HJons lit' which we niinlit anivo! Itut.il is lor
no such (Idiliciatioii uc arc culled lopllnv.

II as in the Sunday Sidiool 't

For ahinit thiriy years j'lvst, I have liccn

tcachill^' or sniicrinlcndintj Sahlialh Schoi Is,

d during that time, 1 have h<'cii the (glo-

rious ell'i'cts of Itildi; truth

the minds of

Till

iriiosc ol our niccimi,' is to consnU'r

pari

hither more cannot he <lonc in

ir Suiiihiv

Schools to i^ivc lo the childrci

if this rroviiiee

tt laoi'

e tluirouKh Hihle education ; n

ml if this

Ooavenlion .slionhl, durinn' ils laesenl session,

children. I have (*eeii them dii' ln|ipy in the
prospei-t (d' spl•lldill^c an elernily with Jesus,

■.ShI

little cliildieli to come lllllo

devise means superior to those now eliiployid
in the eoiidiicliiin of our Sniiduy Selio"! work,
or if il should cNtite a stronu't'i' I'eeliiiK' in liie
hreast of every <lelejfale in this house, so tliat 1 j'|'

»ne," I rejoin- lo be aide lo report lo this

Convention, ihat in the scl lid' which lam at

present the superinleiideni, there have lieel

(liinn;; the pist yeai

it thirty yoiiii|LC per-

is converted !<■ (lod, and that in .Montieiil,
our jirospects (d" fnrtlior success are lirighler

we niiiv return to our sell

hools with rcdiiuhled

energy to teach the rising generation the k'low-
Icdge (if the trntli as il is in .lesiis, the cut'

I will

be fiillv an.swered.

iiin Ihey ever have heei
(lentlemen, a great deal has hccn done, and
is now doing, to furnish a lihcral secular edu-
cation to the youth (d' our I'rovince, and no
one can lie more anxious than I am to si-ciiro

Sunday School teaching will, in my opinion, this, llut let 11s never forget that the sciences
iiici.:,ise"tlR> prosperity of our rising country to , ^\^, ,„,( \^.^^^^\^ the way <if salvation. Malhci
a fur greater extent than any political (pieUion
which has ever occupied the attention of our
Kcgislaturc ; niid it is ciiiiahlc of elVeetiiig what

purely .secnliir ediicalinii

can ctt'ei't, viz. ; —
the'c-ilid'dishnienl of that high moral and reli-
gions clmracter, without which there can he no
security to either person or jiroperly. (ienllcinen,
1 fuel deeply on this snliject ; and I helicve that
the future destiny of (mr country deiiemls on the
sound religions and moral training which our
children receive in the Salihath School. Let
us for a moment look at onr Province, divided
as it is into two classes — the Protestant and
Roman Catholic, nnd let us note the ditferenee
between them, which we attrihiite to the eflects
of theliihle. We Protestants helievethat (].od
has given ns the liilde as his revealed will ;
thiit he commands ns to read nnd ohey it : and
that it is our duty to teach it to our children
anil all around ns. To the Roman Oatludics
the Hihle is a closed Imok— they are prohihited
from reading it, nnd the result is Inmentalde in
this country ns well as on the continent of
Europe. I point to these facts to show that
the present and future prosperity of our Pro-
vince depends on Ihe thorough Hihle edu-
cation we give to onr children. And I would
ask— where .ire they to get this? The Dis-
trict Schools do not furnish it ; neither do
the other schools cstnhlisl,ed for secular edu-
cation ; and, therefore, we have to look
to our Sunday Schoids as our only hope,
and we expect, liv pi'oniotiiig their iiiterevis, to
attain the desired eiul. For ever shall I thoiik
God that I was born in Scotland, and that in
the scluud where I was educated, there were a
l?iV)le and a Testament class. Hnt, gentlemen,
when wo consider that not only the temporal
prosperity, but the eternal destiny of every hn-
mnn being depends on his being made saving-
ly acquainted with the glorious plim of Ue Jeera-

tics will never solve the problem — how can a
sinner be jiistilied before his otfendert (iod? —
nor Clin meiitiil philosophy ever show that the
carnal mind is enmity against (!od. No ! in
the sciences, whether |diysical or metaphysical,
there is mi voice whicli tells ns of the heighth,
the depth, the length and the breadth of the
love of (!od to man. To tiie IJiblc, therefore,
and to the liible alone, let ns go, and take with
us the children and youth of onr land, that
from the study of that Hook of Life, teachers-
and children may be made wise unto salvation.

After further devotional exercises : —

Mr. S. H. Scott moved that the ^'rc.^ident
do ajipoint a Business Committee. Carried.

The Chairman named-
Rev. F. H. iMarling,
" J. Elliot,
" A. Hiillard,
" W. Jetfers,

Rev. Geo. McDonald,

" J. Shorn,
Mr. James Walker.
" S. IJ. Scott.

Mr. J. W. Taylor moved, and it vasresolvcdr
tlnit the roll be made up, and in doing bo, in
order that delegates may become known to one
another, that each rise in his jilace, announce his
own name, the name of the School he rejiresents,
and the name of the place in which it is situated.

Roll of delegates present taken accordingly.

The Rev. Ma. Smakt, after announcing hig
name, mentioned that he represented the oldest
Sunday School in Canada, it having been
founded in 1811, whereupon it was moved, se-
conded, nnd carried unanimously, that the Rev.
Mr. Smart be the first Vice President of th»
Convention.

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unto siilviitjon.

KAIIIIATII BCIIOOt TRACIIRUH CiiS VKNTION.

iscs : —

tJie President
'• Caniod.

• -"^fcDonnld,

liortt,

'3 Walker.
{. kScott.

va.q resolved^
" «loiiig ao, in
I* "own to one
, iiniioiince hia
lie rejOTaenta,
' it is situated.

accordingly.

iiouncing his
eil the oldest
having been
s nioved, ae-
"'at tlie Rev.
ident of th»

Ri'v. Mil. S«AiiT lliiinkiMl the nioetiii)^ for the
Iioiioiir I'liiit'i'i'i'i'd ii|iiiii him. lie little i'.\|i('rtiM|
wlii'N III- iinivi'd III ('luiiidji, t'oi'i,v-i4ix jie.tr/4
l)ct"(ii'i', to «(•(' -tiirli u day ii-t llint. It wa'' indeed
un limionr to lie made tln-ir lir.-.t Viee I're^i-
deiil ; lint it Win ii slill irreali r one to liuve
Im'i'ii |M'rniitiei| to lie (lie rmiiider nC tlie llriit
Siiiiday Seliuiil in Canada, lie liilieved that
iiilli the per, on and ihr l.ilmni.i ut' llie lale Kev.
Mr. (>>)fiiiid, Were known in inust of the
lirethreii, lint he mi;{lit int'nrm tliein perhaps,
that Mr. O.-iniiod wa-t iiiiicnlated with Sunday
HcliodN in hrocUville. lie came there iim un
Itinerant mi.^^ional■y in IMIJ, and he t^iiit h-.i
idea-ieil, that he lie^aii imiie iliaiely tii travel
llironnh the I'liiviiiee and to e-taliliv|i Siimlay
}S<dioiil-i wherever he went. For his iiwn part,
lie (.Mr. Smart,) on;;hl to erect his Khene/.er
and .say, iiillierln the l,<>rd has In Iped me. lie
fame to Cm. Ilia furty-.six mhis nun, and he
ini^'ht say thai the Lnrd had now made him
two liands -Iwii hands ! why what a iiiimlier of
liands were present that day! lie thanked
(iod for llie preservation of a very feehle life
and eonstitnlion till he .saw that day, and espe-
<'ially till he saw that the ciiiitte of Saliliatli
HehiMiIs had taken such deep root in Canada.
That cause was ideiitilied with the moral and
|tolitical, he liii},'lil say even with the scieiitilic
and literary pro^rress of the country.

Mil. TiioMi'.^oN (Itiichesler) said lie would pre-
Bcnt Mr. Smart with a portrait ot' K. UaikeK.

The I?rRiNi.;gH Committkr reported the fuilow-
ing rerommendalions, which were adopted.

iHt. Tlint the hours of nieeliiifr lie from half-
past !t to half-past I'i in the moriiiii^,', and from
lialf-past 'i to half-past .""t in the afiernoon, and
that the lirst half-lionr of each Session he spent
in devotional exercises.

2iid. That no speaker sjieak more than once
or oecnpy more than ten minutes on each .siih-
jeet, without permissi-:;, of the .Meeting,

.^rd. That all linsiuess come throngh the Busi-
ness Committee.

4tli. That the following questions he discussed
in their order, and that not more than one hour
be devoted to each.

1. What is the hest mode of training Teachers
for Saliliatli Schools?

2. What ought to he the necessary qiialilica-
tiiiiis of Teachers hefore tlieir appointment to
Salihath School classes?

;t. Can the giving nf rewards lie so ciiiidiicted
as to be of advaiilafie to tiie scholar, and to
the jirosperity of the School?

The Hcsi.NEs.s Co-Mmittki; further recommend-
ed.

1. That a Committee of five he apjioinfed to
Tnake all iiumiiiatiiiiis iei|iiired liy the Conven-
tion, itiid that the said Cummittee consist nf —

Messrs. S. J. I.ymaii, (J. II. Deller, W. linius,
Ainsley iiiid Daylimt.

2. Timt a ('nimnitlei' of three lie appointed to
examine the slalislicMl returns with the view of
conipletiitg them as far as piissilile, and prepar-
ing a siiminary thereof to he siilnuilted to the
Convention.

.'{. That a Committ(!e of three lie apjiointed to
make up a statement of the expenses of the Con-

vention, to aitccrtalii the prohaliln ro<<t of pitl>-
lishiiig the procredinxs, and to lepurt a plan lor
rai.'iiig funds, (he said I'onimitlee in he callvil
the Coinniitteu on Fimiiieu iinil I'lihlieiitioiu.

All of uhieli reeuinniendatioiiit were adopted.

till mntinn it was resulveil Ihat all ennimniil-
catiniis In the I'oiiventiuu be rel'erred to the
liu!<ineiti« Coninilttee.

The prllceedillg^ of the inornliii; were then
eluiied hy pra\er liy the Itev. Mr. Sinarl,

SKCd.NlJ si;ssi().v.

The Conveiilion assenilded again at half-past
two o'clock ; and al'ier a hymn li.id lieeii -niig,
ti.e Itev. .Mr. Iliirpee nH'ired plilver. .Viiollier
hymn having heeii snug, the Kev. Mr. Scott
prayed

The minutes of llie first Sessimi were read
and ennlinned.

They led til a slatemenl, that the lirst Sunday
Sehocils In Lower Canada wi're eslalili-hed in
Montreal and Slanslead in iNlil: the latter
seliool having sent out a missionary who w ai
one nf llie lirst In gn In the Samlwieh Idai.dg,
and whose lalionrs had deeii lilessed liy I Iod to
the eonversimi of many Iniudreds nf souls. It
was founded liy .Mr. 1*. V. Hihliard.

The .N'o.Mi.NATi.Nd C0.M.MITTKK submitted a re; ort
which was aeeepted, naming for the

coM.Mirrfc'K o.v kinamk a.nd I'uni.icATioNa:
Mr. II. .\. Nki.son, Chairnian.

" jAMKsSrKWAIiT.

" H. T. Ciiorv.

" W. J. MoiiiiiH, and

" Joii.s Mahnaiii).

A.Nn KOn TIIR CO.MMITTKK ON STATISTICS :

Mr. Ai.iix. Macai.i.stkii, Chairman.
" (iKomiu Hacaii.
" F. '1. I'KAllSO.N.

T'.^y also reported the names of speakers for
i the public meeting to be held in the evening,
I viz:—

I Rev. J. Shortt, Port Hope

I !{ev. It. W. Cliidiaw, Cineinnati, (Jhio.

I Rev. M. Miller, Ogdensburgh.

; Rev. C. W. Denison, IhiHah).

Rev. ,\. Hiillard, Mostiin.

Mr. I). P. .lanes, Mnnlreal.

Mr. J. I). Fonte, IJuHalo.

Mr. T. II. Thomsiiii, Ruchester.

Mr. K. T. Huntington, Roehester.

The lirsi.NKBS (Iiimmittkk recommended that
the third i|uesliiiii 011 the printed list in the cir-
cular calling the t'onveiition, vi/, ; —

"Are Sablmlli Rehools at the present day ac-
cnniplishing the purpose for which tiny were
instituted? viz; the religious enligliti iiinent
of nncareil for elf'.Iren ? Has this nut ticen iu
a great measure departed from by giving more
heed to the children of the Church than to
those who are without means of religious
instruction, and would not their usefulness be

RECOlll) OF TIIK PR0CKEl)IN(i8 OF TUB

increased by a rotiirn to llio ori};iiiiil olijcci" V
bn (lilt sccniul on till,' DiicUi't, uinl tliut llio
third tiipii; bo, — Uitw cuii wo leather into uiir
Scliodl.-; till! tlioiisiuids tif cliililii'ii wbii lunv
iicf^iict tlit'iii? and lliiit llio lopics |novi()M.-ly
naniod us lind and IJrd, bo iducod 4tli and filli ic-
ipt'ctivolv. — Adoiiled.

Tlic (|iic^iiiin "AViiAT IS 'I'M K iiusr mouk ok

IKAINIXI} TKACIIKlia i'Oll yAIIUATll Si;i(OOI..S,''

wiio ihoii liilvon up.

Tlio Ifov. Mil. Smaiit (ISi-ockviHo) siiid, that
from an oxi'crioiice n{' loriy-lhroo or IniiN-
foitr year.^, wliicii was alioiit tho lonj^ih ot'linu'
siiico lie bocanie iv .Sunday School louohor, ho
had conio to the I'lHuliision, that tho bo.>l inodo
of iiiiiiroviii<r toachoi's was liy thoir iVoiinonlly
moi'iinfj t()<;t>thor and hohiing cordial Christian
coniniuiiion on tho task in whi(di thoy wi'ic
(!iii;i!;;\'d. That was llio plan which had 1 oon
adoptod at tho Kitzioy Scliool in Iiondon, with
which ho had boon conncclod, and where tlu-ro
wore 4!10 or.")*)!) childroii. Tho toiwdiors assoni-
blod at six o'clock on Sunday morninj; to cnn-
voi'so, and to lay thoir to(dinj,'s, and ditlici.ltios
rtiid oncoiiragonionts botbro oaidi other, so ns to
pcrt'ocl thoir ])lans for the e.Ntension <d'tln' <ros-
pel through the .school. lie iiad altonipod to
Cirry ont tlin same jdan in Itrockvillo, and so
t'lir as it was triv'd it had boon very siiccossfnl.
Indeed if there was anylhiiij^- thai could cheer
the hoarl and mind of the old man who ad-
dressed thoin, it was the retrospect of those
times, lie could not tell tho number of mi.s-
sioiiaries and ministers who had eiuie forth
frnn the Fitzroy School. The Morrisons, (ior-
dviis, .Milnos, and many others had however lio-
{jnu their career in it. And so it was at Hroi k-
villo. There the teachers had more time
tiian ill London, and they mot once a Aveek to
converse amont; thomscdves, and once a week
to converse with the children round a table.
Tiiere had I)eeii not less than six or eiji'lit'minis-
t'M'S ji() out from thats(dio(d, and lie bolieved its
success was chiefly owinir to tin; intei'courso of
which ho had sjioken. This was one means
and thou^^h not the only one, was a veiT impor-
tant moans of (rainin;^ teachers. (tne f^i'eat
defect ill the lives of C'hri-;tians in this conntry
was the want of communication botweeu tliom-
selves. They heard a sermon, jrood, bad, or
middling, and then loft the ClnnTli for the week ;
but they did not rally round each other; nor
become acquainted with each other as lliey
shou'd do. Xeilher were the ministers siifli-
ciontly acquainted with their iieojile, fbr they
were s''noially very deficient in visiting. The
same thing was true of Sunday School t 'aehors.
.Ml!. lirTiii'.iii.'oiti) (l'eterl)oro) cimceivod that
the chiofdifliculty of carrying on SiiiKlay Schools
was found in procuring properly (pialilied
teachers, and this (piestion of training Wii.<!,
therefore, of the very highest illll)ortanel^ Long
connected with Sunday Schools, the last four
years as a siiiierinlendent, he knew the difiicnlty
well. In l'eterl)oro, they had found the best
plan for meeting tliis trouble was to form a
class expressly for the purpose of educating
Sunday School teachers. In that place, they
had found that ailults, not being tlie nmstor.s
of thoir own time, did not make the best teachers,
for family ties frequently kept them away from
tliu sclioul. UesideS] men advanced iu life bad

not generally had the .«ni)ic fidvanfnges of in-
lollociiial tiainiiig as the young men who were
growing 11)1. lint by establishing a Itible (Mass,
many young persons, who wore not likely soon
to leave the school were interested in its ope-
rations. What had boon said already was very
widl ; but he thought the first thing was train-
ing. A\ I'eterboro, they had an ex('elliiif class
for teachers many of whom continued in tho
school, and better than all, became conveited.

Mil. MoiiiMS (I'erlli) reniarkc d that the Scotch
("hiiridi School to wliicdi he boloiigod had
adopted the same course, and it turned out that
te.u hers thus truiiiod ahvays to(di niiu'o interest
in the school than those who hail not beeu
thus educated.

.Mii. IlKTiiiiiMiTO.N (Melbourne) acfpiiescing
in the views of tho previous >peaker-, recom-
mended moreover the |>laii he had seen adopted
in Lower Canada, of discussing beforehand tho
lesson whith was to be given out on the coming-
Saldiath. At the mooting for this discussion
the minister took the chair ix-oj/iiio, and tho
teachers having given their sentiments upon
the t(qiic in hand, the minister coriicied them
if he ol)served any thing erroneous in their
views. Thus all were jireparod to give instruc-
tion to the children. 'I'here were several mi-
nisters who wore first taught in thai school.
.Mr. Bkcc (London) bilievcd it was of the
greatest imporlance, es; ecially in Inion iSchools,
that tho teachers shoulil be bettor instructed in
the best modes of teaching their classes. It was-
easy to get pcrsims to attempt to teach ; but
it was not easy to secure that interest iu the
work and (pialiflcation for it which were re-
I qtiireil. in London, under the direction of his
pastor, there was a large Hible class for tho
training of the teachers ; and hi' held that it was
the duty of the jiastor thus to tr.iin the young of
the Hock. Anyone who did not meet the IJiblo
or some similar class once a week, did not do
his duty, besides the Bible class, his ]iastor
was ill the habit, during six months of tlie year,
id' meeting the teachers one night in the week,
and going over the lesson of the following
i Sabbath with them, giving them all tlie infor-
, mation in his power ujion the doctrines embrac-
' ed in the lesson, or upon the illustrations of
: th.e conntry, or manners of the peo])le which
might come up in reailiag. This could not bo
done in country |dacos where the ministers re-
sided at groat distances ; f)ul in such cases his
! ]dace might be taken by the most intelligent
j teacher.

i Rev. Mr. Je1''kei)s (Jlontrcal) thought a reso-

I Intion should be passed recommending, that in

connection >vith every vSnnday Schoid tliero

should be a Hible class taught, either by a nii-

I nisler or some other com|ielent person, which

I class should be made suyserviout to the objects

. of the school, a)id that as ])art of the regular

work of the school there should be a male and

female .Vornial or Training Sidiool, out of which

the teachers for the Sunday School might bo

selected, lie therefore moved : —

Resolved, That with reference to the training
of teachers, it is desiralde and earnestly to bo
rocomineiided, that, when jiracticablo, there bo
mainliiiiied in connection with each school a
Hible class for teachers, and such elder and
more advanced scholars as are invited. Tho
said class tu meet uucu a week. And that in.

SAnnATII SCHOOL TEACIIEUS CONVENTION.

tlviintnjioM of in-
r men who were
IX a liilile Class,
not lilu'ly soon
■*H(I in its ojie-
liciuly uiis very
liin;; Win train-

I excellent class
ntiniied in tho

in;c convei ted.

Iliat ti.e.'-cdtch

liclonired had

tniiied out (lint

il< more interest

Imd not Ijci'u

') nr(|Mic.-;cing
eulsoiv, lecdin-
d seen addpted
III lorelianil iho
on the coniinjf
his discussion
'/ilia, and tho
ntinienis npoii
on-ecle<l llieru
neons in their
u give instrnc-
! several nii-
" thai school.
t was of the
11 ion Schools,
instructed in
isscs. It was-
o teach ; hut
ilerest in ihe
lich were re-
ection of hig
class for tho
■l<i that it was
the .young of
leetthe Jiiblo
i, did not do
"» liis pastor
s of the year,
in the Aveek,
le following

II the infor-
ines enibrac-
istrations of
-'"I'le which
onld not bo
linisters re-
ch eases his

intelligent

iht a rcso-
iif?, that ia
liool there
t'l' by a nii-
^"11, which
theolijeets
he regidar
I male and
It of which
might bo

e training
^tly to bo
', there bo
school a
;lder and
od. The
J that io.

addition thereto, there bo also maintained as
normal training classes, out (d" which teachers
may lie taken when Avanted a superior class
for ca(di sex, composed of the elder and more
ailvaneed scholars. .Such classes to form part
of tho sciiool, and to meet at the sauio time
and place as the school.

fiev. Mr. .Mii.i,i;ii (Ogdeiisburg) conceiving the
great object of SablKith School inslriiclion to be
tlic leading of tho pupils to Christ, held that
none but those wiio knew ('hrist by the teach-
ing of the spirit could be litling instructors to
guide oliiers to him, who is the wa}-, the truth
and tho life. It recpdred John t(j ti'aeh that it
was the Land' of tJod which takelh away tho
gins of the world. As the lirst step, then, to-
wards biinging out teaclrers it was necessary to
go to the only place whence fitting instructors
could come — to tiie fool of the cross. Tho lirst
question to candidates for admission to tho
Church should be not only, do you know Christ ;
but, are you willint;' to lalior for him ? If so, we
can take from that class those who are to teach.
As to l!il)le classes, the universal ex|)erienco of
tho Church correspiuids with the reason of tho
thing, that such classes must load to the pros-
perity of the Sabbath Scliocd. In Rochester,
IJiblo classes had been established with the
understauiliug that those educated in them
were afterwards to bo emiiloyed in Sabbath
Schools, and, indeed, ho thought that all mem-
bers of Churehos should understand the import-
ance of pre|)aring themselves to instruct others.
Tho most gifted colporteurs had come from the
Sabbath Schools, and one who had labored in
Canada had been taken to the school by his
child, and he thence went forth to sjiroad abroad
the loss(nis he himself had learned. The most
useful missionaries and servants of (Jod in other
ways were those who had been brought into the
Church from tho family altar under the inllu-
cncc of r.ible classes and Suiuhiy Schools, lie
had heard nnmy say when introiluced into the
Church late in life, that their old habits of
thought still clung to them. To have good
teachers, then, let them' go to the schools, lot
them look out for the child who.so eyes sjiarklod
while the teacher spoke to him of the love of
Jesus, and when such a one had beiju fixed upon,
let him be followed up and trained for the pur-
pose to which he was to be i)ersuaded to devote
himself. One reason why some Churches wore
..blessed in having many ministers go out from
them was, that their Sunday School teachers
thus set their mimls on children, who were to
be teachers and ministers.

Mr. NoiiMAN, (King) thought the excellent
speeches just made did not touch tho real
point. If some schools were not to exist before
they could get real converts for teachers, it
would be long before they flourished much. In
a neighbourhood where there was only occa-
sional preaching, sometinies on Siindaj' even-
ings, and sometimes on week day evenings, a
Union S;ilili;ith School had been started, and
he did not suppose it would be easy at present to
find a more moral, civilized neigidiourhood.
Now there was no whiskey consumed there,
though formerly there could he no " I'eaco "
without grog. At present none was used in the
shanties, and on Sunday mornings, there was a
full house thougli no pastor, lie had no profes-
giug Christian near him ; but the young men and

women were growing up to rosjiect and prac-
tice morality, and he hoped that in another
year he might have something still l)eiler to re-
late. (Jod answered prayer, and he wanted the
inhabitants of large cities, where they could
choose their teachers, to pray for the people in

Iho backwoods,
say whether a

In the meantime let them
hool was to lie broken up
because real converts could not be obtained for
teaidiers. The (piestion had been long upon his
mind ; but he thought when people could not
do what they liked, they ought to do wlaitthey
could. At the schoid he spoke of, they had a
library of 300 vt)luiiies. As to training, of
course, it only could be thought of for the
young. It was impossible to train those who
for twenty years had been running about all
day on Sundays visitin;; an'! tale beai'lng.

Mr. Adams (Montieat) rennirked thai Mr.
Jell'ers had a largo congregation, and it would
be easy to work among them ; but in tho
small orgntu/.ation with which ho (Mr. A.)
had to deal, the strict rule contended for would
not work at all. He had liecn oliliged to do
Ihc best he could to got teachers, and often did
not know whether he would have to sto|i or go
on. lie must take just such timber as he could
get — a converted teacher if jiossible, if not, one
of gooil i}ioral character, otherwise tho school
must be aband<uied. If he wanted to interest
a young man or a young woman in the scriiH
turcs ho got them to take a Sabbath School
class, and thus he imposed upon them tho
necessity of studying the bible. He knew a
case of a boy who had been at sidiool ; but got
too large to slay there. He accordingly left
and spent his Sundays in perainbulaiing the
sireets ; but one day he went past the old
Church, and the minister happening to see him
said : " George suppose you take a little class
this nuuMung V " Ho did so ; he was asked to
take it again, and he became a very consistent
teacher.

Mr. Gkmmill (Toronto) thought they were
wandering from the iioint, which was the train-
ing of teachers. If a resolution like that
recommended by Mr. Jell'ers passed, the eldera
and pastors training the elder children in con-
formity with it would provide exactly tho sort
of teachers \^hich Mr. Norman required in the
backwoods. Men would go out and do tho
work of Sunday Schools where no converted
men could now be found. His cxjiorionco was
that it was easy to appoint teachers but not
cas3' to keep them with their classes, and this
not Uecause they wore not Christians, nor
because they did not wish to do good ; but
because they did not understand how to com-
municate their ideas to tho minds of the young.
That showed the importance of training.

Mu. Thompson (Rochester) gave his brother
from tho backwoods the right hand of fellow-
ship. It was easy to make plans for cities
-with Churches ami Church members ; but his
brother was right. Ho said, do what you can.
Let him go homo not to tcdl the pcoide to shut
up tho schools till they could get converted
teachers for them ; but to pray thai these
teachers might bo converted. At Rochester
they at one time had no converted toa('h"r at
all ; but they had thirty-live unconverted ones,
of whom every one was brought in. Afterwards
the Church separated, and they had again

RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINOS OP THE

Bixtecn unconverted teachers, and tlicy were
all brought into the Church. He recollected the
last, the (lay after he was couTerted making a
record in his own hand ; " IJlessed be God, I am
the last of the teachers of this school ; but I
too have found mercy." He would ratiier have
an unconverted teacher with some go ai'.ead,
and zeal, and ability, than a converted one wlio
could not or would not do any thing at all.
Let his brother go home ; keep his schools
going, and pray God would bless him. It
was imjiossible that he should not. Children
would not go there, and read the bible, and yet
not be converted. Tliey must cither be con-
verted or leave the school. Let hi.-i brother
go back and light a flame that would set all
the back woods on fire.

Mil. Stkko (Sarnia) had heard a good deal
about schools which, he supposed, all belonged
to Churches. His, however, was in a different
position, being a Union School. There were
three to six clergymen in the town, and they
never interfered with it. Perhaps they did not
wish to go out of theii own fields. At any
rate, the conclusion he came to was, that it was
necessary to make the school self-sustaining,
and raise teachers for themselves. If they had
not the means to get up good Bible and train-
ing classes, they must do the best tiiey could.
Perhajis other teachers would say their schools
had as little support as his. For his own part,
he thought it the duty of clergymen to give
their support to the Union Schools.

Mr. Di'GOAN (Kingston) stated, that his Church
had a Bible class, conducted by the Pastor,
and a teachers' meeting every Tuesday even-
ing, at which, after prayer, the lesson for the
following Sunday, announced on the previous
Sabbath, was taken up and considered. The
teachers read the lesson, verse by verse, and
the pastor gave his views upon it. The teacli-
ers then asked each other their opinions. This
with the Bible class and one oilier thing, had
been mainly instrumental in securing teachers
of the right kind. The other thing was prayer
that the young in the school might receive
the truth.

Rev. Mr. Hodoskin (Doon) held that
teachers should be able to interest their classes,
and this not only by the possession of knowledge,
but also by ability to impart it. Without that, the
scholars could not be made to feel that they at-
tended school with profit to themselves ; and
they therefore could not be retained under the
influence of the school. In his experience, he
had found that the bread of life must be cut
very small, and served up very nicely, in order
to interest the child ; and ministers should re-
member when they went to the schools, tliat
they were no longer preaching to their congre-
gations, but had to take the children and talk
to them all. He believed that teachers some-
times thought that they were not teachers, but
ministers preacliing. lie remembered seeing a
Bible class conducted by a person who, he
thought, believed himself very well qualified.
He was a person of some note, and had called
the land after his own name. This person
thought it would be well to have his (Mr H.)
brother, two j-ears younger than himself, as his
scholar. The lesson was in Jeremiah, where it
is said : " The days come saith the Lord, that
they shall no more say, — The Lord liveth that

brought the children of Israel out of the land
of Egypt," and the teacher asked,— why it
sliall no more be said, the Lord liveth? Ho
(Mr. H.) saw his brother sitting and trying to
look grave. He was the last in the class, and
when it came to him, he said he did not seo
that tliiit was in the book. " Oh, yes," said the
teacher, "they shall no more say, the Lord liv-
eth." Ilis brother told him to read on a little,
and he would see that the blessings in the day
wliicli was foretold, were so far to exceed those
that had been granted to the children of Israel
in the land of Egypt, that the former deliver-
ance would 1)^ forgotten in the greatness of the
latter. " Oh, well," said the teaciier, "we will
ask no more questions to-day ; read on, if you
please." Now, he (Mr. II.) thought, if the
truth, conveyed in the passage, had been fully
imjiresscd on that man's mind and heart, he
would not have made so miserable a sjiectacle
of himself. To make schools resi)ectable, then
the teacher must be able to make himself
respected.

Mr. IIaoaii (Montreal) mentioned, that in the
school with whicii he was connected, there were
several adult or Bible classes. The elder scho-
lars did not leave the school, but grew up in it;
and when old enough to do so, took part as
teachers. From the Bible class, in the past
year, several teachers had gone out to supply
branch schools, and when the superintend-
ent wanted teachers, he could always ap-
]dy to these adult classes. The mem-
bers of these Bible classes sometimes took
turn to lead the classes, and they thus pre-
pared themselves and became qualified for
teachers. In his own class, several had lately
been taken for regular teachers in the school.

Mr. McAi.Li.STKU (Kingston) said that 204
schools had reported, in which there were 2040
scholars over sixteen years of age, so that many
teachers might be expected from them.

A Delkoatk here recommended as a kind of
manual, a book called the Teacher Taught.

Mr. Beoo (London) woold like to see the
nomination of a Committee of Pastors to recom-
mend books for the instruction of teachers.

Rev. Mr. Dugoan esjiecially counselled
teachers to adopt a holy walk and conversation,
cxami)le being better than advice.

Dr. Maik (Kingston) on this account was
very anxious that teachers should be punctual
in their attendance at school in order to insure
punctuality on tlie part of the children.

Jlr. Stewart (Kingston) remarked that the
population in this country being very fluctuat-
ing the children were usually but a short time
under the instruction of their teachers. For
that reason the teaching should be concentrated,
and instead of going tiirough the whole bible,
truth should be presented in as condensed a
manner as jjossible. Now where teachers were
not converted they were unable to give that
kind of instruction which was so essentially
necessary. He could not conceive how an
unconverted teacher could present the Lamb of
God which taketh away the sins of the world,
or how such a jierson could be a living epistle
of Christ. It was no doubt often impracticable
to get men of the stamp required ; but there
should be nothing in the resolution which
would seem to lose sight of the necessity of
having such persons if possible.

SADBATII BCilOOL TEACIIEIIS CONVENTION.

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Mr. McKay (Xlontreal) said tliat in the school
with which he wa.s coiinecled, the tcaciiers nicl
every Sabbiith inoniing at 10 o'clock, for one
hour, for prayer and the sttidy of tiie le.sson.
To tills nieeling the elder sciiolars wim'c often
invited ; few, however, availed llieniselves of
the privilege, lie ai)proved of wiiiU .Mr. Gcin-
mill had said, and llioiigiit the plan hinted at a
good one, as It had a tendency to lit those who
atteiiiled for prolitalily euj^ai^iiig In the work of
teaching, and was one — among many — of the
means blessed in preparing the young lor taking
classes In the Sabliatli .School. All the (piallli-
cations alluded to were essential ; Ijiil i^ifts
were reipilred as well as g'cacc.s, and the liberal
education of the young was not only desirable,
but should (Ml no account be neglected.

A Delegate thought that lilble classes should
not be formed merely for the teachers. There
should be such classes for all the scholars like-
wise. Then each one would show what ability
he had, and the best qualillcd teachers would
bo picked out from the whole.

The nEsoi.uTiON moved by the Rev. Mr.
Jekpbus, having been seconded by Mr. Ayles-
woHTH, (Odessa,) was read by the Secretary
and carried.

The Convention then took up the next ques-
tion : —

Auk SAHnATii Schools at thk present day

A0C0MI»LISU1N<: THE I't'ItPOSB KOU WIIICU THEY
WEHE ESTAHLfSHED ? VIZ : THE ReLIOIOLH ENLIOUT-
ENMEXT OF UiNCAHED FOIl CHILDUEN. IIaS THIS
NOT IIEE.V IN A OIIEAT MEASi:ilE DEI'AUTED FUOM BY
GIVINfi MORE HEED TO THE CHILDUEN OF THE
ChUUCH THAN TO THOSE WHO AllE WrTHOUT
MEANS OP UELKilOL'S IN'STKUCTION, AND WOULD NOT
THEIU fSEFIJLNE.SS HE INCUEASED BY A RETUUN TO
THE OUIGINAL ODJECT ?

Rev. Mr. Jeffeus (Montreal) said that, when
Robert Raikes lirst collected his Sunday scholars
and put them under a female teacher, he did so
with the intention of iHstructing the poor and
destitute only, and he understood that the ques-
tion now imder discussion was whether that
idea had not been greatly lost sight of, and
whether Sabbath Schools were not now devoted
to other purposes than collecting the ignorant
and destitute ? Certainly this was not kept so
much in view as it was by Raikes, and he thought
it was a subject of gratitiule that the Sunday
School operations had been extended over more
ground. The Bible Society had been formed in
the first instance to give the Hible to the peo-
ple of Wides ; but it could not be said that it
was losing sight of the original object because
Bibles had been sent elsowlierc. God had made
nse of Robert Raikes' idea and had caused the
Simdny School to become the nursery of the
Church, eiial)ling the Church to carry out the
mind of Christ in the educating of her children.
Theuncarcd for should be helped. But [daclng
the original idea too iironiinently in the fore-
groimd would, in his opinion, do harm instead of
good, and he was not very friendly to that spirit
in some Christian organizntions winch kejit con-
stantly in mind that they were intended for the
poor and ignorant. Such words as ragged
schools and poor schools showed, perhaps, a bad
spirit in those Christians who thus named them.

