Year. 3. A New Year's Address to the Parents of Sunday School Lloyd's Hints to Sunday School Teachers, price 8d. per 100. Lloyd's Hints to the Parents of Sunday Scholars, price 8d. per 100. Scripture Lessons for 1852, price 2s. per 100. Notes on the Scripture Lessons, published a month in advance, price 1d. The Second Series of the Juvenile Harmonist, in a neat volume, cloth, price 1s. The Union Magazine for 1851, cloth, 2s. 6d. The Bible Class Magazine for 1851, cloth, 1s. 6d. The New Pocket Edition of the Union Harmonist is approaching its completion. The Prize of £10 for an Essay on Infant Classes was awarded to Mr. Charles Reed, and the Second Prize of £5 to Miss Baron. Mr. Reed's Essay has been printed uniform with Mr. Cooper's Prize Essay on Senior Classes, price 1s. 6d., and extracts from Miss Baron's Essay have appeared in the Union Magazine. With a view to extend the circulation of Mrs. Davids' Prize Essay, "The Sunday School," the Committee have resolved to allow parties to purchase not less than 12 copies at 2s. each. The circulation of the Notes on Scripture Lessons, which was last year reported to have largely increased, so as to exceed 13,000 copies monthly, continues to advance, and more than 15,000 copies are now issued monthly. A fifth edition of the Directions for the Establishment and Management of Sunday Schools being required, the Committee availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded for carefully revising the work, and they believe it will be now found still more useful to superintendents, secretaries, and librarians. The Committee again commend to the notice of their fellowteachers the Union and Bible Class Magazines; the former designed to aid themselves in their work, and the latter intended to provide senior scholars with a periodical which may be safely and beneficially placed in their hands. STATISTICS. The following are the particulars of schools within a circle of five miles from the General Post Office, and which were recorded in the last year's report. It is hoped that when the details of the recent census are published, a still more accurate statement may be No report has been obtained from 191 unconnected schools, and if the numbers contained in those schools are in proportion to those which have been reported, the grand total will be—schools, 681; teachers, 13,220; scholars, 138,891; average attendance, 97,241, or little more than two-thirds. PRESIDENCY OF THE UNION. The usual application was made in due course to the Right Hon. the Earl Roden, the president of the Union, in reference to the annual meeting; in answer to which he stated, as he has uniformly done, that his engagements in Ireland rendered it impossible for him to undertake to preside. His lordship also intimated, that if the Committee could find any other gentleman suitable for filling the office, he should have much pleasure in making way for him. The Committee were induced, under these circumstances, to apply to their highly esteemed treasurer, W. B. Gurney, Esq., the founder and first secretary of the Union, and solicit him to become its president; with which request he has kindly complied. They have also the pleasure to state, that Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, has consented to accept the office of treasurer, which becomes vacant by the removal of Mr. Gurney to the presidency. The Committee have had to lament the loss of one of their members, Mr. John Holiday, by sudden death, on Saturday, August 30th. On that morning he left home in his usual health: in the " Year. 3. A New Year's Address to the Scholars. Lloyd's Hints to Sunday School T Lloyd's Hints to Sunday Scholar 100. Scripture Lessons for 1852 price 1d. The Second Series of cloth, price 1s. The Union Magaz The Bible Class The New Poc its completion The Prize Mr. Charl Mr. Reed' Essay te statement may e ner (about thirteen muc. ber, Mr. ich he discharged the Le representatives of the We Jol Union during a period of nine ympathizing with his bereaved widow and enness and severity of their affliction, this Comsoled by the assurance that their departed friend's xed upon the Rock of ages, and that he is now in the of that Saviour whose work among the young he so fondly JUBILEE. There yet remains one subject to be adverted to before this report is brought to a close. At its commencement, the fact was stated that the proceedings which have just been recorded were those of the forty-ninth year of the Union's existence. Its annual meeting is not held on the anniversary of its formation, a different period having been adopted to bring it in association with those kindred institutions whose members and friends assemble at this period of the year. It was on the 13th day of July, 1803, that Mr. Gurney and a few kindred spirits, of whom the Committee are not aware that more than one (Mr. Thomas Thompson) survives, met in