“It is quite likely that the modern contrivances for making Sunday-schools amusing have given them a distate for the more solemn services of the sanctuary. If so, the amusement is a sin. The schools should feed the church. Children ought to be led by one into the other, exposed to the preaching of the gospel, taught the ways of God's house, and brought up under its influence, with all its hallowed and elevating influences.”
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Samuel I. Prime
Samuel I. Prime, an outstanding writer, was born on November 4, 1812, and passed away on July 18, 1885. His works have had a profound impact on the literary field and are regarded as treasures of 19th-century American literature. more
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