Good old Mar Elias
rejoiced to see such a work among his flock; and it was most
pleasant to see the large church so crowded by people, seated on the
floor, that one could hardly walk about among them.
After the teachers had attended to their classes about an hour and a
half, the younger scholars repeated the portion of Scripture they
had learned during the week, and the parents were much pleased to
hear their children recite.
The daily report of the Seminary was introduced into the Sabbath
school in a way that only Orientals could do it. The older members
of the school were required to report any cases of swearing,
stealing, or quarrelling among the younger ones during the week, who
were publicly reproved on the following Sabbath. This made the
parents more careful to watch over their children, and the children
more circumspect in their daily behavior. If any little trouble
occurred among them during the week, they said to each other, "Let
us be careful; Sabbath is near;" and though at first some of the
people smiled when the children were reproved, it soon became more
common for them to weep.
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