This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...half a dozen religious books. This survey was one of the incentives for the adoption of the resolution (1884) already given. The great number of Christian women active as teachers in Sunday-schools, and their deep interest in training the children, caused the managers to suggest also that to no other society would an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...half a dozen religious books. This survey was one of the incentives for the adoption of the resolution (1884) already given. The great number of Christian women active as teachers in Sunday-schools, and their deep interest in training the children, caused the managers to suggest also that to no other society would an auxiliary women's organization be more appropriate than to the American Sunday-School Union.1 Story of Mag.--The serious consequence of neglecting one little girl was strangely enough placed in the same report. The story of "Mag, the Mother of Criminals," forcibly illustrates that "an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure." Mag had no education, no home, but became the mother of a long line of criminals and paupers. In seventyfive years her descendants increased to the number of about 1,200, of whom 80 were paupers, 140 criminals, and the entire family was submerged in pauperism, crime and insanity. The neglect of that one little girl cost the state of New York upward of $1,308,000--a sum then said to be sufficient to establish about 65,000 Union Bible schools! Pastoral Service.--The gain resulting from the increased attention to intensive mission work is further indicated by the fact that while the number of missionaries employed was scarcely doubled in this period (1877 to 1897), the number of families reached by pastoral visits of the missionaries for religious influence was increased over six-fold. The average number of families annually reached in the first five years of this period was about 16,000, while in the last five years it was about 95,000. Moreover, during this period, special donations of the Society's literature were made in particular fields not included in missionary reports. Students dependin...
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