Harmony and Good Feeling: A Sunday School Picnic at the Richmond Hill Methodist Church, June 17, 1857

At about 4 o'clock the children, numbering over a hundred, marched in procession for a short distance, headed by the Band; returning, proceeded to a large tent, erected for the day, where with as many visitors as could be accommodated, they regaled themselves with a Tea, and to which they did not forget to do ample justice! After the disposal of the eatables, the children, with the visitors who remained, about 300 in number, repaired to the church, where the meeting was presided over by Amos Wright, after which the audience were entertained with Recitations, interspersed with singing by the scholars, which was done in a manner which not only elicited much applause and reflected credit upon themselves, but tended in a great measure to promote the harmony and good feeling which seemed everywhere to prevail.

Christian Guardian,June 24, 1857