Sunday Schools ought rather to bo considered
as a part of Church organization and the work
of 'the Gospel.

Mr. S. B. Scott (Montreal,) read the following
pa])er : —

That Sunday Schools to a very great extent
at the present day, are not fully accomplish-
ing the object for which they were design-
ed, and in consecpience, are not accomidlshing
the good they might do is believed from the
following :

Sunday Schools were originally designed for
those who were destitute of religious instruction.

.Sunday Schools now are principally devoted
to those who have, Independent of the Sunday
School, every desirable opportunity for the
acquirement of religious knowledge.

Sunday Schools now are made up mostly of
the children of tiie church, who, if they are not,
ought to be faithfully and prayerfully instructed
at home.

In view of these facts we may inquire, what
is the effect of present .Sunday School opera-
tions upon members of churches and their chil-
dren.

Before the days of Sunday Schools, a large
])roportion of christian parents strictly and re-
gularly attended to the spiritiuil training of
their households, deeming this as much a part of
the work God had designed for them to do, as
it was to provide for necessary daily food.

Is this the case now ? —

So far from it, that evidences are to be found
in almost every house, that this duty which had
been strictly performed by religious families,
from the days of the I'rophets to those of Robt.
Raikes, has been either partially or entirely
laid aside, as being no longer useful.

It is to be feared that but few christian pa-
rents now feel the importance of this duty as
they would were there no Sunday Schools, and
though doubtless there are some who as they
should do, look upon Sunday School instruc-
tion only as a help to their own, at the same
time it cannot be doubted, that a very large
portion, and many believe by far the largest
portion of the members of the church, entirely
neglect the religious training of their children.
And why ? — Because they have come to the
conclusion, that this is the legitimate work of
the Sunday School, though by what command
or example in the Bible, this transfer of so im-
portant a duty is made, it is not easy to dis-
cover. The effect too upon the children of thia
class of Christians, is most surely very much to
their disadvantage. Not that anything is
chargeable to the unfaithfulness of the Sunday
School Teacher, for if there are faithful devoted
spiritual minded Christians any where, they are
to be found in the Sunday School ; but really
how much time does the .Sunday School teacher
have, however faithful he may be, to devote to
his class during the whole week? — On an
average not more than 30 minutes. And what
too is the portion of Sunday School Scholars,
who as attentively listen, even during this
small portion of time, to the instructions of a
person comparatively a stranger as they would
to the earnest words, gushing from the full
heart of the father or mother. We are also
forced to conclude, that by the present system
of Sunday School operations, vast numbers of
cbristian parents, for wa7it of the mental and

HECOUD OF THE PnoCEEDINOS OF TIIK

religions exercise God has designed for them in
fitting tiu'msi'lvcs for tlie iniiiortant dnty of
tniining n|i Ihcir cliildrcn in llie wiiy (liry
slioiild go, bt'CMnnc \vt'iil< iind nsoless nioniliei'S
of tlie {!linirli, and tlii'ii' children bai(dy exist
upon tlie einnd]s tliey receive from olliers in-
stead of growing u|ion tlie bountifid snindy (.Jod
Las jnovided for llicm.

It is a conunon and with many a favourite
remark, that the Siiiniay School is the nursery
of the church, liecaii.se that now the; larger por-
tion of those added lo the church are from the
Sumlay School, and in eonsecjuence the Sunday
School is credited with their conversion.

How far tins nnitler sliotildhv looked upon in
this li:^/it, — is a suhject of mucdi douht.

It is true that n )W most of the additions to
the Church, are fiom the Sunday School, hut
it is also true, that nearly all of these, are the
children of (Mn-istian ]iarents.

Now what is the fact in relation to con-
versions in this class of persons before the days
of Sunday Schools. There is no reasomihle
donbt of there having licen as great a projior-
tion of these jiersons added to the (Church,
before Sunday Schools were eslal)lished as there
has been since, so that really the only percep-
tible dill'erence is, that now the individual goes
rouml through the Sunday School, into the
Church instead of direct frf)m home as liefore.

This may lead us to inquire, what good after
all are Sunday Schools now doing?

And lniml)ling as the answer must be, we are
forced to the conclusion tluit they are not ac-
complishing by far so much good as we Imd
Bupiiosed.

It is the firm belief of many good men, that
Sunday Schools are really eminently useful only
in so far as they are instrumental in the salva-
tion of those who are in the main, destitute of
all other means of religious instruction.

It is true that they may he, and in some
cases doubtless are a help to Christian jiarents
in instructing their children, but the value of
this agency, in these cases, is so small in com-
parison with the great opportuni'y for their use-
fulness in the riglit direction, taat really it is
hardly worth mentioning.

That there is in ourinjdst, a c'ass of persons,
destitute of all moral and religijus training, is
believed by all, that there is a large class of
such ])ersons is believed l\y m;'.ny, but all who
have taken the trouble of informing themselves
upon this point, are ]ierfectly astonished at the
result of their inquiries.

In the city of Brooklyn, New York, a place
noted for zeal and energy in efforts for destitute
children, there were about one year since 15,000
Sunday School scholars, 30 of their schools
being Mission schools, and yet at the same time
it was estimated that there were in that city
alone 20,000 children out of Sunday Schools.

It is also worthy of notice that at the Sun-
day School Convention of the State of Xcw York,
held at Albany a few days since, the alarming
Btatement was made, that there arc now, in
that single Stale, not less than 300,000 chil-
dren, whose moral training is totally imcared
for, e.\cept as they may be reached by the
Sunday School. Comjiare the poimlation of Ca-
nada, with that of the State of New York, make
all the deductions required on account of
those who are catholics, and of course appa-

rently beyond onr reach, and wo have here

in Canada the vast number of m)t less than
100,000 to ir)0,000 of tills .same class of destitute
children.

It is to be feared that we have allowed our-
selves to fall into a grievous error, in relation
to the nncared for in our midst.

While throughout the Province of Canada
the number of ciiildren out of Sunday Sclnxds, is
vastly larger than that of those who are /'«, wo
have criminally closed our eyes to their dephjra-
ble condition. Wv are literally surrounded by
darkness and heathenism. Those very persons
who are to be men and women, and active upon
the stage of life, at the same lime withourown
children, are growing up in ignorance of the
Itible, straiig<'rs to Cod, profaners of the sab-
bath day, ami eminently (jnalilied for all tliat is
sinful and wicked.

And those very ]iersons whom God haa
designed, as instruments in his hands, to rescue
them from this fearful conditi(m, are to-daj
almost as totally regardless of their welfare,
as if their existence was merely in the imagi-
nation.

Hut it is a question not lightly to be thrust
aside. Is there not a fearful responsibility
restingupon us in relation lo them? To-day they
are within our reacii, and they may be gatiiered
into Sunday Schools and taught the truths of the
liible, but in a fewyears it will be with them as it
now is witli those who are, apiiarently, entirely
beyond the reach of our ellorts. If it is in our pow-
er in any way, or by any means to bring tlicm, or
a,ny number of them, under the inlluence of the
gospel, I ask dare any of us take upon Ourselves
the responsibility of withholding the means God
has provided for the accomplishment of this
purpose ?

What Sunday School teacher, after having
carefully reflected ujion this subject, and know-
ing as he comes liefore his class next Sunday,
that there is not one in it, in whose father's house
there is not bread enough and to spare, can
feel in his heart, that he is really and faithfully
accom|)lishing the object and design for which
Sunday Schools were established.

I think Me must conclude that the Sunday
School is designed for the destitute, for those
against whom every other door of access ia
closed, and I feel that until all these are gather-
ed in and iirovidcd for, we have no business
whatever with those for whom God has jn'ovided
Christian fathers and mothers, only as they may
he made useful in attracting or inlliiencing
others. We ought by no means to lose sight of
one important fact in connection with this sub-
ject, which is this, that wherever or whenever
any sucessful cH'ort has been made for this class
of ])ersons, it has been done thrtiugh the agency
of the Sunday School.

We have every reason to believe this to be
God's own appointed way of accomplishing
this work ; for look where we may, we see how,
in every ]dace and at all times, when this kind
of instrumentality has been used with a firm
reliance npim lliin for His blessing, iuvariabla
success has been the result.

AVho can estimate the amount of good that
would be accomplished — the joy and rejoicing
that would be in heaven — if the efforts which are
being made by all the Sunday Schools in (Canada
for the benefit of the children of the Church,

SAUnATII SCIIOOI, TEACHERS CONVENTION.

c allowed our-

wcro diroctpd to llioso who arc now in ij^no-
ranci.' of ihi.' ISiliK'? Where is tlic sin in my dis-
bftiidin;; iiiv chi<s, convinced us I iini tliiil tliey
arc douMy provided for, (Ihoiigli I iniiy love
thcin lis my own children,) and sending tiicm
home to he cured for Ijy llieir ('lirisliim purcnts,
wliile I go into the streets and lanes, and gati.jr
into the Sahhiith School the children of the
irreligious, the Salihath hreaker, I ho drunkard,
the, iiili(l( I, and the outcast ? and, in this way
endeavour, liy all tiie inlluence, 1 have, to give
food, spiritual food, the hreail of life to those
who arc perishing; and, on the other hand, am
I not incurring the disideasurc of heaven, hy
continuing, a; 1 do, the teacher of tiiose who
should he taught at home, to the neglect of
those who are sure to he lost, if //its effort is
not made for their salvation? Where is the
benevolence which has reason to ex|)ect (lod's
blessing upon elUn-ts to ])rovide food and cloth-
ing for the rich? He; tluit giveth to the rich
ahall surely couic to want. Who would think
of sending Hildes and Missionaries to Kngland
or the rnite(l States, leaving IJurniah and Afri-
ca to |)crisii ? and yet, are not our jirescnt Sun-
day School operations, to a large degree, of a
similar character to this?

We oficn feel, and sometimes exjjress much
anxiety in relation to the matter as to who are
to hll the ])laces of the great and the good men
who arc now occujiying stations of intlnence
and importance n[)ou the stage of life. Is not
the iiupiiry of vast importance, too, who are
to fill the places of those who now occujiy the
cells in our jails and penitentiaries? Who arc
to occupy the ]daces of drunkards in their
poverty and in the gutter? Who are to occupy
the places of thieves and pickpockets, and all
the other i)csts of society? The places of all
these are to he filled, and thai too, no doubt, by
some children who are in our midst. They arc
now in the Sunday School of the devil — a
school in which they are receiving the most
perfect education — and it will not be the fault
of their teachers, if they are not more eminent-
ly qualilied to fill their various positions than
those who are before them.

I may be in an error, but it is my firm belief,
that the destinies, for time and eternity, of
thousands of these most unfortunate beings de-
pend upon the action and results of this Sal)balh
School Convention ; and I dare rfot close with-
out urging my IJrethern here assembled, to
look well to it, that the blood of these perish-
ing sonls is not found in their skirts in the
great and final day of all things.

Mr. (.'arman (Matilda) differed materially in
opini(m from that of the last speaker. To pass
a resolution in the sense of this paper would be
to destroy the Sabbath School cause. The ef-
fect it would produce in the towns and villages
could not hut bo unfortunate. Every man de-
sired to bo considered bettor than his neighbor,
and if it were said that schools were es-
tablished merely for uncared for children, the
children who were really uncared for, but
whose jiarents would not admit that they v. ere
80, would be driven away from such, schools.
He had sometimes asked himself, if a school
should not be made, separate from the rest, for
the wandering children of the streets; but he
Boon -saw the impropriety of it, and that as
everybody Lad a desire to be thought to belong

to the up])er classes, no one would like to .send
their children to such schools. Th(^ teaching of
poor children was one of the grandest olijeets
of the Sabbath School ; but one of the greatest
attractions for them was, that they would bo
then! g.ithercd together with the respectablo
children of all classes of the community, llo
would make one remark that seemed ai)propriato
to this sul)ject, this was that a serious evil in
Sabbath Schools was the love of expeu.^ive and
gaudy dress. Nothing was more calculated to
drive children away than to see tin; teachera
coming e(piippe(l in tinsel and (inery, and no-
thing was less becoming thos(; who professed to
be followers of the meek and lowly Jesus.

Rev. Mr. Siioin t (Port Hope) remembered an
occurrence at Port Hope, where the peoidewero
and are particularly loyal. It w.is desired to
connnemorate the l^neen's nuirriage ; and in
order to do so it was arranged upon the propo-
sal ofageutleman who hail his head full of old
country ideas, that a dinner was to he given to
the respectable i)oor, and those of the respect-
able ))oor who applied were to have tickets for
the dinner. Jiut not one api)lied, though it was
to be suiiposed that there were poor jieople in
Port llo|)0 as well as elsewhere. So it would
be with Sabbath Schools. If there were to bo
respectable po(n' schools, no one would enter
them. Just in the same way a Temperanco
Society which professed to be a society for re-
claiming i>oor drunkards would be a failure.
All the respectability that could be obtained
should he i)r()cured, and if jiossihle he would liko
to have the (lovornor (leneral for a most worthy
grand patriarch. Another consideration : all
jirofessing Christians should educate their chil-
dren in a religious manner ; hut that was not
practically the case, so that nninysuch children
were as much neglected as the most uncared
for. Therefore, it was the business of those
concerned in Sunday Schools to collect alike
the most respectable and the most destitute.

Mr. Thomas, (Clairville,) after cxjiressing hia
happiness at thus meeting Protestants of all
denominations in Canada, declared himself of
opinion that it was neither doing good to our
fellow men, nor serving the cause of God truly
to make schools only for the destitute and un-
cared for, lie thought one reason why hundreds
more children were not brought into the schools
in days past was the fact, that such schools had
been always more or less sectarian, — adapted
for children of this, that or the other Church.
The school ho was connected with, however,
was a Union School, and the teachers came from
the dill'erent denominations. It was a largo
school for a country ]dace ; but there had never
been a word of regret on account of this ar-
rangement, and if all schools were conducted on
the same plan, the wayto advance the good ca\iso
would be made plain. Letallmeeton the broad
principles of truth and they would be mightily
edified, and if any teacher advanced something
which was not in accordance with the mind of
all, it would bo a ])leasant thing for them
to meet and talk it over so as to conform them-
selves to the truth as it is in Jesus.

Mr. Becket (Montreal) offered a resolution
recommending the establishment of visiting
committees in connection with each school.

nECOIlD OF TIIK PU0CEED1N08 OF TIIK

Rvv. Mr. IToDdBKiN moved tlmt tlie third
tojiic. on tlio docki't hv ooinljiiu'd with the one
now liehig disrussed, mid llml the time for liieir
coiisidiTiitiou l)e extended to the hour of iid-
journineiit.

The motion was seconded l)y Mr. Ilcthcring-
ton niid carried.

The words How can wk nusT <!ATitKn i.vto

OUR S0lll)0l,a TUB TIIOISAND.S OK ClIir.KllKN WHO

NOW NEdi.KCT TiiKM, wcrc therefore added ufler
the word odjuct.

Mr. IkcKKT tlioughthis resolution covered the
whole ground.

Ilev. Mr. Maumno (Toronto) believed that to
put up oversciiools : " For unciired for children, '
would prevent any parents from sendiuf{ their
children. What parent would adniil tliat lie
did not care for his children? He wanted,
liowever, to liear tlieir American brethren on
this matter, as they were understood to have
taken a great deal of pains in it.

Mr. Hkckkt (Montreal) thought his resolution
did nothing like proposing to put U)) " Fur un-
cared for children." Tiie object of obtaining
visiting Committees was to bring in children. If
all tiie cliildrcn were brought what more could
be wanted ?

Mr. An.MSTRONH approved of the resolution,
having seen tiie good working of visiting eom-
mittees, who, in his school, were called absentee
visitors. A year and a half ago that school had
dwindled down to tlie number of sixty, of whom
the average attendance was about thirty. Four
persons were, therefore, appointed to net as vi-
sitors, to get all children not connected with
other schools to come to that one. That ])lan
answered well. In order to get children who
were uncared for, it was not necessary to write
that over the door. He was Superintendent and
made no distinctions. The child who was capable
of being in a particular class was placed there.
If there were absentee visitors appointed to all
Bchools, a large nuuibei' of children now uncar-
ed for would be brought in, yet nothing invidi-
ous would be done. He had heard it said, that
the children themselves made the best mission-
aries ; but believing that the great object of
Sabbath Schools was to bring children to the
knowledge of Jesus, he thought they could
hardly be expected to take the same interest in
bringing other children to the school as was to
be looked for from persons engaged in the ser-
vice of the schools, esjiecially when these last
were so engaged from high and pure motives.

Mr. Thomi'son (Rochester) had seen a /^reat
deal of cflFort jiut forth to get into the schools
children who did not belong to any Church un-
less the Church of Rome, and had seen tliesc
efforts blessed ; but it was no particular ma-
chinery that did it. It wa.-i tlie love of God
shed alu'oad in the hearts of those who lal)ored,
and tliough at lirst tliere were many little
dithculties, it was found at last that the pa-
rents could be got at. He knew a brother who
really had but one talent, but that one was the
talent of trying to do good. lie tried to get the
French Catholic boys into the school. Fathers
and mothers and priests all opposed him, but he
Bucceeded. He was a mechanic, and used to
go down to the residences of these poor people,

sometimes with firewood, at others with bread
or clotlies. Tiioy found he lia<l a lieart, and ho
tliiis came to exercise great inlluence over them.
He (.Mr. Tiionipson) could bring tears into the
ryes of either parents or teaeliers by the iiiero
nientioii of the name of that brother. He did
not approve of putting up " [loor schools." Ho
once saw an arrangement where there was an in-
fant school, and a Sunday school, and one called
an interniediate school, wliich was devoted to
the |(oor children wlio were picked up in the
streets. He told the friends that this internie-
(li:ite schixd would break down, and, in fact, it
ran down to nothing. His desire was, that all
the children should ccune together to the same
sciio(d. They were all possessed of immortal
souls, if they liad not all clothes. Let the poor
children be taught that they have souls, and the
ricli that they sliould res])e'"t the jioor on that
account. tJonimittees for v'siting were all very
Well ; but that would not do alone. He had
known a young lady who taught in a mission
sciiool ; but on a wet Suiulay her motlier said
slie had better not go us it was at a distance,
and as the mother thought she wcuild tiiul no
children there. He (Mr. T.) said siie had better
go ; she herself insisted on going, saying she was
sure slie would find her children. On her com-
ing back he asked if she had had any scholars?
" Ves, seven as usual, she always had cliildrcn."
The reason was, that she always went herself.
Let the teachers take an interest in their scholars
and the children could not be kept back.

Mr. MoROAN gave an account of the
manner and difliculties of getting up a
school at Dickinson's Landing. \Vhen he
first went round, the parents said there were
sciiools enough ; but he insisted that they
should have a Sunday School, and he at last
collected forty-five children to start with. He
next went round to collect for a library which
he started with $14, and he had now 250 vo-
lumes. Tlien there were difficulties with the
children. Some would say they could not
come to school because they had no shoes. He
said you shall have shoes, and he got them for
them. In ten years they had only lost about
nine Sundays from having no school, and when
some difliculties had occurred, he insisted upon
losing no more. He was a poor shoemaker;
but when the Convention was talked of, he said
he wanted to go and show himself and see what
was going on, and bring good news back from
it. At present he was fireman to the school.
He had been several years a trustee as well ;
but when they turned him out of that he insisted
on keeping the other office, and so he made
the fires still.

Mr. FooTE (Buffalo) thought tliat Committees
would do little to get children to the schools.
(Jive him one little boy or girl zealous in the
work, and he had yet to see the iilace where
children could not be prevailed on to come to the
sctinol. He had a large file of correspomience
on Sunday Schools, and every letter complained
of want of teachers. There was no trouble
about getting children. He had visited one
place where there was a Christian Church,
supposed to have gnat efficiency ; but there
were from 300 to 500 neglected children there,
lie ajipealed to them on this subject, and three
weeks after on returning there, he was told
that a little Irish Catholic girl had done more

'■*.

BAnnATFI SCHOOL TKACirERS CONVKNTrO.V.

hem witli brcnd
"I lifiiit, iiii.l lie
L'licu over tliciu.
: iL'iiis ill I,) tho
'■■* I'y tlie iiiui-e

OtIltT. JIo did

acliools." Ho
tliiTL' WHS ail in-
. "lid oiiu culled
va.s (lovotcd to
'■^^•"1 iiji ill the
I <lii.-< iiiiciiiic-
ii'iil, ill r,ut, it
.>' was, thai III!
t'l' to the siiiuo
J of iniiuortrtl
I-<c't tlie jioor

souls, and tho
L- poor on that
K were all very
<"i('. He had

ill a mission
!r inollier said
"t a distance,
*'oiild (ind no
die had better
ii\iiigslie was

On iier com-
iiiiy scholars?
liid children."
went herself,
their scholars
i back.

"It of the
ttinpT up a
V\hcn he
d there were
d that they
d he at last
t with. He
hiarv wliich
low 250 vo-
les with the
' could not
3 shoes, fie
ot them for
' lost about
il, and when
isisted upon
slioemaker;
tl of, he said
nd see what
5 back from
the school,
ee as well ;
'- he insisted
J he made

^mmittees
le schools,
oils in the
lace where
■ome to the
sponiience
omjilained
10 trouble
isited one
! Church,
hut there
ren there,
and three
was told
oue more

than all the f'hurch to coljpct Hchojfirs. With '
respect to poor and iinciired for children, he ■
thought thiise ]mrpiits who cared for their
children at the present day were the exceptions ;
hui he cerlaiiiiy did not charge that on the i
Siimliiy Schools, there were other iiidiieiures
yrliicb nmde jiiirent.s remiss, and lie feared that
witliiiui Sunday Schools, the children of the
('liureh Would often be as inucii neglected as
the children of the poorest parents.

Ucv. Mr. HrLi.AiiD (lioston) had labored for
twenty-six years in this cause, and had heard
nothing more freipiently presenlcil as a cause
of regret than that parents threw oil' their
responsiliiliiy on Saliiiath Schools. Hut the
schools ought not to liear the blame. In the
early history of the I'nited States, it was com-
mon for all ]iersoiis religious or not religious,
t.) attend to the iiistriiclion of their children,
and in I'lt'i there was a law passed, that all
persons should catechize their chililren and ap-
prentices on Sundays, in the doctrines and
grounds of religious belief — not of any particu-
lar belief This was the law passed l)y the
Geiienil (aiurt of Massachusetts ; but he doubted
if the Court would entertain a proposition for
siieli a law at present. Indeed as time ad-
vanced, it was found that all parties neglected
the instruction of their children, and then the
Sabliatli Scliool cau.se had to provide for the de-
ficiency. These schools were in his opinion,
great blessings even to godly parents ; but in
truth, few parents even among those who
attended churches were professors of religion,
and all the rest had children dependent wholly
on the schools. As to neglected children, he
would bring them into the schools to sit side
by side with the rest. In the Broome street
•Ldiool, Boston, the question had come up two
years before, sliall we get up another separate
school, or l)ring these children into our own
school. The last plan was determined on, antl
a school of three hundred children was col-
lected, half of them taken out of the streets.
la the Infant school there were one hundred
children, of whom all but fourteen were from
the streets. The pastor's daughters went into
the streets and brought them in. They then
gave up the school to some men, and went out
and collected another school. They had one
school for adults with ten Swedes in it, eight of
whom were converted, and thus learned the
language of Zion before they learned that of
the United States. He knew of one instance
in which two classes, one of boys and the other
of girls, were appointed to look for and bring
children into the schools. In Manchester they
appointed similar classes of young men and
women. The men got fourteen and the women
thirty four or thirty live ; for the young women
could always do more than the young men, and
he knew one place where the calculation was
that a lady was worth 13 5 gentlemen. At any
rate, the superintendent, a lawyer now in prac-
tice at Boston, soon reported a school of 530.
The same thing might be done in Canada. It
was a work in which pastors and teachers
might take part, and both plans might be em-
ployed. One course was to propose to very
little children to give them a book a piece, if
they would bring in a scholar. In that case a
little girl, perhaps, would go to her mother
saying the teacher says, ho will give me a

book if [ can get a scholar. How could tho

mother help going? The schools in the States

had many s('li<diirs besides the children. In

one church out of ^>:u) meiubiTs, 5rJ were in

the school. The members of the better families

Were wanted to make teachers; but others

were wanted to (time and learn, and jierhaps

these last would eventually make tlie best

teachers. In the nieantiiiie the little girl and

little boy sat by the side of the adult .scholar.

At one of the towns in New Hampshire, it was

determined to give one bilde to wlioever would

bring in the most scholars; but there were two

Utile girls, and one young man, each of whom

had done so much that a bible bad to be given

' to each of them. He saw this young man sit-

I ting in a pew with the little girls, and he took

I him for the teacher, till the I'astor tiimc for-

; ward and said, lure is a bible to be given to tho

i little girl who has got twenty scholars; the

other is for the other little girl who has got

' fourteen ; and there was one for that young man

1 who bail lironght in twelve young men, and

1 though in thus acting he had been in o]iposition

! to bis own set, he was not ashamed to come

j and sit with the little girls and to receive a

I bible as a present fur what he had done.

The time for adjourning having arrived the
final decision was deferred till the ne.xt sitting.
Tlie Convention, after singing and jirayer, ad-
journed to meet at the City Hall at 7, p. m.

THIRD SESSIOX.

PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CITY HALL.

The President of the Convention took the
Chair at 7 o'cldck.

After devotional exercises, the President call-
ed for and introduced the Speakers in succes-
sion.

Mr. Thompson (Rochester) said he had
never made a set speech in his life, and
would not begin in his old age. He had been
a Sabbath School teacher forty years, and had
seen that God had poured forth his spirit upon
these schools like rain ujion the mown grass.
In Rochester they ke|)t a record of what oc-
curred in the Sunday Schools, and without
such a record, a school was not what it ought
to be, and when teachers or scholars were
united with the church the fact was entered.
In the year ending January 1st, sixty-ttve
scholars had been united to the church, making
in all 055, to say nothing of those who had
gone all over the land and made profession in
other jilaces. Yet very little had been done
for God, though he had blessed that little. But
if men would but try to work for God, God
would bless them. Try ! — that was the word
every teacher and scholar ought to have written
on his heart. It was the word of Raikes — "I
will try." Montgomery had said of this work.

" Once by the River's side

" A little fount it rose,

" Now like the Severn's rushing tide

" Round the wide world it flows,

" One Heaven directed mind

" Revealed the simple plan;

" Now, in the glorious task combined

" Ten thousand are one man."

RECORD OF THE PRQCEEOINOS OF niB

I i

Ho Imil nskcd a larffo maniifiicturcr of biittons
to iimkc a Siitulay Scliool liiitton with llubfrt
liiiikn.s' licail ami the word " Try" Htani|>t'(l upon
tliuin. ir a buy liail such a iMitton a^ that,
it would iiiako a new l)oy of liiin, for as a
rcriii'iiili('raii(!t'r it would stiiiiiilatc liiin in tlio
pcrruniiaiico of duly. Many had tried, and
trii'il hard ; but let tlicin i,'o back and try aj^ain,
There was enonjjh jiower here to convert all
Canada, if all did what tliey mi),'ht do. One
thing he parlienlarly de-<ir(;d,was, that the child-
ren should be law^rjil to do good. Oiu" of the rich-
uHt men in .N'ew York State, who hail (nice been
ready to iiold a si.vpence so hard as to nniki? a
hole in it, bnt who hail got over that, had said
to him. "Teach yonv childicn to give." If
that were done, (di what an overllowing Trea-
sury the [joid would one ilay havel Sometime ago
)d.s schocd liegan educating cidldren in India, and
when dillieulty occurred lie asked lii.4 children
ivlicther they would like to send the Indian
boy.4 and girls back to heathenism. The reply
was. No. Tiie heathen children then in question
Iiad been taught ; the s(diool where they were in-
itrncted broken up: and the chiblren of lii.s
echool now gave their money for the establish-
ment of other schools. He knew a boy who
went to school at three years old. He began
with penny contributions. At four years old, he
was prevented from attending school for forty
weeks, at the end of which time ho came to the
flchool witii forty cents in his pocket which he
gave. He had now been twelve years in the
school ; b\it he never forgot his i)enny contribu-
tions. It was nil moonshine, what some said,
that the child .should give only for his own
Bchnol. They should give for the good of man-
kind. At his school, they had a lil)rary of live
hundred volumes, and from time to time they
flaid to the children, now who is for giving this
library to the children where they have none.
They all get u]) at once.

He had .said that day in the Convention
that he would present a daguerreotype por-
trait of Robert Raikes, to the venerable
father who had founded the first Sunday
School in Canada in 1811. That was forty-
six years ago. Well, the Temple took forty-si.K
years to build, and this father had been forfy-
si.x years building up Sunday Schools. He
should now make him a present of the portrait
of Robert Raikes.

Mr. Thompson accordingly handed the por
trait to Mr. Smart, repeating the following
lines : —

" Think how he taught unmoved and ardent
''In those sacred halls. Nor end his labours

here,
" But onward rolled a mighty stream of rescued

souls,
" To bliss, and joy supreme in heaven.

Rev. Mr. Sm.\ut, (Gananoque) expressed his
thanks for the present, and after remind-
ing the audience of the saying of Archimedes
that he could move the world, had he a place
to plant his machinery, remarked that the
Christian had not only the machine ; but a firm
foundation whereon to plant it, the macl'.ine
was education, which already nearly realized
the wish of George the Third, that every child
should know how to read, and every child who
could read should have a bible. The bible was

I Indeed the foundation on which the machine
I was planted, and (he world, intellectual and

moral, was alreaily moving.
I Rev. Mr. Mii.i.kii, (Cgdensbiirgh,) conceived
I that men might already sec bcfue their
eyes the fulfilment (d'liie promise, thai the hearts
of the fathers should be turned to the cliildrcn,
in the spread of Sunday Schoids, that jieculiar
enterpri/e of the nineteenth century. The im-
jiorlauce of it was easily .shown. In the .Metho-
dist (Ihurcli, the aggregate lucre. ise last yiar
was Hn,n()(), which was alnnisl tlie previse number
of those who had been added from the Sunday
Scluiols. The rest only sufliced to sujiply tho
places of those who dropped otl' by death. Tho
exiierience of the rresbyteriiin Church was .simi-
lar. During the last ten years, of every thousand
received as cotnniunieants seven hundred and
liftywere from the children (;ftiie church, andwero
unit(Hl to it before they were twenty-live years of
ago. Only one in a thousand was added after
sixty years of age. "What volumes of exhorta-
tion in these facts, to remember the children 1
In his church, out of a Inindred and ninety-nine
a|iplicanls, of whom one hundred were by jiro-
fession of failh, the largest part were from the
children of the church. He would add to his
friends motto " I'll try" the words "and perse-
vere." Phidias, the sculjitor, being unjustly
banished from that native country where his
statuary graced the I'antheon, repaired to Elis,
far from the land of his fathers ; but there ho
imdertook to accomplisii a work superior to
any he had hitherto achieved, and presented to
the world, the statue of Jupiter 01ynii)ns.
Look at him thus toiling (ui the shapeless mass,
to gratify his ambition and revenge for the in-
j\istice of his countrymen ! I5nt Sunday School
teachers had to do with immortal spirits. On
them they were to make their mark ; and should
they not persevere ? In a school where severe
rules for the preservation of order bad been
enacted, a boy was reprimanded by his teacher
and by the superintendent, and told that he
must be banished unless he reformed. Fre-
quently the teacher impressed this simple lesson
upon him. At last he was banished ; but thelesson
wasconstantlyringing in his ears, till at last it wa.9
the means of introducing him to an extended
sphere of usefulness, first as a Sunday School
teacher, and then as a superintendent who suc-
ceeded in building up many Sunday Schools.

Mr. Janes (Montreal,) had begged tho Com-
mittee not to put his name on the list of speak-
ers, and when they insisted and refused to take
it off, he declared he would not occujiy the
meeting for two minutes. One of his reasoiis
was, that he was very diffident and afraid to
hear his own voice and the other,that his friends
said his notions were very ultra, by which, he
supposed, they meant they were exceedingly
right, and he, therefore, dared not risk mischief
by what he might say. But if it would do any
good to hear something of his experience he
would say this : — lie had been more than thirty
years in the Sabbath School as teacher, one of
the visiting committee, and superintendent ; and
lastly, as teacher of the adult classes, and if he
were asked whether he loved the work as well
as he did thirty years before, he would reply:
vastly more. His heart was never more
thoroughly interested, nor more in the work
than at that moment.

