distressed, and is, therefore, immoral; That society can be reorganised on a basis of love and justice, and that it is every man's duty to use all available social forces in bringing about that reorganisation. There were also "ten commandments" to be followed which were printed in some of the editions of the hymn book. Love your schoolfellows, who will be your fellow workmen in life. Love learning, which is the food of the mind; be as grateful to your teacher as to your parents. Make every day holy by good and useful deeds and kindly actions. Honour good men, be courteous to all men, bow down to none. Do not hate or speak evil of anyone. Do not be revengeful but stand up for your rights and resist oppression. Do not be cowardly. Be a friend to the weak and love justice. Remember that all good things of the earth are produced by labour. Whoever enjoys them without working for them is stealing the bread of the workers. Observe and think in order to discover the truth. Do not believe what is contrary to reason and never deceive yourself or others. Do not think that he who loves his own country must hate and despise other nations, or wish for war, which is a remnant of barbarism. Look forward to the day when all men and women will be free citizens of one fatherland and live together as brothers and sisters in peace and righteousness. Socialist Sunday Schools in the United States Origins The earliest known Socialist Sunday School in the US was launched on March 1, 1880, in New York City by Branch 14 of the Socialist Labor Party of America. Some 30 students participated at the time of the school's launch, which was lauded in the daily New Yorker Volkszeitung as an institution of great benefit to the entire German working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's East Side. The female members of Branch 14 were instrumental in the financial support of the school, which over the next two years conducted a series of concerts, performances, and fundraising social events. Other early American Socialist Sunday Schools were launched in Chicago during the last years of the 1880s. Four such schools were identified by police officials at the time and declared by the authorities to be of "Socialistic and Anarchistic origin". Classes were conducted in German — the main language of