The Sunday school movement 1780-1917 : and The American Sunday-School Union 1817-1917 . Alexander Brown, J. Livingstone Erringer, 1863-1905. John R. Whitney. 1873-1905. OPPOSITION TO SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 135 of the religious faiths which the workers respectively repre-sented. Such high tides of ecclesiasticism prevailed beforethe origin of the modern Sunday-school. They have contin-ued all through its history at irregular periods, and have ex-erted a powerful influence upon its progress. A broad states-manlike view of this history inclines one to say, it is better tohave agitation than sta
The Sunday school movement 1780-1917 : and The American Sunday-School Union 1817-1917 . Alexander Brown, J. Livingstone Erringer, 1863-1905. John R. Whitney. 1873-1905. OPPOSITION TO SUNDAY-SCHOOLS 135 of the religious faiths which the workers respectively repre-sented. Such high tides of ecclesiasticism prevailed beforethe origin of the modern Sunday-school. They have contin-ued all through its history at irregular periods, and have ex-erted a powerful influence upon its progress. A broad states-manlike view of this history inclines one to say, it is better tohave agitation than stagnation. But it is best to have allChristians banded together for the conquest of the world forJesus Christ. SKETCHES OF PROMINENT WORKERS James Waddell Alexander (1804-1859). James Waddell Alexander, son of Archibald Alexander, wasa teacher and preacher of exceptional natural gifts, qualify-ing him to illustrate practical ways to use the diversifiedtruths taught by his father. He was a warm advocate of thework of the American Sunday-School Union, as educator,pastor, and author. He wrote upward of thirty volu
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