HAIinATri SCHOOL TEACIIEIIS CONVENTION.

liirh the. mnrliine
iiiti'llocliiul und

•MPffli,) ronccivrd
ici! iH'foro thoir
sc, timl the licarU
I to till' cliililrcn,
iIh, llmt |pcciiliiir

iiliiry. The ini-
1. In the Mutlio.
iTiMse lust yciir
II' |iii".'isc niiinlicr
III tli(! Kiiiidiiy
1 to .siiniily tho

liy ilciith. The

liiircli was siini-
f every tlioinnnd
I'll liiiiiilrcil and
cliiin'li.iiiHlwere
iity-livcyciirs of
was aildi'il after
inies of cxhorta-
er the chililrcnl
and ninety-nine

I were liy pro-
t Avcre from the
oiild add to his
•d.s " and jierse-
heiii^!^ tiiijiistly
itry where hia
epaired to Elis,
but tliere lie
rk superior to
id piesiMited to
iter Olympus,
bapeles.s mass,
ngo for the in-
Sunday School
il S]>irit3. On
rk ; and should
1 wlicre severe
idcr had been
by his teacher

I told that he
brined. Fre-
) simple lesson
; but thelcsson

II at last it was
an extended

iinday School
lent who siic-
ay Schools.

fed the Corn-
list of speak-
d'lised to take
I occiii)y the
f his reasons
ind afraid to
at his friends
)y wliich, he
exceedingly
risk mischief
oiild do any
tperience he
e than thirty
icher, one of
endent; and
RS, and if lie
rork as well
ould reply:
lever more
n the work

Mr, IIi'NTiNOTON (Rnelu'ster,) would givo a
'•w Btiitisties of the school of wliicli Mr.
Thompson had spoken. They Imd a book ci)ii-
tainiii;; bioj^rapliicai records of the school,
with the nutotfrajdis of every tearhor and
scholar for twi'iity or thirty years back. It
contained three thousand biof;rapliical skel(dies,
And his colleajruo who had already spoken
made it his business, if he saw anylhiiifj in a
newspaper, or anywhere else, of one of their
Bcliolars or teacdiers to insert it in the book.
Whenever a scholar emif,'rated to the West or
elsewhere, a record was made of the fact, and
the collection was well worthy of exaininalion.
The 8(diool contained -Cto scholars, of whom
140 were over fourteen years of age. It had
youiiff teachers and teacliers who were fathers.
Amoii}^ the (dderly teachers was the oldest nuin
in the Church. Willi one or two exce|itioii-
that tearher had been in bis jilace rej^iilarly Uh
three years. One young lady had assumed the
instniclion of the female bibb; class in IHfi.'i ;
but her health became impaired and she was
called to iier resting idace. On her dying
pillow she had the consolation of believing that
save one, all her scholars had been con-
verted. As an evidenec of what one little boy
could do, he would mention that in Western
Kentucky a reward was offered to boys who
should bring in scholars. The first jierson that
one of these boys applied to was his father.
The man said " I dont know how to read."
" We will teach you said the child." The father
followed his son ; sat on the same bench by
him ; learned to read ; became converted ; and
finally was sent out as a coljiorteur. .\t the
end of fiuir years ho had established four hun-
dred Sabl)atli Scdiools, and ;!.">, 000 children,
within seven years were, by his instrumentality,
gathered in. That boy was now a missionary. In
NewYork, there were about 500,000 children and
about 200,000 of these were in Sabbath Schools
Among the rest were the Catholic children who
went to their own schools, and it was projioscd
to adopt a])lan to bring them all in. In the City
of New- York, a good deacon and a Scotchman
met a few little boys on Sunday morning for
the sake of giving them instruction in the
scriptures. Mr. Pardee proposed one day to
visit him and see if he could render any assist-
ance. At the appointed time Mr. Pardee went
and found his friend engaged with ten or
eleven boys ; but he had noticed on his way
some boys who were playing at marbles. lie
asked if these had been invited ; and was told
that they had been but would not come. Upon
that he went out and found a lad thirteen years
of age and other smaller boys together. lie
said to the elder. I have a motion to make
and if you will second it, I think I can carry it
— it is that you adjourn your meeting and go
to the Sabbath School. " Xo" said the boy " I
sha'nt do that." " Well" said Mr. Pardee, " you
are doing two things that are wrong, — one
is gambling, and the other breaking the Sab-
bath. I protest against them." "Oil come along
boys" said the eldest, and off they went a little
further and resumed their game. Mr. Pardee
returned to the school, obtained a little book
with pictures, and got a boy to accompany him.
Then he approached the group again, reading
the book to the boy and looking at the pic-
tures. The other lads became interested and
approached to see what the interesting story

was about. At length tho eldest boy was loft
alone and he ciime up too. Then Mr. Pardee
nsked if they did not all want botjks, saying
that just Hiieli were given to the boys at tho
Kchoid, ;iiid addressing the elder boy, now, said
he, if you go all will go. '• Oh, he knew lliat,"
he said, and then " well boys ! lets all go to
school. " They went in ; but the eldest boy
HiKui slipped away, returning however, soon
after with the exelaiiiatioii — " here .Mister — here
an? some more boys." lie slipiied out again,
and returned in the same manner, so that
before the sehoid broke iiji he had gathered
sixty four boys ; and ho was then made assist-
ant superintendent, and ultimately he becaino
much interested in the work, lie was taught
the trade of nuudiine manufacturing in tho
Southern ]iart of t'oiinectieut, ami if any of his
hearers should ever read of Casiier Iloward,
that was the boy. In one of the largest schools in
lirooklyii lately, a man came and asked tho
superintendent for a ]dace to teach a bible
class, Dr. .Morel did not know if he bad any
])lace to Sparc. " Can I have that corner ? "
" Certainly." Next Sunday he had livi; young
men ; thi; next as many more, and at the end
of the year forty were converted from that class.
The reason he (.Mr. II.) was so much interested
ill Sabbath Sclools was, that he had had no
])ious father or mother ; but he went to Sab-
imth School. All the children of the family
were converted by those schools, and after that,
the parents were converted likewise.

Mr. FooTE (Hnlfalo, ) loved Sabbath
Schools, because through their iigency, he had
seen communities of Sabbath lireakers and
drunkards transformed to fearers of Cod and
lovers of righteousness ; — because tliey promot-
ed the interest of the Church, the country,
the father, the child, the scholar and the
teacher. He was sorry to hear any charges
brought against them.

" Plartli had no name more worthy fame.

" The countless blessings it had shed.

" Would be revealed when worlds were fled."

The Sabbath School did not get credit
enough. You might indeed look to a particular
school, and sec no fruit for the moment; but
where was that seed prepared, of the germina-
tion of which they had heard tliat night? In
the idaces wlicre those who had toiled and sowed
in tears, twenty or thirty years before, leaving Iho
generation that came after to gather the har-
vest ; and long after the accounts of those now
labouring should be sealed uj), the value of
their work would be better understood. There
were in this land hundreds of thousands of
neglected children ; but the jiast history of
Sabbath Schools warranted the conclusion, that
they wore powerful as a remedy. Go to Afric's
shore, and there would be found, borne thither
in a ship from other lands, the boy who had
been trained in a Sunday School to love Jesus
Christ. lie went to tell to those benighted
minds the way of salvation. The missionary
there, too, began with the children. This had
once excited the wonderment of an old Chief
who met a missionary, and asked : " What is
this you come after — the children ? " Yes,"
said the missionary, " I come to do you good.
The old people are hopeless ; but my hope is
with the young, and we must first get their af-
fections." " Ah I " said the old man again.

REconn OK THK jmiocrkdinob or tub

" Yiiu nrc cnifly ; yon want Id i^rl poxsos'tion of
our coiiiilry, ikiiil to livo li)ii(i;." "No; I cxpoct
BOOM to (lie; l)iit I come to tell you of (Mirist'rt
Biilviiliou. llyn mill li.vi", your connti-yini'M will
ffiir (Jod, kt't'p tin' Siililpiitli, ami imvo only
oni! wife." ''Ah!" ri'|pciit('(l tlm old iiiiin,
"you will Hv(! loiiK imil m'l tim world. Tliu
child to-day is the luiin to-nioirow."

Rev. Mr. Dkmhon (IluHiilo,) had liad some
trouble to conic, hut had don(! licMcrMmii soiiii'
of his hrcthrcn, for h. iuol liron^^lii liis wife with
liiin ; and without saying aiiythinj; ahoiit wo-
men's rights, he would add, that sIm' had cuiih^
us a ([(debate. JIc felt that the friends of Sun-
day S(diools niijrlil well coii^Matulati^ their
wives and daufjliters on the us|i(M't of the Sah-
bath Sclii)(d cause, hiith here and in the I'niled
States. Ill both countries, everylliiiij,' which
hud been achieved was owiiijf to their ('hrislian
woiiien ; and if ever either country fnllillcd the
destiny wliii h he believed God hail in store for
them, it would be because of the exertions of
the ('hristiun inothers, and wives, and sisters.
It was not eiiouph that children should be
tauj?lit ill the Sabbath School — their mot hers
must take them on their knees, und there teach
them to lu'iiy — must have their closets
where they niij;ht take their little ones us Sa-
muel of old to Saninel's CJod. When lie thought
of the Christian union manifested tliut evening,
his heart rejoiced. Perhaps one brother was a
Presbyterian. He was n IJaiitist ; but if the
Baptists were close communionists, they felt in
close communion with all others who were
concerned for Sabbath Schools ; nor were there,
he believed, any people who went together more
steadily shoulder to shoulder, in the cdiieation
of the young, than the Baptists of the United
States. They knew that if they could instruct
the children aright, it would be impossible for
any tyrant to forge his chains for them hereaf-
ter. The American brethren felt united to
their Canadian friends, and felt the ncc(>ssity of
this union, not only because lliey recognized
the ditferences of denominations, but also of
nationalities. There were a great variety of
Saints, — St. George, and St. Duvid, and St. An-
drew, and, last of all, St. Jonathan ; but with
all this diversity, there was only an imaginary
line between the true Christians of Canada and
the United States. When he crossed the Sus-
pension Bridge, he thought of that; but he
must confess the line there was rather a lofty
one. Hut when he listened and heard the great
diapason of thunder which went up to the
heavens from that cataract, he reflected that it
ascended alike from the shore of Canada and
that of the United States. Americans, then,
need not ask Canadians whether their thunder
was louder than their own, or which side pour-
ed over the most water ; but each might hear
and see without jealousy the cataract which
belonged to the other, and the same thing was
applicable to the Sabbath School Union. One
thought had occurred to him, which he would
mention. It was the dignity of being a Sunday
School Teacher. There were young ladies and
gentlemen who said : — "Well, about this Sun-
day School teaching — this getting half a dozen
boys and girls on to a bench, with a testament
and question book — is it not rather nndigni-
fied ? " But here was a fact. The Chancellor
of the University of New York, Theodore Fre-

linghuyscn, one of the ripest ocliolars und best
Judges in America, ut Heveiity-lwo years of
ugc, is u teacher in u Sunday Sclnxd. Mr.
Pardee, a gentleman whom, if ilicy nil knew,
they would all love, a very extensive men hunt,
was now '■iigagcd in the work of building up
Siinduy Si-hools ; und lit! mentioned that, jiuv-
iiig >>ni'e I Hked u ft lend, what induced him to
be u tea'lM-r. he received for n reply ; — " Be-
cause it is so dignilied an oeeupiition to teach
the immortal miml, and because i love it."
Mr. Pardee asked again : — " What capital do
you represent as a broker?" lb? was told,
,Sti, 000,0(10 ]icr uiinnin. Yet tliut man, with
such large concerns on his .«hoiilders, sat down
every Sunday in u little .sclioid, with u company
of raggcil chiblrcn. Ijct the rich men of Cana-
da say what they thought of that. Was not
that man fullilliiig his mission in |iutiiiig tho
staui|) of (iod on the youthful mind? The
manner in which that gentlemen tried to keep
the children round him, was by studying four
or live hours a day everything novel und inte-
resting ; collecting facts und incidents to please
his pupils. It often liap|iened that teachers
were delicient in this respect — that they tailed
to bring forth things new und (dd. In tho
United Stutes. it wus found that the interest
taken by [lurents in the Schools, was being felt
more and more strongly. In Boston, an etlbrt
was being made to establish an asylum for va-
grant children ; and through that institution, tiio
children were being reacheil, as they had never
been reached bcftue. His Kevereiice, the Uo-
niaii ('atholic Bishop, too, had taken more
alarm at that ed'ort than at any other which
had been made. The teacher would go to tho
chiKlren with a bible in one hand, und a loaf of
bread in the other, and when he ajiprouched
the [tarent in this guise, and took him by the
hand, it became ea.sy to pour the word of tho
living God into his heart. The man thus as-
sailed, would throw off Popery, and would be
brought into that liberty, wherewith Christ
makes his peojile free. lie trusted these schools
would bring about union between all denomi-
nations of Cliristians, and between Americans
and Canadians. One word more. An Ameri-
can, at AUiany, had declared that it wus neces-
sary in Sunday Schools to teach duties us well
us doctrines ; and he wanted all the children
of Canada to be taught to hate Slavery even
unto death.

Rev. Mr. Ciiidi.aw was rejoiced to find him-
self once more among those who had been hia
neighbors in the days of his childhood beyond
the deep Atlantic. He had been taught to read
the Bible in a Sunday School in North Wales.
Had he remained there, the child of a peasant,
what an inheritance it would have been to have
a Welsh Bible, knowledge to read it, and con-
fidence to believe in it I At ten years of age, his
parents liad brought him to the United ^tatcs,
and had settled near the Reserve of the W^yandot
Indians. There was no preaching there ; but
he had a pious mother and a Welsh Bible, which
his mother, his sister, and himself spent the
Sunday in reading, till at si.xtecn years of age,
God blessed the reading of that blessed book
and made him find a Saviour. A member of a
Welsh Baptist Church soon after said to him :
" You must now begin to do something for
Christ. In Wales wc had Sunday Schools : I

ix-st dcholars and best
^'•vcnt^.lw,, ^,,ii„ of
"nil. lay Scliool. Mr
""' '•' ""7 all know"
Kf\t.'ii.siv.> iiirnlnint.
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'•'•■Mti..Il..,l lliul, |„jy'.

Imt iimIiic,.,) |,i,„ ^Q

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"••i'i'P"ili„ii to leach

IH'CUII.SC I love it."
-" VVIlllt CHIiitiil (Jo

''.'•'•'" K.' was told,
>'•' "mt nmii, with
•■-'iomI.I.ts, Hiit down

'""'. w^il'iicoiniMinv
'•'••i.'li mciioC(',i„,i.

."'■ """• \\'h.s not
'"•" '■" I'litiing (1,0
"liltil mind? T/m
i'"H'n liie.l to k...op
■< >>y stiid.vinK four
'"K iiovfl „„d i„te-
''"<;iiifi,uto|deu8o
"'L'<l Hint tcuehcrs
l-th,U they (uilod
, ",'»' "I'l. Ill the
' ""It tlie interest
'"l'<, wii.s heing felt
' ifo.ston, ,in ettbrt
"'I asyinn, for ya-
li'itiastitniion, tlio
ii.s they hiiil never
ii'vorencc, the Ko-
lifi'l taken more
ftiiy <'ther which
•• would go to tho
'»iiil, anda loaf of
" 'le ajijn-oached
♦ook him hy the
tlio Word of tho
'le man thna os-
'.v, and wonld be
■iHTcwith Christ
tt'd these sehoola
•■t'n all denomi-
M'con Americans
•'•e. An Anieri-
"*t it was neces-
fi duties as well
^11 tlio children
te Slavery even

BAllllATII rtrilOOL TKACIIERS CONVENTION.

'd to find him-
" liad been his
Idliood beyond
'taught to read
I iVorth Wales.
I of a peasant,
'e been to have
'd it, and con-
■ftrsofage, his
United fejtates,
f the Wyandot
ig there ; but
' Uible, which
elf spent the
years of age,
blessed book
member of a
'aid to him:
mething for
'■ Schools : I

li^

wi-ili wo liiid simp hero. Voi, could leacli Kn-
gli-li iiii'l I Wilsli." Tliiil ,ri;in liu'd in une of
thii.-ii' iiri'«tiioi'ati(' lii(( liulH wliioii inul two en>U
to It, and he siiid : " Von .'tluill Imvo inio end
and I tlio otiiei'." 'I'lioy nunlo a li ^'iniiin;;, and
soon all'M' lie loll III, iri'osi.tlibii' ('on\ iclln,, llial
ho ou;,'lit tu b' II Minister. Ili'i m.illier -luid hIiu
wonld soil her IumI cow to ^ivo him an eilnca-
tion ; and at last he .oci oiU, wulUin<^' one linn-
drod and foi'ly inilos lo the .-umI ut' Icarnin;;,
with his lu^rj,ML,'o in a tnw liaj^ which iii-< si-tinr
haci Woven for liini. ili; lived ilo'ie fur tliiriy-
twii conn II Wick, ilo nieniloiicd all this lo
show how di'ojily lio was intcri'slcd in lliis Sali-
bal li Sclioul inovemcnl. lie iiail inel a h'W wcckd
ago ill the West, witliii nninlier of per.'Oiis who
bail never soon a looiiinolivc, and llio inrseiU'C
of Olio of tliono niacliiil s created i|uilu .1 stir ill
the place, and said inoihcr U'liiliii;;', an oM lady
with siieciaclos on licrnoso, while -iu' iiliontivc-
ly regarded it : " Can that lliin;,' ;(oV ' llesaiil :
" (111 ! yos, wait till llio iiiiii cdiiic and uiit water
into it anil kiinll" tlio lire, and it will go fust
enoii^jli!" \V<'I|, till' SaliliatliSoluml eau-" was
a glorious loooinolivo wiiicli (Jut liinisidf iiad
put on the rails, and wliieli his iioople were
called on to keep },'oing. What was the inis-
aioii of the Siililialli .Scliiiol? To all'. ad religi-
ons instruction, with a view to personal suUm-
tioii, lo all the cliildron in tho world. If this
wore so, no wonder thai (Janada was waking
up. .No wonder that the rniled Statos were
rousing tlieiiisolvos IVoiii llioir slnniliors. Let
it 1)0 reinoniUerod, loo, thai (loil had provided
all the aiipliaiK'os which wore lu eded lor this
work, l/ook at the position ol' this great work.
The Viahlialli School did not come to llio imlpit
and demand fVoin it the care of the lamlis of
tho Hock ; nor did it euiiio lo the Clirisiian pa-
rent and say, wo will cancol your obligation.
IJnt with kindly smilos and a groat heart of
lovo, it oll'ered lo co-oporale with other agen-
cies. What, then, wore its rosourcos ? First,
it had an open liihlo and the agency of that
blessed Spirit which lakes of llio things of (Jod
and shows them to his children. Xoxt the work
coucernod children. When adults wore preach-
ed to, the message was often mot with ii roinil-
sivenoss that chilled the heart ; and yet, the
Church of Christ, too ofloii overlooked its
vantage ground. It did not, indeed, make too
many sacrifices to reach the adult population ;
but he might very properly ask whether more
ought not to be done for the children ? At any
rate, the circumstances he had mentioned wore
two great advantages which were possessed by
laborers in this cause, lie had boon connected
for twenty years with the Amorican Sunday
School Union, which last year, had sent out
three hundred missionaries to scatter books and
establish schools in thirty-one dilferent Statos.
They had also organised 2,400 new Sabbath
Schools, and he told his frion'ls there present,
and that venerable Father Smart, that he want-
ed to go back to the heart of Ohio, and say that
he had seen a second edition of Father Cun-
ningham. They all knew Father Cunningham
there. In the West, Ihoy tried to go ahead.
They sowed the seed in a small parcel, and it
came up all over the country. In old Switzer-
land county there were, at a late celebration,
thirteen schools with flying banners, and 1,100
scholars. That was where Father Cunningham

lived, lie was two miles IVniii Iho school honse ;
lint, he sail!, ho noviT missed a Sabbath lor two
years. Were there le.icher!* prosoiit who hiul
boon at the school every Lord's P.iy fir two
years? Mo had hoard of a iioigborhood, Pear-
born, In Indiana, wlicre lliey needed a .><cliool,
bocaiMo they had loo ni.iiiy nyu-^ simps. That
was an excellent I'eiisoii. lie Went lo try lo
e.iialilisi, one, and knocked at one door after
the other impiiriiig lor a religions family, lu
iiii-iwer to Ih.il, he was con-i,iiiily refi iiimI lo
lallier Turner, whom he at last I'luiiiil in a
Utile tell Icel log shop, making -hois. Ili> .-aid ;
" I am glad to see yon. I have been I'.ir a long
time looking for some one to help me to gi'i up
II Sunday Schoul, 1 was eonvertod in oiio at
Iblslol." The old man got his horse, ami pre-
piiriUions were made for hclding a meeting in
llio centre of the district. To iioeiini|dish tliat,
however, lliey had to make many shil'is, und
wore greatly indebleil to one old lady who
broiiglil a candloaml a huge I'mk. i'nr iiis lite,
he ciiiilil nut think to wliat ii>e the t'oik was to be
put; but when it got dark he I'nind out, f'lr his
iVieiid sliiek llie fork through the candle and
thus I'astenod it lo the wall of tho log Imuse.
After he (.Mr. C.) had got through wiili his re-
marks, l'"ather Tnnior followed, and made a \i-i-y
eHective spooeli ; but when he had done, allot hor
man got up and said he iinilorslood the wliole
thing. His father told him il was got up alier
the rovolntionaiy war, and ho donliled not, that
it was now taken hold of by that hdlow with the
black coal, and tho Ihigllsliman lo lake away
American liberty. Then ho told the peoiilo how
they might be taken in by the alliiir. The ^'iin-
koo pedlars, ho said, came along and did nothing
but talk, and, vol, they afterwards brought in
long bills anil compidlod payment. Finally, he
ol)jooii'd Icolotally lo Sunday Schools, or any-
thing being taught to children about religion.
Thoy did not, ho said, lot children trade horses
till they wore twonty-ono years of age, and he
thought they ought to have no religion till thoy
were of that age. Afior he had spoken for some
time another speaker rose and said, that he
know very little about the matter : but he was
sun^ there must be some good in it, or Si|uire
ihirnhain would not oppose it so much. There
was, at that lime, but one christian man in all
that district ; but he (Mr. C.) had since preach-
ed to a large congregation from a pulpit whence
he conld see another Church through the back
window. Sipiire iJurnham's influence had de-
clined, and with it horse racing on Sundays;
together with four grog shops out of five which
formerly existed. Some winters ago he had
visited the .Mission School at the Five Points,
New York, and on his way he sawn gentlomau
before hira with a bundle in his hand. This gen-
tleman descended a cellar, and ipiickly return-
ed with two little children, lie took out of his
bundle some clothing, and having attired lliom
in il, went ii]) into a garret, returned, and did
the same thing, until he had thus collected
thirteen little childri.Mi, whom he led to that
Sunday School. Persons were sometimes kept
1 from this labour by the saerificos and efforts
I wiiich it demanded ; but those who engaged In
I it found themselves wonderfully blessed and
i encouraged. In 1837, he was prosecuting his
I mission in Xorthern Ohio, and passing through
I a wilderness part of the country, ha came to a

MOORD or TltR PROrKKDINOA or TIIR

iiwniii[> tliroiiRh wliich tlie rdiid wim but Jiixt
liilil (Mil. Ill' ciilcriil ii|Hiii UU Jiiiiniry wiili ii
weiiiy liciirt, mill llimnfli ul lirsl lii;< Iihiki- rmiiil
lcii|i ovi'i' till' \t'^!H I.Mii;; in liic h\\ jiiii|', lie at
Icii^lli ^Mi'W I'lili^iicil mill liiiil lo ^'11 iiiiiiiil llirlii.
Ill' llmii^rlil III' lillist Hlrrp in llir Wnuilrt, mill III'
Wiisjlisl limKin^ IJllI till' 11 ill'} |>iui r fill' liini>rli'

anil 11 .<|>irt' IhimIi I'nr his iimsi' wliin lie ln'iinl ii
(lii|{ limU, 'I'Ik^ hiiiiihI iuiiiiiiili'<l Ills liotsi' mn
\vi.'ll IIS liiiiisrit'; linl us till' miiiiiiil ruiilil nut
Ki't tlii'iiii);li llio lin^lii'M, III' liiiil III ili-iiiiiiiiil iiiiil
Juni|i t'l'iiin iii^ III liiK. At l('n){lli lie |{iit to ilic
iiuutti' ; was I'ci'i'ivi'il liy II vviinian, w Iiii8t> lins-
liitnil was aliHi'iit, |>iil u|i liim lioitii' mul nut down
to sii|i|ii'r.

Ui'liiii' ill' lii'Him oiiIImr, howevir, Iii> noknl
for a lili'ssin(( to ucroniiimiy ll. Tlir (fimil
wuniiin al miri' rmiic ti> liiin, anil asktil —
" wliul, an' you it Mi'llmiiisl |ii'iarliii' '.'" llr if-
[illi'il lui ; lint I lun llif ni'Xt tiling' to It. I unia
truviliiii)^ I'l't'sliytciiiin liii'iirla r. " •'Will,"
giiiii sill', ",\i)U iiiiiHt in'iiuli. " — "My j;iimI
\voniiin 1 liavi^ conic ii Inii^ way anil 1
liiiM.' si'fn no oni! but yoiirr-i'lt'. Ilowivtr, if
you will Ki't niL' u ciniKii'Kation I will |ihmiIi
\viHinj,'ly.'' Wlit- wt-nl to tliiii imrl of tlii' lo^^
lioubi' wlii'i'i' in otliiT lioiist'H tlii'i-e is u niiintic
liicci' iiiul liikinij ilow n a lar^ft: Imrn, ulii' liicw
it lit llii' iloor. Ili'i' liiisliiiiiil |iri'S('iilly miswircil
the Hi^iial. " (Jli, " t.aiil sliu '• Joliii, lu'ri''.s a
Iivi'uclu'i' anil wi; will liavc a si'iniuii, " liy ami
by sii'vi'ial oliit'ts came in till si'Vi'iitei'n wrio
Colk'Cti'il. lli^ fi'lt tliat, if tliirc cvit was ti
time to ini'iicli thai was il, ami llu'y diil mil ask
wlntlii'i' lie wan a Metlioili.sl or not. After he
liucl (lone, out) of the men eaiiie forwanl, how-
ever, and said : " Will you lead a class '.' " —
" 1 never did ; but if yon want to talk aluuit
religion ^o right at it." " Well " replied the
niun, some of these iicojde have not (^ol
religion and they had oiiu'lit to ^d it." He
was enaliled to make a iiowerl'iil discourse ;
two of the men eiinie on their knees ami
there was a good time talking to thein.
Such was the encouragement the iSimday
School teacher sometimes received. Perhaps
there were some piesenl who had mil been
in a Sunday School for three months. (A
voice: three years.; That was bad, for (Jhrist
expected all to do their duty. He had once
seen in a school al Louisville an old colored man
who was 80 blind that he could sec nothing.
lie asked why he came there. " To show, "
said the other, " that my heart is in it." lie
hoped then that many of those of whom he had
just spoken would let superintendents and
teachers see that their hearts were in the
Bchools. If men and women would but become
teachers, though there were no classes for them,
classes would soon be formed. Mr. Hcechcr
used to say to students who asked him where
they should go to preach—" make places. "
Just so, let children be gathered in, they would
make classes here and, in glory, fill up the
Heavenly garners for evermore. He concluded
with an appeal to those jiresent to contribute
liberally to the collection, enforcing his e.vhor-
tation by a story of an old lady who belonged
to a Church where a bell had been put up. She
did not like the bell at all ; but she gave $10
towards it to please her grand daughter. Next
Sunday she went to Church ; heard the bell ;
and was delighted with the music— such a

rhnii;:!' wnii produced by huvlng $10 Invcitrd

in Hie bell.

Urv. .Mr. SimiiT (Port Iloiie) nnld the motto
(if SiiMiiilh Sclioids was ^o nliead, and the
Mpirii which this motto indicali'il was not cun.
lilii'd III till' riiilcd Slates, as was proved by
the ('i>n~tru('ili>n nf llie (iriind 'I'liiiik Itailway,
III will se p|iipi'ic|iir.'< and to those of the other
niilw iiys, w Ih'Hc liiri's had hccii ri'diiccd in I'avor
(f the ilrli'jfMti's, iiiiirh (.'nilitiiili' was due. Ily
that iiicnns tliry had Ixeii hrniight to Kiiif^ston
— now the ("apilal ( 'ily of .""■'unday Schonls, and
by the very cliuiec made of it fur that piirpoMO
pointed out 11.4 the most litling plai'r for llio
seat of the ^'iivcriiment of the I'mvime. Ho
Went on to cxpies.s his jrri'iit satisfactinn at the
pioiif atlonli (I by the mceling nf that ('iinveiitidn
(d' the I iissitiilily uf all Cliiistians Mietiiig mi
tciiiis I'f f; il iiilship iinil i'i|iialily to prniiiolc the
cause uf Christ. He had hiiiiselt eiitii tallied
prcjiidires against such nici'tings ; but he was
happy at haviujf f;iil ovir thiiii. Si nie feared
that thiy winilil Inid to what was called sliecp-
slealiii(; — Ihiil was to say that the liinib.'4 of
SI nic )tiist(irs Hoiks wiiild be taken away fri ni
Ihi'in in eoiisefiiii'iiee ol these intercoinniuiiions.
Hut he tli(>ii);lit no Hiieh (lunger was to bo
apprehended, and at any rale it wa.s a danger
e(|iial from all sides. He illiistratdl the jiro-
jirieiy and hni'mlcssness of these i niuns of
Chi'istians al considerable length by u number
of familiar c.Mimples.

I'ev. .Mr. lit i.i.Aiti) (lioslon) being called on
said he Would not venture to detain the meeting
aiKilliir moment on that occasidn ; but wonlil
speak III more leiifrth thereafter if another
opportunity olleied for doing so.

The iir(icee(liiip.s of the evening cloned with
the ilu.\ol()j;y, " I'raisi! Cod, fr(.m whom all
blessings Ilow" and the benediction.

THUIfSDAY, FEBIU'AUY 12tii.

A prayer meeting under the charge of tho
Rev. Mr. Keough, of Kingston, was held at
7 a.m.

FOURTH SESSION.

Tlie Convention reassembled in the Methodist
Church al f» o'clock.

Devotional exercises occupied half an hour,
after which the niiiiutos of the second Session
were read and continued.

The NoMiNATiNO Committee recommended
that a Committee to consist of —

Rev. R. Torhance. MES.sn8. Geo. Fenwick,

Mebsks. B. Lyman, " Gko. IIahcouht,

" II. A. Nelson, and SiiEniFFTnEADWELL

be appointed to examine and report upon the
credentials of delegates. — Adopted.

Mr. A. MacAlister, Chairman of the Commit-
tee ON Statistics, reported that they had made
up the returns from 204 schools, being the num-
ber received up to the opening of the Conven-
tion, and presented a statement thereof, (which
is here omitted, it being superseded by the ap-
pended summary of all the returns.)

The Committee recommended that Sabbath
Schools throughout the Province keep regular

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'•'""•ffe of tho
was held at

the Methodist

'"■f an honr,
3ond Session

^commended
■0. Fenwick,

• HahcoL'HT

Theadwkli,
■' upon the

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' liiiU made
? (he num-
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'ofj (which
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t Sabbath
P regular

Tfroriln from whjrli ihoy may in fiilurc lip ublo
to iiiiswcr (111 •»<ti(iii"« nnirw fully.

Till- Uc|i()rt ••xcltfil rniu'li in ri'^t, mid, on Mo-
liiiii, it M'lm ordi-i'i'd, iliiittlic >• Minis wliidi, in
G(inM('i|iu-iirc (if I'dtiiiii^ in tun |,itt>, liii'l not liccii
inoliiili'il ill it. hIiiiiiIiI bij lidili'il tliiTcKi in the
|iriiiii'il i'c|Hirt'i.

Mr. I'AroN, (KiiuMlii/i,) on hclialf iT the
KiiiK'^tou ^^lllll^ .Mi'ii'k CIii 'tiiin A.sdo( i.irion,
iiiviiuil lilt' iiii'iiili(-rri uf till! ( iivi.-iition to iit-
tciid a Icrtiire, to bu tlctivcrt'd in the
<!Vi'iiiii;^, bcfiifn Unit boily, by tlm Ib'v. Mr.
HoikI, ill tlif City Hull. ' Siil'ijict !— SiibbHth
S(•lllMll^ ; Ibcir ri-ii' mul |ir<ii;iv.s.-i. — .Mr. I'litmi
Htiitt'il III, it a I'lilli'ciloii lii\viii'i|.4 till- ('.\|i('ii-ii.''i of
the (Niiivciitinii, iiii;;iit III- taken lip on tiiiit (ic-
Clinioli. — lll\ ililtioli iirci'pti'il.

T ho Convention then resumed tho iliHCitn»ton
v.'liicli liiiil bi'cn interrupted by tlie itdjourn'-
ineiit.

.Mr. HiiBiUKK TiiKAitWKi.i. Miiiil lie liikd been
Cllf;ll^^ell in ."^iiiiiliiy S(•lt(Ml|^ for tliirty three yciir.i
liiiil liiul vi^iteij iiiiuiy ill ('itiiiula, tlu* I'liitcd
iSliitcx, itnij Iviniiie, uml in H |;i liml seen one in
Wt. Maurice Street Monlri'.il, when' there were
lliliuitiiud liible I'lii-i^eTt, iiiiil where lie llioiijjlit
till! luiiniijreiiieiil wa-i the best he hud ever ^o'li.
He hull itt'terwiiril't vi-iited one in i^ueliee, also
e.'(ceeiliii(.fly well eondiicted. It wii)» worth
rt'inurliiu^f that the iMiildiuf^ where tliiii .'^eliool
was li(!ld WHS the only one in the nei^liboiirbood
saved at the k''''uI lin' ut (^iiebee., uiid tliiit it
wad jireserved by the excrtion.s of the Sunday
School .s{!holar.s. Mr. Tread well was here inter-
rupted by fries of nueslion.

A UKi.bKiATK o.\pi'e.ssed n desire to move
a resolution, di'eluring tho expedieney of or-
f^aiii/.iiiK a peruuiueut Caimdiaii Suinliiy Srhool
Allianee, to provide means for establisliiti}^ .Sab-
batii Scliool.s in every School .section lliroiiKliout
the country, for all kinds of children ; the said
schools to be free from all sectarian names,
sectarian t^'uching, or sectarian book.s,

The I'hk.siok.nt ruled that such n motion
■would he out of order, it beiiiff foreign to the
Bubjeet before tlic Convention, and as ii would
reiiuire to be referred to the liusinesa Committee.

Mr. Dl'ijoan, (speaking to the question,) con-
ceived tiuit the numtier ot destitute children
was greatly cxiig;^eraleil. It was a libel to say
there were 100, UOO. In the cities there could
not be nearly that number, and in tlie rural
districts there could scarcely be any children
of the class contemplated by Robert Ilaikes,
as the objects of his exertions.

Mr. Becket requested leave to withdraw his
resolution for the purpose of substituting another.
Leave granted. He then moved the following,
which was seconded by Mr. Armstrong (Ot-
tawa.)

" That this Convention, recognizing in the
Sabbath School an important means of in-
structing the lambs of the flock as well as an
auxiliary to aid parents in training their chil-
dren in the fear of God — Resolves, that in con-
nection with each Sabbath School there should
be a visiting Committee to canvass given dis-
tricts, for the purpose of bringing in those who
do not attend any Sabbath School ; and that
teachers should be earnestly requested to aid the

('ommlltrp in llu> work, and that tho ncholarii
Ihemselve-i should bo taught that they e.iii do
iiiMib to bring In tlime who are wilbout '

rpoii being read by the Uecretary, the roHolu-
tlon wa.H carried.

Tho next qtioxtion on the Hoekct, viz : — What

OldllT TO tin ItIR .VKCKSflAUV IJIf AI.IKIfATlo V S (T
T»!ACI1I-;UH IIKKOIIK Tlinil AI'I'OI.NTMKVr ToSaIUIVTII

HciiooL CuahmkhV wiu then stulid by the I're-
sldcnt.

