Show igor ibor utah county sunday school union PROVO CITY dec editor deseret bics news on monday the epst at 10 30 a in agreeably to previous appointment the members of the sunday school union of utah county met in the basement of the meeting metting hous houa provo prove city supt bupt david there was a good representation from most parts of the county after the opening services president john welcomed those present nud aud felt happy to see the interest manifested on this the second annual meeting of the union he also offered for consideration several important measures forming the business iness of the convention and necessary to be adopted for the permanence growth and development of sabbath schools the remainder of the morning afternoon and evening sessions was occupied U by the dlf dIf Terent different superintendents ten dents and representatives from dolfl erent places in the county reporting pi ogress progress of their various schools and reviewing the mea measures aures presented for adoption the earnest and intelligent remarks made upon these occasions were sufficient lelent guarantee of the Jn interest terest aad zeal felt by those present in this im important 0 r 1 branch of moral and religious u training of the rising generation to more fully convey the sense of these meetings I 1 subjoin the resolutions finally adopted at the morning meeting on dec whereas all experience demonstrates that the maintenance of sunday schools calls for nor the exercise of great love energy and labor and I 1 I 1 whereas we feel to bestow upon the youth the best moral and religious training within our power thereby relieving ourselves ot all responsibility for any growth of evil I 1 therefore be it that teachers should exert themselves to be in advance in knowledge and experience of 1 their thein pupils in order that government may be sustained and pure doctrines advanced Be resolved solved that we give our energies and operation cooperation co to the composing and publishing by the sunday school union of such books as maybe may be proper for the use of our sunday schools also that we sustain the tha juvenile ru renile venile instructor and other works of the church resolved Ke Be botved solved that we hereby authorize the president of this union to urge before the deseret S S union the necessity of immediately publishing our own sunday school books resolved Be solved that rewards of merit should be continued lre ide resolved JRe solved that our sunday schools should not be converted into preaching or testimony meetings ide resolved Be JRe solved that the president of this union confer conner with the editor of the juvenile instructor as to the propriety of reducing the size of the paper as in its present shape it is inconvenient to read in classes and for binding resolved that we hold a jubilee jubliee at american fork city on the of june next in commemoration of president youngs birthday on motion of ef elder george halliday the corresponding secretary wat was authorized to transmit to the DESERET instructor and utah county times a synopsis of the proceedings r of this meeting president ent john jolin thanked the members present for their attendance and pronounced the benedic tion adjourned sine die very respectfully S S JONES JONM corresponding secretary |