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Show TEAFLE f,KD TABLSNIGLE. Ihe S rat convention :( the Sunday i.ehoo'sof tho Ciiureli he!.! in the Assembly As-sembly Hall, Salt I.r.he City. November Novem-ber Ssth. r.nd -:. was an un.iwaliliod success. Delegates numborin;r more than il'.iu si:d f.ooa every Stake of 7.i-on 7.i-on except ov.l were present, as well as representatives from other places. The oni v trouble there see Med to be was the luck of time. Six sessions were not sufficient to thoroughly cover cov-er the subjects considered. The singing sing-ing was the most spirited congregational congrega-tional singing heard for many a day and the soles, both vocal and instrumental, instru-mental, were delightful. The impetus that these meetings will give the Sunday Sun-day schools cannot, be measured. The committee of the Sunday school convention supplied the delegates with 750 meals at their headquarters in the Tc-mph ton iluikiing, free of cost to the recipien ts. The following Young Men's Mutual Improvment Association conferences will be held during December; Sevier (at Eichficld), Pox Elder (at Prigham) Cassia (at Oakley), Millard (at lloldenl, and Juab (at Nephi), all on December 10th, and 11th. Kauab, Dec. 12th, St George, Dec. 20th; and Parowan, Dec. 27th. Prest. ration S. Wells, of the European Euro-pean Mission, will sail for home December De-cember Sth, and land in New York about the 19. It is understood that he is accompanied by his counselor, Elder Jos. W. McMurrin. Elders A. II. Lund and M. F. Cowley, Cow-ley, of the Apostles, have purchased homes in Salt Lake City. Elder Thomas Palmer has returned from a mission to Louisiana. Elder Palmer left his home in Morgan City for his field of labor October 7, 1S96. He reports gratifying progress in the spread of truth. Several Sunday schools have been established and the people receive the elders with less prejudice than formerly, The first convention of the Sunday school union of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was closed in the Assembly hall Salt Lake City, .Sunday, November 27. Though it developed de-veloped that for fortj'-nine years past Sunday schools have been a feature of the religous training of the young of Utah, the Saints have never before held a convention of Sunday school workers, though Sunday school conferences con-ferences have been a feature. The convention in question was decided upon at the last general conference of the church, and the invitation to send delegates met with a response from everyone of the forty stakes of Zion, running from Alberta, Canada, to the stake of Chihuahua, Old Mexico. And in addition there were delegates dele-gates from Nashville, Tennessee, and from the eastern states to the coast, A general committee, consisting of Elders George Reynolds, Joseph IV. Summerhays and George D. Piper were appointed to entertain the visitors, visit-ors, and they deserve great credit for the able manner in which they performed per-formed their task. On the fourth floor of the Templeton headquarters were established with register, writing and lunch rooms, where delegates were kindly received and assigned to living quarters. President Cannon directed Secretary George E. Pyper to call the roll of the stakes of Zion, and the result re-sult showed that the entire forty stakes of the church, from Canada to Old Mexico, were represented in the convention, con-vention, twenty-four superintendents, seventeen assistant superintendents and one secretary representing the officials, while the remaining eight were ordinary delegates. Alberta, Canada, was represented by Superintendent Superin-tendent II. S. Allen; Juarez, Mex., by Martin V. Sanders. Idaho responded with six stakes; Colorado, one;'Ari.ona, two, and the remainder, Utah stakes. In addition to these there, were two delegates from Nashville, Tcnn., which is not an organized stake of Zion. These were George V. Gwyn and Miss Jennie Gwyn. The object of the convention con-vention was to correct the errors prevalent and to discover the best methods aud employ them, and to formulate a general and uniform plan of Sunday school instruction. Many of the visiting delegates were up-pointed up-pointed to visit the different Sunday schools in Salt Lake in the morning and the meetings in the erening, at which ail spoke in praise of the convention con-vention and the good in il in-nee and instruction in-struction it would bring about. The semi-annual conference of the Voting Men's Mutual Improvement association as-sociation took i',T-f in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, December 5. There was an oiiiccrs' meelingin the morning morn-ing and general conference in the afternoon. Music was f urnisbed by the Mulual Improvement nssocial ion and Utahn uartcttes, Professor Mc-Clellan Mc-Clellan and Thomas Asbworth. |