| IN PAST TIMES, most children
attended a Sunday School, even those whose families were not regular
churchgoers. This was regarded as an essential part of their religious
education and usually held on Sunday afternoons at various churches in the
town but the Baptist and Congregational attracted the largest numbers.
Lessons were devoted to reading and
studying the bible, prayers and a hymn. In later years, there was often a
magic lantern or film show on religious topics such as the lives of the
saints or the work of missionaries in foreign lands such as China and
Africa.
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