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         The Cedar County Sabbath School Association was organized about 1870, under the instruction of the Iowa Sabbath School Association.

         Rev. L. P. Dosch was the prime mover in the work in Cedar County, and G. W. Barclay did much to assist in carrying it forward and making it efficient. He was Secretary of the Association for five years. Rev. Joshua Rial, Rev. E. L. Dodder, Rev. E. R. Brown and Lawrie Tatum have been Presidents and Rev. L. P. Dosch, Dr. Chittenden, G. W. Barclay and A. M. Sheldon, the Secretaries of the Association.

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         The amount that Sunday school workers have accomplished through the organization cannot be easily estimated.

         All the townships have been organized and considerable missionary work done throughout the county. Inland township, through the zeal of her workers, has a good record. Opinions between different sects have become smaller, and friends in the Sabbath School work more closely united. But few of the townships have maintained their organization, yet conventions are occasionally held in different parts of the county.

         The efforts of the Association are now directed toward obtaining a comprehensive view of the responsibilities of officers and teachers and the best methods of instruction, in order that the scholars may have a thorough knowledge of the Bible, secure salvation and develop the highest form of true manhood.

         The Annual Conventions afford an opportunity for Sunday school workers to discuss questions which pertain to the wants of the Sabbath school, so that they may become skillful workmen in the Master’s vineyard.

         A report from thirty-eight of the Sabbath schools of Cedar County give the following statistics: One hundred and fifty-six officers, 269 teachers, 2,729 scholars and 3,129 the total membership.

         The Sabbath schools contributed $117.14 last year for benevolent purposes and $1,130.265 for their own support.