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Show I Humble Begin-ning- Begin ning Beginningof Beginnings - : - ofSunday of ofSunday Sunday School SystemThe System SystemThe The Sunday school , as farst brst first estab establlshed established establlshed llshed lished llshedH1S , \ was \H1S H1S , as Its nime n'lme nlme name ' indlcitcs IndIC\fCS IndIC fCS Indicates ' \ a aschool aschool school for meeting on Sunday and andwent andwent andwent went be beyond ond the purely religious rehgious inits in inIts Inits Its Instruction The first fir.t firt Brat : . school so 80 es estnbllshed established establlshed tnbllshed tablished Is credited to a resident residentof residentof residentof of Gloucester . , England , one noberl Robert noberlI noberlRaIkes RobertRaikes RobertRalkes RaIkes . , \ who ho regularly on Sunday c01 col c01lectcd colIected collooted I lectcd Iected all nil the children chUdren he could find findI findon findon findon on the streets and took them to hIs hIsschool hisschool hisschool I school , where teachers he hired at 2.i 2i . 2 2cents 2- 2 - " > j : cents a day taught them The first firstschool firstschool firstschool school \ was ssas as established estabUshed in 1780 Its ItscurrIculum Itscurriculum Itscurriculum currIculum Included letters , . readln readingand reading readingj I Iand I catechIsmI j and the church catechIsmRaikes catechismRnikes catechism ' Ralkes Raikes Rnikes ' school was followed by nn an nnother another another establishedI other in London In 1784 1781 , . establishedby established I ' by a Rowlind Rowhnd Rowland Hill alll These schools schoolswere schoolswere schoolswere were day long affairs They usuallyI usuallymet usuallymet usually I ' met at 8 a m and continued In sesslon ses sesi i slon sion until church services began . , At Atthe Atthe Atthe the conclusion of the church service servicethe servicethe servicethe the school work was resumed and con contlnued continned continued tlnued tinned until 5 6 30 p . mWhile mWhile m mWhile While religious reUgious instruction was given givento givento givento to the young on Sundays in the NewI NewEngland NewEngland New I [ England colonies , , the first regularly regularlyi I i i organized Sunday school In this coun coup counI country couptry country try Is generally attributed attrlbuted to BIshopAsbury BishopAsbury Bishop I ' Asbury and was believed to have been beenlocated beenlocated beenlocated located In Hinover H'1novE'r H1novEr ' ' . , Va . |