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could not foil to draw attention from other parts of England . In 178 ^ 5 the plan was adopted in Yorkshire , by several manufacturing towns . In Leeds , 1800 children were speedily collected . In 1735 was established , in
london ^ sl " Society fur the sup * port and encouragement of Sunday Schools / ' by donations of suitable books , or rendering them of easy purchase ^ also b y remunerating teachers' in districts too
poor to reward them . This institution was zealously supported by iMembersof the Established Church and Nonconformists of every denomination . Sunday Schools were opened , under the patronage of the Society , in the environs of
London , at the close of this year ( 1785 ) , at Kennington , superintended by the Rev . Mr . Swaine , and at Stoke Newington , by Mi ; Hoare ( G . Mag . 55 . 1036 ); the Srst-narned gentleman- a clergyman of the Church of England , the other one of the society of friends . *
Clergymen of rank now did themselves honour by advocating this cause . Among these , the Rev . Dr . Kave , Dean of Lincoln , was distinguished by a u Charge
delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham . " This Charge entered so justly into &e design and tendency of the T . i nstitution , that we make no apo' ° gy for the following quotation . * The divine goodness seems to have pointed out to the present age a measure so peculiarly comprehensive in the advantages which it holds out to society , &at it appears formed to counteract rhe ft Vil propensities of these days and to prevent £ hetn from being injurious to succeeding generations ; which folds , my brethren , within --its benevolent arms , every sept of Christianity , every « e « cri ptiott of mankind * The mutuyt
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which appears to me to possess this in . valuable antidote to the poisonous manners of this depraved age , is the establishment of Sunday Schools . The power and efficacy of these institutions reach to such extent of situation and of
numbers , as no other mode of improvement can possibly equal . Hiving anxiously watched their infancy , and attended to their progress , I have thought their principles the most unequ vocal , and their influence the most extensive , that can
be err ployed in the cause of general reformation . Nor will the benefit be confined to the children ; — it will i npor <» tantly affect the manners of the farni . lies , and even of the neighbourhood to which they belong .
c In the larger towns the obligation of these estahlishme t ? is more strongly marked ; but 1 am persuaded that there are few parishes wtnre there will not be found children to be benefited by these institutions . And in manufacturing establishments they who profit by the
labour of such poor childien will , yre trust , universally recompence them wittk this humane return ; since the childreja they employ on the days of labour are thereby deprived of the advantage of e ery other improvement . Ths object * my re erend brethren , I own to you , is
nearest my heart , in my present cotnmuaicatioD with you . You cannot employ your influence in more humanity to individuals , and more patriotism to your country , than by giving it every assistance and protection in yourpower . " —G . Mdg , 1786 , vol . Ivi . 257 .
At the same time , the Rev . Mr . He-arne , one of the Hectors of Canterbury , exerted himself zealously among the indigent population of that place . A very grati * fying account . of his success was
given by him in a letter addressed to the Dean of Canteibury , Dr . Home , afterwaidsBishop of Norwichj who interested himself in this cause . The letter is preserved in the GenMeman ' a Magazine for
1786 ( V . 56 , p . 157 ) , and also given in the Selections from tbat Magazine just published ( V . iiic 115 ) , and is well worthy of perusal . Mr . H . candidly states his constant use of D *\ Wattsfs Songs
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MemtAr of Mr . Robert Raikes , 5 S 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/5/
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