Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the American Sunday-School Union and of Its Contributions to Popular Education in the United States, 1865 The system of rewards had been in vogue long before the organization of the American Sunday School Union. Indeed, in Mr. Raikes' schools, gratuities were given for attendance and good be haviour. But we do notfind the ticket-currency, as it might be called, (that is, tickets of various values, redeemable with books, ) was. In use, ex cept in our own country. Scripture tickets were given in British Sunday-schools, * as marks of ap probation, and eight such tickets, received in the month, entitled the recipient to a copy of a Penny Monthly Magazine. But the system here was more complicated. A text of Scripture, printed on a card, with blue ink, was given as a reward for attendance all day, and good conduct; or for every thirty verses of hymns or Scripture recited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.