Robert Raikes

Robert Raikes
THE FOUNDER
OF
Sunday Schools
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of
Robert Raikes

 
 
 
 
 

I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME,
AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME
EARLY, SHALL FIND ME.

 
 
 

image of
First Sunday School building

 
 
 

WHERE THE FIRST
SUNDAY SCHOOL
WAS
COMMENCED
IN THE YEAR
1780

13.3cm long by 4.5cm wide

White 

Signed: "T.STEVENS COV.Y AND LONDON" on back at pointed end.
This bookmark was registered on 12 May 1880

Stevens logo and diamond registration mark woven on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark