Show FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL john WeB We leya Bleys in georgia antedates rolert robert rallies fifty years in re recounting cunti ug the ministrations of john wesley in georgia where the famous preacher sowed bowed the first seeds of methodism in america tho rev NV J scott D D in the ladies home journal Jo urual claims that wesley established the first sunday school in the world at savannah Sav annab in connection with his other labors which were indeed prodigious bious wesley scoon after his arrival in georgi georgia in 1736 began to provide for the sunday school instruction of the children of the parish his devotion to children at times almost amounted to infatuation children were likewise equally attached to him as shown in their intercourse with him both on week days and sabbaths Sabbat Sab baths bs he be gave no little a attention t to educational work As a preliminary labor on the sabbath before the evening service he required them to convene in the church at which time he be catechised catechi sed them thoroughly and furnished them with additional teaching tea ebing from the bible itself in the present wesleyan memorial church in savannah there is ia a sunday school acom into which hundreds of children crowd for sunday instruction the original school was less in number but it was unquestionably t the be first sunday school in the world when taught by wesley it numbered between 60 and 75 scholars but from all accounts there were few if any indian boys in his earlier classes A very high authority sir charles reed M P LL D of england is clearly of the opinion that this sunday school was the first founded in tho world and that it antedates by a half century the c secular instruction of robert at gloucester england as well as tho the first school in america upon plan which abich was established in the city of kew york |