Rev. Mr HoixiMKtN, (Ooon) believnl Ilii4
wai a question H'hicli must bo deterniiiieil imt
by precine rules : but by the circuiiistuiiecs of
each case. It wan desirable that tlio'ie ivlio were
to lead ntliers to Christ shonlil tlieui-eUeS
know liiMi, timl they might speak with the
mouth out of tiie riilliiess of the heart. Hut if
a rule uere laid dnwu tliiit luuie should be em-
Jiloyed cicept those truly converted to (1<hI,
ami meiuliers of the Cliurcli, either that decision
must be often set aside or Sunday Si'hools
must in many cases be closed. His (irst evpe-
rieiice on this siibjeef was at I'uslinch where n
joiiiig man, who had been to a meeting of co-
loured people called on him, to see what could
be done for them, and to ask him to visit them,
lie went luid found that only one of them
could read. lie asked if they hud a bible
among tlu'in. They said they hud only ii part
of luu', and handed to him what instead of part
of a bible, turned out to be a piece of the .\me-
riciiii K[)iscopal Prayer Itook. What was he
to do in that c.ise 7 lie could not leach them ;
nor get converted imcii to do so. In the pliieo
where he now preached, he at one time could
not got converti!d teachers ; but it, was otherwise
now, for many hud manifested a (!lmnge of
heart. In such cases the thing was to do the
best that could be done, as his brother from
King who stood nearly alone was obliged lo
do. Vet something must be said about ipiali-
(iciition, and that quulilication he should say
when practicable, should be consisteul nu tn-
bcrship of a Church of Christ. When (inrties
so (pi.ililied could not be obtained let the best
available be taken, always remembering that
there must bo no overt immoral conduct on the
])art of those cm])loyed. A delegate jiresont
would recollect that on an occasion when he (Mr.
II.) hail called a meeting to get u]) a Sunday
School, a little gill of fourteen or fifteen years;
hutsmall of henigo presented herself foni teach-
er. He (.Mr. II.) thought she was too young, and
not possessed of sullicieni knowleilire. However
she got on the list, and kept on though he had
tried to keep her olf. She proved very ellicii-nt.
The list of Chiiri'li members avou Id have
shut her out. There were some too, wiio were
not (Jhurcli members, who miglit yet be the
Lord's hidden ones.

Rev. Mr. .Mii.i.Ku (Ogden?'burgh) would not
have it presumed on account of what he had
said the day before, that he oppo.sed the ju'inci-
plc of doing the best yon can, when you cannot
do what you would like ; but, when the ipialitica-
tions for a Suu'lay School teacher were asked,
he thought the answer should be three-fold —
piety, love of the work, and aptness to teach.
He remembered the application of an African
Avoman for admission into a Church in (Con-
necticut. They asked her about her evidences

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RECORD OF THE PROCEKDIXCIS OF THE

■I

of conversion nnd otlior qiip.stions whicli s!ie
could not iiii.-.\vc'r lii'iiuisi.' slie cuiilil liiirdly
uiidersliind tlit'in. Tlioy UiLTrrore Icld li» r, wc
tliiiik in'flmiis you are sciini'l}' j.ri']:iit'i'(l to
eonie In tlie tnblo. ^\'lR'll sIk' lioiird it, Irt licad
lldl, iind she i'.\cliiiui(.'d. " Oh 1 lliiuk 1 lovu
uiy iniuslLT. " Upon that cviikiito she was
received into the Chiii'cii. It ^\^atf gocid to
have men who coidd sjiow the analogy heiwecn
the did and New Tertanient ; who could dis-
course on tlu! iioelry of the [..-alni,-, coidd illus-
trate liil)le nariatlve h\ eastern ciistotiis, and so
forth, and jiersfins who did so, by being fami-
liar with the trill h theoretically (dtcn bi'canie
])raclically iiupressed with it. IJui love for the
work must lie the great nujving luineiide
everywhere. That was the stiiuulaiil of Kaikes,
of I'axtou, and of all wlio had ever done much
for ISunday Hehocds.aud witiiout that thi're could
be no elKeient teacliers. Again, there must bo
ai)tue.ss to teach. He renieniliered seeing a
very learned man, f.uailiar with all the mys-
teries of pebbles, rocks, trees and plants, and
apt to teach all the higher branches of secular
knowledge ; but placed as a teacher in a com-
mon school, at the cud of the tirsi year, the
c.vamination showed that the class of a compa-
ratively ignorant young nuin should be placed
higher than the one he taught. The learned
man shot too high, while the other taught out
of tiie fullness of his own heart, and thus enlist-
ed the syni[>athies of the chililren. To all
these 'inalilieations add, that which can be ob-
tained tluough grace only, the inlluences of
the divine sjiirit on the teacher, and yon
have a qualified mac. None ever went to his
class deeply mipressed with the worth of souls
without having received the blessing of the
Spirit's out-pouring — that out-pouring which
makes this latter day the day of glory.

Rev. Mr. JIcDonald (l'\'rgus) would not
wish any man who was not a communicant
to be a Sunday School teacher. Yet the
circumstances of each case must settle what
should be done. He would say to all go and
teach ; but add as the Scotch minister did ;
" be sure you know it yourself. "

A Delegate held that the character of every
officer should bear an amilogy to his office.
Then, what was the office of a Sunday School
teaclicr ? To inculcate religious piinciplc, and
explain religious emotions. Now, it is true, the
anatomist might learn his science by operating
on the bodies of others. But he who would
know what religious emotion was must learn it
from the ojierations of his own heart. The
minister or teacher who did not know the Lord
is like a pilot unacquainted with the port
towards which he wants to steer. Yet, though
desirous of having converted persons for teach-
ers, he would not thrust out othcis, for this
question aro e : What shall we do with our
children when they grow up? He would not
thi'ust them out because they were unconverted,
but keep them in. In his neighborhood, at a
recent revival, many teachers and scholars be-
came the subjects of divine grace. Among the
teachers was a yonng lady very amiable and
mucii interested in the school ; but unacqainted
with the grace of God. But one evening, in
retiring from a religious exercise, she said to
herself: " this evening the last of my scholars
has been converted to God, and shall I remain

j unconverted?" She sotight the Lord herself,
and thus teacher nnd scholars were all on
their way to heaven. One qualification of
teachers sluudd be love. A little girl onco
said: " I'a ! you do not pray wit ii me as Ma
does.'' The fatlier, unused to free jirayer, rend
a ]irayer from a prayer book (Ui his knees i)y the
chilli. W hen he had done she addressed hiin
again. '' Pa ! you did not jiray for the dear lit-
tle girl as Ma does." There was a pathos in
the mothci's jirayer which touched the child's
heart. Indeed, the first hint of Sabbath Schools
had been given to IJaikes Ijv a pious woman wlio
!iad cidlecled several children and liegan to
talk to tliein in a class of scripture history, &c.

i!ev. .Mr. Scott (liath) appealed on this
point Ic the autlnu'ity of Christ. He chose
twelve n en to i)reach His Gospel and one of
them was a devil.

A delegate was fiu' setting up a high
stainhiril. The practice would always fall
low cntaigh.

Mr. NoitMAN (King,) thoitght it would have
a very liad effect on the frieiuls of unconverted
teachers if they were <lriven out of the schools.

Mr. TutESDEL (Sunday Sidiool Agent) was
often called to places where all was darkness,
where, perhajis, there were not more than ten or
fifteen fanulies and not one jjrofessing Christian
among them ; yet, with several persons of good
moral ciiaractt r, who might be interested in the
scliool cause. Let the agent go among these per-
sons and establish a school, as well as he could,
visiting them afterwards and seeing to it, that
they were carrying out what was exjiected of
them. He had established many schools in
l)laccs where there were no professors. lie had
always called their attention to the Importance
of having a right qualification. In some of these
jdaces the teachers now had their hearts in the
work, and followed it with earnestness and
Christian ])rinciple. In one jilace, far in the
back woods, he had found several persons ready
to engage ; but he had almost feared to allow
them to do so. He did so, notwithstanding, and
the time had come for a blessing before his faith
had ventured to claim it. He found the hearts
of those teachers already giving way before the
force of truth. In one place where, in his labor,
he had been mori; perplexed than in any other,
for no religious person was to be found there, he
met a nnxn who offered to do the best he could,
and though for three months after the com-
mencement there Avas no one to lead the school
in prayer, the school could not only be so now,
but family altars had been erected in several
houses, and live school houses had been built in
the woods not far off.

Members of Churches could not themselves
go forth to act as ageuts ; but when they could
not they should give of their substance to send
others forth, and let such agents call all to
the work.

God would listen to prayer in behalf of
those who had not at present an experimen-
tal knowledge of his ways. At Warwick,
in Arthabaska county, there was a girl who
had had no religious instruction She de-
sired to go to the school, but ns she had
no shoes and was approaching womanhood,
her mother objected to her attending till
she could obtain shoes. At last she said to
her mother : " If I ever get to heaven shall I

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some of these
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lestness and
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HAiniATU SCHOOL TnACHEHS' COXVENTION.

rot have to go there barefonted." The iirgu-
ment was in-esistiblc and she went. He often
saw that girl afterwards and noticed how tlie
truth was wori<ing in lier licart. S(inv! time,
after the school was estabii-^hed lie was iias*iii;r
about twelve miles of, and was invited to the
funeral of that girl, wli), he found from her pa-
rent?>, had given 'iiroof of true piety. Slie bad
nlsobnaight her faiiiei'down tolas knees, though
he bad not been used to pray hefore, and bad
induced him to erect the family altar, ami bc-
coniL', be (.Mr. T.) bopi'd a true Oiirislian.

Jlessrs. R. Rutherford and J. II. l!eiiS(Ui, as
mover and seconder, offered a resolution on tbe
subject, several aun'udinents were proposed ;
finally, upon motion, tbe whole were referred to
a (^iraniiltee consisting of —

.'\Ir. I'.. Rutherford.
Mr. Jaines Stewart.

Rev. R. Rolunson.
Mr. Hetberingtun.

with instructions to draft a resolution, and to
report at 3 o'clock.

On motion it was resolved that Ibe last busi-
ness Session be held to-tUL>rro\v (Friday) between
the hours of balf-jxist D A.M., and half-past 12,
and thai the last bor.r and a half bo left open for
voluntary addresses from friends and delegates.

The Rev. F. II. Marling, Chairman of tbe
Bi'sixKSS CoMMiTTiop, proposed the following
votes of thanks, all of which were passed.

To the several committees of arrangements,
who with so much labour, thougbtfulness, anil
care, made such thoroughly ellicient [)rovi-
sions for the summoning of the Convention.

To those Railw.iy Oom))anies of Canada; the
Grand Trunk, the Chainplain and St. Law-
rciice; the Montreal and New- York, the Onta-
rio, Siracoe and Huron, llui Ottawa and I'res-
cott, tiiu Oobourg and I'eterboro; and the
Northern Xew York Railway Company, who so
liberally reduced the travelling fares of dele-
gates from Sabbath Schools, a privilege by -which
Ibis Provincial Convention has been so much
facilitated.

To the conductors of the Press throughout
the whole Province, wiio have aided in announc-
ing, ami have ticlvoc ited tiie Convention.

To the Local Coiniuittee ami to the inluibit-
ants of Kingstoti for the iiearty welcome we
liavo received among them, and for tlie effec-
tive arraugjinents for our meetings, and t'.ie ge-
nerous responses they have m.ide to our large
dom.iiids on their hospitality.

And to the truistees of the Wesleyan ^I-tho-
dist Church, for the liberality with wliicb they
have granted us the usu of their boau'iful place
of worship, in every respect so couveuieut for
our purpose.

It w.is also voted. That wo have had much
pleasure in welcoming to lliis Convention
our fellow labourers in the Sabbath Sciiool "
cause from the ruiteJ States, and thank tliem
for the valuable aid and counsel they have given
us.

The ((uestion : — " Can Titiii aivixo op uewards

BE so COXDLC'TBD AM TO ME OP ADVANTAGE TO
TUB SCUOr.AltS AND TO TIIE IMiOSl'KRIT V OP THE

Scuooi-s?'' being the fifth on the docket was
then introduced.

Rev. .Mr. Bimpei: ; Montreal / believed tlie subject
of r<'wards was \ery nuudi misuiiilerstood ; but
in the scriiiture lliere was ample evidence timt
reward was held out to eveiy biiinaii l)eing, and
Christ himself had before him his work and its
consetiuent reward. " Who for the joy that was
sot befiu-e him endured the cross." liut many
had iiitroduet'd a sort of reward, differing from
the Divine rewards, which were given according
to energy and e.tertion, and the circumstances
of ea(di case, and not according to the mere in-
tellectual power of the recipient. In some
Sunday Schools those obtained tbe reward,
who made tbe greatest attaiuinenls, and the
rest had nothing but the disaiipointment of de-
feat. He thought the rewards ought to be
e(inally within tbe reach of all.

Mr. XoitMAN (King) had seen rewards given for
learning verses, reciting, Sic., but he bad never
been favorable to it, and at ]iresent they never
gave anything in bis school ns a reward, but they
gave as a token of love— a course which producecl
great benefit. He related an occurrence to show
the adrantage of such presents. A girl was at
service in Toronto, and a piece of ])late was miss-
ing in the bouse where she lived. On search
it was found in her box; but in the same jilaco
there was found a Hible given herby her S\inday
School teacher. The girl was friendless, but
the discovery of the liilile made her master re-
solve not to prosecute, and it afterwards turned
out that the plate had been stolen by a fellow
servant, and placed in her 1)0.\. to divert atten-
tion from tbe real thief. In bis school, the
teachers gave a Utile present every new year,
but not as a reward. The children wore t(dd
that they must come to school for the love of
Christ.

Mr. IlAOAn (Montreal) believed rewards had
done much to sustain schools, and cited the
account given by .Mr. Bullnrd of tbe manner in
which pupils bail been obtained through that
means. In Montreal there was a scdiool at the
extremity of the city, the Cross, which he lately
visited, and in'omised a bible to every child wlio
would bring another schidar and keep him or
her there. In a short time he had to give five
or six bibles. But it had hapiiened in Montreal
that The order of reward giving had been re-
versed, lor one of the teachers there having in-
vited his class to his house, bad been sur[)riseil
at being presented by the pupils with a very
handsome Bible.

ilr. Becket (iMontreal) remarked that there
were two kinds of rewards — one sort given for
verses learned, recitals, attcml.'ince, .tc, accord-
ing to the number of marks or tickets gained
by each pujiil. He bad •=ecn the evil of that
from the want of discrimination on the jiart of
teachers, from which it happened that all tbe
chi'idren, good and liad, were rewarded alike.
Tbe other kind given for bringing scholars to
]' the school li(! a|)proved of, he thought, however,
thai no deiiuite action siiould be taken on this
subject for, concerning it, there was great
diversity of o]iiuion, iind teachers generally
would act on ilieir (.)wn couviclions.

Mr. O'LouoiiLiN (St. James, Kingston) had
heard a good deal about the ex, erience < f
teachers ; but would rather follow the precepts
of the bible. He thought the ]iro]iriety of giving
rewards might be amply proved from that hook,
and then the only (piestiou that remained was the

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RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF TUB

best mofle of regulating the giving of them.
Prom liie lii'ginning to tlic end of the sacred vo-
lume rewards were held out to man. Tlicre was
the injunction to our tirst parents, in the day that
tiiou eatest thereof, thou slialt surely die, and
going on to Revelations rewards were always
held out to man as inducements to serve his
master. Jacob served for a reward and got it
at last, Caleb and Joshua too were rewarded
by enjoying the promised land alone out of all
tile Israelites who left Egypt. Let the same
rule then be followed with children, lie
had been sixteen years a teacher and twelve
years a scholar in a school, i)resided over by a
gentleman now jirincipal of an eminent institu-
tion at Uirkenhead, the Rev. Jos. Bailey, who
always held out rewai'ds to bis pupils, and with
the best effect. Among them were two shoe-
makers, one of Aviiom had since been engaged
in translating the bible from the Hebrew, and
tlie other was a clergyman in the Church of
England. The rewards were given yearly
aec(U-ding to the number of tickets held by the
pupils for attendance, attention, and lessons.

Uev. Mr. Siioutt (Port lloi)e) agreed witli .Mr.
Becket that the only question was ui)on what
principle should rewards be given? The ticket
system was most troublesome and it happened
that under it the worst children got the largest
ju'izes, while modest children who were ])re-
vented from coming to school by some cause or
other got none at all. With a natural feeling
every teacher thought his own class the best,
and gave tickets accordingly. It was better to
teach the children to regard the Sabljath School
as its own reward. Then use might be nuule
of the library by denying books to children to
whom it was intended to exiiress disapproba-
tion, the abseuce of disapprobation being of
course approbation. The benetit children derived
from the school was reward enough ; and if
the teachers interested them, they would love
to be there.

Air. Hughes (Bowraanville) believed rewards
were excellent if given in a proper spirit. What
■would a man in after life take for a reward re-
ceived at the Sunday School ? The rewards lie
had received had done him a great deal of good,
though his teachers were moral only and not
pious.

Jlr. Gemmill (Toronto) had found that rewards
given in a form that required competition were
very injurious. The little ones struggled with
all their energies to obtain the prizes, and the
object of bringing them to the Saviour was lost
sight of in the competition, which was as keen
as that carried on by men arrived at maturity.
Then, boys, no matter how vicious, might carry
off these prizes, while others, jiatient and indus-
trious, lost them. All the bad i)assions of the
buiiiaii heart were thus introduced, instead of
rewards thus given, it should be kept in view
of the children that the Sabbath Sciiool was its
own reward. Teachers might, however, ]iro-
jierly show their love and symjiathy by giving
presents as a bond of union between them and
the children.

Mr. MATirEWSON (Port Ilojie) api)roved of
jirizes, having always fouud that the best scho-
lars always carried them ofl'; and then, tliose
who thus learned most scripture and were most
attentive were, by the blessing of God, most fre-
queuUy converted. He had asked children,

whom he had missed from the school, — why
tlu^y went awaj' ? and the reply was, — that they
got no books nor tickets. It was necessary,
then, to give these things in order to get cliild-
ren, and if they got children to the aeliool, they
did tlieni good. This could not be, if the means
of drawing children were neglected. He once
asked a boy, why he had left the school, saying
that tiiey had given him books. " Oh, yes," ho
replied, "but I get better ones elsewhere, and
you give nic none wlicn I come late, and I
can not come early." He told the boy they
would give him rewards ; and he came back,
and was afterwards a very consistent teacher.
Another boy said he would come, if he (Mr M.)
would talk about S(iiii»thiiig he could under-
stand. He (.Mr. M.) i)romised to try ; and the
boy has since been a constant attendant.

Rev. Mr. Jkfpehs (Montreal) did not approve
in general of giving rewards, nor did be think
the bringing of children to the school was a
speciality which deserved to be an exception.
Cliildren should try to bring in scholars for
love, and should not go round electioneering
for the sake of getting a bible. It had been
said, that God jiromised to reward man for
servitig him ; but a distinction should be made.
He oH'ered spiritual and everlasting rewards
certaiiilj'— temporal rewards only as thej' might
subserve sjiiritual interests. That should be
the rule in the Sunday School. There were of-
ten very bad cliildren, who yet excelled in some
specialitj', and these children ought not to get
rewards, which ought to be given at the end
of the year, for general good conduct — the
children not being allowed to know beforehand
who was to get them.

A Deleoate thought misrhief had arisen from
giving prizes, and in his school they found the
money once applied to buying them was better
disposed of in getting a good library supplied
with such modern books as were suitable for
Sunday Schools. He would not try to regulate
every school by one line, and thought the Con-
veution should avoid going into particulars.

Mr. BuoAD (Brantford) believed the question
would be best left to teachers and superinten-
dents. He had given in his class rewards for
those who could repeat the most verses in the
Bible. That had a bad effect ; for so many
verses were thus gone through that the teacher
had no opportunity to comment on them.

Mr. Rogers (Bowmanville) also thought the
sul;ject had belter be left ojien. After the Con-
veution should have decided, every one would go
home and act on his own responsibility in his own
school. He had found that prizes for the num-
bers of verses committed to memory, induced
some scliolars to learn a great many, while
the children who had bad memories gave
np altogether. Then, when those with good
memories had done their best, and could get no
higher, they guve uj) too. The consequence
was, that in his school tliey could get no chil-
dren to learn verses. Like men with some kinds
of appetite, the eliihlren witli good memories
always wanted larger and larger doses to satis-
fy them.

Several resolutions were brought forward, but
it was resolved to lay them all ou the table..

oci

an!
til

SADDATH SCHOOL TEAClIERs' CONVENTION,

[he school,— wfir
^ was,~tj„i,, they
It was necesdiiry
tier to get child-
' ll'e acliool, thoy
' oc; if tli(; nieuna
.^eted. Jfe o„ce
e school, saying
"OJ',yes,"ho
elsewlierc, and
I'lic late, and I
r the boy tliey
J he came back,
pistent teacher
K';i''lic(Mr AJ.)
P '-oiild nnder-
|o ti'.v ; and the
Itendant.

'J not approve
Tdid he think
' school was a
_ an exception.
1 scholars for
<^'ectioneering-
It had been
'^■'ird man for
'>iild he made,
itmg rewards
.'IS they might
"t should be
hero were of-
jelled in some
"t not to get
' at the end
conduct— the
y>' beforehand

d arisen from
=y found the
" Was better
"•■y supplied
suitable for
' to regulate
lit the Con-
'iculars.

'e question
siiperinten-
eivards for
'ses in the
'' so many
■le teacher
cm.

o'lffht the

tlie Con-
would go
'1 his own
"le num-

i'lduced
y, while
"s gave
"i good
' get no
'"'luonce
110 chil-
10 kinds
■mories
u saiis-

••J, but
lie.

On motion it was resolved, that in future the
time allowed for each speaker be live minutes,
instead of ten.

After prayer the Convention adjourned till 2
o'clock.

FIFTH SESSION'.

The PiiESiDENT took his seat at 2 o'clock,
and half an hour vras occupied with devo-
tional exercises.

The miuuti's of the preceding Session were
read and confirmed.

The Committee on Finance and Puhlication
reported the following recommendations which
were approved : —

1st. That all Delegates send in thoir own
name, the name of their respective schools, and
of their Post Odicc town, with the number of
the jirinled copici^ of tlio i)roci'iMlliigs they are
prepared to take. I'artics ordering to be held
responsible fur the cliarLM* for the same.

2nd. The expense of tliis Convention being,
as nearly as can be made up, about iJSO, that
to meet the same. Delegates assess themselves
to the amount of 2s. ijd. each, it being under-
stood that parties may give more if they see tit ;
and that, if tliere shall be a greater sum raised
than is ronuired, the balance be paid to the Ca-
nada Sunday School Union.

The Business Committee recommended that
the 1st, 2nd, 0th and lOtli subject on the lu'inted
list, in the circular calling the Convention, be
the Olh, '7th, 8th and 9tli, for discussion ; tlie re-
commendation was approved. The subjects
being —

Are any other than strictly religious books
suitable fuv Sabbath School Libraries ?

Infant and IJible classes, their importance and
management :

Missionary and kindred objects, how may
children be interested in tliom ?

Conventions general and local, their utility :

The lirst of these, viz : —

Are any other than strictly religious books
suitable kou sunday school libraries? was
then taken up.

Rev. Mr. IIodoskin (Doon) thought much
depended on the jjrecisc meaning of the words
of the nuestion. It might well be doubted, if
there were not seientitic works treating their
subjects in a religious [loiut of view, and show-
ing the ])ower and goodness of God, which
would be suital)le for Sunday School libraries.
Yet, ho sliould hesitate to admit them to such
libraries in this country, wliore the excellent
arrangenieuts of the government created libra-
ries in eonneclion with the Common S(;' -ols,
and thus removed any necessity in the i^uuday
School libraries for books, veiy profier to be
found in them in countries not possessing the
literary api)liiuices which distinguished Cana-
da. Wiiatever the character of the books, they
would be given out on the Sabbath, and if he
had not viisappreliendcd the question, it might
be better stated in this way : — " Are any books,
not adapted for Sabbath reading, adapted for

Sunday School Libraries?" His idea was that
they were not. He therefore moved, seconded
by Mr. Betdvct of .Montreal —

" That it is the opinion of this Convention
that those books only which are suitable for
Sabbath reading are suitable for Sabbath School
libraries."

Mr. Phaser (Ooderich) apprehended that
books which tauglit Christ were those alone
fitted for Sunday School Libraries, and those
which treated most of His jierson and work
were, therefore, the most suitable. Mere scien-
tific books, though they treated of tlie ])0wer
and wisdom of God, ought to be given out
only in very rare cases. He woulil jiretcr works
which treated of Christ doctrinally.

Mr. KuTiiERPOHi) (Peterboro) remarked that,
if the question were decided in tlie manner
re(M)mmeuded by .Mr. llodgskin the question
would still arise what is fit for Sabbath reading.
He liiought the answer to the iiKiuiry l)i-tore tlie
Ccmvention would dejiend very much on the
character of the mind of the ]ierson to whom the
l)ooks were to be given. There was a book
called '-Fern Leaves for Fanny's Little Friends."
Was such a book fit for the Scliool Library or
not ? It was of a high moral character ami in
his oiiiniou might be suitaljle. Dry theological
M'orks fit for converted [lersons might lie quite
unsuitable for children the majority of whom
were unconverted. He would give to such
children the thing nearest to that which he
would desire them to read.

Rev. Mr. Hoooskin (Doon) did not wish to
enter into the ([uestion of what books were
fit ; but only to lay down a principle, leaving
tlic ai)i)licalion to every man's conscience.

Mr. S. B. Scott (Montreal) read an extract
from the report of a Sabbath School teachers
Convention in Jlassachusctts to this efreel.

" They have examined the catalogues of
eighteen schools represented in this Convention,
containing in all a fraction over 10,000 vo-
lumes. Of these, about 2,100 volumes, or a little
more than one-fifih of the whole, were con-
sidered by the Committee ns " not religions."
Leaving out nine schools, the catalogues of
the remaining nine, containing 0,880 volumes,
of which l,!),"iO, or 2.SJ per cent., are '• not
religious. " Taking three schools only, and we
have 1,525 volumes, of w bich 025, or more than
40 per cent., are " not religious. "

It will be proper here for the Committee to
"define then- position." The term religious,
they suppose to comprehend the following ge-
neral classes of books : —

1st. Books that corroborate the truths of the
Bible, or illustrate its meaning, as for example,
Layard's Nineveh, or Hackett's Illustrations of
Scripture.

2nd. Such as explain the doctrines of the
IJible, or enforce its precepts, such as Truth
Jlaile Simple, by Todd ; The Corner Stone, by
Abbott ; an(l several of the Avorks by " Char-
lotte Elizabeth. "

.Trd. Such as are fitted to develope jiersonal
piety, to ]>rei)are the reader for the service of
(lod on earth, and the enjoj'inent of his presence
in heaven ; for instance. Pilgrim's Progress,
Hugh Fisher, Eagle Hill, The Wilmot Family,
Willie Grant, and Green Hollow, by Dr. Lie.

As not included under either of these three
divisions, the Cemmittee felt constrained to

KECORD OF THE PUOCEEDIXtiS OF THE

ri'jc'ct u coimidcmhle number of books wliich
thi'.v foiiiid ill diu' or more of tlie liliriiries they
exiiiniiied, autl which uiiiy be chissihed tu
follows : —

1st. Srrvhir NnlhiKiI flhtoriei, such ixs
Gcildfimitli's History of (ireece, iiiid Mnciuiliiy's
History of Eiijrliuid.'

■Jiid. Ilisturin:! Memoirs and Narratives, not
pcrviidcd by ii relif:fioiis s|»irit, — such as the
entire! interesting scries recently jireimred by
Abbott, iuul the liistiU'lciil narnilives of Uan-
viird.

lird. Pcrwmil iMrmoirs of Slalcsmeti and
Mdilanj llcrucs not written with a relif^ioiis
]tur|iose, — as the Lives of lionnpiirte, Lafayette,
Jaekson, Taylor, the Life of Webster, by J!an-
vard, or his Private Life and Correspondence,
liy f,anman.

'4ih. Books of Travel and Personal Mven-
lurc, not conliiiniiig the truth or ilhislratini^
the meatiiii'j: of Scripture, — ns, The Cajitive in
Patagonia, Houifhiiif? it in the Hush, Adventu-
res in the (Jold Kci^ions, Hollo on the Rhine, in
Paris, Switzerland, kc.

5tii. U'orA:.s of Fiction, the reading of which
is not littcd to nialve a relij;;iuus inqiression on
the mind, — books, in which rclitjious truth is
not so closely interwoven with the narrative,
that the reader is compelled to take both or
none. To this class bel mg the largest propor-
tion of books, not religions, to be found in our
Sabbath School Libraries. We may mention,
under this head. Aunt Mary's liibrary Series,
Swiss Family Robinson, Abbott's Hollo and
Lucy, Grace Aguilar's Works, all or nearly
all the host of books written by T. S.
Arthur, the Paul Creyton Series, — (Father
Brightlio[)es, Hearts and Faces, »S:c.,) — .Mrs.
Tut hill's books,— (Onward, (Jneer Honncts, &c.,)
— Inthience, or Evil Genius, Two Lives, The
Lanipligther, Ida Maj-, Ac.

(ith. Miscclldncous Bookn, under which wc
specify Lotus I'laling, and Chamber's Miscel-
lanies, and I'ap'Ci's for the People, and Parley's
Cabinet Library, these serials making some
forty volumes in all.

In regard to books of an absolutely " inju-
rious tendency, " the Committee are happy to
say that their number is small, as compared
with the whole number id' books in the libraries.
They are numerous enough, however, to call
for imuu^dintc scrutiny on the jiart of those
whose duty it is to have this matter in charge.
We would invite such to inquire into the rtli-
ixiou^ iiilluence of such books as Hiith Ifall,
Fashion and Famine, I<ife and its Aims. Car-
lyle's KssaVs, Easy Nat, Cuis'.avus Lindorni,
Autobiography of an Actress, The Wonderful
Mirror, iVc, iV'c.

In vi(>w of the whole subject, and after ma-
ture deliberation, the Conimiltee express it as
tlicir s<ilcmn conviction that the Salibath School
Libniry should be held sacred io books of a
decidedly ndig'ous char:>ctcr.

If it be deemed desirable to furnish secular
books to the members id' our Sabbath Schoids,
let such books be kept in a sei>ara;e library ami
dislributed on a week-day ami not on the Sab-
bath. This plan has alreaily been successfiilly

* Every book named in this report was found
in one (U- im)re of the libraries exiimined by the
Committee. •

adopted in some schools, and will soon be in-
troduced into others.

In closing their re|)ort, the Cominitteo sug-
gest the necessity of greater care in the selec-
tion of libraries. This matter, it is feared, has
been too otten done at hap-lia/.ard. It should bo
nnide It subject of prayer, — of careful, thoughtful
nttenticm. The duty should be devolved on a
coinpetent Connnittee ajipoiiitcd by the school,
or, belter still, by the churcii ; said (."omniittco
to make full report of their didngs. This wotdd
tend to clie(d< the '.;'mptation wliich irresponsi-
ble persons mighi feel to i.iirehase an unsuita-
ble book IVir tile liluary, that they might have
the reading (d' it gratis. It slunild he considered
unwise, also, to leave the selection, as is some-
limes done, to publishers or booksellers. The
reponsibilities connected with this subject are
too vast and momentous to justify a careless,
lu'gligent or sellish discharge of the duties it
involves. .May (iod grant to his servants, in
this thing, the sidrit of wisdom, fidelity, and
S(uind discretion.

Mr. .Matukwsox (Montreal) objected to any
other tluin strictly religions books for Sun-
day School Libraries. All the books admitted
into such libraries were eiulorsed by the school
teacher, and were taken home to be read on Sun-
day. Tlie Sunday School [laper was open to the
same objectimi. It ecnitained many things
altogether nntit for Sunday reading. There
were identy of secular and moral j.apers ; could
not ri'ligiou then be made sutticiently interesting
to fill one paper with reading matter tit for
Sunday?

Mr. Campbell (Carleton Place) agreed with
the previous speaker lie himself had been
converted by the reading of a library book.

Mr. FosTKu (Smiths Falls) held tha't the teach-
ing in the schools ought to be enforced by the
books sent out from the library. In his scliool
there was not a single book of an objectionable
character. They were all religious biograi)hi-
cal sketches, short sermons, or scriptural histo-
ries. The Common Scli0(d Libraries, .Mecha-
nics' Institutes, iV'c, furnished ])lenty of general
reading and the v^unday vScliool Libraries ought
to be comiuiscd (d' strictly religions liooks.

Rev. .Mr. McDon'ai.o (Fergus) thought the
best advice a parent could give to a child
leaving home was i "keep the Sabliath Holy."
Every individual who did s(j would be holy.
The intention of the Sunday Sciiool teacher
therefore should be to give luuie but religious
books out on Sinulays. There was much loose-
ness of practice on this head, and the minister
was fre(piently jiained to see even what was
called tlie religious newspaper nuike its ap-
pearance on the Sunday, because uf the nii.xed
character of its contents. Even Sunday School
papers, such as the Penny Ciazette and others
of that class were not tit for tlie Sunday.

Jov. Mr. Dknisox (AUiany) ))elieved their
was no fear of the l),)oks becoming too religious.
The only fear was of tlieir not being religions
enougii, and of thus leliing down the high stan-
dard set u]! ill the r.ilile. It was too much the
custiun to teach children that if they were res-
pectful to tiieir parents, and teachers, and if
they did their duty to soci<'ty when they grew
nil that was all that was required. Thi- should
be guarded ag,-,iust. and as to the book which had
been lui.'uiioued, (Fern leaves) he felt it his duty

toe

dill

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foil

to
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SABBATH SCHOOL TEACIIEHS' CONVENTION.

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in
and

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agreed with
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■ of general
ai'ie.s ought
looks.

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" a cliild

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to sft.v that there was not a really Christian Sah-
batli .School ill the United States, wiiicli would
admit it to its library. There was no objection
to sncli books elscwiicre ; but ministers, teachers,
and superinteiidents were as tiie rciiresentatives
of Jesus Obrist, guardians of the school, which
was tbe nursery of the (Jlinreh. Now if tbe nurse-
ry were lilied with a miasma, the cliildrcu would
grow up the cliililren of the Devil ratlicr than
of (Jod. It must be rcmeinbcrcd that liooks
from liie Keliool library, went (nit witli a sort
of blessing of (be pastor and teachers. AVas it
lit then that they should contain one grain of
wheal and perhaps a biisbel of chaff? No —

" Christ and bis cross are all our theme,

" The mysteries that we S])eak.

Dr. IIaiu (Kingston) believed there bad been
too much laxily in this jioint of iiraelice, and
did not exempt himself from tbe censure, others
might feel that some blame attaciu'(l to tiiein,
for not having examined with sutlicient strict-
ness the books which appeared on tbe library
shelves. The teachers were res)ionsible that
Gueli books should be unimpeaehalile — that was
to say strictly religious. There is a wide dill'e-
rence between such books and those containing
one grain of wheat and a Inishel of chalf. If
any means could be found of selecting books,
to wliich the convention could give its iiiijiriiiid-
tur it would be d(jinggood not (nily to Canada,
but perliaps also to the United States, England,
Europe, and the world. Nor was that imprac-
ticable, for it must be a poor religion if its [iro-
fessors could not say what books were truly
religious.

Jlr. Umvkh (Paris) conceived that tliongb in
other countries, scieniilic books perhaps might
be properly ailinitted to Sun(la\ School libraries,
there could bo no reason for doing so in Ciina-
da, where general reading was so amjily pro-
vided for. lie recommended teachers, on seeing
their own libraries supplied, to turn all their
attention to tbe carrying out of tlie law. Then
society would be sniijilied with literary and sci-
entitie works, and Sabbath Scliool libraries witli
tbe description of literature wliich might be
looked for in tlieni.

