Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1884 — Indiana Sabbath School Union. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Sabbath School Union.

Office of Tkkasi rk>l IK. Washington St., Inih ANAPOLIH. - : "TIB DEVIL'S SAW 66 2-3 PER CEIT. This is worth reading, at least It is hoped so. Statistics show that the church manages to hold only one-third of the children 'in the Sabbath School. What, than, becomes of the other two thirds? Evidently, they escape fl'om the cliureh to the world. What then? From the word to Perdition. And wiiat then? Well, then it would appear thili “the Devil’s shore ' is JfiJ per cent. It is said that we should "(five the Devil bl* due.’’ L’ilt, fel’oif worker, is not this for mure than his due? indeed It is, and the fact gives assurance Ihat there is need for inoro and hotter work in the Subbath School, This circular is sent you with the hope of arousing your interest and securing your aid in the work of the Indiana Sunday School Union; the aim and object of which is to reduce Devil’s » smaller percentage. This it tries to do by organized effort and Institute work, for the better training of Sunday School off. com and teachers. It would a waken mure earnestness among Sunday School workers, make known the latest and best manner and method in conducting Sunday Schools, and try to reveal the secret of success to those who, through inexperience and lack of training, have been distressed ly di’fticultiewhich they knew not how Io overcome, and disheartened by failhrfcs for which they ■ could not account, The Indiana Btnrdny School Union is Undenominational- It invites and receives help from every ftvangeliealdenomination which' the Lord Jesus and the children. He came to save lor twenty years it has done i’s work in the State of Indiana, and certainly the kind of work it has done has been worth far more than it has cost. It has done much in the way of home missionary work, untill now Ibere is a Sabbath School within easy reach of almost every man, woman and child wit hin the State- Not one cent of salary is fiaid to the various officers of the Association. Their (generally) thankless work is clone without money and without price, and so the exjicujfe has been trifling. But. although the. water of Life is free to nil, i* rests sometlnng to carry it to those who, through lack Of appreciation of it, will not some to the Fountain to drink; and so then* are certain expenses for stationery, stamps, and much printed matter; distribution of minutes of conventions, circulars and other advertising; besides an annual payment ot $l()0 towards the grand work of the International Sunday School Union, To defruv these expenses, u penny collection is asked from each school, amounting th an average of one cent only from each member. Ip more is paid, so much the better, but does hoi the CAUSE jifst ify, mid the tiny aniout asked for, excuse ue for requesting that s'o i“. sc'idol become a conti ibutdr? After reading this circular, we trust von will de. termine at onco to lay tho matter before your school next Sunday, and announce that a special collection will be token the Sunday following for this cause. AsSit. perintendent of a Sabbath School, you mus 1 needs be in full sympathy with everv earnest endeavor to train up thrt children in the way they should go and bring thorn into 'tiySumlaySch col iin.l the Ixiiigdtiii) til '•’irht, Picas'send the amount of your collocticn to ( t'ie add resscs given brio v, nn-i be 'lire and give the name of \ out- evun/v. s<ih«t proper credit may be given . s 5 ours in earnest, CHAS. D. MEIGS. Treasurer Indiana Sunday School Union. For Jasper county, send remittance to Amanda W, Osborne, at Rens.-olaef, Ind,. Secretary of sayl County Association. As Secretary of the Jasper county S. S. Union, we very much desire that the schools of this coutry respond to this call for a small contribution to the wenerai Sunday School fun:’- of the State, and that sonr? action be taken upon > matter at Every school in the state is r< quested to send at least one deie«*ate to the 20 th | Annual Suite Couvi u iou which will be ■ held at Franklin, June 24 th, "2Jth and. skh. The State Treasurer wiH'be reclined - to make bis report at this time, hence it. will be necessary to be prompt in send inj*. in your contributions that it may be forwarder! in order to reach him in time. I** *

A. W. Osborne,

Secretary. ! j „ ■ - I A very fe<V niendiers <if L.e W. C. T; j s•• * J t*'assembled it Presbyterian cburehj <'H Saturday aftenbKm t<» aid in tiie - re-organisation of otir Band ot Hope, whose sole represmtatites numbered] t*Ut eight. Th:. I it flrill Ie a hope'ess task to attempt Saturday sessions.’v, ' are fully an f sadly <N nvineid. 1 The] IV. '. T. V. proceeded to draft a programme fur the monthly Star Tern-; peiance Union to be held in too weeks, j, On Saturday, June 14th, the society will nieet at Mrs. Alfred Tl on:: son's and it is earnestly desired that all be present, as there h important business; on hands, wh.ch demands unr imnredi-j **« attention. Come if possible. j