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”if ------ - - __-_ --.. - - _ - ---...--. __.__._,_,._- t m-vw.-.--.----------""-"-"'". .. a - - A - I educational techniques or philosophies SUNDAY SCHOOL E-{ISTORY I ”)3 ye: heteet the model for a world I . ‘W“ WI e e uca l . . Zinzendorf's Instruction- Bands R b t R i.k onal organization. O er a1 es w . Schools similar to Sunday Schools were the working 111tfai'ifegi1i),rggi1fi'/iTr'edg:ho11t established as few as 50 years before the lower classes. He saw what the the date we celebrate as the birth of h d to ut ll id; y th S l a . .P q p WI h and keenly felt .9 unday SCHPO movement. Count the inJustice, even though he himself Nikolaus von Zinzendorf, leader of the was a well-bred newspaper editor. Per- Voravians, founded such schools in the haps it was because of his chosen middle 1700's. fie was concerned about vocation. or perhaps he was particularly the growth of his converts, and SO sensitive to the needs of others. He organized them into small bands or may have seen religion too much talked societies. As these societies met ahoutrand too little practiced. What- together for study and instructions, ever his reasons, he determined to do Zinzendorf Strongly supported instruct- something about the social circum- ing children in these {ErgPPS-t "ij,' stances of the day. bands were corrrrorised O Ive 0 en When one of the resident --. . A . s of th cbnverts whOrzwould meet regularly toh district complained about the rgwgyum. study the Bible and to encourage eiga children living in that neighborhood other. This pattern also was.adep Raikes reacted differently from most, by John Wesley in his evangelistic of his contemporaries. He didn't campaigns. ttittf,')tie',111i,'r1tUterg'),i:iiiy although they ' .7 . . w re par of th Robert Raikes of Gloucester He didn't call for a strigtgiofaximand If relig:ious education schools have why 1s1/i,Tti1y'd12ieitm,ttt,e,sc, Rather, he been ar?ound for thousands 9f years. the soug o make a contribution that [ is 1780 considered the .1)j,iy,s,'iii,-,t,yj1,r)s'-ioof' would help remedy the Problem. Sunday School? We celebriflgtlz gentleman H? determined that rather than wasting because this IE the year 15nd ofganized his time trying to get to the adults, living in Gloucester. Eng 1 'ohildren he would focus on the children. He a school to instruct the s um i wondered if something could not be . in that city. . s' done to help the little heathen of feel that Robert Raike ; the neighborhood grow up to be Many of.us would . t'ne. such a sch001 f _, respectable men and women. He concluded motivation for star 1 the motivation odOI‘f‘l that the.world marches forward on the was vastly _ict,',,oi,.f,'.t,r'i,y,ri'fcrri1/io1i'( or Zinzceir1 , feet of little children". We. ' '. . Gregory. I'gghig'the generally accepte l Christ encouraged the little Children And Yet 17 f the sunday School. to come to Him so that he could minister birthdate o .. , grow out of a _ to them. Paul encouraged the Ephesian RaikeS' schools did noxoug’h their ly":,'-,",".",,; I believers to raise their children "in religious revival, €11: one He was new” ' the nurture and admonition of the Lord" innings coincided Wit. d he'did not r8350 l (6.tly Kino. This basic principle finally a religious leader. i'yi'jj,1./o'il's ""iiiii..-,t,'yii1it'i1,li,ttor' i motivated Robert Raikes. . a. tu, . e _ e ' those with forma r was not an. at I When Raikes turned from his 25 . ar staff his SChOOi:'ao:: man. He.dld n i' 2536:,” JN Eggkrighifiogenihgpwére skilled In I ‘ 19.