Spiritual Declension as Manifest in the Sunday-school.
The following is what Edward W. Bok, himself having experience as a Sunday-school superintendent, after long observation and close study of the subject, has to say as to his conclusions:— “Even the most zealous advocates of the Sunday-school concede the fact that its strength is on the wane. Attendance is on the decrease, and those who do attend are lukewarm in their interest. It is a common experience with parents nowadays to have their boys and girls beg off from going. A careful study of over two hundred Sunday-schools reveals this condition in nearly every case, and inquiry among parents and Sunday-school workers only serves to corroborate the self-evident facts.”