Feb. 25, 1838-Addressed by the Rev. Mr. Kellogg, of the Mission Church in Vandewater street, N. Y.

April 29, 1838-Addressed by our Pastor on the subject of CONFIRMATION, which holy rite is to be administered in the Church this morning [24 scholars, and 4 teachers were among the number confirmed.]

May 27, 1838-Addressed by our Pastor on the interesting fact that this day 10 years ago, this school was first commenced.*

July 1, 1838-Our Pastor made a few remarks to the school on the distressing loss of the Pulaski steamer.

Sept. 2, 1838-Our Pastor addressed the school in the morning. In the afternoon, preached a sermon to both schools.

* In a sermon preached this day, or about this time, in the Church, the Rector said:

"A Sunday School for the children of the Church was a most happy invention, and was doubtless inspired in the heart of a venerated and now sainted man by the Holy Spirit himself. For more than fifty years has this glorious expedient been in operation, and the zeal and activity of the Church have had an opportunity for continual and complete employment.

"To sketch the origin, progress, and success of the Sunday School which, ten years ago, was commenced in this Church, and to describe its beneficial effects upon 150 teachers and 2500 children, would be a task too great for the present occasion. I can only say, that the labors of the teachers in this school (now become two) continue unabated from week to week, and I speak with solemnity and joy when I say, that the Spirit of God has of late apparently crowned this labor with success. Children have been transferred from the bench of the teacher to the altar of God, and like the Tree of Life, this Church has appeared not only covered with leaves, and laden with fruit, but at the same time ornamented with buds and blossoms."

The space already occupied by these extracts, enables us only summarily to notice a portion of the remainder that were copied for insertion. In June, 1839, the Superintendent referred with much impressiveness to the sudden death of Alderman John Wright, Superintendent of the 2d Presbyterian School, and to that of one of our own scholars, Sarah E. D. Newton, an adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Doughty.-In January, 1840, Rev. Mr. (now Bishop) Southgate addressed the school, referring to the trials he endured in his then recent tour in Persia, &c., which were however more than recompensed by his consolations, and expressing his determination to devote his life to the missionary work. He explained the manner in which the contributions of the scholars intended for the education of Greek children were calculated to be of general benefit to that country, exhorted them not to grow weary in well-doing, and always to accompany their gifts with prayers for the spiritual illumination of their less favored brothers and sisters.-In November, 1841, Rev. Mr. Hill addressed the school in relation to his Mission establishment at Athens, when $100 a year were pledged for the support of a beneficiary, to be selected by Mrs. Hill.-The Superintendent communicated to the school some ex

tracts of a letter from Miss Paterson, of Edinburgh, in which mention is made of the death of her brother (John), who was for several years Secretary of this school. His decease took place under the paternal roof, February 5, 1842, and although not a professing Christian while here, it is inferred from his sister's account of his last days," that he was a penitent, and found peace in the finished righteousness of his Saviour." -The murder of young Phelps was made by the Rector the subject of an admonitory address to the children.-The two schools, Sunday before Christmas, 1840, contributed $28, (double the amount required,) to furnish the inmates of the Orphan Asylum with a Christmas dinner.The funeral of Miss Mary Jane Van Pelt took place the 31st October, 1842, her remains being brought into the Church, where the burial service was performed, accompanied by such remarks by the Rector as the occasion suggested. She had been connected with the school, as scholar and teacher, from its commencement, except for a few months in 1834, when she was a teacher in St. Paul's (Mission) School. A record made at the time states, that she had "in all things commended herself to her teacher (Miss Ann D. Smith), the Superintendent, and the school."

Officers of School No. 1, from 1828 to 1845.

Superintendent-Frederick T. Peet, until the

31st of March, 1844, when he resigned. During his occasional absences, Rich'd M. White, Charles Congdon, and A. D. Matthews, had severally officiated. The latter gentleman succeeded Mr. Peet in the charge of the School. Secretary-George A. Bartow, 1828. R. W. Dow, 1829; lost, in the steamer Lexington. George W. Dow, 1830. Edgar J. Bartow, Nov. 1833. John Paterson, Nov. 1834; died in Edinburgh, 1842. E. J. Bartow, 1838. A. E. Douglass, January, 1840. Henry Bancroft, Nov. 1842. Wm. Peet, June, 1843. John Birdsall, Dec. 1843. N. D. Morgan, Aug. 1844.

Librarian-W. C. Booth, E. J. Bartow, jointly, 1829. E. J. Bartow, 1830. Fanning C. Tucker; died October, 1834. William J. Miller, March, 1834. Charles E. Craven, April, 1837; deceased. Wm. C. Flower, March, 1838. William Peet, Sept. 1838. Wm. Peet and Claudius B. Nichols, jointly, Feb. 1839. C. B. Nichols, June, 1843.

About 1220 volumes in the Library.

The Second School.

The following is a reply to sundry inquiries made of the Rector just before his embarkation for England:

Ship Sheffield, from Liverpool to New-York, At Sea, November 7th, 1843, Lat. 41. 4, Long. 671. My Dear Sir: Your letter of May I have just reperused. Its contents have been in my mind ever since I parted from you. But my continual motion from place to place during a long journey has prevented me from sitting down quietly to reply to your requests. I am happy to find that you have undertaken to collect some information concerning the Sunday Schools of St. Ann's Church; because the success with which they have been crowned may encourage others to undertake a work, which, although applauded where faithfully performed, still might deter, by its arduousness, many timid and irresolute minds. This important undertaking was begun more than fifteen years ago, and the same enterprizing mind which was chiefly concerned in its commencement, has, with some others, continued