Show large attendance at the conference GOOD instructions GIVEN stake officers sustained the sunday schools are all condition Con diton at the sunday conference sat arday afternoon there was a large at en dance tha speakers were pres D john karl G and ceo goddard the speeches were on sunday school work of the great made and of th present flourishing flouri ahing condition of the schoola echo ola there were also a few clasa exercises saturday evening a very enjoyable concert was iven in the tabernacle SUNDAY FORENOON there was an immense audienna audi enca at ans sunday school conference in the tabernacle sunday forenoon every abat in the spacious building was taken the joined in the singing of sunday school hymna bupt supt W 8 rawlings Raw linga gave a brief report of the work of the bunday of the stake he said that during the year past the bad visited every sunday school with the exception of a very few in most of tb schools the teaching is graded he believed that every superintendent in utah stake were endeavoring to carry cut the instructions from the union board he hoped that the sunday schools would continue to improve in the future have in the past he also urged the teachers and dent to be united in their labors and strive to the sunday school work a success some email sunday school children from american lork then gave a class exercise on the infancy and childhood of christ the ten commandments were then recited by the congregation under the direction of superintendent L E eg gertsen pupils of the primary department of grove gave a class exercise on the subject of prayer president reed smoot made a few remarks ue eaid that the scene beffre him nearly melted bis heart he re ferrad to the groat in sunday school Wot jisHe urged the cb ildred to let hotl nog stanl in their way to keep them from their sunday school he hoped the hildren would never forget to pray and said that they would be kept from ain it they would re member this principle about fifty little girls of the baring ville sunday schools gave a very good class exercise jog of tho union board addressed the audience there was a time in the history of our Pern tory speaker said that an old lor bouse was the order of the day but this is not the case now the lord has blessed us and given no commodious and advanced teachings but should keep in mind the lessons taught in these old log buildings it ia the of the older ones to make bruer day sainta out of the children who ar growing up ID our midst must teach our to honor the priesthood teach them who the men are who ard presiding dint over thia churan karl G maeder boie testimony to the remark of bro and said chev were very appropriate for the occasion the sunday school should make it a to introduce the gospel into the sunday belinda and strive to make latter day saints out of toe children the sunday school pupils cannot get a testimony of the divinity of god and jesus and of the gospel too soon it should be them from the and upon these alpa will our sunday schools geo goddard of the union board spoke next he wanted the young children as well aa the older ones to prepare for abo second coming of our savior As usual ha sang a bong the title of which wag the second coming of the savior the audience coined in the chorus after binding and benediction confer ence until 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON there was a larga atten danca also at the afternoon session of the sunday school conference the congregation united in singing sunday school hymns the officers of the sunday schoola throughout the stake and abo general charch sunday school officers weri dented and sustained bupt supt eggertsen Sg gertsen emoke of the necea sity of a librarian ol 01 the sunday school of the the resignation ef jaa hardy as alake secretary was accepted with a tote of thanks and be was elake librarian E H holt aoa sustained ai alake secretary the provo second ward theological Theolo ical clasa gave an exercise pertaining to the articles of faith J M tanner addressed the congregation it is he said to see BO many present and to pee the interest that is manifested in our Sanday schools he believed that there ar thousand of our children who do not attend diab bath ec bools if we can create a spirit iu our sunday that ie clean and pure its results will work in society every latter day saint is bound to live a life BO that when the comes he will not look upon himself with bhame and wiil not want the moan taina to fall on and cove up the sabbath school is the place to begin cleanliness and purity should be planted in the hearts ot the little ones that they may live a life that not be ashamed of he asked god to bleab all the sanday children and exhorted all the saints to live pure lives joseph addre aeed the audience speaker said that since the meeting this morning be bad had a con in regard to our sunday school labors that conversation conversa tinn waa in relation to the almost of getting the young men from the ages of twenty to twenty five to get interested in the sunday school labors he called attention to the theological classes that are in existence at our sunday schools he appealed to the fathers and mothers to labor with aba young men try to lead nt drive them to the sunday schools H advised the young men not to ir Ba loins and to observe the word of wisdom karl Q maeser mado a few remarks in relation to a question that had been brought up in the sunday schools in relation to the sabbath day bro goddard again addressed the audience on sunday work and advised the bainte to continue family prayer the parents their children to oray and observe the sabbath day the law of was booken of and all urged to do what is right and live lives abat will b satisfactory to god he closed his speech with a song the congregation joining in the chorus conference was adjourned by benediction by karl G maeser |