The people of the Philippines, their religious progress and preparation for spiritual leadership in the Far East,

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

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The Knox Memorial Church was selected as a good location
for a model Sunday school for Manila. "Some special money
from the Board of Sunday Schools Grant was appropriated to
provide additional equipment, such as tables, chairs, blackboards, maps, sand boxes, etc. Classes were graded. Teacher
training was stressed. Graded lessons were introduced in the
Elementary Department. The results have exceeded expectations. The success has been actually embarrassing. That large
church has become too small for the class work. The enrollment is about 850. On a recent Sunday there were more than
60oo present. The rooms of the Harris Memorial Training
School adjoining the church, are now used every Sunday for
class room purposes in connection with this Sunday
school.... With such zeal as this it is not surprising that
the Knox Memorial Church also records 315 additions to the
church during the year, most of whom came up through the
Sunday school."
The present enrollment in the Sunday schools of the Philippines is 63,627. There are 934 organized Sunday schools,
with 4,414 teachers. These are shown by communions in the
chapter on statistics.
That the Sunday school must tremendously enlarge its functions is evidenced by the growing demand for the religious
instruction of youth. Everywhere the feeling grows that it
would be fatal to leave the young generation without proper
religious training. If the demand for religious instruction in
public schools is denied, then the only organization which
offers promise of meeting that need is the Sunday school.