Jlr. \). RosK had exi)erieuccd the diftieiiliy
of being obliged to iindertal;e the illustration
of Scripture without having access to books of
travel written by religious men ; and since he
had had such books in his own library, be had
found tb.at those who dii! not jiossess them, were
unaljle to exiilain passages of Scripture as fully
as was necessary. It was well, tlierefoie, to
have such books in Sunday School libraries. It
might, be said, they could be liad in tlie
Coniinon School libraries. iJiit unfortunately,
he was situated in a locality, where so far the
people bad not availed themselves of the law
in any one School section of the township. He
tbougiit tlieiv were wnrks on science which
ought never to be excluded fnun Sunday School
libraries ; for instance, the works of Diclc and
Hugh Miller, tlie latter on that very science
which had been made the inslriiinent of spread-
ing iiiliiielily in tbe land.

Hev. .Mi(. Mahi.ixo (Toronto) knew a Sunday
School where the managers had taken the trou-
ble to order a nnniber of books on s[iecuIalion,
every one of which they caused to l)e read over
by members of a coinmiltee, appointed for that
purpose, who reported on the character of (he

book. Not till every book had been thus in-
sjiccted, was it allowed to go into the library of
the school. One ]dan of procuring iibrariea,
Avas to iMirchase from some laiblisbing society
one or two hundred books ; but the inconveni-
ence of this jilan was, that new books were not
procured in that way, as they were copyright,
and the societies could not, therefore, get bold
of them. He thought iiersoiis who got up
School libraries ouglit to go over the liooksel-
lers' catalogues themselves, especially (be cata-
logues of such houses as (!arter and Nesbit.

Rev. Mr. Jki'i-kus desired to place on tbe re-
cord a condemnation <if all books of lietion.
The mere idea that (hey were not true iirevcnt-
ed (hem from having a good ell'ect; and tlio
reading of religous licdons led lo (he reading of
other tic(i(iiiiis works. Religions liclions bad
the great evil of all romances — they brought
together surprizing events in a manner which
did iio( occur in life, and they by this means
created a state of liojie and expectation which
was higlilj' injurious, liesides they always
brought (heir lieroes to a successful (ermination
of their diliicnlties and tlnis led children not to
make up their minds (o those sacrifices which
arc necessary on the part of those who desire
to serve God.

Mr. FooTK (Ihiffalo) with reference to what
Mr. Marling liail said (m the siiliject of selection,
related that (ui one occasion be had gone into
a liook store in cininection with which a depot
of religions books was kept, and had seen the
astonishing recklessness with which selections
were sometimes made. lie had seen a man
purchase eighty-five volumes, taking perhaps
ten minutes for examination. IJy and by, the
friends of this gentleman found sonielhing erro-
neous in one of the works, and on closer inspec-
tion, twenty-one of the.ni were foiiml to contain
teaching oiijiosed to the IJible. He thought it
was better to go to a Society which allbrdcd
some guarantee, rather than make so superficial
an examination. There were booksellers who
sold (hoiisaiids of books as Sunday School
Hooks, A\ ;,o bad no religious jiritieiples at all.

Mr. 1). .McKay (Montreal) ajiproved of what
the Rev. Mr. Jeffers said, ami thought many of
the ''religions w(n-l;3 of fiction" were more
bi.ghly coloured (ban some of the novels of the
present day. The heroes of such works were rc-
]n'eseiited as ]iossessing hearts very different
from what the liible taugli(, and in order to
couuieract much of \.\wlidit reinliii'^ (often very
licentious) that was so cnmmon in our day,
works of History aiiil Clu'istian Travellers, and
even scientilic works, such as geology and As-
tronomy, were worthy of being admitted into a
Sunday School lil>rary, for they directed the
pupil '■ from nadire up to nature's (lod." The
as-^ertion that the cause of Christianity might
suffer from the investigation of scientific men,
was a libel ; as S'lch labois went to confirm, not
to upset tbe truths of revelation.

Mr. llAiiAii (Mcnitreal) reniarl;ed that in his
school they had a Coiuniittee to examine books,
and tliat it was (lie fault of Sunday School
nianage:'s, not of pulilishers, who made books
to sell, if bad books got iiilo liie libraries.

The Rev. Mr. Hoixiskix'h resolution was then'"
re-rend.

t was moved in amendment
Jcfl'ers, seconded by Mr. J.

AVherei
the Rev.

pon
Mr.

nECono OF the proceedinqs of tub

Taylor, nnd resolved : — That this Convention
conceives it to l)o of groat imiiortanee tliat the
booliH in our Hahbath Sciiool libraries bo of a
strictly religious cliuracter, anil |iarticularly
that books of a merely scientiiic or literary
interest, and that books of religious fiction be
excluded as tending to produce elfucts not in
accordance with the specillc object of Sunday
School instruction.

The Committee appointed to prepare a resolu-
tion on the (juestioii, — What oihiht to he tub

NECESSAUV QfAMFlCATIOXS OK TeACHKUS BEKOIIE
THEIU AIM-OINTMENT TO SaIIIIATII ScUOOI. CLASSES ?

presented two resohitions, one from the majority
and one from the minority of the Connnillee, —
upon both being read the cpiestion stood lirst on
the resolution of the minority, viz : —

Resolved, — That the requisite qualifications
of a thorough Sabliath School teacher are
accredited piety, aiitness to teach and a love
of the work ; but in cases where such
teachers cannot be ol)tained, the best pro-
curable may be employed ; it being always un-
derstood and provided tliat tlirougli tlie suiierin-
tendent or others the children of every Saljbath
School, be brougiit into contact witli the in-
structions of truly pious perstms, to the end that
the great oliject of Sabbath School instruction,
the glory of God and the salvation of souls
may be secured.

To which it was moved in amendment by
the Rev. Mr. Marling seconded by Rev. Mr.
Hodgskin, and carried tliat all after the word
"cmi)loyed," be omitted. The resolution as j
amended was then put and carried, after which
the resolution of the majority, viz : — " That
this Convention records its convictions that
only pious persons are properly qualified,
to be teachers in Sabbath Schools, and none
but members of Evangelical Churches and per-
sons of high moral character, should be ]>laced
in so responsible a position," was rejected.

' The Convention proceeded to consider, the
seventh subject on the docket, viz : — " Infant
AND Bible Classes, tueir impoiitance and ma-
nagement."

Rev. Mr. Hodgskin believed that the great
error parents made was not beginning with tiieir
children soon enough. They seemed to think
that there must be a certain length of time
before children should be taught the knowledge
of God. Dr. Beattic had had an idea that his
son should be taught nothing of the Supreme
Being till he was six years of age, and then the
doctor sowed some seed in the form of his son's
initials. When the son saw it come up, he at once
referred to his father as having sowed the seed.
His father put off the question for some time ;
but at length acknowledging himself as the
author of the fact, thence took occasion to
direct the attention of the boy to the autlior of
all things. That was a wise act ; but consider-
ing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of
death it would have been more wise and more
loving to have taken an earlier period t ■ show
that there was a God to be loved and served.
Perliai)S however, some were deterred by the
difficulty of speaking on these subjects to a child.
He knew that when the Rev. Mr. Jay was asked to
address the children at Rowland Hill's church,
he had replied that he never could address chil-

dren. It was not every minister who would
make a good Sabbath School teacher ; nor
every teacher who wotdd make a teacher of
infant classes. It required some one wiio did
not thiidi llie work unimportant, and who would
be able to give the little crumbs of the word
to the young ehddrin.

Mr. llAHCoi'iiT (Toronto) had given instruc-
tion for a long time in an Infant school. Some
time ago, a jierson came to him, and said she re-
mi'mbered the nuinner in wliich he (Mr. H.)
bail illustrated the account of the raising of the
Syroiihieuician wonum, ami that that illustra-
tion liail tauglit her more than anything else
the best mode of exi)lainiiig the scriptures.
Teachers who were tit for their Ijtisiness, went
among the little ones with infantile ideas, and
elucidated the histories and doctrines of the bi-
ble by illustrations drawn from domestic life;
so that, if the children are even unable to un-
derstand at the time, they treasure it n]) in their
memories, and comprehend it later in life. An
infant school teacher should neither bo too
young nor too old ; but one who had vivacity
and clieerfulnoss, who could, if need were, sing
with the children. He remembered a teacher
speaking to children thus ; "Wliatis prayer?"
(Jne said : " It is talking with God." " Nothing
else ? When you go home to your mother and
ask for bread and butter, is that nothing but
talking to your mother ? You feel the need of
what you ask for, do you not ? " " Yes." " Well,
that is prayer ; it is asking God for what you
want." These were the kind of illustrations
fitted for the young. He believed that tlie want
of bible classes might be largely supplied by
Infant schools.

Mr. Peahson (Toronto) knew of two cases of
conversion by the instrumentality of the Infant
class, in the scliool to wliich he belonged ; one
was a little girl, seven years of age, converted
bj' means of j)ietures, which were used in the
scliool, and which taught her to ai)i)rehcnd the
truths of the gospel. She died, and hor last
words were words of comfort — that she was
going to heaven. Through her expressions, a
cliild ot four years old, was also converted.
He did not think a eliild must be twelve or
thirteen years of age before it could apjirehend
the gospel. He had known many of seven
years old converted to God. In his school, the
teacher did not keep the children long in one
position ; but got them to stand up after sitting
some time, made them frequently clap their
hands, sing, and so forth. They were almost
all under eigiit and some under six years of age.
The school was in i?iclimond street, Toronto.

Mr. B. Lyman (Montreal) mentioned that at
the first Sunday School w'here ':■! atti'iuled forty
years ago, tiiere were but , evi n children, and
the oldest was but eight years of age. His
venerable friend, Mr. Smart, was the means of
establishing that infant class. He (Mr. L.) was
seven years old then and had continued a scholar
up to the present time. True he had b ■come a
teacher, but he had been learnini;- all the lime.
He superintended the school of the Church to
Avhich he belonged in Montreal, but had visited
many others. He could bear witness to the
excellence of the school last mentioned, also to
that of Dr. Tyngs school. New York, conduct-
ed on similar jirinciples. At one time the
teacher of the infant school with which he was

BAnnATII SCHOOL TEACHETRS' CONVKNTION.

['<''• Who would
f i^'nvU.r; nor
I*- " toiirJier of
f''-' <•"" wiio did
J«"<1 vvJio would
1'^ "' tlio word

P'/i-'i insfruc-
'^y"}- «omo
,"•■ ■'""d she re-
" ''c (Mr. H )

'■'"'^'■"ffoffho

"'..vthin.ir eiso

i;iisi.io,s,s, went

.."•^ "lo'is, and

V"'^ '^'' tile bi-

'"'iK'stic life-

,'!"'''« to „n-'
P '.t lip in their
■ '" ^''t'. An
.'"'I''' be too
fiad vivacity
t'<i were, sing
'V '1 'facher
"s luvivpr?"
"'Vo'thing
"lotlier and
'lolliiiig but
tlio need of

J'Mvliat you
"Justiationa
mt tJie Want
supplied by

^yo cases of

f'c Infimt
'"g'L'd ; one
I t'on verted
ml in the
•clieiid the
^ ^'«r last
' s''e fl-as
sessions, a
■onverted.
t'velve or
Ppi'chend
of seven
liool, the
: in one
'■sitling
ip their

nlniost
! of age.
onto.

that at
tl forty
1; and

Hi3

ans of
•) Was
•holar
)me a
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eh to
sited

the
30 to
luct-

tlie
was

connected taught the ABC, but he broke that
up ami got thi- children i)livced under a jicrson
■w'ho CDiihl sing an<l interest tiicin. Pictures,
too, illustrative of scripture liistory, were
pluceil in prominent positions in the school room,
anil the chililren were catechised upon such
lnutinns of the bible as the ])ai'alilc of the jiro-
digal. The narrative was explained, and from
it tiicy were taught that all must go to
Christ. At seven or eight years of age when
the children C(juld read the bible, they were
taken to form other departmental classes,
and from the adult classes which follow-
ed these, teachers, thus tniiued up in the
school, were selected. The teachers and the
children, therefore, grew up together. As to
teachers for infant classes it had iieen well said
they shouhl neither be too young nor too old.
He had taken a young lad}' and taught her to
instruct the classes, and now it was a pun-
ishment for the childreu to be kei)t away.

Rev. .Mr. Chidi.aw had long tried to find
in any i)rison a Sunday School graduate, and
ho had not found one yet, and never ex-
pected that he .should. He was, therefore, glad
to see that Canada had the whole system, in-
fant, ordinary, and adult classes. He repeated
that he had never in his cxjierience of the crimi-
nal classes fouml an offender who had i)assed
through the infant, the ordinary, and the adult
classes. One might as well seek an Angel in
the realms of darkness as expect to meet
with such a child abandoning the works of
light and love and becoming a convict within the
fangs of the law. It was, nevertheless, true,
that in general Christians did not begin soon
enough with the child. Let the teachers, then,
go home and think for the little ones. God
would honor them in their work, and permit the
truths of Christianity, adapted to the cai)acity
of the young, to be by their lips and examples
impressed upon the tender, confiding, and im-
pressible minds of the children. The scholars
were often lost to the Sunday School class be-
cause their affections were not enchained early
enough. Uut set a young man or young wo-
man, a matron or father, in a circle of twenty,
or thirty children, there was no difficulty about
retaining their attention. The child would grow
up and be transferred to the second grade, and
there he must Ijc held on to, and not allowed to
slip away till he was passed to the adult class.
Last Sunday, in Cincinnatti, ho went to the
rooms of the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion, and saw there one hundred and forty
young men, each with a bible in his hand.
Tliere was hojje for a country where the young
men were interested in such a study.

Rev. .^^r. Bl'i.laud believed there was no age
from the mothers lap to the grave unsuited to
Sabliath Schools. In Massachusetts and else-
where in the United States, the plan was to
have infant classes of one hundred to one hun-
dred and fifty. But they had also succeeded in
interesting older persons. A minister told him
that if a member of his Church did not belong
to the Sabbath School, hf should feel it his duty
to go and converse M'ith him, as he would do if
the mail were neglecting family prayer. He
could see no good reason why an adult
should not go to Sabbath School, which could
not be eijually well urged by the children for
staying away. As to common schools, of course

they understood that adults had finished that
part of their education ; but was there any time
when a man could be said to have finished his
educatiini in the liilile? Was there any reason
why if a man did not go in as a teacher he
should not go as a |mpil '.' It was one thing to
read the Bible and another to study it. Ho
appealed to many who wen? acciistiaued to
read one or more chapters daily, whether they
did not sometimes, if they mis.-<ed their mark,
find themselves douliting whether the^-werc not
reading the same chapter which they had jie-
rused the day liefore? But ilid any who had
studied a cliai)ter at school ever forget having
read it? And this social nianiHjr of study
])repared the mind to listen with more interest
to the things of (Jod. What advantages a ])oli-
tical speaker had over a preacher? How far
more fi.xed the attention which the former at-
tracted, and why ? Because every man jiresent
had lieen prepared by reading the newspapers,
for the discussion of the speaker's subject. The
sjieaker concluded by mentioning that the Chi-
co])eo School contributed SP) a mmith to the
Sabbath School mission, and when he went
there to preach, the minis. ^r told him he
must take up a collection. lie said no, that
would be too much. "Oh yes," was the re-
ply, " it wont hurt them." After he (Mr. Bul-
iard) had addressed the peojile, he told thcrn
he was going, as their minister had said he must,
to tike up a collection, but instead of the
usual apjieal made on such occasions he would
teJl them he thought they gave as much as they
ought. They gave him §52 more.

In answer to questions, he stated that he
thought it desirable that adult or Bible classeg
should meet in the same room, in which the
ordinary classes meet, and at the .same hour. In
the States they usually had the gentlemen in
one room and the ladies in another. They took
turns to become monitors, and the pastor some-
times had a class of ladies and gentlemen him-
self Also, that adults rarely learned scripture
except for the lessons.

Mr. Thompson (Rochester) had seen children
of 2 J years of age in the schools of the United
States. Then, when they were eight or nine
years of age, they were told : '• If you bring in
si.x or eight scholars, a class of si.x or eight of
you may graduate." Thus, the school was kept
full. The scholars passed through from the In-
fant school till they became teachers. The Bi-
ble classes should he where the superintendent
could see them. He had known lawyers come
and take away the best scholars to form Bible
classes. Then they did not come, and their ab-
sence for two Sundays sufficed to drive away
the scholars. Nineteen years ago. he put his
foot down against that. The i5ible class,
now tlie most interesting in the school, would
not go away ; but if they were taken into a se-
cond room, tiiey would quickly fall off.

Mr. Denison found the influence of Bible
classes so great, his congregation had had
doubts if they should not do away with a ser-
vice, in order that all the congregation might
attend the Bible class. If they could get them
established, slavery would soon cease to
exist in America. Bible classes taught the
great practical duties of life, and would reform
the world.

RECORD OK TriE VROCEEDING8 OF THE

The Rev. R. Touiianob moved, seconded by Mr.
J. A. Skxsmi I'll, mid it wiis resolved, —

Tlint this Coiivcnlioii feels deeidy the impor-
tnnce of Inl'.mt niul ISilile eluHHes in conneetion
Tvitli Haliliiith iSchool-i, nnd eiirner^tly rccuni-
mends their estiihlishnient thiuiiijliout tlic I'ro-
vinci'; mid recomniends witli regard ti) their
niainifceinenf.

1st, Tliat Uilde elas.ses lie held in the room
with the otlier (lu.-iscrf, unless sfiecial reasons
exist lor the conlrary.

'Jnd, That liilde ehisses l)e under the teacliing
of the inininter of the eiMif,n'e.t(aliiMi, oi of some
other jierson well inslrnele<l in tlie contents of
tlie ll(dy Scriptures and a])t to tencli.

3rd, That it he the constant eltort in the Dihlc
class to ((ualify for enlerinij; into fellowship
witli the ("hristiiin Churcli.

4th, Tliat infant classes he not held iu the
snrae room or not at the same hour us the other
classes.

Oth, That for infant classes iiarticuliir atten-
tion he paid to select teachers of known piety
and who will enter into the feelings of the chil-
dren, nnd who know how to engage their atten-
tion, or to hearken to sujjgestions on this point

The COMMITTEK ON Fl.VA\CK AND Pl.BMC ATIONS

recommended that the jiuhlieation of the jn-o-
ceedings of the Convention l)e contidcd to a
Special Cdminittee, witli full power tn adopt
whatever steps tliey might tiiink necessary, and
the nominating ('ommitlee having suggested —

Messrs. H. A. Xelson, Montreal.
" S. B. Scott, "

" J. A. Mathewson, "
" J. W. Taylor, " and

" James Stewart, Kingston.
It was moved by Mr. 1). Ueadlk, seconded
by Mr. (Joodfellow, and resolved, —
That that Committee be composed of the
Delegates named.

The President then submitted the eighth topic,
viz :

JIlSSIONAUY ANB KINDHED OnJEOTS — UOW MAY
ClIILDltEX BE INTEUESTED IN TllE.M ?

Mr. Thomp.so.n (llnchester) had begun this
work many years hef n-e, liy getting jienny sub-
scriptions to eilucate children in India, lie re-
collected a missionary wlio once had charge of
the school Coining and telling the children: —
" Your contributions towards ediicaiion ena-
abled me to leave my [lost, and was the occa-
sion of Mr. Thorai'son taking iii}' place." The
idea of having ell'ected something, worked like
electricity. The school ciiildren began again,
and contributed for educating five more.
Their contriliuiions were always increasing.
They gave §'2o,") in one Sunday. A genera-
tion was in course of training whicii, by
and bye, would exercise a mighty inliuence ;
and he believed that liero the Finance Couiinit-
tee niiglit go among tliC ciiildren and get money
to pay all expenses. Let them be taught to
spend for the Lord, otherwise, the money would
be spent in AVcprse ways.

Mr. Baylis (Montreal) thought more was re-
quired than to iea(di the more giving of money.
They should be encouraged to deci<le as to the
objects on which the money should be spent in
order that they might be interested in the work
of missions, and learn to talvc part in public
business connected with religious societies.

The Rev. .Mr. I lodgskiu moved, seconded by
the Uev. Mr. Elliot :—

That this Convenlion earnestly recommends,
that wherever praelicable there lie, beyond the
taking up of luriodiciil contributions, the
organization in Sabbath Schools of Juvenile
.Missioiniry Societies, such societies holding
meetings at stated brief intervals for the jnir-
pose of giving and receiving missionary intelli-
gence and for the triiiisactioii of business.

Uev. Mr. SiioiiT rose to move in iimendinent
that the words ''and temperance" lie inserted
in the resolution, after the word "missionary."

Key. .Mr. lIonosiuN, however, called -Mr.
Short to order, as the subject of total absti-
nence firmeil no part of the programme of
proceedings which were understood to lie the
object of assembling the Convention, ami iPiirli-
cularly as it was fiu'eign to the subject of the
resoluliiui.

The I'liKsiDENT ruled that the amendment was
not in order.

Rev. .Mr. Ili'i.LAiii) in answer to the question,
how to interest idiildren in missions ? would
say, that the way was to get them into
o|ieratious they could understand. They
could understand for instance what mission-
aries were doing to gather children in their
own land, and it would be well to let them
receive letters direct from the missionaries
so employed. He often felt stimulated and
encouraged by the necessity of thus reporting
to Sabbath Schools. Let young and lender
sensibilities be touched by compassion for the
young, and the children would soon come n]> to
tiie Work of Sunday School extension. Last
year his Society had issued a circular, stating
that every school whicli would give S,")0 would
receive a letter direct from a missionary. Fifty
or one hundred schools sent in immediately from
I?,')!) to SlOO each. Children who contributed
50 centg had a beautifully engraved certilicate
with a ])ictorial receiiit at the back.

It was then moved in amendment to the
resolution before tlio (Jonvention by Rev. Mr.
Marling, seconded by .Mr. Ainslie, that in the
opinion of this Convenlion it is a most important
element in the christian training of the young
to make them take an active part in sustaining
the great benevolent movements of the day, and
that it Ihereton' recommends that theodicers of
Sabbath Sciiools make arrangements for the
regular communication of missionary inielli-
geiice to the schobirs and the reeeiving of their
contributions.

And tiio amendment being put to the meeting
was carried.

The Co.MMiTTKE ON FiNANCK reported the fol-
lowing stateiueut : —

Amount due J. C. Becket, .Montreal,

for lu'lnting circulars, £25 8 9

Travelling ex])enses of invited Dele-
gate 3 18 9

Gas for Public ileeiing at City

Hall " 1 10

Local expenses, printing, Sexton,

stationery, .^-e 7 15 3

Due J. W. Taylor, Montreal, for
]iostages, telegraphs, &c., paid
by him, (estimate) 8 10

£4:1 2 9

flAHnATIl SCHOOI. TEACIIEKS' CONVENTION.

I', seconded by

["'i I'l'.voiKl the
r'"'ti.>iis, t|,o
"f Juvenile
■"'"'•■■' JioliL'ng
''"'■ the j.iir-
|i<)ii;irv iiitelli-

llf<ilK'.s.s.

I'' "iiiciKiiiicnt
'»' iiHiTted
' "ii.''siiiii.irv."
ciilh'd Afr.

M' '"till al).:ti-

['■"^'•I'.lllllllf of

f"'<l to l„. (ho
J'") 'iiid i.aitj.
jii'y'ect of the

r'lidiiieiit was

"ii' quesdon

'""^? would
tlic'iii into

""'■ Tiiey

'lit niission-

'■(^■n ill their

'". It't tliem

»)is;iioniii-ie3

iiihiled and

lis I'ojKii'iing

"lul tender
-^ioii for the
' <-'<""« nj) to
"*ion. Last
'''.'!•, stating
; $50 Avould
'""T- Fifty
JiateJ.vfrcn
fontribiited
' certiljcdte

P"t to the
I- Ucv. Mr,
Imt in the
'I'll'orlant
"le young
sustaining
-' ''".V, and
o'licen of
3 for the
>' iiiieili-
y of their

J meeting
the fol-

OONTRA.

Oollitction at Public

Meclin« i'l!5 5 •>'i

A-*-<'^^iiieiit of Dele-

gatea '^3 5 t)

■VI n 2 J

Deficiency.

XI 11 (5 J

CONTUA.

Amount oa per foriuer lieiiort .... 47 2 9

On motion it was resolved to tiike ui) a col-
lection to meet the deficiency.

MAYOll AND CITIZK.NS OP KING.STON.

It having been stated, tlmt, owing to the pre-
valeiiee of seai'let fever in tlie city, unil the un-
expected Uw'^ii number of Di'legates presenl, all
the delegates are not enjoying the liosi>italitle.-i
of the (leople of Kingston ; aliout seveuly-live of
them having liad to go to hotels, some con-
versation arose on the iiropriely of dividing the
exi'eiise. Whereon, the Treasurer of the city of
Kiiigst(Ui rose and stated that he was authorised
by the Mayor to say, that he and the citizens of
Kingston (not the (Jor|)oration) would see that
all hotel expenses were paid.

It was immediately res(dved, that the thanks
of this Convention are tendered to the Mayor
and citizens of Kiiif,'ston for their extremely
handsome hospitality.

Thanks were also voted to the Members of
the Kingston Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion, for the warm consideration tliey had
shown for the interests of the Convention.

Thanks were due to the proprietor of Iron's
Hotel, for liberally entertaining delegates at
one half of his customary charge.

It was announced that the Rev. Mr. Bullard,
Rev. Mr. Elliot, and the Kev. Mr. Childlaw
would address the meeting in the City Hall,
after the Rev. Mr. Bond had finished his lecture.

After devotional exercises the Convention
adjourned till 9 a.m., on Friday morning, with
the view of enabling delegates to be present at
the lecture in the City Hall.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13.

A prayer meeting was held this morning at
1 A. M.

SIXTH SESSION.

The Convention met at 9 o'clock, pursuant
to adjournment, and, after half an hour of de-
votional exercises, the minutes of the preceding
Session were read and confirmed.

The minutes of the former Sessions were also
re-read.

The Finance Committee presented a final
report, as follows : —

Amonnt previously reported JC42 11 2 J

Amount of Collection 15 5J

£49 6 8

Balance f.'J li 11

To lie paid to the Canada Sunday School
Union.

'.iud. Amount haiu' ■ ' to the Com-
mittee for reiiorts of | 'e(Hngs with
(U'deis fcu' as many copies as the sum
will jiay for X'20 19 3

;!rd. Seventy names were handed to tho
Commitlee with (U'ders for l,o;)0 copies of the
rop(U't at such a price as they can be all'urd-
cd.

4th. The Committee have to allude to the
unbnniided generosity of the .May(U' and citizens
of Kingston, tor the handsome numner in which
Dele^^ates have been entertained during their
sojourn in Kingston. Xot l)eing satislied with
lilliiig their dweHiiii,'3 to overilowiug, they pay
the bills of those who were under the necessity
of going to hotels.

The Ilejtort was received and adopted.

The ninth and last subject was then pro-
pounded for discussiim : —

" Conventions, local and cenebal — their

L'TILirY,"

The I'ev. Mr. IIodoskin thereupon moved, se-
conded by .\lr. .MoiiK, of yuebee ;

1st. That we cannot but n^cognise the great
utility of Siibbath School 'feachers' Conventions,
and therefore deem it desirable that arrange-
ments be now made for holding Local or I'ro-
viiicial Assemblies of that character in succeed-
ing years.

2nd. That such Conventions be composed of
Deli'gi'.tes appointed by Sabbath Schools or Sab-
bath School organizations, holding what are
commonly regarded as evangelical sentiments,
viz. :

1st. The Inspiration of the Scriptures.

2nd. The Deity of Christ, and the Personality
and Deity of the Holy Spirit.

3rd. The total depravity of human nature.

4th. The Vicarious Sacrifice of Christ.

5th. Justification by Faith alone.

6th. Regeneration by the Holy Si)irit.

7th. The Eternity of future rewards and pu-
nishments.

Mr. RuTHERFOiiD, instead of having the reso-
lution in its present shape, would like to stop
with the words "Evangelical sentiments," as he
did not want any platform laid down. All
knew what "evangelical" meant, and perhapa
if they went farther, they might get into dis-
cussions on doctrine. He moved, seconded by
Mr. Dobson, that all after the words evangeli-
cal sentiments, be struck out.

Two Deleoates expressed an opinion that the
Convention should keep its standard held aloft.

Rev. Mr. t\''iL80N (Kingston) approved of the
statement of the basis on which the future Con-
ventions were to organize. The term " evan-
gelical," whether in Canada or the United States,
was most indefinite ; and it was time to do away
with it. No one would doubt that these
were the principles which should be taught in

RKrOUT) OF THE rnOOEKDlNfJS OF THE

yours

18, -.3

and

18i;o.

IHfiO

IHGl.

1858

1H(J0.

18r>9

18(il.

1858

18li0,

IS'iU

1801.

1858

18()0.

Eviitif^i'lical Snndny Scliools ; iind if any S(duiolg
dill not nminlain tlmso [iriiicipli's, tlicy ()ii(;lit
not to III' conntcnanccd. Was tlic fonvcnlion
to coiintcnanci' .Monisonianisin, or tiic doctrino
of lliy iniTcly tiiilycclivo work of tin; li(dy
Si'irit ?

Ucv. Mr. HoDdHKiN tlioujflit dciioiniinitlunal
names oii(,'lit not to bi- niciitiijni'd.

Mr. llKdd (London) approved of tlio (Irst part
of tlic ri'Solnlion — all tiie iiiori', liccauHc hid
prt'jndiccs ajjainst ('onveiitiou.s iiad linen re-
moved lpy wliat lie had seen of the nnily and
larf^eiiesa of heart of lirethren of dill'ereMl de-
noniinatioii.^ present. As to the latter Jiart, he
did nit oliject til the prineiples laid down; lint
(lid not know that it was necessary to lay them
down.

The nmondraent being [iiit was lost. Ilev. Mr.
Hodgkin'b motion was Ihun curried.

Mr. J. W. Tatlou (.Montreal), seconded by
Mr. D. Hkadi.k, moved the following resolu-
tions : —

1st. That it bo recommended to hold local
Conventions in the following cities, viz. : —

London in

rianiillori

Toronto

Kingston

Ottawa

Montreal

Quebec

And that a Provincial Convention be held in the
City of Kingston, in the year 18G2.

2nd. That the superintendents ofSal)bath
Schools in the several cities be appointed com-
mittees to prepare for the lirst local conventions
in these respective cities, and that at each of
them, committees be appointed to arrange for
each succeeding one, and that it be recommend-
ed to all these committees to confer with one
another for tlie purpose of preventing the occur-
rence of two conventions at the same date.

3rd. That at each of tiie local conventions
held in the years 18(i0 and 1801, except at that
held in tlio City of Kingston, one person lie
appointed to correspond with tlic committee
hereafter provided for, and to aid it in arranging
for the Provincial Convention to be held in tlie
city of Kingston in 1802.

ilh. That at the local convention held in
the city of Kingston in 1801, a committee be
appointed to arrange for tlie Provincial Con-
vention to be held in that city in the year
1802 : the said committee to consult tlic indi-
viduals appointed at the local conventions as
provided for in the preceding resolution and
with them to determine the date for holding tlie
Provincial Convenlion and to do whatever else
may appear necessary to ensure success.

5th. That the following subjects be recom-
mended for consideration at the local conven-
tions of 1858 and 1859.

1st. Best mode of regulating schools and
keeping records.

2nd. The duties of teachers.

3rd. Tlie relation of the school to the Church.

4th. Children who cannot read, shall tliey
be taught to read or taught from the Bible
orally ?

I Titli. The claims of pommunitips, without
Hclniols and unable to organize them without

I assistance, upon those which enjoy their udvun-

i tages.

I .\nd tliat tlie various pommiltees appointed
to prepare for these conventions correspond
with each other for tin; purpose of selecting a
number of Hubjccis to be recommendetl to theiu
for consideration at the respective sncceedin);
local conventions. And that at the I'rovincial
Convention, to Ik- ladd at Kingston in lH(i'2, ft
review cif the wiiole lie taken, so that a compa-
rison of results may lie obtained and the e.xjie-
rieiice of those who have carried out the sug-
gestions maile at tlu^ local conventions may bo
related.

(ith. Tliat each committee endeavour to se-
cure suitable persons, eaidi to take one of the
subjects detertiiiiied on into consideration in
time to enable him to ttudy it carefully, so that
it m:iy be brought before the convention in a
complete and comprehensive manner.

7th. That all the conventions provided for
in the iireceding resoluti(>ns claim the utmost
faiibfulness, wisdom ahd energy of the respec-
tive committees.

After a somewhat rumbling conversation and
several (irojiosals to amend the resolutions
which appeared to tho Convention to possess
too niucli of a legislative cliaracter.

Tlic mover stated that he had no desire what-
ever to press liis resolutions upon tlie Conven-
vention. lie brought them forward merely as
recommendations, which would he carried out
or not, just as future circumstances may dic-
tate ; '>ut he felt that it was important to place
resjion Vi'Vity somewhere ; for unless that is
done, p.i'vei'se circumstances and difhculties arc
permitted to exercise greater influence than they
otiicrwi.-ie would. Jloral responsibility, by being
a powerful motive to action, generally coun-
teracts ojiposing influences, and leaves the way
clear for action, when reason points to its expe-
diency. He felt tliat for local Conventions,
it was especially necessary to make some pro-
vision ; responsibility should be felt, and, as far
ns possible, a system determined on. Of course,
the naming of certain places in the resolutions
was not intended to preclude other places from
getting up local Conventions, if they thought
proper to do so. lie hojied they would, pro-
vided they were not too numerous ; there is a
danger of overdoing them, and he conceived
that the advertising of a limited number of
Conventions, to be held at stated intervals,
would be the best means of preventing it ; be-
sides, such arrangements should, he thouglit, be
made, as would prevent one Convention inter-
fering with another. In the United States, they
have tlieir Annual State Conventions, but they
arrange so that two do not occur at the same
time. We have but one state, and it is projiosed
to have local Conventions all over ; surely it
will be well to make known or adopt a plan
likely to prevent the occurrence of that circum-
stance here. In drawing up his resolutions, ho
liad endeavoured to provide against a few of the
difliculties and fears which had been experienced
by the preliminary Committees in arranging for
this Convention- From July last, when as
Secretary of the sub-Committee of the
Canada Sunday School Union he had

issued
up

to tlie

Hton, he hi

lie feU tin

tlie be'^'iu

upon ^vhi

•would •'11^

few subje'

that \'iii'''

The Hel

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iiniount

BU'^'/e-'tt'i

BAOnATII HCIIOOL TKACIIEnS' COf»V«N.

