The Sunday School and World Progress

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Excerpt from The Sunday School and World Progress: The Official Book of the Eighth World's Sunday School Convention, Held in Tokyo, Japan, October 5-14, 1920 I. First World's Sunday School Convention, London, England, July 1-6, 1889. The total number of registered delegates was 904, as follows: 360 from the United States, 69 from Canada, 440 from Great Britain and Ireland, 35 from other countries. The Sunday-school enrolment of the world at that time was reported to be 19, 715, 781. The interest seemed to center about India. Before the Convention adjourned, the British Sunday-school representatives had employed Dr. James L. Phillips to be their Sunday-school missionary to India. Sir Francis Belsey was elected president. Outstanding Result: India Organized. II. Second World's Sunday School Convention, St. Louis, Mo., August 30 to September 5, 1893. This was a combined convention of the World's and International Associations, the World's Convention occupying the last three days. The joint enrolment of the two conventions was 882, fifty-five of whom were from Great Britain and other foreign lands, namely, Germany, India, Sweden, and one delegate from Burmah. Doctor Phillips was present from India and made a stirring appeal in the interest of Japan. Two hundred and twenty three dollars was raised spontaneously, most of which was thrown upon the platform at Doctor Phillips' feet for the purpose of putting a secretary into Japan, as the doctor had recommended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.