Show A great movement accordi according to tle tile statistic statistician ial re T 0 1 t of the ihu sundays sunday schools in ill tile lat united I 1 ted states ren rendered dered atthe late international international cot convention invention iven tion held in chicago there has boon been an hi increase creast in the scholar cholar membership of all ali the sunday schools in tile the U 13 since 1884 1881 OT of 15 it is inter sting esting to ta allow know by what agen agencies ciet this increase has been secured foi it shows tit a great missionary work lias has been done to bring nr aj army of into active meni inari boqi i W with ith our sunday sc hoole no more important work woric can be conceived of for it has to do with v etli tile dc detiny tiny of our entire country tile alie thrice three last annual reports of tile the american sunday sch school union the old undenominational society eliat th at cares for the children 1 I 1 who are arc provided for by no one else show that I 1 lince ince 1814 it lias has brought cn cil ildren into 17 new sunday Ech schools a 1 number equal to inore than one liala ot a 1 the increase reported as having been secured by this I 1 and ill other agencies during durigg these three years put dut this ell 01 bunday schoel unon did mort mori than this it aidi aided d 48 5 ocher which have teachers and scholars so that in ahse th se thic 3 years it reached 9 lorn nullifies nullities ties and sundy sund y schools aud and children ald aid youth and then resided 1 I and re disked ed these schools 92 15 times time besides making cl visits to families supplying destitute persons with the tha scriptures and holdin holding 27 47 religious meetings that there is greit gre it need for more of just euch wok in our country is evident from the fact hat accord ing to the international Secre report there ore are but scholars in all the sunday schools in the united states that report to this convention which the lie chai mail executive committee said was five per cent too small per cent were added we have 0 scholars in all our bunday schools but the fhate ment was iras made that 20 per ct should be deducted for those over 21 and under six years of age age b and those who attend more than one school and are counted twice onieh deducted would leave lea ve children and youth of school age in all our sunday schools school while there are at least more children of that age in in our country and very likely most of thorn them attend no sunday school truly the american C sunday school union is doing a grent great work for present and future america for which there thee is most urgent need any who would like lo io read its last annual report or aid its wark by gift 0 ift of funds may send to PT wichita kans |