1'""^, Wif||„„t
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onvoiir to se-
Pc Olio (,f (ho
r"'t'niti()ti in
f""r, so (|„it

j'eiitioii in ,1

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P'l'ovidofl for

If the respec-

psation and
''''Solutions
to Jtossc'sa

UcivK what.
''0 Conven-
I merely aa
f'li'i'ied out
L's may di^..
"t to j)laco
^^^ fliat is
lO'Ities aro
■e tlian tiiey
3', hy hcing
■"'ij conn-
M tlie way
'" 'ts expe-
nventions,
some pro-
'fil, ns far
'>*' course,
-solutions
1CP3 from

y "lougiit

>i'lil, pro-
•ei-e is a
""ceived
iniber of
iitorvals,

't ; be-
"g-'if, be
" in ter-
es, tliey
lit tfiey
'c same
■oposed
'rely it
\ plan
ircum-
"is, ho
of the
enced
^8 for
m as

the

bad

issued bis first circular relating to it,
up to the moment of liln arrival at Klri;;-
Hton, lie had had lo eneouuter many of tliene,
lie felt that eaeh ('(iimnillee should kimw from
the lie;;iuiiiuf? willi whom to eorri'spoiid, and
ujjou whom lo de|ieiid tor ro-operatloii. It
woulil -lave 11 liir^fe amount of hilmur. AUo, a
few sulijeets should he su^'^^esfed Ijeloichaud, ho
that ]llll•lle^ may come prepareil to discuss Ihein.
The selection <d' those n.'inu'd in the circular
caliiu^' the lu'csent meetiuf,', had caused iv large
amount i>\' correspondence. Many topics were
BUg}.'e^ted. It had, Iherefore, lieeii a dedicate
matter to make a selection, and iinpussilde to
make one to meet the wislies of all. There were
other suggeslioiis in tla; resohitioiis wlii(di he
thought of value, and he was siu'ry thai tlwre
appeared to he some misconception in relation
to them. They did not liL;isliilc for future yearn
as had heen averred, — they siini)ly recnmiuended
the liolding of ('(mvenlions in certain years and
certain places ; the first in each place only he-
iiig legislated lor, and that only in the appoint-
ment of (Committees to prepare lor them. They
to appoint Committees ('(U' those to succeed, and
thus on timi! heiiig aniicipatcd, hy one season
only, and everylhing left open for the chaiige.q
it cll'ecls. lie would not, however, press his re-
solutions, but would he (piite willing to agree to
any motion which would be acceptable lo the
Convention.

On motion, the matter was referred to a Com-
mittee of Messrs. Taylor, Meadle, Logic, Nelson,
Marling, and others with instructions to prepare
a rcsolulioa on the subject.

FBEK CONFERENCE.

The Convention then having disposed of the
topics form.'illy ordered to be discussed, entered
upon a free conference.

A Dkm!'!atk asked if it were proper to teach
children their letters in Sun<lay Schools?

Mr. 1!ki>wkMj (Montreal) rejilied, by asking if
children could read the gospel without learning
how to read ?

The I)i;i,K(iATB who had asked the question
thought the day too sacred to be employed on
the alphabet, and considered that the lime
would be more fitly occupied in telling scriptu-
ral stories to the children.

A Dumujatk knowing that some children had
no opiiortunity for instruction save in the Sun-
day School, would not think he did his duty if
he did not teach children their letters.

A Uklkoatk had heard many ways spoken
of for getting children into the schools; but if
he could learn how to get the aged in, he would
go home contented.

iMr. H. LvMAN (.Montreal) held that the only
way by which the middle aged could be got
into the schools, was by having the Spirit of
God poured on them.

Rev. Mr. Hodoskiv (Doon) did not know
that the best way to spend the Sabbath was to
spend it publicly, and thought there Avas a dan-
ger of overlooking private and household piety.
He sympathized with those who liked to see the
Church filling the Sunday School ; but no less
with those who like to see Christians at home
reading their Bibles. The best use of Sabbath
Schools was in caring for uucared for children,
aad he did not wish to throw on them the whole

care that belonged imffi.iu. Tfcl d two con-

gregati<m8 — m.inii ami nflPri i, and Iho
morning one li I kioI Into v h they eol-

lected all cared liM incared I'oi ibh' n Dtil
the (diiblren of the uinereongri- 'u v « |i t
instrucleil in the short cateelu-tu, hee.aiw ^
was done by their |iareuts. While cricoiiia f

the Hcl ! then, let the household uoi be st

sight of.

.Mr. Haoau (Miuitreal) said he heli. \ it
would be found that those who alleuded i .jst
to I hi; siduad, were also they who attended
most to their househould duties. He thought
heads (d' families should be brought more than
ever into the school, for (diiblren liked to seo
parents consislenf and doing what they recian-
mende(|. lie remeinbered a sehool in the
I'niled States, wlu're almost all (he members of
the Church attended. In one class lher(! was
no schidar under wi.\ly years of age and they
all wore spectacles.

Mr. l!KO(i (liondon,) recurring lo the subject
of rewards, said that if rewards were promised
by (iod it was not for merit ; but (d' grace. Ho
woubl therefore, like to get rid of rewards of
merit and have only gifts of affection.

A I)i;r,K(iATB would hke to use the word Sab-
bath always in the place of Sunday ; taking tho
latter to be Heathenish and I'opish and convey-
ing a false idea.

Mr. Tavloii on behalf of the Committee to
whiidi the ninth subji'cl had been leferred, ]ire-
sent(Hl the following resolution, which was
carried.

" That this Convention cordially recommends
the Indding of general and local ('oiiventiims,
and that the Hon. Jas, Ferricr, of Montreal, Mr.
John Mair, .M. 1)., of King-iton, .Mr. Geo. liar-
court, of Toronto, and .Mr. \Vm. I'egg, of London,
be ajipointed a Committee, with full power to
call a future Provincial Conven'.ion."

TheCnEDENTiAL CoMMiTTKK reported that they
had e.\amincd the certilicates of two hundred
and sixty JJclegatcs, all of which were duly
filled up and certified, and had given certilicates
to three delegates whom they had good reason
to regard as such from their res])ective schools.
All these certificates had been countersigned by
Benjamin Lyman, Ksc]., Secretary of the Com-
mittee, as re(piired by liie [{ailway authorities.

The Committee did not attempt to classify
the religious denominations.

On motion of Mr. Maoalisteii, seconded by
W. J. MoniiiH.

It was ordered that a copy of the proceedings
of the convention be sent lo every school which
responded to the circular of the i)rclii!iinary
committees by sending in statistics, but which
have not been able to be represented in the Con-
vention, and also to all oilier Sabbath Schools
as far as possible.

On motion of Mr. Tavlob, seconded by Dr.
Maiu, —

It was resolved that James Stewart and Geo.
Fenwick be appointed a Committee to obtain
and audit the accounts of the hotel-keepers
against delegates, so that they may be handed
to the Mayor of the city of Kingston corrected
if correction should be necessary.

HKCOKD Of THE I'HOCREDINOH OK TIIK

i n

On motion It wag rpiinlrp<l, tliiU wlillo this

Cdlivciltiiiii coniiili-rs tllf Subliutli Stlloul In lie li
vnlimlilc iiid In cliristinii |iiin'iit-i in llu^ ri-ll-
gioiH I'diu'iiliiiii of tlit>ir i!liilili'(Mi, ,\i't il l'i'i>U
boiiuil to vxitivrt.M tlui i)|iini<iii, tlijii Siililiiitii
S''liiMil ti'iU'luT.-t ciinnot rdii'vc |iiiri'Mts t'loiii lliu
Uiviiicly t'Diislitiili'il iilili|4iiii(iii (if attt'iiiliiiK lu
the i\'li^i»uri I'lliiciitioii (if tlii'ir own cliiUlrcn.

The HuHiNKHH OoMMirTKK ri'|i(irtcil tlml. Ihcyhiid
rcfi'rriMl to Ihcni IcIIith fnun the Kcv, K. ltiii'ni.'<-(,
Primitive MctlKMJi-il Mini^icnit Toninto, him! liic
BU|U'riiit('ii<li'iit (if I lie lii'.-ii i!ii|itlst Ciiiircli H, S. in
that city, will) were nimlilc^ to lie |ir('-tfiil, imil
riH'omiiicndcil lliitt the niiiiicH of tlic-ic niid nil
otiicrs wild liiid sent in -tiniiliii' conimiiniciitionH
Hhduld he ciilcrcil on iIk' niiMiitc.-i. 'I'lic Cnni-
uiiltce had liiid Hcvcriil othci' ('(inimiiiiicatinii-i
iiiid |ir(i|i(isai.s licfnro lliciii, lint as lliey ri'ft'rrcil
to nmltci'ri not strictly and aii|irii|iriiitidy cimi-
in}r williiii (he iiriivincc of the ('onvonlion, or
wliicdi ciiiild not liu takL-n \i\> within titu thue,
they have no rejiort to iiresent on them.

On motion, the thank;t of the Convention were
tendered to the Hon, James Ferrier for the emi-
nent aliility, coiirteonsness and ini|iartiality with
wliieh he had discliari;i'(l the onerniis (hilies of
the Chair, and tlie l/'oiivention expressed the
hope that hendt^iit lie spared nniny years to enn-
limie his active labors in the cunse of SiibhiUh
Schools.

The rion. James Fekhieu said that he had
come there to perform a deliffhtfnl dnty, ami
hart never felt so much honored as by the dis-
tinction conferred npon him. lie hoped his
BOiil had reaped benefit from Christian com-
munion, and that he would p'> back a better
man to the discharge of the duties of the School
and of life.

The Chairman of the Ihislneis Commlttre
the l!ev. r, 11. .Mauu.\(), then Uiovud on their
behalf :—

Tliat the mrinberi of this Convention deslro
cro they separate fnmi eaeh ollii r, to record tin)
expression of their hcarthdt thankfulness to
Almighty (i(i(| that hi-i providence anil jjraco
have enabled them to asicndde in such
lari^e numbers from every part of the Pro-
vince, out of so nniny dennnMuations of (JlirU-
linns, and to consult toKclher with ho much
harmony and mutinil benefit. " It bus been
Kiiod for IIS to be here," and we sliiill return to
our homes and our scdiools, resolved in so far 118
in us lies, to liriiiK the whole of the yoiilh of
Canada into these nurseries of the Church, with
the linpe thai we may be iiistnunentiil in brinjj-
iiiK then\ to (lirist liimself.

One alliriualive feelin;? pervaded tin; Con-
vention when this resoliilion was put.

After thi> sinnin;^ of a byiiin and prayer by
the l!ev. Mr. Chidlaw, who pronounced the bo-
ncdielion, the Convention dissolved.

A Meeting of the ehildren of all the Hnbbath
Schools in Kin^fston, was ludd. In conneoiion
■wllii the Convention, in the Wesleyan .Methodiat
Church, at three o'clock. A pood many dele-
gates were iireseut. The Rev. T. .1. lloi'lgskln,
Kev. A.sa liullard, Rev. II. W, Chidlaw, and
Messrs. Thoiii|ison of Uochester, and Wilder of
Detroit, addressed the children. The attention
and siiipinj.f of the latter were very pleasing.
The meetinjf was one of great interest ; for it
was felt, that the presence of llim, who delight-
eth to be w ith His peojile to bless them and to
do them good, was not wanting.

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DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL.

LOCALITIES.

(The nutnbors in the left hand column refer to
the lists of doU'gat«s, &cj

Dijon S. » Prr:8bytcrian Churcli of Canada, ..,
I'amiersville M. E. Church,

Do '

Oshawa, "

Kiniraton Kaptist ]

6 St. Vincent I'hnenix Union, '.

l-nohute C. E., Union

Montreal American Presbyterian, brancli School

Hrockville,

North Dundee, ... "" '" "

Montreal A^■psleyan Methmlist District School!!

Huxtnn Presbyterian Church of Canada,

Toronto City Mission,

Carlton Place I'nion

Kinireton Brock st. Prcsb. Church of Canada, !!

Leeds

Cobourit Wesleyan, !!! !!'

Guelrih Wesleyan

Kronklin Union, !,

Stratford Presl)yterinn Church of Canadia, .!!

Kramo.sa Union,

Mount Pleasant, Durham

Othra 31. R Church ',

Cramahe Union,

Hamilton Methodist, New Connexion, ... !!!

Vienna TrVesleyan

Vienna Union !!!

Newcastle Union !!!

Rodericli United Presbyterian, !

Toronto Primitive Methodist !

Maiden Union

82 Toronto Western Union,
Windsor Union,

35
3fi
3'
38
3»
40
41
42
43
44
43
4e
47

4V
50
51
62
53
54
65
56
67
58
59
60
01
62
63
64
66
66
67

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70
71
72
73
74
75
70
77
78
7«
80
81
8'i

34|Toronto

Newcastle Wesleyan

Percy Union. ...

Millbank

Bownianville I'resbytcrian Church of Canada, !!

Melrose

Oshawa Wesleyan,

Shannonville Union

St. Andrews, C. E., Wesleyan,

St, Andrews, C. E., Baptist, ..

Laeliute, C. E., Union

Morlinifton,

St. Andrews, C. E., Congregational,

Beanisville,

Hull. C. B.

Hamilton,

Township Moore, Lampton, " Proridcnce,'
Bible Christian,

Rowmanville

Picton Wesleyan,

Ormstown,

Sarnia Union,

Preseott Wesleyan,

Lanenster Union,

Shipton

La Prairie Church of England,

Dunham,

Eaton Conirregational,

Montreal St. Lawrence Suburbs Wesleyan,

Rredalbane Baptist

Brampton Primitive Methodist,

Whitby Baptist,

Brampton Kbenezer,

Canton

Sarnia Presbyterian,

Woodstm'k Baptist, ...

St. Catherines Wesle.van

Pre.sbj'terian Church of Canada,..

American Presbyterian

Baptist,

InKcrsoll Union,

Salford

Toronto Bond Street Baptist,

City of Ottawa

Blooniflold, South Monaghan,

South Monaghnn,

Cavan Forest Cliapel Union,

Stamford Associate Presbyterian Church,
8« rialt I'resliytcrian Church of Canada,
j;* liiinville, J.ittle Warwick

Hi^lilnnd Creek Presbyterian Church of Canada

S('arb(iroii)fh Union, ...

rvilioure Bilile Christian,

*"" Kinpston Chalmers Presb'n Church of Canada...

Toronto United Presbyterian,
Primitive Methodist,

Union, Sayer Street

n.^ ,\'.9iitreal Second Con(rregational Church
«■ \} iMiamsville, Kingston, Wesleyan
94 Hrantford Congregational,

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10

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70
95
60
60
40
93
73
35
40
90
60

140
80

117
'15

178

170

125
54
60
60
60
97
82
90
40

100
203
60
60
70
14
60
3
48
60
35

20'
80
40
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85
20
3!
80
38
14
39

108
70
76
46
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65
87
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22
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25
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41

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28
60
41
35
20
60
60
96
60
80
36

116

130
80
40
46
30
50
60
47
70
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60
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124
30
30
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118

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7. Compared with previous years, is your school prosperous

anil if so, what was the increase during the past year,

—or otherwise what was the losh i

10 Prosperous

20 Prosperous

Decrease. Another school opened

Increase

Prosperous

None to notice

Stationary

Inci'oase

Prosperous

Stationary.

Prosperous, very

Same as la.st vear

Several have left

A1)oiit same

Prosperous

Increase

Prosperous

18 Yes.

10 Moderately prosperous

Prosperous

Fewer on books. Attendance more regular.

6 Prosperous

6 Improving

10 Prospect good

10 Not very prosperous

Prosperous

Seems to be prosperous

Increase

6 Yes

18 V^ei7 prosperous

Some increase

12 Prosperous

Increa.se

11 Increase

20 Prosperous

Increase

Prosperous.
About same.
Nothiiift to note.
Prosperous,
41 Prosperous,

8 Visible improvement

16 Average about same

2 Only npi'n one year

6 Only in first year

Only four months started. ...

10 Increii«e

InereaiiP

8 Progress satisfactorj'

O.\boutsaine

Prosperous

14 Prosperous

5 Prosperous

4 Prosperous

1 Only commenced this year. ...
10 I'rosperou.s

4 Commenced November, 1856.
About stationary

5 Prosperous

Not much ch^-ngo

12 Increa.sing

Opened last summer

10 Decided advance in scholars...

2 Yes. Without increase.

6 Increase

9 More prosperous.

10 Stationary.

15 Prosperous

12 Prosperous

2 Not so prosperous

20 Increase

20 Prosperous

Very prosperous.

6 Increasing

1 Increase

.. About the same

.. Very prosperous

6 Rather on the increase.

6 Prospers gi-eatly.

2 Prosperous

.. Only fourteen months opened.

12 Yes.

25 l>rosperous

8 V little progress

I Increa.se

12 Not muehincreaao

15 A decrease

10 About the same

80 Yes

Gain. Loss.

211

105

14
10

. Is your school
closed during any
portion of the
year?

9. Is it suffering from any particular came ?

Open all the year.,

During winter.

Winter

During 4 months. ,

During winter.

In winter

No. !!! !!! !!

No.

In winter sometimes

During winter.

No.

During winter.

During wint(T.

Yes

During winter.

No, .:.

For want of a superintendent

For want of ministerial labor

From negligence of parents

No...

Want of efficient teachers

Intemperance of some parents,

Xo'.'.'. ".■.". '.'.". !!! !!! !!! !!!

Indifference in parents. Irregularity in teachers,
From want of accommodation

For want of system, and irregularity of teachers.

Parents not interested

Want of proper books

Increase of other schools

Church burned ; just opened again.

Want of interest

No.!!' !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!
No

Want of teachers

Lack of zeal

Xone

Place of meeting not central

Want of library, &c

Xon-attcntion of parents

Not that we know of

Not that we know of.

Tea

Xo.!!' !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!

For want of teachers

We think so

Rather cramped for time

Xone

Xot sensibly

Want of spirituality and new library. ...

Yes

Want of a library

No.!!" !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!

Want of teachers

Want of teacliers

Without a pastor

Removal of some teachers

None

From a want of appreciation

Want of books

Our building is small

None

Xot sufBciently appreciated

Xo... -

Xone

Irregularity of teachers

Temporary decrease, from sickness.

Want of teachers

Indifference and slotlifidness

Xo.!!' !!! !!! !!! !!! !!! !!!

Chiefly want senior teachers

10. How many
of the scho-
lars are
members of
tlie ohuroh?

None ...
Ten, ...
Nome ...

None ...

Thrse...
Noi.e ...
None ...
One. ...
None ...

Six.; ...
None ...

Twelve.
FoiB. ...
Ten. ...
Thnn ...
One. ...
None ...
Six.,,...
Nont ...
None ...

None ...
Two. ...
Twelve.

None ...
None ...
Twelve.
Three...
None ...

One

None ...
Eiglitoen. .

None ...

One

None ...

One

None ...

Five. !!! !

One

None ...
Thirty-two .

Ten

Two

One

Thirteen, .

One

None ...
None ...
Three...
None ...
Twelve.
Eight...
Thirty-four .
Xono ...
None ...
Four. ...
None ...
Xono ...
Xono ...

Six

None ...
None ...

Two

Xono ...
Three...
Fifteen.
None ...

Two

None ...
Xone ...

Ten

Xono ...
Xono ...
Three...
Xono ...

Four

.None ...
Xone ...

One

None ...
Three...

Bight!!! !

STATISTICAIi BETUENS.

m an; particular cause F

10. Bow many
of the Bcho-
lirsaro
members of
tlie church?

lendcnt.
nl labor.

arents...

icrs. ...
parents.

. None .
.Ton, .

iNoBB.

None.

Thr»e.,

Noi.e ..
None ..
One. ..
None ..

Sil.; ..

None ..

Twelve.

FouB....

Irregularity in teachers. Ten.

odation.

(1 irregularity of teachers.

3l3

)poncd again.

lentral.
nts. ...

Ill new library.

ers. ...
iation.

ated...

}m sickness.
Illness.
ihcrs

ThriB ...
One. ...

None ...
SU.^...

Nont ...
Non« ...

Nont ,„
Two. ...
Twelve.

Non» ...
None ...
'l^»elve.
Three...
None ...
One. ...
None ...
Eighteen.

None ...
One. ...
None ...
One. ...

One

None ...

Fiva '.'.'.

One

None ...
Thirty-two ,

Ten

Two

One

Thirteen. .

One

None ...
None ...
Three..,
Nono ...
Twelve.
Eight...
Thirty.four .
Nona ...
Nono ...
Four. ...
Nono ...
.\ono ...
Noxio ...

Six

None ...
Nono ...

Two

None ...
Three...
Fifteen,
Nono ...

Two

Nono ...
Nono ...

Ten

Nono

.\ono

Three

Nono

Four.

Vono

None

One ,

Nono

Three

11, How many would not be under any religious

instruction, were it not for the

Sabbath School?

Eight...

Think a great part of them

Not any

Several.

Cannot tell

Hard to say ; certainly some.

.4 small number— say sii

Not known

Few, if any

About forty

The majority

About twenty.

Nearly all receive instruction at home.

Not many— cannot say

Aixiut lifty

Cannot state positively

All connected with church

One-fourth

Very few.

Eight.

Say twcnty-flvc

Twelve

About thirty-five

Forty-five

Many have no other means

Fifty.' .".' .'." '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'.

None

Seventeen.

None

Cannot say

None

Twenty

Not more than four.

A number, but cannot say how many.

Seventeen

None

Nine

Fifteen

One!.'.' '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'.
None.

Very few

Thirteen

Nono

Eigli't. .'.'.'

Thirty

None

.\11 far from any place of worship...

All of them

The majority.

Six

One-third

None

One-lialf

Six

A large number

None

Can't say

Some

Twenty

Ten

Twenty

Two

Eighty

One-hnlf

Cannot tell

Nono

One-foiu-th

Don't know

No other means within seven miles,
Tliirty

Not many

Don't know

Not any

Think none

Cannot tell

None

Thli-ty

120
2B0
2(10
30(1
16U
30
20(1
300
100
100

13. Havo you a regular Teachers' Meeting ; and

if so, 18 it for prayer, or for the study of

lesson, or both?

176
8;

30(1
172
200
650
210
300
210
300
100
200
100
300
250
150
150
170
64S
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175
25
500
160
200
75
80
1.5(1
800
480
125
1511
200
150
200
400
110

First Mondav each month (both).

No regular, only for business occasionally.

No regular meeting. ... ... _ •••

No meeting ; teachers live too far olr. ...

Weekly, for both.

No. ...

No : teachers too much scattered.

Once a quarter, for iiraycr.

Onee a quarter, to transact business. ...

Yes, for prayer and consultation.

Only occasionally teachers so scattered

No. ...

Yea, for prayer.

Twice In the season ; prayer. &c.

Prayer monthly, lessons weekly.

Semi-quarterly, for business. ...

None at present.

Revision of lesson.s.

Every Sabbath, study of lesson.

None, but feel need of one.

Weekly, for prayer. ...

None ...

No, only business meetings. ...

No, but intend to have one. ...

None, about to establish one. ...

Not regular, but when held, prayer, ...

Both

Prayer.

Business meeting once a month.

For both

For prayer and lesson, weekly...
No. ...

Yes, to devise plans for .success.

One, for prayer only. ...

Not regular, teacliers too scattered.

Player and business once each month ...

Nono...

50
150
100
4U0
nil
350
200
200
300

76
27ti

"l60
300
100
82
120
300
30(1
1()5
200
500
2511
150
300
60(1
200
(iOO
100
184
100
ISO

"250
ISO
126
176
160
123
300
255
120
160
60
400

Yes. ...
Nono yet.
None ...

Yes

Regular, for prayer and iraprnvement ...
Not regular, for business cliiody.
No. ...

For both, onco a inontli.

Wo have, for study of lesson. ...

We have occasional, for iKith. ...

One for prayer just organized ...

No. ...

No, about to commence one. ...

No, concert for praj-er monthly.
Monthly meeting, for prayer. ...
No. ...

A monthly meeting, prayer and business.

No. ...

Yes, for both ...

Jlontlily, prayer and confcrcnec.

Yes, both

Onco a month, prayer... ...

(rreguhir, study of lesson.
Prayer and business. ...

No. !;; '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'.

Yes, for study of lesson.

Yes, attended by whole settlement, 00 souls.

No, only when business requires.
One weekly, for lessons, one for prayer.
Weekly, both, also monthly prayer. ...
Monthly, for business...

Weekly, both

Monthly, for prayer. ...

?uarterly, for prayer and conversation.
es,botli. ...

How many, if any, were the
conversions in your school
during the past year?

16. Is your school in the habit of
doing anything for Misgions ?

Cannot siy if any.
Fifteen

7 Cannot say.

Hope a few.
None. ...

None. ...
None. ...

Vone known.
None known.
Not knoirn.

One. '.'.'.
Cannot say.

AlittlctoF.O. Mission..,
Not anything. ...
Nothing...

Tea

Yes

17. Are the people in your vicinity I
alive to the importance of
Sabbath Bcbooli ?

None knoMrn.
None knovvn.

.Not aware of any.
One ...

I fear none.

Tw-elve '.'.!

Numb, under serious impressions.

Two under serious impressions ,

None.

Fight.

5 None.

6 Cannot sa;'.
Can't say ..,
One
None,
Fear none.
None.
None.

One
None.

None. ...
None. ...
Thirty-four.
Seven ...

None. ...
Fifteen ...
Three ...
None. ...
None. ...

Ten.
One.

Six

Nono

None. ...

Nono

None. ...
Don't know.

Three

Two

Twelve seriously inclined.
None. ...
Fifteen ...
Nono. ...
Nono. ...

Couldn't say.

None known. ...
Four. ... • ...
Nono knoivn.
Believe good ia done.

Onn

Believe a few. ...
(,'annot tell.
Cannot say.
Eleven ...

Annually for Tract Society.
.\bout jio a year.
They are.

No.

Yes, ti2 last year.

Yes, for AfHcan Mission.

Yes, a Missionary Box. ...

Yes

Some children are collectors.

Yes, Sm this year.

Yes, gi)(i Wesleyan Mission.

Itisnot...

A •Tuvenile Missionary Society

Occasionally.

Yes

Three teachers, active collectors..
Yea

Not yet...

Yes

Not last year. ...

No.

Not yet...

Yes.

PorMissionary and Bible Society,

To China Testament Fund.

About to commence.

A .Tuvenile Missionary Society. ...

None. ...
Do a little.
Nono. ...

No.

Collection on Sabbath. ...
Occasionally.

Yes

No ,

For 1856, £28 38. Od.

Yes

A Missionary Box.

Yes

Yes »

Yes

For Bible Society, S19

Monthly collections

None. ...
Yes.

Yes

Yes. '.'.', '.'.'. ...

Yes

Yes, every Sabbath.

Yes

£7 108 F. C. Mission, £3 16s for Mis

Generally.
Oenerally.
Not very.
Rather backward.
Believe so.
Lukewarm.
A good deal.

They arc.
Not at all.
Yes.
Generally no.

To some extent.

Generall.v.
Not generally.
Not as should.
Much indifference.
Some are.
Yes.
No.
Yes.

Small portion.
Increasing.
Partially.
Partial.

Beginning to 1)0..,
Some are.
Generally.
Some are.
Not all.
Improving.
No.

They are not.
No.

Generally.
Veiy much.
Some.
Growing,
Too much apathy.
Generally.
Partial.
No.
No.

Portion arc.
Partial.
Only a few.
Very little.
Yes.

We trust BO.
Partial.
No.
Yes.

Not'sufflciently so.
Not general.
Not very much
Generally-
Some are, some not.
Partially so.

Not as much as should.

Not very favorable.

Yes, generally.

Moderately so.

I think they are.

Increasingly 80.

Yes.

Generally yes.

Not fully alive

No.

But partially. , . .,

Not so much as desirable.

Generally so.

No.

Yes.

They are.

Generally alive

Yes.

Most arc.

Very nuich so.

Partially indifferent.

To some extent.

Moderately.

Perhaps not suffleient.

Reason to think not.

Not generall.v.

Not generally.

Yea.

A few are alive

Generally so.

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teacluTs 11

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ifflect by teachers of prayer mct'g

[STICAL EETUI

my particular cause ?

I of the work 08 it should

10. TTow n

of the w
larH iiro
nicuilH-r
thu chui

dehors.

; to get one..

pst

ronta...
.rents...

red population.

tnmodation. ..,

! lately opened.

lers

(Committee. ...

I. ...

nterest.

achers.
;aehers.

irch. ...

number of teachers.

>acht'r.s

;loct by teachers of prayer met'g

Ten. .
Two. .
\ono .
Thtt'o..
t'our. .,

fhreo!!
Nono ..

Xonn ...
Three...
One. ...
None ...

One-third
None ...
None ...
Five. ...
Fifteen.
None ...
Five. ...

Three..."
None ...

ISvelveV

iiSvo. '.'.'.
fone ...
•no. ...
fono ...
'hreo...
'wenty-fi*
"wenty-oi
leven...

^^one ...
s'one ...
Joiie ...
'wclve.
i^ono ...

'welve.
hrce...
wo. ...
lone ...
'welve.
'hreo...
hree...
'ifty ...
Tone ...
even...

'■wenty-t
fone ...
our ...
hree...
Tone ...

'our ...
Tone ...
fon<> ...
Tona ...
our ...
'one ...
fone ...
ix. ...
ery few
wenty,
ix. ...
fono ...
an't sq;
iKht...
ight...
'welve.

our '.''.
fone ...

fono ...

.. ; >sro. ...

ifono „.

V>rty-*
.. Ithirty-I

>ne. ...
our ..

foue ...

j'our ...

Eleven,
^one..

1,.,.

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■ •'/

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STATISTICAL RETURNS

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111

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Ill' lists ill' il.'li'imli''i, Ac.)

lanvilli'

Ir'.isi'-villi' WrRlcjnii

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l-i;I/i .iim':i],

li'ijiu'li -I' I'lviliytiil.'iii Cliureli of Cniindtt

l-i'lliniiitl'M-il Wc'sii'vau

loi|\Viln!i>l

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l'i-'l.ii,',-i,ii'k rnioii. Trout lirwik

I'i'M 'liippnwn.

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l'<'';Tn-(iiit'i \c-\i- Jii'Uirnli.'-t Coniioction

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l:i7,l',.itli, ..;

13M\,rt I.invpr

l:i''' Moiitn'iil .New Con. McHioilist, AVpst District,..
}*" '■ " " Kiist Uistrii't,..,

HI l-'i.iitlimilnptist,
l'l-;Sontli Wiliiiot, ...

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l.w
l.-ii
1.1

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l.i

IW'Or,.. l''in'rill's('orni'r9,

in llniiiiltoii Knox rri'sbytcrian Church of Canada,

I'tll'i'orni'.ti) Zion C'lapcl

itiJj.Moii1n-al .\iiii'rii'aii I'rcsliytorian Chureli,

I"*',! " Wi'Hlcyiin Mornuijf,

H'' " Cnni-'iicrationai Cliiircli,

It'-'! " ■\Vcslcynn Afternoon

I'Vinttav.-aAVcsli'.van,

Drnnilin Wcslcyan

KirnionilsviUo

I'astli'ton,

I'liknown,

(Irccn I.>.lniiil,ncar Martintown

Hi'ooklyn Wcsloyan

Uniiitloi'il I'rcshytcrian Church of Canada,

llinbi'd

'•''"il'lynipton,

|i;" l-'iTjiiiH I'roshytcrian Church of Scotland.

I'iMlnu'i'r.-ioH Cliiircli of Knirhnd,

Ill- .'(untrial Crilliiitowii \Vc.slcvon

1113 •• \V,.sl|..van, ... :

J'i.' " ('rilliiitinvn Wcslcyan

Y"', 'I'nror.to ]:im Street AVcslcyan

I'i'.'jl'oit Hope Wesleyan, ... "

1''" I'lat ilipvcr I'reshyferian Cliurch of Cana<la,

111'' !'i';u'li\ille l'resln"t.?rian

I'WSinilliville

17ii|0u..|i Sound Wi'Kle.van

Jvl|\i.itli (Jiiwer Weslcyan

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li''*iri!knimn,

ITl.s.nitliwold Vnion

liSjivn'.v, : :

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niillai!,ilt„n,

li>^;r'iin,\viill

1"" hi.i,'i'rM.II I'reshvtorian Clnirch of Canada,

Tun.ntii Uichnmnd Street Wcsleyan,

I'cteilioro* Wesleyan,

Wliithy ConKn-pitiiinal,

IliAvnianvillo Wesleyan

liKferM.ll WesU-ynn

■•inilii Durham Union,

I'^iy, Durham and Melbourne ITnion,

Montreal Itaptist

.Hontrcal Ur. Taylor's United Presbyterian,

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= ,. I anil il's.i, wliiit 'v;is III.' iucrea.ie diiiinit llie p'l.st year,
S'.^ ' - cr .itlii'i'wise what wii.s lilt' i.is.^:

0-3

.. Miii'li til" same

fl rr.'>|ii'i'.tiis

fi llTI'i'IlM'

lOl'liic'iirn'riinr

II Ui'iiil the suiio

.VVi'i

13 iiu'M'asi'. ...

IS Illl'I'l'.lM'

'i lici r.'risi'

2lli.'r.'.'is.'

(Ii|;irl l.i>a.v

14 lilt ^.■a^"

ISlu.'i'iaii.'d

lO-^talii'iiiiry.

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1(11 Inly . leven months npeu

11 ('iiis..(';'.>us

12 \l.. Ml six inimtlis op(*n. I'rospcrous.
dStali.Miary

(I I'r'.spii*..iis.

1 Mil. lit -'•nmi'

2 i'l'lisp'T. ,iis

,. ■'I. .111.' lalliuK off.

.. I'mspi'i'iins

.. Iiii|iriiviiiif

.. Alii.iil the same

4V,.ry jin.siM'i'ou.-i

lilinpnivinir.

.. Not much (lid'erciice

ISOidy I'.-.iir nioiitlis iipencd

SS.iirii' iniproveni'-'iit

! Iii.'i'.'a-'.'

2Ulncn'a.-e

BVi's

4 liu'i'cas.-^

111! '.iiiiiii.'ueeii .Tilly, 185(1

l(i>'lati"',iar.v

Ifi.Mioiit sauio

I2N11 i-emaikablechniiKe

2(1 liii'rease

ti |i|-nsp"rous

2(iT\\iiS s brauehcd oir.

Ill \ new si'hoiil

(isjniilar

7 I'rnspernus

6 Ml. lilt the same

4 Mi.ri' regular

2.''. .\li.iiit same

.. lii.'rcasi'

3lii.ii-s

1(1 ' reat iui|irovemer.t

6(1 tittle dilierenee

37:l'eerea.se

3*i:li!ercas(^

.. 'i'rospcrous

.. jitn the (lecrea.so

.. 'I'rcsperous

6 I'rosfierous

.. stationary.

4i'..iniiieneed six innnths aco

2,' \'i'ry prosperous.

s \lii.iit same

3Mriti.iiiary.

llierea.'-e

f' I'rospir.ais

2.'. This our III'., t .year

2ii lieeiease. Xew school

Ill I'l'.ispei'i'd.

