Robert Raikes: A Critical StudyNicholson and Watson, limited, 1939 - 182 pages |
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... Perhaps Stars or Stories is meant . It is perhaps significant that these letters bear dates between 24 ROBERT RAIKES.
... Perhaps Stars or Stories is meant . It is perhaps significant that these letters bear dates between 24 ROBERT RAIKES.
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... perhaps an useless and worthless member of society all the days of his life . " Still , Raikes believed in the deterrent effect of prison as a remedy for crime . Although the reforma- tion of the prisoner and also the reformative effect ...
... perhaps an useless and worthless member of society all the days of his life . " Still , Raikes believed in the deterrent effect of prison as a remedy for crime . Although the reforma- tion of the prisoner and also the reformative effect ...
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... Perhaps God may have a deeper end therein than men are aware of . Who knows but some of these schools may become nurseries of Christians ? " At Bolton ( Lancs ) , in 1786 , he found 550 children taught in Sunday School , and 800 in the ...
... Perhaps God may have a deeper end therein than men are aware of . Who knows but some of these schools may become nurseries of Christians ? " At Bolton ( Lancs ) , in 1786 , he found 550 children taught in Sunday School , and 800 in the ...
Contents
RAIKES THE MAN AND HIS ANCESTRY | 13 |
THE BEGINNING OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS | 59 |
THE FIRST RESULTS | 94 |
Copyright | |
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