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��men — I. W. Dow and Ira Rowell. The school on the East Side was con- tinued but a few years, but that in the West Parish was united with the church there organized in 1833, and still con- tinues. The schools in the Town House and in No. 9 were united. At the settlement of Dr. Bouton, in 1825, the Sabbath-school was held in the Town House, assembling at the ringing of the first bell on Sabbath morning, and after the exercises, the .scholars, attended by their teachers, walked in the order of classes to the church at the opening of morning ser- vice.

The returns made October 25, 1825, from seven schools held in as many different districts, from May to October, show 50 teachers, 334 scholars, and 88,122 verses of scripture recited. In 1826 there were twelve schools, with 70 teachers, 480 scholars, who recited 161,446 verses of scripture — five times the number in the whole Bible. This year a library was purchased and used. As most of those in the schools were young, not more than fifteen years of age, Dr. Bouton, soon after his settle-

��ment, organized five Bible classes in different sections of the town, for the youth and the older ones, and these continued, full of interest and profit, till the revival of 1831, and from Janu- ary, 1826, to January, 1832, 81 were received from theseclasses to the church. At the organization of each of the other churches, the schools near them were united and soon held during the interval of worship. Those of this congregation were united, and the ses- sions held after the morning service, and through the year. Adult classes were formed in 1838, and in 1842 the Sabbath-school Association, composed of all the teachers and scholars belong- ing to the school, was organized, and is still continued. Its anniversary is held on the last Sabbath of December, when reports are read and addresses made by the pastor and 'Others. The Sabbath-school Concert was first held in 1.85 1, and is observed on the second Sabbath of each month. There have been added to the church, by profes- sion, since 1825, from the Bible class, 82 ; from the Sabbath-school, 346. Total, 428.

��HUNGER.

��BY LAURA GARLAND CARR.

'Tis not for bread alone

That famished mortals cry ;

What nourishment our bodies crave, We find in large supply.

O'er field and plain,

In rolling main,

The waiting treasures lie.

��But O, the hungry heart, With longings all untold,

Seeking such love and sympathy, As human hearts may hold ;

Meeting the gloss

Of useless dross,

Where should be purest gold.

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