The Sunday school movement 1780-1917 : and The American Sunday-School Union 1817-1917 . Levi Knowles, 1861-74. Richard Aahhuret, 1881-1907 UNIFORM LIMITED BIBLE LESSONS 121 Bible, showing that the same blessed results continue to crownits efforts. Perhaps the American Sunday-School Union owes a part ofits Christian spirit to its environment. It was born in Phila-delphia. A fundamental principle of the colony was religioustoleration, which opened the way for co-operation in Christianwork. At a time when the Puritan was punishing or expel-ling heretics, and the Churchmen of Virginia were fining


The Sunday school movement 1780-1917 : and The American Sunday-School Union 1817-1917 . Levi Knowles, 1861-74. Richard Aahhuret, 1881-1907 UNIFORM LIMITED BIBLE LESSONS 121 Bible, showing that the same blessed results continue to crownits efforts. Perhaps the American Sunday-School Union owes a part ofits Christian spirit to its environment. It was born in Phila-delphia. A fundamental principle of the colony was religioustoleration, which opened the way for co-operation in Christianwork. At a time when the Puritan was punishing or expel-ling heretics, and the Churchmen of Virginia were fining schis-matics because their children were not baptized in the Episco-pal Church, and when they made it unlawful for anyone toteach the young, even in a private family, Penn and his asso-ciates in Philadelphia were insisting upon liberty of consciencefor all to worship God according to their own faith. A centurylater some came into the colony bringing a spirit like to that inVirginia and New The uniform lessons were continued in the Union Questions,through a cycle of five an


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