.. jlteeent fomiation

311 1'r.isper.ius

4 In op.'niti.in tworaonlhs

6 Inei'.'ii.si'

5|Ye.s, doubled

u'Saine as last

4iri'ospi'i'oiis

tiiProspiTous. Incrcasinj^

r.!iiii'rea.se

5 V.'s. Increase

5 l■■il^t year of sebfir.I

5 Ves,..

,.. iSifrns of imiirovemeiit

13 increase

15 Increase, 10 per cent

61' About same

24 i'nisperous. ..

li|('i)iiip.",res favoi-abl.v

tjliicrease

5 Increase

15 Decrease

Increase

11 Decrease

(lain. I.OS4

. Is .your school
['i!"'Ti'on'"'ol''' 'i'im I "■ '" " '■"Ifi'i'liiK fro"! «'•}' imftieular cnusof

In winter. ...

\.)

V.'S

v.)

Ves

I iiii'iuir winter.

Nil

During winter.

Dr.rinit wint'.r.

.No

DininK winter,

Vo.

In winter. ...

Vo.

In winter. ...

Inw'iuti'r. ...

Vo. ^

In winter. ...
Tiiree iimnths.

V.i

Ill winter. ...
In winter. ...

N.'

in. How many
.'f Ih.'s.'lm.
lars are
members of
the cliiircli

Vo Ten. ...

( liiirch will not take hold of tlio work 08 it shoulil Th o. ...

Voiio ...

I'lireo...

l''onr. ...

Want ofdiircreiit bonks,
Vo

>;;;;:: :;: ;:: ::;

Want of interest.
Want of teachers.

nfpr..pi'r interest

of teaeli.'rs

.iratt.'ntion

iifenerfty

• if more pious teachers.

of library ; piiiiK to fevt 0110..

ant of mure int.'ii'st

iifeueoiirnKenicnt

of lnter,rst in parents

of interest in imrents

Want

Wai'l

No ..

Want

Maul

for w

Want

Vo .

Want

Vo ;'.'

Vo...
Vo...

V.i

.Vo

Vpatliv ill eoiiL-repitlon

Ilii.l nials nr.il scattered pnpidatlon.

Waiil of teai'li.'i-s

D.Iici.'Ucy f.f teachers

Want of teachers

Vo..'."

Want of proper accommodation. ...

.\pathy of parents

.Many not in favor

No...

Two llraneh Schools lately opened,

Vo..'." '.'.'. '.'.'. Z '.'.'.

Want of malotenehers

\ n elllcicnt visiting committee, ,..

Vo...

Want of teachers

Want of iuteri'.st

Vi'Kleclof jiarciits

Vi'i-'leet of parents.

Want of general interest.

.No...

Want teaeliers

Vo..." .'.'.' .".'.' .'"

Iiri'trularitvof tcacIicrs

V.I

lii'.'.-ularity of teachers

Want of bibles

Low state of church

Want sullieient number of teaeliers.

Iri'i'irnlarity of teaeliers

Want of tea. hers

l''!'irtii partial neirlect by teachers of prayer met'g.

Want of teaeliers.
.Voiio

Threo...
Vono ...

.Vono ...
n'hree...

idlie

iVono ...

Due-third. !
Vono ...
None ...

Kive

I'iriei

Noun

Kive

■fiireo...' '.'.
Vono

Twelve'.' '.'.

Twn. '.,'. '.'.

Vono

One

Vono

Threo

Twent.v-flvo .
Twenty-one..
Seven

.Vono

Vono ...

Vono

Twelve.
Vono ...

Twelve." !
Threo...

Two

Vono ...
Twelve.
Tlin-o...
Tlireo...
b'ifly ...
Vono ...
Seven...

Twenty-flvo .
Vono ...
l''onr ...
Threo...
Vono ...

Four ...
Nono ...
Vono ...
Vono ...
Four ...
.None ...
V<ino ...

Six

ry few. .
Twenty.

Six

Vono ...
Can't say. .
Fiirht...
Kiuiit...
Twelve.

Vet
l''iil
I'er
\ei

'.iii
Dm
Fill
Fll'l

Fifl
Dm
llll
Vol
Scv'
A 1 11
For
Till
Fill

Are
Fiv.

Abe
I til

A fl
Sixl

Twi
'm

bar
Can
V.I
Vo
■fw
Vo
On

Fii
Ca
Ml
Te
Ca

1)
Si

C
(■

Four

Vono

Two. '.'.'. '.'.

Vono

Flirty-seven..
'I'hirty-three.

One

Four ...

Vono

Four ...

Fleven.
Nono ...

[STICi\Ii 'KETVnm.—Coiifiuned.

Iii.v imrticiilnr cnuaeF

of the nofk 09 It should

10. tidw mntivl

..f iiic schc;. 11.

I:ir?*jirn J
iii('nitH'r4 of
tlicc'Imrclif

Jn>. ..

I'H

N'ono ..
I'lii'ti).,
I'liiir. ..

Thrco..
.Vuno ..

1.5 c-

lluw tiiiiiiv WMulil mil lie iiiidir nny nliirlnii- = i.
iiistriK'tiiiii. wri' it iml Cur tlii'
hiild':itli Si'liiiuli'

\')*i',v '•tti.'ill [troiiortinii,.
Kiilly t\v"-tninls.

riTli.'i|is Imir.

\iT\ few

Ndiic

rkiit. '.'.'. '.:! '.'.

Ilrn'-third

l-'illy

I'lri.v

y teachers of prayer mot's

.Vimn

Fifteen

I'lin'K

()Me.|:iilf,

(•lie

llon'f know

Xono

None

.Seventeen

I)ne-thlrd. '.'..

.Miont Mil

\oIl«

Korlv-two

...

.Villi!

Thirlv

Kivc

Filt.rii

l-irie<i|l.

\<lllO

.\ re M'ven mileH f roui any

einireh

Five

flirec..' ".

None

Minut one-fourth.

i'welvn." '.'.'.

1 think a grent nmny...

.„

two. '". '...

N'ono

\ few, ;:; ■.;; ;:.'

One

Sixteen •

N'onn

Threo

Twent.v-dvo ..

Twenty-ono...

rweiit.v. '.'.'. '.'.'. ','.'.

.Seven

rneertnin

[.jii'tre portion

N'ono ...'

'nn't »!iy

N'ono

None.

None

.None

Twelve,

Twenty

N'ono

.None

)ne-thiril

,..

Twelve.

'annot tell if nny.

Threo

Cainiot sny

Two

... ... ,,,

N'<u»o

Xnne

Tw<>lve.

rhre(!

Three

Pnlly one-imlf

Kifty

^'annut snv

N'ono

Most, if not all

Seven

Ten

Cannot a,ay

...

r\venty-flvo...

None

N'one

..,

Pour

nu't say

Threo

N'one

N'ono

Fifteen or twenty.

Four '.

,,,

N'ono

Vnnv

N'ono

)iie-half

.,,

Xono

Several

Four

...

.,,

-None

"Cannot say

,.,

N'ono

'an't ,say

Si.\

Fort.v.

Very few.

Foit.v

Twenty,

Si.x

rinrty. .'.■; '.'.'. '.'.'.

None

Hull-

Can't s.iy, ...

)ne

I'itrht

■ii'ven

ICiirlit

Two.

Twelve,

N'one

I'welve

Four ::; ;:

None

N'ono

)ne.fourth

Twelve

N'ono

One-fmirlh,'

Two. '.'.'. '.'.

I'w.lve

.None

N'lit known

Forty-seven....

A ec.n>iilenililo number.

'I'liirty-three...

Cant siiv

'ine

Fil'leen

Four

Twenty

N'ono

Four

Fifteen. .'.'.' .'." '.'.'.
Forty ;.

rileveii'.' '.'.

Si\t,v-fonr

-N'ono

\'ory few

Have .von n rnjnilar Ti'nelier»' Meetlnif • and 7 'T
If so, is It I'or iirn.ver, or for the stndy of ■- ■-_ !.

till) li.w^iiiiM. or llol ll V M »r ^

;?.^'

2S,f

■■

H nnnv, If any, wero thi

■ruioiiH In your sehool
41 'iiiK tho iiaat year V

III \o

.'illl \o

.'iiii

.■i.",i

I. -I

;iii:!

Ion

Ves, nionlhlv, linsiuesH,

■' Ine for pra.ver.
lnii'lnKKiiniini'r, lioth...

VeM. |ini,vernnd conferenee,

N'one ...

N'one...

.•iiVi

.'IJ.',

ai.'i

!'.;» No

17.",iN*orlo ...
li'ii IXo. ...
llm|\o, ...
a'.lilN'ouo...
','i:ii Ves, for iir.iyer.

•jiHiOeension.'il, for prayer...
li.-. N'one ... ... ' ...

iNe .Vo. ...

nil, No. :

tiiii Moiitlily, for prayer; on ''nliliatli study lessoiw

il|;i Motilldy, furpr.iver; another for bnsines.s.

l.-)li N(

I!" Vo, ...

WiVo

Will V'

■liii I lecn^iollal, fur stnilv of lessons,

inii Miinlhly. ... ' ...

Silo Ves, ehielly for eonsnltntion,

1-J.'.

2111

17.'

2:lii

inn

Illl

-'^enii-inonthly, linth, ...

No, oeeasioniil for liusiness, ...

2l"|N'o, ... ... ... ... ".„

42t;|\Verkly. study of lesson,

S:a\ For prayer, luouthl.v. ...
loiio Monthly pr.nyir nnil monthly business,

Monthl.\', for prayer, ...
(l:iii Ves. every Salilja'th, iira.ver. ...
2.'iu U'ei'kly study, monthly busine.s9,
;iiiit study of the le.ssou, ...
Ill" Vo, ...

Vot fre'iuent ...

Vo. ...

2IIII
li'.i
nil
VJ.'i
2.' 1 1

mil

■lis
I!.-,"
li;e

;)-!■
li;ii
111 ill

ellli
2iili
2lKI
.Siili
2|i
2SII
IT-'.

lull
1.14

u,-

H.V
lie
2iie
;)tie

j.-)i'
•I'lii

;l,';l'
lull

•lii

OOi'

3Se

Vo ;.

Monthly prayer, ic, ...
N'o, ,.,

No. ... ■

Weekly, for both

Ves, both

I'r.-iyer nioiilhly.

semi-ino;;thly )irnyor and Imsin'^ss,
Monthly, one e:ieli for lnisine.-.s anil prayer,
Mnniiily, one eaeli for business and prayer,
.Noi:..' ...

Ves, both ;.

\'es, prayer and busine.ss,

N'o, ...

N'o, but intend to have.

.Vo

Vo ;..

Merely a business meeting. ...

No reiinlar lueetinf-', ...

Ves, both.

!)ue mmitlily pra.ver, 1 monthly business,

Oeeasional, for business,

I'rn.ver and business, ...
Monthly, fur prayer, ...
Vo. ...

N'o ;;.

.\lonthly, for prayer, ...
Ves, every Sabbath, both.

Id, Ts your sehocil In tho linliit ol
dohiKanythliiK for ,Missionn!'

No;
I'vv..

Null',

.:|.V,..

MI„M'.,

|Vri 1] icof any,

I'll' Ik BW,

fii .,
Vor-.
Tlir-
I 'oi.'i ktw.

I ■ill,

V,.,., .

Niii J.

rvv,-.r
Von ifi.ar,
Noi, ,.,
Fitli ...

Vol. „.

N'one

N'niio
Veiie
Vol,,.
VolT

I'W" .JlTC,

Thu; «no,

-Vol!,' .,.

N"i„' ,.,

Noll. 7,

'•lOlli'. -,

12ls,.v..r; .„

.. rnn'l.jy,

v.: Miiii> .»rncst

Two.
V.iiie

Two. »..
■'i'i. ,„
N'onn ,.,
Vino. ,,,
Von.., ,..
Ti\ii.«flve,
V,)ii,.',..
Vot k.;Own,
line .„
None ,,,

."S'one. .,.

.Voile ...
Viiiie ,,,

Vone '".
i'iiirt«y.
Thr,' ...

Till

I'uih) .„
si.v.
Vol,.. ...

ihn* ..,

Xotie

I'liivc .„
Voue. „,
.Von,'. ...

VlllK. ...

I'wi i.:y-four.

V ine.
.None.

\Ian.T Bcriously Impressed.

>ne.
janr.'it say.

Ves

Ves, ISSfllCT ll»r;id,

N'o, ".'.. ".'„ ',','. "..

.N'o

Ves, Missionary lioi. ...

Xo. '.'.'. '.'.'. ".'.. ",.

Yes, Missionary llox.

Xo, ,„

Xo. .'.'.' '". '". "..

N'o

.Vo

Xo, ".'.. '.'.'. '■'■'■ '.'.'

Xo, !!! !!! '.'.'. '.'..

Ves

Xo, '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'.
Xo

Ves, behalf of eh ildren of India ..
S'es. eolleetion eaeh Sabbath,
Xo, but about beKinniiiK,

es,

Ves

>'es, once a month,
Ves, £21 last year.

Mittlo

Ves

Ves. ...
Ves.

N'o

Ves, C2f) P, C, Ms,, £1 l.'is Kno.x Col,

Ves

Ves, .ClSllis

Ves.

Ves, £15 p ann, extras occasionally

Ves, £10 last year.

Xo,

Ves,

Xo,

Ves,

Xo.

Ves.

Ves,

Y(.s,

Yi'S,

Ves,

Xo,

I", .\re the penpt(. In .vour vlelnll.t

alive to lb,. Iniportaneeof

SabliathSehoolsV

Missionary Box.
sujiport orphan in India,

£21 l,'js,6d,.
tl.'i.
£21.
£1S.

Yes

Xo, ;." '.'.'. '.'.'.

Yes, £.1 to Biblo Society...

Ves.

Y'es, £22 15S, last year, ..,

Yes

Xot regularly. ...

Xo. ■

Yea, monthly, .,,

Yes, £1(1 7s, (id. last year..

Not asdesiri'il.
I'art of them are.

Many are.

Ves,

\ es, ileeideilly.

Considerable."

Xot at all.

Xot fully,

.Vot ifeni-ndly.

Somewhat.

N'o,

Yes.

• hily partially

(Generally ves.

Xo.

ry fc w,
(bily a few,
Onl.v partially,
'They are not.
Generally not,
Xot ireuerally.
Very few,
I'nrtially,

Yes,
Yes.

Xot as much as desired
Xot fnllv,
l'ol(.rabfy so.
Some are.
heeomliiK more so.

es.
Partially so,
Xot,

I'artiall.y.
Fear not,
Vo.

I'luee.fonrthsdeatl.onc-foVthaliVi"
(ienerally so.
(ienerally so.
Xot as would wish.
Xot lus they ought.
Yes,

Alius! 110.
Hut a few.
S(.areely half alive.
Xot particularly so,
I think they aro.
They are not.
I'artially so.
Yes.

I'artially so.
Think they aro
Xot the least,
Xo, not 'iiiite dead,
(ienerally.
Xot sulllciently so,

Ocuerally so,
Xot wry,
Xot much.
Xot very.

Xot as much as desired

Yes.

Xot as much as they ought.

Xot sulllciently.

Ves,

.Moilerately so.

Some are.

They are.

To a certain degree,

Itatlier careless.

They are,

Y'(..s.

liidiiTcrent,

Ves.

Y'es.

Many of them.

Yes,

Xot snlliciently

Ves.

Xot enough.

Vi.'s, g(.nerally,

A few not.

Some are so.

Some partially so,

Xot .sndieieutly,

A number are.

.It /;

J If;

■■■ K

f ',

I ;.-f;.,T • ' »"

i ."

JAL RET

>r.-

10.

ulnrcftuwf

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v..

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rir

.','. •'•'• ••

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I'vv

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,..

... ... ..

... ',.'.

... ... .

i:ii

... ... .

I'o

.. ... .

f'n

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... ...

(Vr

... ... .

...

.Vi

... ... .

i'v

.. ... .

I'M

Fil

)AL Ml

ulnr I'lumc i

o
h

l"\v

No
I'lf
Vf
No
N.i

, I'vv

. N'l
. No

i'of pnrfiits.

■r«

Ko
To

; No

. St.'
. On
. No

■ Xe
,. Nc
,. Nc

!". Ne
.. i)n
.. i:ii
.. Or
.. I'o

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.. X<

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.. \<

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STATISTICAL RETURNS.

DESIRXATION OF SCHOOL.

I.OCAT.IXrKS.

(The nuuibiTS hi llic left hirnil cnluniii refer t(
llie lists of delegates, A:e.)

m^U

l.fli Osimbniek Secdiid (.'o:iirrc(:iiliiiiial,

ly l<iii!;st,iii ('(iiit-'ret-'aliiiiiiil

lUl l<iii).'sti)ii Wetlejnn

lU-U'uatit'i)(tk,

IWiNt. I.<mi3 lie Odiiznfruc', P.K

l!'i|Marklmin t'diitrre^'ii'iinial

ISI.'i Watenliiwii Wesli'jan,

llH'iKarineisville liiiiMi,

1117 . Matilda 12II1 SeliiKil Scetion

1(1"' VValsDu's L'linierH,

urn llamiltdii,

2(111 ,'iaiiiahe, Silidol Seetidii 12, rnioii,

2(11 I'lii-diitd SecnndCmasrepitidiial

2if,;!\tluil, (ilciiK.avry, I'resb.vteriaii

2ii.'>;ilaMmianil

2iillM<irrislmr(r

2(1.") liraiiiptdii, Gor(!,

201 lidltdi

2(17 Stratlimv •

2ii!> Miltmi Uiiidn

2(11) rnkiiown,

21(1 -Jearlioru' Church of Scotland,

211 Ciikiiowii,

212 Oniiio Hilile Christian,

21;i liiknown,

214()akville I'rcslivterian Clnirch of Canada,

ai.'iOdiltown, C. li

21(i|l'nkndWii,

217 Newmarket Congropitional,

21si Montreal St. I'aid's rlmreli of Scotland

21!ii.\ai>aiiee I'nitodl'resbytorian

22ii;|iiith liiion

221 Cnkiiowii,

22:: South Monaghai. "Jnion, 3rd Section

228'rariiiprsville ^lethodist Kpiscoj)al,

22l|.\lai'khnm We.slevaii

22r,!\Villow Dale V'nion

22(i| Jlont real Union, Colborno Avenue,

227!liath Uoad Primitive Jlethodist,

22NiKin)r^ton Primitive Jlotliodist,

22',i Kintrston Township, 2nd Con., Presbyterian, ..

23l)i(;iielpli United Presbyterian,

231 ilJuilin's Creek Union,

232'liarri(! Weslevan

233]Ui-adtbrd Wesleyan,

2;U|\\'oolwich Union

= 1 =

23.^>:Haptist, (ineljih...
2;5i; ritt.vburi; 1,'nion,

2.')7 lirockviUo Presbvtorian Chnrch of Canada,
23s(iiieliili Primitive .Metliodist,

2t2
213
211
21.1
21(
2-17
2ls

23'.i:l.aneiuster Trout IVushvteri.'in

21():(Jnebec Weslevaii

211 toronlo Wesleyan, .Vdelaide Street,

" " Yorkvillo,

" " ISeikley Street,

Montreal Chnreh of Scotland, St. Andrew s,

" Wesleyan, (ireat St. .lames Street,

" Cote Street Presb'n Church of Canada,

Simcoe Baptist

Xapam.'o Wesleyan

2U)|UnKno\vn,

2jt)il"iiknoNV"n,

25 1 1 Portsmouth, Kintistou, Church of Scotland,

2.'j2 siiei-brooke C'oufrreiratifHial

2.).'i' London Wesleyaji, Adelaide Street,

251 " Uniteil Presbvt(!rian

26.-I " Jiible Christian,

2.)(i " Preshyteriau Church of Can.ada,

2.57 " Wesliyaii

2js " New t'onncctiou Methodist,

2.")U " Congregational

2(1(1 Edwardsburgh Union,

2(11 Pctcrhoro' Presln ti.'rian Church of Can.Kla,

2()2 Kinirsev, C. 1)., AVeslevan

2(13 Dnrh.am, C. K., Wesleyan

2IU Melboimic, C. E., Weslevan

2iM HellevUle Church of Scotland,

2!'>'l London Wesleyan

2117 Kdwardsburgh Uinon,

2(;s Whitby

2ii'.i Sniitlitown

27d Clinton

2(1 lliintiiigdon, C. 10., Wesleyan

27- 1/niark 'rownship Wesleyan

273 Pel 111 IVeshytenaii C'lnireh of Canada, ...
27.') Diindas Presbyterian Church of Canada,...

27ti Zorra, Oxford,

277 Koss Township, PorrestcT's Falls, Union,

27h Stratford Congregational,

2711 Unknown,

2.SII Unknown,

2S1 Bungannou Wesleyan

12
12
13
12
.|
II
13
1

12
Id
11

11
2

1(1
fi

1(1
1(1
VJ

yo
7

8
4
7

1(1

1."
i
7
.5

13
II
4

311

T(i
11
1

1.-,

1(1

IB
•I

34
11

3203

,3.'

Sfis

'"21

1(11
ti.'

Si
32

111
.11

3.-
30
B.-
811

13(
(III
5(
41
8(1

1(«.
41
8C
fl(l
9.-
.■)!:

10:.
C(i

Ifld
(li.

nuin bers
3.-,
51
fii
3f,
(i;

12.-

Ill
27i.

"'1.'
41

3::
.■12
3(i
K
■11
S(
2."
31
7.'
Ill
111
41
.Hi
3(1
f..-.
fill
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30
4.-)
4<i
(1.-1
2d

*io

311
32

«l

given

2.*

s:,

■1.1

2052

Rli
31

41
45

3!<

.111

2.-,('

11(1

nil

lOi
3111
1.->I

7."
,1(1

Ifi."
4i
7i:
(ii

10(

fill
»(

211.

12'

1.17

1.-

4."

25:

41
81
71
2;
81
71
ill
(i:
('>(

2134'.

31.

311

4.1

1,111

121

811

511

7.1

21111

11(1

,111

1,10

lUi

■III

7.''

211

103

12(1

411

(15

3(1

2.1

2(1(1

5fl

211

(il

60
3!
43
06
51
ISII

70
101109

7 Cninimred with previous years, is your school prosperous

aiiil if so, what was the increasi\ duriUL' the piust year,

— orotlicrwise what ivas the loss 'r

2crh

3 Ali'iiit same

10 Kill hn- so.

4(iAi I'v iJidsperous indeed.

n-y Id any no

Jlncreil^e

13lncreil-e

15( (iiislintly iinprnvinit

27 lii'i'ivasc. H. .\I. School opened.
20lnii-e!i-e

A''"Mt same

12 liiiTeii-.e

(jiiite pro.sDcrons

15^1 s it is

Pn'spcrdiis

A'pdut same

liMlirdving

12 Increase

10 Prosperous

6 Increase

6 Much tlio sanio

6 Increase

llilh.crease

> Increase

lliccrciise

5 Stationary,

') Nd perceptible dillerencc. ...

Loss. Gain.

12 \

Pro'.perous,

liecrcasc

I'rosperous.

Increase

Iiecrcase

I'rospcrdus.
Pi-dspcrons.
Pmsperons.
Pr.>..p(. rolls.
l'rd,,|>erdiis.
About the same...
Midiil the same...

Increase.

35 Prdspcroiis,
4 Alidiit the same...
About the same...
Prosperous.
Prosperous.
Cdimneiiccd Xovember, 1350..

Much the same..

20ll'|■n^pel•OUS

2iljlMcn'Usc. ...

15,Prdsperous

.. ilmreas"

50;Prdspcroii3

311 Prosperous

.. |Prc.;pcrous ' ...

35jAb(mt same

(iiPi'dSpcroua

6 About same

61 ,

4 Dccrcaso

10, Increase

.. 'Increase

25j\ery prosperous.

S.Prosperous

O'Prosiierous

10|

20iAbdutsame

«i,

4iIiierea.so

3;liecre.ase

»|

15.1iicrca,sing.

4',Vbi tilt same

fiConnneuced Xovembcr, 1850,.

4;lner(.:tsiiig.

4'Abiait same

fllnerease

lOi ..-.

6 Increa.sc

Siliicrease

7il>ccrease

... ICdnnucnecil May, 18.10

12|Prosperou3

... jProsperoua

13 Only six months opened. .,

2333

12.1

2153

. Is your school
closed during an.v
porfiou of till
year?

■No

!No

[Ni

|ln winter. ,

l^:"

iNo

iSix months.
INo

.\o. ...

In winter.

No. ...

9. Is it suffering from any particular cnuso f

No.
No.

ng live months

inter

I'Miri
In w
In \v

In winter

In whiter

I hie month closed,

.No

No. '.'.'. '.'.'.

'sj;;: :;: ;;:
is;;:: :;: ::;

iNo

S'N'o

iXo

[No. :;; z
i.No

N<i

,, INo

,. ;No

4 Yes

.. iNo

„ !No

., No

., I During winter.
., JIhiring winter.

lO'.No

.. iNo

.. !No

■ ■ iNo

.. No

.. !No

During winter.

Two months,..

Want of teachers

Siiilnble room. Lack of teachers. ...

None

Want of intci^'st

Want of ininisterial encouragement,

l-'or want of zeal in iiarcnts

I'avern in ncigliliorhood

Cliic.lly indiHercnce of church.

Lack of teachers

.\o

Non-attendanco of ii,arcnts

More earnestness.
Want of teaches.

None

No '" '" '" '.'.'. '.'.'. '." 'Z '.

Prineiiial want, teachers

Want of teachers ami countenance of parents,.

Want of teachers.

Indill'erenee of parents.
It is from niaiiy causes.

Want of teachers.

Indill'eronce of parents.
No,..

Indiirerencc

Want of teachers.

No,.

.No

Ves.one. ,,.
Ves. several.

Lncrgy in parents.

.No

No.;r z. z. z. z.

Want of good libr.ary

\ pat liy of parents

,\patliy of parents

\pathy of iiarcnts

Want of unity and zeal.

None

.None

Want of being open all year.
Not aware ol any

No,!!' !!! !!! !!! !!

10. How many
of the scho-
lars are
members oi
the church ':

rwcnty-llve...,

None ...
.Nono ...
Kil'tcen.
Very few,
.Nono ...
None ...
Pour ...
I'wo. ...
None ...
None ...

Nino
t'wo.

Four
Ten.

204

No.
No.
Xo.

Priestly iiillucncc.

Nono.

Nono ..
Seven.,
(hie. .,
None ..

.None ..
.Nono ..
.Nono ..

-None ..
Olio. ..
Light..
One. ..
Four ..

Two. ..
.Nono .,

iVne. !!
None .,
Four .,
.None ,,
None ..
None .,

Niine

Twenty.
T'welve.

Seven

.None

Thirty." !!

.\ono

Three

Fifteen.'

None

Two

None

Nono

.Nono ...
Four ...
.None ...

Two

.None

Si.x

.None ...
.None ...
None ...
Twenty-five..
None ...
None ...
Ten

Niud ...
I''.ightecn. .
Nono ...
None ...
None ...

Five.

STICAL 'KETJJTiNS.— Continued.

ny particular cause?

touchers....

uraj^cmont.

its.'.'.'.

lurcli.

'iits

nnt(Mianco of parents...

1 year.

10. TIow many
of the .selici-
liirs are
ini'uilior.s c'l
the elmrch;

II. IIow many would not lie uiidor any roliijinu^

inslnicliop, wi'i'i' it not for tho

Saljliatli .Seliodlr

rwcnty-flvc

N'ono ...
Ximo ...
Kirteen.
Very few.
N'ono ...
.Nonn ...
l''(jiir ...
I'vvo. ...
N'ono ...
N'ono ...

N'ino
r«o.

Kour

N'ono ..
Seven..
One. ..
N'ono ..

None .
N'ono .
N'ono .

N'ono .,
(•no. .,
Kiffht.,
Ono. .,
I'our .

I'wo. .
.N'ono .

r>'no. '.
.N'ono .
Four .
.None .
N't)no .
N'ono .

.Vone ...

Twontv,
■I'wclve.
Seven...
.None ...

riiirty."
None ...
I'hreo...

Kifteen.'
None ...
None ...
Two. ...

r»('lve. ...
I'ifty.

None.

I'lui't say ...
Ten .
Kive.

One-liair ...
\ wioil many.
T^venty-nve.
Kitihtecn ...
.Many of them.
.None.

Thirty,
i'wenty.

.Vfew

Twenty-five.

Six

Twenty

I'our

annot say.

rwenty

Two-thirds.

.N'ono

•"amiot say.

Twelve

None

Unknown

Six

ITiiirty

N'ono

\\ ninnher.

One-half

One-third

.Most of them. ..
.Vhont one-third..

l'(n\r

A eon,-;ider.ible nuniher.

Very few

I'ort.v

Twentv-live

Ten

Fifty to sixty

N'ono ...

N'nue Twentv.

Cannot tell

Fifteen

lieioK a mission sehool, many wonUl.
Few, iran.y

.None

Four

.None

Two

.None

Six

.N'ono ...
N'ono ...
None ...
Twenty-nvc..
N'ono ...
None ...
■Ten

N'ino ...
Fiithteen. .
None ...
N(jno ...
None ...

Five. ...

,V large portion

Have no idea.

Xot many...
V(TV few ...
One-thii-a...
One-half. ...

None

Tau'l say

Thirty

Fifteen or twenty.

Four

N'o!io

One-half.

O M U

o a ^

i;i. Have yon a repilar Tenehers' AleetinB; nnd|"'=.'
if vn w it IViv iiravi'v. i)V for the stndv of ■ " J £

2011 N'o.

2011
l.'-.o'
tnii
leii;
21
;ii>o'
;i."o'
2,-,ii
leo;
2.'»o
300
. 130

?.-|0

None,
i.'in

if so, is it for prayer, or for the study of
the lesson, or both'r

Oncc.T month, for lioth.

Ves, ^tnily of lessf)n. ...

I teeasional, for ijraycr and business. ...

Only oceasionally.

Oeeasion.'illv. ...

N'o, no jira.vr nieetini; in Township. ...

Miinthly, for business...

N'ono ...

I'raver and business monthly, lesson weekly.

N'o.

Good

Fifteen , ... , ., , ,..

Fiftv-three. (No. of Bohemian child'ii at'g sell 1.
Thiitv

)ceasional, for sehool ninnagcment.

till' Vono

nine None

2I1II .Monthly, for prayer.

(IIIO

l.nnO
riOOXo.

2lot

bin Oeeasional, for husuicss.

2oii,Xone ...

300 Ves, for jirayer.

2."i(i

;i(io

20oN'o. ... ... ...

.5001 ... ... ...

ISUiN'o. ...

.'!oo .N'o roKular meetinBS. ...

2.-ni:No

im No. ...
2oo;Vos. ...
4iili:..ono ...
3oo!No. ...

... !

loo'Xo. ... ... ...

l.'pO Ves, for prayer, i'c. ...

•M ...

40|''No

1st No

n»iO )iie monthly, prayer ; one monthly, business.
13.V Lesson aiVlJiusuiess ...
2ooJNo. ...

2 .Monthly for Prayer ...

lool

loiiYes '.'.'. '..'. ..',

."lOo Not yi-ry refruiar for IJiisiuess, re.mdar for Vryr.

coo I'liiyi'v. monthly,

■>oo I'niver anil eoiisultatioii, monthly.

;ioii: Prayer, ,ve., Monthly ...

iMiOjiJ\iarterly and oeeasional,

O'jo I'laver nionthly, and c;very Sabbath

:loi. Wei'klv, for (tuily of lesson

•IIHij Yes, both

';ilS We have both.'.'.' !.'." '.'.'.

soIno

200 (Juarterly, Sehool in eoimtry, ...
b«' No

1011
no!

2."io'
l.-.o'
l:lo;

3,-.l
101
200
.'100
■too

l,-)0

I'lOd

2.-I0
220
200
Ml
40O
300
120

400

201

"ioo

3011

Ool'

lioth

stuilv of Lesson weekly
McoIhlyViusiness, weekly lesson
Yes. jirayer and business
iloiillily for biishiess ...
Ves, for prayer,

N'one i'or some time ...

Prayer and business ...

linsiiicss and mutual improvement

No, but intend to have
No, but intend to have ono

N'o

N'o .'.'.' .'.'.' '.'.'.

Not reirnlar ...
Monthly prayer
No

67105

I,',, Row many, if any, were the
conversions in your school
• during tlie past year V

],-.

I'ifiien ...
No,! ...

Vol*). .".'.'

tDoirt know.

N'ono. ...
[N'oiB. ...

.''i|NrtH0. ...

Four. ...

I'iva

liou't know.

[Nmc

TjOiii'

(ilN'oiio. ...
I L'lit made credible profession

None. ...
.Vone. ...

None. ...

Do not know. ...
1 '.■iniiot tell.
None. ...
('III'.

"noral...
N'one. ...
Nime. ...

'r«-n, ".'. ',',
None. ...

12
10

Don't know any!."
N'ono. ...

None. ...

l,-i Not aware.
l'o'rl,\!Fivp.
!i Not any...

"sori'lcii'ty .'.'.

.. 'Two.

13! Fourteen.
., One Teacher.
a lielieve two.

N'ono. ...
('nnnot tell.
Don't know.
llon't know.
Don't know.

Cniinot say.
None. ...
N'one. ...
None. ...

12 None.
.. None.
.. N'one.
.. None.
.. None.
.. Nine.

Look for fruit.
One.

None. ...
Six.

N'ono.

1(1. Ts your sehool in the habit ol
doing anything for .Missions V

Yes, weekly Bible Society.

.V good deal.

.No

No. ;;! '.'.'. '.'.'.

Yes, weekly collection ...

Yes, .£.') 149. last year. ...

Not regularly. ...

Y'es.

No, but in contemplation.

No. '.'.'. .'.'.' ." '•

Support two Indian Orjihans, 4c,

Sfo. '.'.'. '.'.'. '.'.'. '■'■

Yea.

Yes

Not yet

No.

Yes.

No. !'.! '.'.'. '.

Doing much.

Yes.

No. ... . ... „ ,

Have a Missionary Box .

Yes.
Y'es,

i;:i7 last Christmas week...
Yes.

Yes

t7 last Christma.s.

Support two Orphans in India.

j;tis3s. 8d. last.vear.

£27 Os. 3d. last year.

Yes, monthly. ...

Support Olio orphan in India.

Yes.

Yes. ... ... ...

.£19 9s. last year...
Yes.

Yes

Yes.

fii last year.

Yes

N'o

Yes

Yes.

ii\r> annually F. C. Mission.

Yes.

Sunport an orplian.
lAstyear£4179. (id.

Not yet...

Yes, Bible Society.

Support two orphans in India.

17. Are the people in ynur vicinity

alive to the importance of

Salibath Schools y

They apjienr to value f hem.
.\ppear to bo.

No.

They arc alive.

.No.

Small part only.

-■Mt-asumbly so.

Some yes, some no.

Far, far from it.

No.

liecoming so.

Ves, room for more.

In some measure.

.Not generally.

Not sudleicntlj; so.

Not mneh, until recently.

To some extent.

Not nearly so much as should be.

Many arc.

Yes.

Very ncL-Iigent.

Much room for improvement.

.Vre not.

N'o.

.\ few, but not generally.

They are.

No.

Not equal to importance of work.

Ves.

No.

No.
Cienerally.

Yes.

Only a few.

I'artially.

Yes.

Yes,

Tcs.

Not siifTleiently.

Believe so.

Uy no means.

