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to procure a Public Library, to be accessihlo to all under cciluin regulation?. We should then have, j $200 worth of Books to begin with, which would he ‘ ^ A t expectable Library, to vfrbicli additions could be made from lime to time. j. But suppose I have calculated one half too high, ^ still $100 would be more than sufficient to purchase .!the Circulating Library of the JVlessrs. Harper. One 11advantage of combination inlhi» enterprise may be i ; named. If 100 persons would pay each SI, then each i ' j would be entitled to (he reading of $100 worth of j . Books, by paying bis tingle dollur. Would not this 1 he a good investment* |Nov?, Mr. Editor, will you aid in stirring up the \1 friends of mental and moral improvement—not with j ( a long pule, or a sharp stick—but with earnest words.And now I muvea call soon fora public meeting, i * i to secure the contemplated object. Let every one be • u f furnUhc i the mejns of being useful, and great, for j 0 ’ wln.cvcr is useful is great. j vJ \ ouis for the improvement of all, and especially 1 a ol the young. is.vac ov tiie Wist. j j,j Canton, Aug 30, 18-19. / ;vj CC/ We lully approve of the above proposition.— i C | W e have the remains of an old Library, established c some 25 years since—and in it arc many valuable , j. works—which wc think ir.ay lie obtained to assist I ! this laudable project Another thifig strikes our j 1 mind, and that is the increasing desecration of the I , Sabbath, and neglect of attending church services, i | I by old and middle aged and young. Who has not I ; been grieved to sec crovvjs—old and you tig, ulnccrs I • and private ciiizens—loitering about uur taverns on I the Subbath—never going to church—setting exam- 1 ; pics ruinous to our youth ? Who docs not sec the j evil ir.llucnccs o'aUch examples on the youth of the j ' , town, in imitating these idlers and Subbath breakers*? . '| i.' How is this curse to be remedied, and the precious !, souls of our youth saved ? We would suggest a plan !I —Let our ministers consult together; fix upon the j subjects of a course of Lecture.-’; assign a part to . ’ each; let them be delivered alternately in the several j churches, on Sabbath afternoon. Then let an ctlort i | be made to hive the youth attend them regularly, Ok j if possible the older Sabbath loungers. Jf it suc-, i eecd in breaking up this soul destroying practice, so ' 1 common in our town, every lover of his race may * . well icjoice. t
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Canton Ohio Repository
Canton, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 12, 1849
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