Show XA bunday tile the regular sacrament services at ahe ho tabernacle last sunday afternoon were devoted to a masterful discus ston on the duties of parents by elder N T porter of the deseret sunday school aillon board the speaker eni em pha plia sized tile the point that parents are usually responsible for the deficiencies in their children in the way of their temperament sad and conduct tor for the reason that those de deficiencies are to be found in the parents themselves es he declared that it is a crime ifor for a parent to to punish a child for some wrong with out first looking t to 0 his the parents own record and life to find it if the thing thine the child is to be punished tor for 7 Is not a reflection of the life of the parent there is i a cause tor for every effect and by tile the law of procreation every cause will be reproduced in ill the effects that til at are sure to come he urged the parents to look their protes slon squarely in the face analyze it and determine for themselves cheth eror not they are qualified to follow it he said that it is fast coming to 1 be recognized all over the world by the great ones that the fundamental law of all things begins right at the f fireside ir eside and the calling to preside over a home where love confidence virtue and justice are the watch words is A a greater honor and offers a wider field than to preside over a nation he declared that the parents class lias has come to be recognized as a pow pov erful factor in the church and community and it is no longer just an appendage to the sunday school to set get the parents to accompany their children to church on sunday morning but it in ii 9 an institution which has possibilities f almost if limitless in instructing and preparing parents to preside over their children successfully stated that a special book is being prepared now to give the parents special instruction along radically different lines than have been followed heretofore and lie he plead ed for gorji a greater interest on the pa part rt of the pi parents rents in the work of oc this depart ment president L A snow presided over the services which began by the coni con i gre gation singing the hymn redeemer er of israel the other musical I 1 numbers were the hymns jesus once of humble birth and love at home between speakers norman lee sang the seer the sacrament was administered under the direction of the fourth ward bishopric during the pass ing of which elder 0 C dalby read from st jolin john the prayers were offered by elders H J packer and C IS horsley the attendance according to the count made showed first ward 71 second ward 68 third ward 39 59 and fourth ward 27 in all which is not quite 6 per cent of the population of the city |