Show I 1 the greatest sunday I 1 school in t the b C world 4 continued trem laet last issue owing owin tn to the fact that the date of ue the of tb th i dif feris irr fr fir im aliat li alif of the lion tion of lie til I 1 sunda t choul two grotie 1 each jt kuofen respectively ne walking 1 daiy diy ay iy and sermon night the foun founding hug of the tile institution is as it rill 4 commemorated in november the occasion beina rendered render rd notable by the presence of some arut dimac di toe who to offiel ati ate 4 nt three actie a tile a chool tit hie the morn I 1 atiq lu of ho tile appoint appoints 4 dy preach OR in 10 the LITO room ht tit rbt and deli erieg a it elect lect lecture tire on some popular subject the tol lowing on the occasions the lario room ie is crowded to its utmost capao capacity ity and the th collections taken aggregating about at jut alve div hundred pounds form the chief source of revenue for the year some of the moat ani eminent luent pulpit orators in 10 great britain hae liae serf sert ed the school in tu t way the roll of those alo have hae officiated since 1806 contains con taina the tile name ame n of inch ann vien aa as roland hill thomas chalmers norman macleod canon farrar deau dean stanley and F B meyer the clenten try of thia this famous waa was celebrated in the year 1631 1531 the annual sermon be log preached by the rev jamea james mcgregor D D chaplain to the queen ques li itte rhe feill vit fa ea in honor of 0 this joyful tit occasion bested from november ov ember isah to and find were conducted on r magnificent scale on ahr second sunday of june d dach ach year the lavinn of the cor ner stone of the building g la Is coin coln by a arfat procesa procession ion which starts irom be the echol nod marches through the principal street streets of be the town to one of the public squares here the entire li chool with ita its four brench schools hc hool unites in singing eibin a hymn naiia ustia lly written for the tile purpose ee tied the national anthem this annual procession known aa as the 4 school walk baties back ao to 1812 and ii is a great oa 01 occasion in stuck port extry brioc old pupils from all parta of the kine king lorn dom mr bcd d the sir alprin the lint of ut maice are with many of the lai at people of are connected with ibe ib school and all till basics fruin the ovic wic of the rank dou to be the little Phil phildren dreu of the very poor are eager to share me toe demonstration the procession aaion of lait last year was sime ao whal marred by the weather we athor a heavy downpour of rain a occur ing in during the tilt singing of the hymn tho the sudden ratline of thou ende of umbrellas lae pre presented a cunora pc and completely if d hu thu the atif thie this year wan unusually lucce it mr air weathered though in ij lila eighty findt ear aubia cro chosed sed the to by bo nud rode it 1 the bend bead of hit the prices 1 1011 i company willi with lieutenant Lieuten enaut dut co conel io nel S IV Wilkin buit the principal org atlist who lai given itan sixty years of 6 avic rv ic to th damoil 1 perhaps the most it bitable tea fea lure of the stockport ti school i in lid lifelong devot deio tiou lou of the noble cuen men and women wit att untiring z al at aid b canh d energy have mad madi i it what it i ii is abatu and abatu abool has met to cee celebrate brate thel cf teach lr ahrn ra aud and ars alo lok bavo at d arved rv d it fur for half a ceol century urs ana anu in 1898 h anthe the editor of u the he qui ver affer ferda d a to boever eve ever ri su san n dio di dilaj Loj I 1 te aber in tit giedt a in prove twenty year years ervice service in ill the tile same the ilia so fur burward ward aade 0 of tit trea ban that euty alve who were 10 re c ill v 0 ibm the in 0 o the file school ie is so great that frequently three aud and 11 four pen gen Itie sauto family are in in attendance at the tame time at the in to 1881 mrs betty crouley Cro ulcy who ho became a leather lu tu 1811 ae as prezont with her children grandchildren and great grandchildren to the number of twenty there here wae wall aleo also in atten a ten dancear one time four genera tiona of the leigha leighs a family which has ha given many of office ficeri to the school the late william leigh served for many yeara years ae as honorary seen secretary tary and hie his broth er the late a jamea ames laiwin filled the office of general itta inspector for forty year years william B leigh ie is now honorary bon bou secretary and 13 leigh haa has succeeded hid big uncle as a general gentral inspector ine for more a century the SWA purt panday anday schoot School hue been an all blessi bleasius tig to the community in which i it t la Is located every feurt haa has been put forth to make it helpful in pre paring fur the life that now it 19 ai well as fur tho cne one to come be aides aacen the teaching on ga sunday wany other br brn chea of work ere tire under undertaken taken there isa ia a fine rue librae library of thred thousand thoua and volumn volum ns and a ircel society which furnishes furni shea religious litera e tore there aleo also sick sirl and burial societies for the assistance of those in need end and a flou floum hing improvement Imp roverne n at Socie society tym ith daily classes to autly branched bran chei of certificates a given to those whose conduct and scholarship are ap proved are greatly prized A and prove invaluable in obtaining situations the thousands trained within ita its walls begs regard d it aa as their alma alms mater and their bound td it by ft a lov which neither time nor distanced can efface the depth of thia tills devotion bee hus ben b en touchingly expressed by jer jeri tin i ah andrew bury dury one of the tile carly early fd 0 the school who ear ser ved it long and well aa As be he lay on bia his death bad he said asid to air mr mayer if yon you will look luok into my heart after I 1 am dead you trill will find S SS S 8 stant stamped ped apon upon it |