.\n unfavorable neighborhood.

.No.

Ves.

They arc.

They are.

No.

Yes.

Not as should be.

Yes.

No.

Very much so.

Yes.

Not much.

No.

They are not.

No.

No,

Careless and indifferent.
Cannot .say they .are.
T'o some extent.
To a certain extent,
nerally they are.
.Seem not,

Ves, but want moro life still.
Think they are.
Some are, not all.
Not as much as could wish.

Peeling favorable.

Not so much aa they ought.

1 1- _ I J ,

f ...v..

'I :■

BTATISXICAL fiUMMARY.

SUMMAiLY 01' Till'] PKECEDlXr, SADBATII SCHOOL RETLTRXS.

1 — Total iiunil»;r of Teacln rs

2 — Avi,'raj;>> aiioiiihiiici,' of TfUt'luM-.s

i'i — Total iiLiinbur uF Scholars

4 — AvLTai,'c atU'iidaiicc uFSrlioiars

fj — \uml)('i- of Scholars over IG ye,..^ of n'su

fi — Xmiiber of Sfholai-s iimlci- (i yuars of a.i;i,>

'7 — Xumbur of Scho(jl.s which reiiorl au increase in the number of ydiolars during

the year

Do do I'C'iKa'ted iis ))eiii'.'; stationary

Do do which report a decrease in the number of Scholars

during the year

Do do reported as newly organized

Increase of Scholars 2153

Number of scholars gathered into new Schools 1497

aiioO
Decrease of scholar* 204

Total increase 3446

Of those wiio report favourably, but do not give figures, a few say
" very large increase," a greater number say " large increase," the
majority say " iirosperous."

The decrease in some Schools is accounted for by the formation of new schools.
8 — The number of Schools reported as closed during a porliou of the year, is. . . .

A'ijter being the Season, and the time 2, 3, 4, 5 or G months.

"- i,/)od many Schools report that they arc suflcring from particular cauges, of
these the fnUowing are observable : —

AVaut of the t'o-o|ieraliou of parents.

A\';uit of Teachers.

A\'aiit of ])0(i1;h.

Sabbath School not appreciated.

Priestly iutlaeuce.

10 — Number of Scholars reported as being members of the Church

11 — But few Schools return definite answers to the question "How many would
not be under any religious in-;truclion were it not for the Sabbath
Schncd." Tiie char.'icter of the answers received, however, leads to the
belief that the aggregate must be large. The answers iu iigures and

per ceutagcs give

12 — Number of books in Libraries

13 — About ](iO Schools reply that they have no Teachers' meetings. A majority of
the balance report monthly meetings for prayer and busines:., a few re-
]iort monthly meetings for each, several report weekly meetings for tiie
study of the lesson and prayer and a good uuiuy report tiuarterly or
irregular meetings.
14 — The answers to the question '-"What is the average atleuihinre of Teachers
at the meeliny," show that it is much higher at some Schools than it is
at others. The general average is apparently below tvvo-thlrds.
15 — Number of Conversions during the past year iu the various Schools which
liave reported.
A few scholars are alluded to as inquiring or under serious impression
IG — 123 Schools I'eport tiiat they are in the habit (,f doing something for misjions.
Several are supporting Oridians in India. The largest amount reported as
collected in one School during the year, is X'Crf 3s. iSd.
17 — The answers to the ([ue-lion '• Are the peo|)le in your vicinity alive to the ini-
jiortauce of Sabballi Schools," are necessarily merely indie:itive.
They show that much remains to bo done for the Sabbath School caude
ill Canada.

3203
2G52
2334U
IGGGt*
2078
2333

166

1002

2900
67105

368

DELEOATJS PRESENT AT THE CONVENTION,

I' .J •: f

18-
226-
191-
191-

150-
26T-

147-
147-
148-
157-

92-

71-

74,
6-

19-

22-

22-
182-
18G-
183-

20-
111-

49—

227-
222-

252-
240-

14-

28-
108-

90-
147-
155-
15G-
IGl-
]«0-
178-
194-
191-
266-
101-

DELEGATES PRESENT AT THE CONVENTION, KINGSTON.

February lltli, 12th and 13th, 1857.
The numbers before the names refer to the Statistical Rcturnt,

-Ainsley, Richard Wesleyan Methodist S. School.... Guelph,

-Ad.inis, Austin Union S. School Montreal.

-Andrews, G. W Wesleyan Methodist S. School ) ■nr!n:„,.,o,.!ii» „«., i.-i^„=t««

-Anglin, Win Wesleyan Methodist S. School \ ^ •"'amsville, near Kingston.

Askew, Thos Church of England S. School Kingston.

Andrews, Joseph Bible Christian S. School J5owmauvilIe.

Araas, Andrew Union S. School Osliawa.

Arltsey, A Wesleyan Methodist S. School.. Barrio.

-Armstrong, E Wesleyan Methodist S. Scliool.. Ottawa City.

-Armstrong, II Union S. School Edwardsburgh.

Aylsworth, Robert Union S. School Odessa.

Allice, A Bible Christian S. Scliool Oshawa.

-Beclcet, J. C Canada S. School Union Montreal.

-Burrell, John Q. Sub. Wes. Meth. S. School... .Montreal.

-Bedwell, C. P Q. Sub. Wes. Meth. S. School. .Montreal.

-Baylis, James Congregational S. School ...... Montreal.

-Boyd, J. T Free Church S. School Brantford.

-Burpee, Rcvd. A Congregational S. Scliool Montreal.

► Beadle, Deloa St. Catherine's S. School Union . St. Catherines.

-Bond, Hiram Union S. School St. Vincent.

-Brebner, James Union S. School Brooklyn.

-Best, Thomas Union S. School ) ivr..„.,+ t>1oo=o„4 n„.i,=«,

-Best William Union S. School \ ^*°"°* Pleasant Durham.

-Byrne, James, junr Congregational S. School Whitby.

-Bartlett, Wm Union S. School North Ely.

-Bone, Thomas F Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Bowmanville.

Begg, Wm London S. School Union London.

-Burns, Wm Free Church S. School Stratford.

-Bird, James Union S. School 1 Con. Co. ofYork,Playbro Cor's.

Bellamy, J. B Union S. School North Augusta.

Berry, W. H Baptist S. School Hamilton.

Bird, J Whitby.

Barber, Chas Montreal.

Baker, John Primitive Methodist S. School. .Bath.

Barnard, J Union S. School South Monaghan.

Bredin R Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Cobourgh.

Benson, J. R Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Petcrboro.

Bullard, Rev. A Massachusetts S. School Society. Boston.

■Brooks, Wm Congregational S. School Sherbrooke.

•Betts, Rev. J. E Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Quebec.

Butler, John Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Brighton.

Banthill, Mosea Whitby.

Barker, Rev. E Eramosa.

Beary, W. H Hamilton.

Bartlett, Wilder Union S. School Metcalfe Hill.

Bround, John Brantford.

■Campbell, Duncan Union S. School Carleton Place.

■Cooper, Morris Union S. School Newcastle.

■Craig, Wm Baptist S. School Port Hope.

-Cade, Rev. M Primitive Methodist S. School. .Toronto.

-Connelly, R Q. Sub. Wes. Meth. S. School.. .Montreal.

-Christie, P Congregational S. School Green Island, W. Martintown.

-Campbell, Robt Wesleyan Methodist S. Scliool. .Brooklyn.

-Croty, H Church of England S. School. . IngersoU.

-Cleghorn, D Wesleyan Metliodist S. School. .Port Hope.

-Craig, R Free Church S. School Cornwall.

•Cash, D Congregational S. School Markham.

-Clark, Jos Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Kingston.

-Caldwell, Thos London S. School Union London.

-Campbell, P Campbell's Corners.

Chase, Jas Union S. School Oshawa.

Chany, A Unknown.

. Ogdensburgh, N. Y.

Chown, S Wesleyan Methodist Central S.S. Kingston.

Cosby, R Primitive Methodist S. School. . Kingston.

DELEQATES PRESENT AT THE CONVENTION.

UDgston.

lurban.

[Playbro Cor's.

far tin town.

Cane, Robt United Presbyterian S. School. .Yorkville.

Crony, John Free (Jhurcli S. Scliool Belleville.

Chidlaw, Rev. W. B American S. School Union. . . . Cincinnati, Ohio!

Comer, Jos Union S. School Yonge St., Toronto.

56 — Carman, Albert Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Matilda.

102— Clondinnen, Wm G. Town Wcs. Meth. S. School, . Montreal.

Cochran, A Church of England S. School. .Ingersoll.

246— Campbell, John Free Church S. School Montreal.

Chamberlain, Eliaa O Wesleyan Methodist S. School.. North Blenheim.

254 — Cramley, John .United Presbyterian S. School. .Belleville.

5— Calvin, Baptist S. School Kingston.

36— Borland, James Union S. School Percy.

43 >

. . > Dempsey, Rev. J Baptist S. School St. Andrews.

48— Davis, Paul Free Church S. School Hull.

142 — Dersteen, John .....Union S. School South Wilmot.

187 — Dickson, W Baptists. School Montreal.

93 — Dugdale, H Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Kingston.

191 — Douglass, Rev. G Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Kingston.

20— Dunn, Wm Free Church S. School Stratford.

102— Dayfoot, P. W Union S. School George Town

Dobson, P Baptist S. School Port Hope.

105 — Duncan, H Union S. School Camden.

Davis, J Union S. School Yonge St., Toronto.

248 — Detler, G. H Wesleyan Jlethodist S. School. .Napanee.

Dobbs, Rev. P. W Church of England S. School. . Portsmouth.

Duggan, H Kingston.

Douglas, Rev. J Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Montreal.

154 — Dobson, Peter School Sec. No. G, n.'r Hamilton

27c — Demorest, D. L Harrington.

40-

Denison, Rev. C. W Baptist S. School Buffalo, N. Y.

138-

-Edwards, G Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Oshawa.

Elliot, Rev. J Canada S. Sch'l Union Montreal.

-Evans, H. J Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Port Dover.

199 — Edgan, W Congregational S. School Hamilton.

232 — Edwards, James Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Barrie.

Evans, John Toronto.

Ferrier, Hon. J Canada S. Sch'l Union Montreal.

29 — Fraser, Wm United Presbyterian S. School.. Goderich.

39 — Forrester, Jaa Free Church S. School Melrose.

Fenwick, G. J Congregational S. School Kingston.

239 — Fraser, Alex Union S. School Lancaster Front.

Fraser, Donald Union S. School Toronto.

Frost, John Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Owens Sound.

231— Ferguson, Willard Union S. School DufKn's Creek.

217 — Ford, Congregational S. School Newmarket.

Forster, Geo United Presbyterian S. School . . Smith's Falls.

Fergusson, D Free Church S. School Montreal.

Fergusson, W Kingston.

Foote, J. D Massachusetts S. School Society. Buffalo, N. Y.

243 — Foster, James Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Toronto.

218— Gibson, T. A Church of Scotland S. School. .Montreal.

134— Goodfellow, P Free Church S. School Bradford.

45 — Gelding, Geo Congregational S. School Toronto.

Grafton, F. G Congregational S. School Montreal.

-Galway, S St. L. Sub. Wes.Meth. S. Sch'l. . Montreal.

Gordon, David Pickering.

Grey, W Baptist S. School Port Hope.

Gemmell, A Free Church S. School Toronto.

9 5 — Goodhue, J. L Union S. School Danville.

Hagar, Geo Canada S. School Union Montreal.

1— Hodgskin, Rev. T. J Free Church S. School Doon.

42— Hiblmrd, P. V Union S. School St. Andrews

58 — Hill, Thos Union S. School Lancaster.

lOG — Halloway Congregational S. School Brockville.

114— Hughes, G. S Union S. School Bowmanville.

119 — Hinman, Smith Union S. School Cramahe.

200 — Hyde, Levi J Union S. School Cramahe.

Hendrey, Thos Congregational S. School Mca'd. Road, Kingston.

Flolmes, R. A Congregational S. School Kingston.

Hart, R. D Baptist S. School Whitby.

145 — Harcourt, Geo Congregational S. School Toronto.

63-

DELEOATEg mESEST AT THE CONVEXTIOS.

i m

Hamilton, Wm Church of Scotland S. School. . Ottawa City.

Iliirpsco, AuKJS

lliirlbui't', 8 I'l'i'th.

E. T...

, . . Fnlciiown liochcstci-, X. Y.

IpjO

203-

JlunUiig'ton,

Hill, li. S I'liiou S. School Xorili Cnn-c.

Hone, 'LMios. S AVi'sloyim .MiMhoclist S. School. .Uowiuanville.

) Union S. Scliool Kinp.si'V.

■ > Hethrington, J Union H. School .Millioiiiiio.

J Union S. School Diivhnin.

Jfuni])hrcy, Rev. J. L.... Malone, X. Y.

ircrrick,

21
I'll

140

I4i;

240

-Ivc., ,J
-lron,si(U',
-Irwin, K.
-.la IK'S, D

lU'V. J. 11.

J. A

.Union S. School.

Il-
ea

178'

104-

Oj-

171-

14G-

14H-

40.

47-

51-

-Malonc, X. Y.

Sic. Xo, 4, Cramahe.

[''cruns.

, Xew Connection SIc'dist S. Scli'l. Montreal.

1' American Presbyterian S. S Montreal.

W Wesieyan .MellKHJiHt Central S.S. .Montreal.

Jcll'ry, J Wesieyan .Melhoilist Central S. S.Montreal.

Irwin, S. P Uni(jn S. Seliool Aurora Co. York.

Ivingston, Prof '.\esleyan Methodist S. School. . (.'obour.Ech.

— Kilpalrick, John Union S. School Scarboro.

— Jeti'ers, itev

I ,.',

47-
67-

88-
128-

■37-
189-
201-

3:>-

11-

27,'i-

228-

8S-

,'')8-

liiO-

1 Ha-
ls S-

Kerr, "\Vm United Presbyterian S. School. . Toronto.

-Kilgour, J Free Church S. School Cornwall.

Keoiigii, Picv. Thos Wesleyan .Methodist S. School. . Porismoutli, near Kingston.

Keith, (ico Fn.'c Church S. School I'elh'ville.

Kay, Robi Aultsville.

Kilbourn, David AVesleyau Metliodist S. Scho(jl. . Plaltsville.

-Louson, John Union S. School Jloulreal.

-Lacy, \V. P Primitive -Metlujilist S. School . .Uramijton.

-Latimer, .1. T A\'e.--leyan .Melhodisl. S. School. .X(nnh tlower. ' ^

-Lyman, J5enj American Pres. S. School Montreal.

-Lyman, S. Jones ConsregiUional S. School .Montreal.

-jjake, E. P \Vesleyau .Methodist S. Sclioid. .t)shawa.

-Ivittlc, ('yrus Union S. School IJeamsville.

Luke, Jesse tlsliawa.

Loj^ie, Judg-e Church of Scotland S. School. .Hamilton.

-Lanton, Kev. II A\'esleyan .Methodist .S. School. .Prescott.

Laughlin, A A\'esleyan Methodist S. School. .Toronto.

Lovelace, K Union S. School Scarboro.

Lonrrman, Geo Torinito.

Milloy, -\. Canada Sunday School Union. ..Montreal.

-Minore, Wni Metliodist ICpiscopal S. S Othro near Ottawa.

-Merrill, M Union S. School IJeamsville.

-Millard, Rev. W'm Plymouth Urethren S. S Hram|)ton.

-Macalister, A Free l.'hurch S. School Kin,<;-ston.

-More, Wm Free Cliurch S. Scliool Quebec.

.Miller, Rev. J. i\I Unknown Oodcnslnirgh, N. Y.

-MundcU, A Free Church S. School Millbank.

-M.irgan, Wm Union S. School 2d C-on. t^snabruck.

-Marling, Rev. F. II Congregtitional S. Sclioid Toronto.

Massie, Wm Congregational S. School Jlontreal Village near Kingston.

-Massey, \V. A Wcslcyan .Methodist S. Scho(d. .Xewcastle.

-Moore, Robt Union S. School Emily.

-Miller, Robt Wesleyan .Mcthodir.t S. School. .Montreal.

Mindock, Peter Free <!hurch S. School Howiininville.

-Morris, W. J Church of Scotland S. School. . Perth.

-Mackie, Rev. J fSaptist S. School Kingston.

-Mathewson, J. A Wesleyan .Methodist S. School. . .Monti-cal.

-Mortimer, Ceo Congregational S. School Xewinaiket.

-\lackerras. Goo Ih-ockville.

--Maltras, J Primitive Melodist S. Scho(d. . Kingston.

-Mark ham, Rev. J I'^'ontenac.

-Mair, John, Al. D Free Church S. School Kingston.

-McLean, Hugh Union S. .'•'cliool Lancaster.

-McDonald, Rev. G Ciiiirch of Scotland S. School. .Fergus.

* /

-McCrae, .lo!

Weslevan Methodist

Sciiool. . Bov.'manville.

-McKay, I) Laiitcd Presbyti'rian S. S(diool. . -Montreal.

McPhail, Ed .Vew (Jonu'ction .Mc'd'st S. Sch'l. Toronto.

-McKillican, Rev. J Congregaiioiial S. Scliool M.irtintown.

McX

McFa

McK

airn,

J. X.

.Weslevan Methodist S. School. . Dicki

D Free t?hureh .S. School.

. Dundas.

nson's Landing.

ecluue,

R Free Church S. School St. Andrews.

DKI.EOATES PRESENT AT TIIK CONVENTION*.

Ston.

ingstOD.

> •

260-

70-
140-
'200-
2(15-
13G-

117-
141-
147-

180-
188-
220-

211—

251-
0-

78-
200-

41-

87-
lOtj-
120-

204—

4(3-

79-

8G-

lOG-

122-

58-

55-

101-

191-

64-
30-

237-
177-

McN'ovin, John Union S. School Kmiiy.

.AI<'I';ii'liiiu', (; M(lr(i.--p.

-McDoUiilil, W. K I'nion S. i^cliool Milw iinlHlnirgh.

Mcl'liiuil, Frcu (.'Inivcli S. School KintrHton.

Is'drniaii, Hugh I'liion S. Scliool Loyiliowii.

-N'll^niytli, Win I!a|ili.st S. Scliool Woodstock.

-Xt'lion, H. A Aincriciiu I'ro.-i. S. Schotjl Moiilrcal.

-Xnylor, Fniuccs liiqiliot H. School Tinliil;.'ar Sctllement.

-N'cilson, Goo Kclhvillc.

-Olivir. W. II Wosloyan >rctlioilist S. Scliool. . Taris.

(>'I.aii;rhlin, A. J Churc-liot' I']Mfrlan(l S. Schoc I . . Kinjiston.

(Mivcr, (Jco. II Cliurcli of Kn'j;hiiiil S. School. . Kiiiu.slon,

< 'liver, Anili'i"\- Wcslcyan Mi tiiodi.st S. Scliool. . Xorlli Dlcnhcim.

-Panlcc, A. 1* Union S. School Xoiili Aiij.'Uiia.

-I'ntchcnl, Rev. S. W. . . . Maiitlst S. Sdiool F,,iii Hill.

-I'ickup, K (^ Sill). \\'cs. Mclh. S, School.. . Monlrcal.

I'arsl

John

Si. li.Siib. M'c-i. .Mclh. S. Schl...\|oii(i'cul.

I'carsiui, W. II Wi'slcyan Melhoilisl S. School. .Toronto.

I'atoii, Laird rnitcd I'lcshytorian S. Scliool. . .Montreal.

Price, ]{. H I'nion S. School . . Malli.

Pearson, P. P I'nion S. School Xewniarket.

Pnrkiss, C4oo I'nion S. Scliool l)icliinson'.s Landing.

Plumerficld, (leo Wesle.van .Meihodist S. School. . .Maikhani.

Paterson, 1) I'liited Pre.-;!iyterian S. Scliool. .I'everly.

Parker, .1 I'nion S. School Caiiideii.

Pomroy, Dan .Methodist Episcopal S. Scliool. . KiiifTBton.

Pearson, F. T Toronto.

■Paton, John Church of Scotland S. School ..Kiiiu'^lon.

•Pomroy, U. I) .Methodist Kjiiscopiil !'>ro(d<ville.

•Poiihnni, Will I'liion S. Sidiool (i,-)^oode, Metcalfe Co.

■Purdv, Ilii'ain Union S. School Ciiininhc.

Porte, AV. .1 Picion.

Palton, J. juiir AVesleyan Methodist S. Scliool. . Toronto.

-Pioblin, Rev. P. J Union S. School Slicnnoiiville.

-Poliert.-;, E liible (."hristian S. Scho(d ('olioiiro'.

■Pobinson, Rev. R Uoiip'retratioiuil S. School lirockville.

■Rojrerson, Jidiii ("oiiirre^'ational S. Scli(;ol licjwiiiiiiiville.

Randall, Peter Paptist S. Schixd Port Hope.

Rutherford, Robinson ....Wcslcyan Methodist vS. School. . Peterboro.

Rose, Daniel We>leyan .Mcthodi.«t S. School. .Morrisburg.

Scott, S. 1! Caiiiida S. S. Union .Monlrcal.

-Sim, Rev. A ('oiiLvreii'alional S. School St. Andrews.

-Sa(dvville, Wm Union S. School niooniiicid, Sor.lh Monaghan.

-Stevenson, John Union S. Schotd Searboro.

-Shepherd, ("oiigreu'atioiial S. School Hroekville.

-Squelch, J. W Union S. School ISrock.

-Stewart, James Free Church S. School Kingston.

-Sleod, Robt Union S. School Saniia.

-Schroder, J AN'csleyan Methodist S. School. . ]\iiij;ston.

-Savage, J A\'esleyan Methodist S. School. . Kii;gston.

-Stewart, (-ico M'c.deynn ilethodist S. School. .Kingston.

Scott, Rev. John Union S. School Path.

Smith, Sidney X V.'osleyan Methodist S. School. .Odeltown.

-Stewart, P. A Hajdist S. Sclioid r.rcadalbane.

Sliortt, l!cv. .lonathan. . . .Cliurch of Kngland S. School.. Port Hope.
-Stevenson, II. Jas Priir.iiive .'\letliodist S. School .. Toronto.

Snell, Elias Union S. Sclioid Chincouche.

Sihixleton, A. C A\'csleyau Motlu)dist S. School. .Brighton.

Shaw, AV. AV

Sleitli. Robt AA'osleyan Methodist S. School. . Saniia.

-Sherwood, Sheriff Free Church S. School lirockville.

Scott, Jos Union S. School llaUi.

-Shepherd, AA'ni. jnnr Methodist Epis. S. School Hamilton.

Smart, Rev. AV'm Union S. School CpiiaiK!((ne.

Se.xsmilh, John (.) I'nion S. School liichmoi.d, E. T.

Snlton, S. P llaplist S. School lircnitord.

Sills, Rev. AV. A Pn^.K viile.

S.avago, IT. A\ illia.ni.-ville.

Taylor, Jas. AA' Canada S. S. Union .Alontrcal.

CORRESPONDENTS.

84— Truesdell, J. W.

Union S. School

Union K. Hcliool

Union H. Scliool

Union H. Hcliool

Union U. Kcliool

127— Tread well, Slieriff Union S. School

80— Turnbull, Janies Union S. School

Tiirnljull, J Union S. School

230 — Torrimce, Rev. II United Prcabyterinn S. School.

Thomson, Ucv. J 'Wesleyan Methodist S. School.

112— Thomas, II Primitive Methodist S. School .

School

Thomson, J. II Unknown

121— Van Vliek, T

gf)- Wallace, A Baptist S. School

94 — Wood, Rev. J (Jongregationnl S

100 — AVitze, Jos Union S. School

104— Wallis, J. W Congregational S. School

104 — Ward, S. R Congregational S. School

129 — Weyner, Jas Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .

139— Walker, John New Connection Me'd'st S. Sch'l

144 — Walker, James Free Chnrch S. School

103- Wilson, Sam G. Town Wes. Mcth. S. School

16G— Whitney, Rev. R Wesleyan Methodist S. School..

187— AVilliams, Rev. J. N Baptist S. School

197— WooUey, Robt Methodist Epis. S. School

201 — Wey, Jos. AV Congregational S. School

Windatt, AVm Bible Ciiristian S. School

Wales, H. R Congregational S. School

4 — Whitley, Wilson Baptist S. School

AVliite, Jas

201 — AV'oodhouse, J. Joseph. . . . Congregational S. School

AA'ilson, Rev. D Baptist S. School

AVhite, Ed Union S. School

AA'allis, Jos Church of Scotland S. School . .

221— AVood, J AVeslcyan Methodist S. School. .

51 )

,., f AA'arden, AA''m United Schools

15— AAllson, Rev. A Church of Scotland S. School. .

AV'ilson, R Union S. School

AVilder, E. C Unknown

Little Warwick.
Big AVarwick.
5th Range Durham.
Hardwood Hill,
(ioshcn, AA'indsor.
L'Original.
S. Monaghan.
Sec. No. 4, do.
duel ph.
Bradford.
Clairvillc.
Ro(' ester, N. Y.
Lacolle.

Highland Creek, Scarboro
Brantford.
, Yongc and Escot.
Humbcr.
Huniber.
. Brantford.
.Montreal.
Hamilton.
.Montreri.
Port Hope.
Montreal.
Matilda.
, Toronto.
Bownuinville,
Mnrkham.
AVhitby.
AVhitby.
Toronto.
Farmcrsville.
Grimsby.
Etobicoke.
AVolf Island.

Salem.

Kingston.
Thomasburgh.
Detroit, Michigan.

RECAPITULATION.

Representing Union Sabbath Schools 76

" AVesleyan Methodist S. Sch'ls 64

" Church of England S. Sch'ls. 7

" Congregational Church S. S. 30

" Free Church S. Schools 25

" Baptist Sabbath Schools 19

" Primitive Methodists. Sch'ls. 7

" United Presbyterian Ch.S.S. 8

" Church ofScotlandS. Sch'ls. 8

" New Con. Methodist S. S. . . . 3

" Bible Christians. Schools... 5

Representing Amer. Pres. Church S. Sch'ls.
" Methodist Epis. S. Schools.. .

" Sabbath Scliools in the U. S.

" Plymouth Brethren S. Sch'l .

" Sabbath Sch'l Organizations.

" Schools — the denominational

characters of whicli are un-
known to the compiler. . . .

5
6
1

310

Statistics or Conimunicatioiis Avcre received from the following. The majority inti-
mated the probability of their own attendance or the attendance of otliers, many
stated that tliey were delegated.

The numbers before the names refer to the Statistical returns.

21 — Armstrong, John, Union S. School Eramosa.

175 — Anderson, Alex Not known Percy.

412— Allan, J Free Church S. School Perth.

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3
5
6
1
14

310

inti-
imy

CORRESPONDENTS. 89

158 — Adamn, James Not known Embro.

108— Bardall, P Baptist 8. Scliool Port Hope.

33 — lilackadcr, John Union 8. 8ubool W'indHor.

lilack, James Not known Ueverly.

105 — Brown, Thomas Wesluyan Methodist S. School. . Toronto.

195 — Bingham, Alfred Wcsleyan Methodist S. School. . Waterdowu.

Best, — Not known London.

208 — Brown, George Not known Milton.

210 — Buin, Uev. J Church of Scotland S. School ..Scarboro.

216 — Brown, James Not known (klcltown.

224 — Barnes, C. J W'esleyan Metliodist S. School. .Markham.

8 — Brown, P. D Amer. Presbyterian Branch 8. S. . Montreal.

10 — Beach, Lyman Not known North Dundee.

61— Bothwell, T Not known

n — Beattie, J. M Baptist 8. School Toronto.

00 — Boomer, Alfred Weslcyan Methodist S. School. .Wellcsly Ilawkosville.

97 — Bartlett, Ilussel Union 8. School Smith's Falls.

172 — Bridgman, J. W Science Hill.

179 — Barker, Jas Free Church S. School IngersoU.

— Cunningham, Stephen. . . .Union S. School St. Vincent.

130 — Chamberlin, — Not known Wilmot.

68 — Can, Wm Not known Canton Hope.

169 — Camp, D. W Not known Smithville, Lincoln.

185 — Olumpet, Richardson .... Union S. School South Durham.

81 — Dexter, A Union 8. School Cavan.

152 — Duncan, David Not known Egmondsville.

225 — Davis, Jas Methodist Episcopal S. School. .Willow Dale.

109 — Dickinson, W. D Congregational S. School Prescott.

25 — Faulkner, Joseph New Con. Methodist S. School. . Hamilton.

22— Fullerton, S Union S. School Toronto.

233 — George, James Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Bradford.

64 — Graham, John 2 Con. Ormstown.

83— Goodwillie, D. H Union S. School Stamford.

153 — Gould, Carman M Carleton.

195 — Griffin, G. D Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Waterdown.

268 — Hodgson, Jas Not known AVhitby.

26 — Hutton, Jno Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Vienna.

53 — Haight, C Not known Peden.

115 — Henry, Albert Oshawa.

168 — Hamilton, John Church of Scotland S. School . . Beachville.

126 — Hartman, John, M. P. P. ..New Con. Methodist S. School. .Aurora, County of York.

126 — Irwin, — New Con. Methodist S. School. .Aurora, County of York.

2 — Johnson, E. R Episcopal Methodist S. School. .Farmersville.

13 — Johnston, W. A Union S. School Toronto.

99 — Kennedy, G. H Charleston, Hatley.

281 — Kanie, John Dungannon.

83 — Lutz, Morris C Free Church S. School Gait.

170 — Lenfestey, P Wesleyan Methodist S. School. . Owens Sound.

60 — Lonsdale, Rev. A Episcopal S. School Laprairie.

205 — Meysay, D Brampton, Gore.

223 — Murphy, J Episcopal Methodist S. Shool.. Farmersville.

229 — Morn, D 3 Con. Kingston Township.

334 — Mickle, John Union S. School Woolwich.

344 — Morris, Alex Church of Scotland S. School . . Montreal.

3 — Mitchell, G Farmersville.

34 — Maginn, Charles Union S. School Toronto.

113 — Millie, Edward Union S. School Sec. 6 Township of Arran, O.W.

149 — Manny, Wm Wesleyan Methodist S. School.. Montreal.

181 — Mason, W. J Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Peterboro.

118 — MouUin, J. B Union S. School Coaticook.

192 — Martin, Leonard Not known Coaticook.

16 — Mackie, Thomas Not known Leeds.

14 — McLaren, Peter Union S. School Carletonplace.

45 — Mcllbean, John Not known Marlintown.

214 — McDonald, John Church of Scotland S. School. .Oakville.

38 — McDougall, G Free Church S. School Bowmanville.

167 — McGregor, J Free Church S. School Port Dover.

174 — McLaughlan, Arch Not known Southwold, by Fingall.

176 — McKay, Thos Union S. School New Edinburgh.

202 — McGregor, M Union S. School Athol, Glengarry.

McCormick, R. C New York.

COlUlEBVONUKNTa.

203— Noble, H Not known Ilnlillinand.

219— Phillips, Ui)l)i'rt Uiiiled rrcHbytciiiin H. Hciiool. . Napiiiioe.

193 — I'ortcous, M Uuion H. Hcliool >St. Louis DeGoniaque,

100— I'ftrish Uuion H. Scliool Yonge & Escot.

l'lii> t'iiir, Jnu Not known llatliiu'itt.

19(1 — Purisii, A{,'rii Union S. Hohnol Fiirnii'iiiville.

341— How land, J Wi'sloyun MolliodiHt S. School. .Toronto.

342— Uowcll, (icorpii Wtj.ilcyiin M('llio<!i«l S. Hciiool. . Yorlvville,

(1(! — Robinson, \V. S Hil)l() Ulirinliun H. .Scliool ^VIlitily.

103 — Rnl).son, John liuyfiold.

137— i;ol)(>ilson, J rrrtii.

8!i— IU(hI, Ur Not known Tliornhill.

33,')— .Stovel, AVm Huiilist H. Scliool (liiolph.

21 — Slciiliena, .S.vlviuius Union S, School Vienna.

33 — Sanderson, Itev. U Episcopiil Methodist S. School. .Othio.

no — Simpson, Thomas Not known Township of Lambton.

139 — Siirxison, (r Not known Montreal.

Shetlicld, Tlio3 Not known Hcvcrly.

212— Thonio, D Hihlc Christian S. School Orono.

247 — Wool . .11, .lolin IJajitist S. School Sinicoe.

C9 — Walker, I) C'hiircli of Scotland 8. School. .Harnia.

132 — Wilson, Thos Union S. Scliool Troiitbrook, Ringwick.

151— AVhite, llev. C AVesleyan Methodist S. School. .Smithvillo.

159 — Waddell, (!po Not known i'lynipton.

130 — Yoiinff, Thoiua:! CI Not known I'ittdbiirgU.

107 — Yeomans, 1). P Union S. School Millcreek, Odessa.

The following, the majority of whom sent in statistics, expressed great interest in the

Convention and their regr(!t,s that tliey would not bo able to attend : —

207 — Rev. R. L.Tucker Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Strathroy.

2(59 — William Stevens Not known Smitlitown, Peterboro.

278 — John Mc^\'ater3 Congref^ational S. School Stratford.

277 — Thomas Elliott Union S. Scliool No, li S. Sec, Forrister's Falls.

31 — John Paton Union S. School Maldon,Essex Co. Amherstburgh.

IKJ — Anilrew Wooler Union 8. School AV.ndsor Mills.

125 — If, E. Cromer Union S. School Melbourno Ridge.

1 — R. Ferrie, M. P. P Free Church S. School Doon.

206 — Jos. T. Weiibrock Union S. School IJolton.

C2 — S. A. JInrd (congregational S. School I'^aton, C. E. '

181 — R. Kneeshiiw Wesle^-an Methodist S. School. .Ingersoll.

59 — John McLeod Not known Shijiton, Scotch Settlement.

275 — John Clark Free Church S. School Dtmdus.

70 — Isaac Piper Not known Salford.

7 — Samuel Orr Union S. SclioOl Lachuto.

12 — Rev. W'm. King Free Church S. School IJuxton.

75 — J. JSowes ..Union S. School IngersoU.

143 — Wm. Millar Not known FarruU's Corners.

261 — J. Hall Free Church S. School Peterboro.

133 — Win. M. Christie Union S. School Chippewa.

271 — J. Somerville AVeslcyan Methodist S. School. .Huntingdon.

272 — Andrew Stevenson Wesleyan Methodist S. School. .Ferguson's Falls, Lanark.

George Brand Primitive Methodist S. School. . Ouelph.

Ira Vnncamp Not known Howmanville.

Wm. W. Anderson ....... Not known N. Gwilliambury.

H. Sevinoiir Not known Renfrew.

llev. G. Colwell Tweed.

Rev. J. Byrne Congregational S. School AVliitliy.

v. A. Coleman Not known ("a.-Jtleton.

Wm. Anderson Not known .MIi Con. Lochicl.

John W. lligginson Not known Hawkesbury.

Rev. W. Gregg Free Church S. School lielleville.

98 — Joaiah Purkiss Not known Tbornhill.

Rev. E. Barrass Primitive Methodist S. School. . Toronto.

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