PREPARED FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION OF THE REVISED BY THE EDITORS. New-York: PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PHILLIPS, 200 MULBERRY-STREET. 1853. EN Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by G. LANE, &. P. P. SANDFORD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. CONTENTS. Preliminary remarks-Account of the Ban de la Roche Oberlin's birth and childhood-Instances of his early the Ban de la Roche-Progress of civilization-Four other school-houses erected-Introduction of infant schools, under the care of governesses-Public schools-Weekly assembling of the children at Waldbach, to receive religious instruction-Establishment of a circulating library— Almanack-Christian Society established in 1782—Abrogation of that society Page 46 CHAPTER V. Death of Mrs. Oberlin-Its effect upon Oberlin's mind— Louisa Schepler becomes his housekeeper-Letter from the latter-Letter, taken from a German magazine printed at Tubingen, containing an account of Oberlin and his family, in the year 1793-Death of his eldest son, Frederic 61 CHAPTER VI. Unmolested state of the Ban de la Roche during the period of the revolution-Oberlin's generous renunciation of his own interests for the sake of his parishioners-His school for the children of foreigners-His sentiments respecting the payment of tithes-Letter containing a plan for their disbursement-His influence in exciting a spirit of Christian charity among his people—Account of Sophia Bernard, &c.-Oberlin becomes a correspondent of the British and Foreign Bible Society-Letters addressed by him to members of the London committee-Mode of collecting subscriptions and donations for charitable purposes in the Ban de la Roche-Letter to his scholars 78 |