The development of the Sunday-school, 1780-1905 : the official report of the eleventh International Sunday-school Convention, Toronto, Canada, June 23-27, 1905 . nly eternity willtell how souls in this way have been brought to thelight and fed out of the A\ord of God. But this is not all, nor the best. Beside aidingthe pastors and teachers in their preparation of thelessons, Pamucka serves many families who live wherethere is no chiu-ch. They gather on Sunday with someinvited guests, perchance, and study the lesson and read From time to time come letters of thanksfrom those lonely fa
The development of the Sunday-school, 1780-1905 : the official report of the eleventh International Sunday-school Convention, Toronto, Canada, June 23-27, 1905 . nly eternity willtell how souls in this way have been brought to thelight and fed out of the A\ord of God. But this is not all, nor the best. Beside aidingthe pastors and teachers in their preparation of thelessons, Pamucka serves many families who live wherethere is no chiu-ch. They gather on Sunday with someinvited guests, perchance, and study the lesson and read From time to time come letters of thanksfrom those lonely families. Xot long ago a servantshut oft from religious privileges wrote of the blessingthis book brings her. From another place comes testi-mxony from a tailor, who gathers neighbors around himon Stmday to hear the Word of God. He says, Inthe Pamucka. I have text and sermon too. In not afew places the Pamucka furnishes the sermon forlittle congregations who cannot have a preacher. Notlong ago a lady came to me and asked nie for somecopies. She said: Our Romanist neighbors, who willnot come to our meetings, enjoy reading at home the Pamucka. 478 The Reports. J. E. Shepard Work among the Negroes Dr. J. E. SHEPARD Field Superintendent of Work for Negroes I TRANSMIT a brief summaryof my stewardship and thefuture needs of the fields. Much has been accomplished,but a far greater work remainsto be done in evangelizing andsystematizing. It will requirepatience and self-sacrifice, withthe expenditure of money, toreach tangible results. In the Southern states, by theUnited States census of 1900,are 3,077,412 children betweenthe ages of five and figures show that over onethird of the negro population is in childhood. Thework of the International Sunday-school Association,so far as the negro i§ concerned, must be largely amongthese, to take these children and make Christian citizensof them. Since January, 1903, I have attended six state con-ventions for the colored people, t
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