Surrey Chapel schoolroom, and, with a view to extend and improve the Sunday schools of London, formed THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. As with Robert Raikes, the founder of the system, so with those humble gratuitous Sunday school teachers-the results of their labours were little foreseen. For nine years did the Union prosecute its unobtrusive labours without venturing to hold a public meeting, while now its anniversary gathering, although limited greatly by the want of a building of adequate dimensions, equals in number and in interest the meeting of any of the great institutions of our land. When the Committee found it necessary to procure um of £1,020 10s. 111d. as the profits of the year It would occupy too much time to enter into a detail of the measures adopted by the Union, during the past forty-nine years, to extend and improve the Sunday school system; successive committees have laboured to this end, and it is trusted not without success. For what this institution has, under the divine blessing, been permitted to accomplish, its conductors would desire to be thankful; several of them have been associated with it for many years, and have found this engagement to be one affording much pleasure to their own minds; and, while deeply sensible how imperfectly their duties have been discharged, they are grateful that younger brethren are being raised up to take their places, and to carry on the work of the religious instruction of the young. The Committee believe they shall be only anticipating the feelings of their constituents in suggesting that measures shall be taken to commemorate the Jubilee of the Union. The manner in which this shall be done has occupied their attention'; and although they are not yet prepared to enter into full details, they feel themselves at liberty to submit a plan, which, if adopted and carried out, will at once constitute a thank-offering for past mercies, and a means for future usefulness. The operations of the Union are now circumscribed by the limited space at disposal in their present premises. There is an extensive and well-selected library of reference and circulation, to which the members of the Union have access at a nominal subscription of 1s. per annum. More than 600 teachers, male and female, avail themselves of the advantages course of the day he had occasion to visit Pinner (about thirteen miles on the Birmingham rail from London) on business; in the evening he returned to the station, and was waiting the arrival of the train. After sitting a few minutes, he was observed suddenly to fall on his face on the platform, and before he could be lifted up, and without his uttering a word, life was extinct. This painful event was reported at the meeting of the Committee held September 19, 1851, when the following resolutions were adopted : That this Committee having heard with much concern of the decease of their late esteemed fellow-member, Mr. John Holiday, desire to bear testimony to the consistency of his christian profession, and the zeal and ability with which he discharged the duties devolving upon him as one of the representatives of the West London Auxiliary Sunday School Union during a period of nine years. That, while deeply sympathizing with his bereaved widow and family, in the suddenness and severity of their affliction, this Committee are consoled by the assurance that their departed friend's faith was fixed upon the Rock of ages, and that he is now in the presence of that Saviour whose work among the young he so fondly loved. JUBILEE. There yet remains one subject to be adverted to before this report is brought to a close. At its commencement, the fact was stated that the proceedings which have just been recorded were those of the forty-ninth year of the Union's existence. Its annual meeting is not held on the anniversary of its formation, a different period having been adopted to bring it in association with those kindred institutions whose members and friends assemble at this period of the year. It was on the 13th day of July, 1803, that Mr. Gurney and a few kindred spirits, of whom the Committee are not aware that more than one (Mr. Thomas Thompson) survives, met in Surrey Chapel schoolroom, and, with a view to extend and improve the Sunday schools of London, formed THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. As with Robert Raikes, the founder of the system, so with those humble gratuitous Sunday school teachers-the results of their labours were little foreseen. For nine years did the Union prosecute its unobtrusive labours without venturing to hold a public meeting, while now its anniversary gathering, although limited greatly by the want of a building of adequate dimensions, equals in number and in interest the meeting of any of the great institutions of our land. When the Committee found it necessary to procure |