The Encyclopedia of Sunday Schools and Religious Education Volume 1; Giving a World-Wide View of the History and Progress of the Sunday School and the Development of Religious Education (Paperback)

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. 1915 Excerpt: ... question of the arger effort in the organization of the Province. The report was favorably re: ceived and unanimously adopted. This resulted in a call which brought over 200 delegates from ten of the fifteen counties to meet on October 30, 1884, in Centenary Methodist Church, St. John, N.B. Here the New Brunswick Sunday School Association was organized. County organization throughout the Province was immediately pressed. The work grew until 1890, when the matter of appointment of a Field Secretary became a necessity. Rev. Aquila Lucas was appointed and entered upon his work in July, 1891. He was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Ganong and Rev. W. A Ross, M.A. Prince Edward Island. The little Province of Prince Edward Island, the Garden of Canada, for a number of years held its regular conventions, and for a short period attempted the employment of a Field Secretary of its own. This, however, proved too great an undertaking, and in 1905 the Associations of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were united under joint management. Since then they have been superintended by the same Secretary. They still hold an Annual convention in each Province. The Western Provinces, Manitoba. On October 17, 1877, the Manitoba Sunday School Association was formed at a convention held in the city of Winnipeg. Rev. James Robertson, D.D., was elected President, and Rev. E. W. Marrow, Secretary-Treasurer. The records show that Mr. Marrow, who for several years before going West had been a member of the Sabbath School Association of Canada, was the moving spirit in the action which brought about the first of the organizations in the West. Up to 1888 nothing was done to extend the work of the organization or arouse interest in the Sundayschool work aside from the holding of Annual conven...