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Show Humble Beginnings ofi of I ' Sunday School SystemThe System SystemI I IThe I The Sunday school , as nrst brst hrst estab estabJlshed establisped establlshed Jlshed lisped , . , was , as 8S Its name Indicates lndlcntes , n a nschool aschool nschool school for meeting on Sunday and andwent andwent I Iwent went be beyond . ) ond the purely religious InIts InIts In Ini i Its Instruction The first school so e5 e5tablished e estnblished < ; tabhshed tablished Is credited to a resident residentof residentof residentof I Itabhshed of Gloucester , England , one Robel Robei RobeitRalkes t tRafkes , RaIkes Rafkes , , who regularly on Sunday Sundny co col collected collected 1 1lected lected all the children he could nnd find findI findon I ' ' oo on the streets and took tooh them to hi hh hhschool Illsschool . , school , , 't\ 't t ' \ where 'there here teachers he hired at 2- 2 2'i 2i 2cents 2'icents 2 ' " - , cents a day taught them The fir&t firt first fir&tschool firstschool flr&tschool flrtschool & . school was wns established In 17SO 1780 Itq Ito Itqcurriculum Itocurriculum Itscurriculum curriculum Included letters , . readln reading readingand readingand and the church catechism cntcchism cntcchismllaikes catechismItafkes catechismRaikes Raikes llaikes Itafkes ' ' school was followed bv by an anI another another another other In London I.ondon Iondon . In 1784 , establlsherl established establishedby establlsherlby I by a Rowland Rossiand Ro " land Hill These schoolq schools schoolqwere schoolswere schoolswere were day long affairs They usuallv usually usuallvmet usuallymet usuallymet met at 8 n a m and continued contmued In see sec secsion sesslon : ; slon sion until church services began begantthe o\t o t at otthe atthe \ \tthe tthe \ the conclusion of the church servIce servIcethe servicethe servicethe the school work was resumed and nnd con conbnued continued contmued bnued tinued until 5 30 p mI m I ! While religious Instruction was gIven gIvento givento givento II to the young on Sundays In the NE'w NEw NE'wCngland NewEngland NewEngland ' Cngland England colonies , the first regular regularly regularlyorganized regularlyoiganlzed ) v vO1ganlzed O1ganlzed organized Sunday school In this coun coon counI country coontry country try is generally attributed to BIshopAsbury BishopAsbury Bishop I ' Asbury and was belle\ belle believed belleed heliesed \ ed to ha ha\e ha e hale \ e beenlocated been beel ! located pcated ln In Hanover [ anover . , Va |