Sunday-school

Sun 18 Jul 1784: I preached morning and afternoon in Bingley Church, but it would not near contain the congregation. Before service, I stepped into the Sunday-school, which contains two hundred and forty children, taught every Sunday by several masters and superintended by the curate. So, many children in one parish are restrained from open sin and taught a little good manners, at least, as well as to read the Bible. I find these schools springing up wherever I go. Perhaps God may have a deeper end therein than men are aware of. Who knows but some of these schools may become nurseries for Christians?