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Show first Sunday School David Lawrence McKay, left, Lyr.n S. Richards and Royden G. Derrick guide Sunday School today. in Rocky Mountains. o) Co & Monument at 1st West, 3rd South marks site of Ballantyne home. Four General Authorities were on Sunday School board in the 1890s, including Heber J. Grant, standing in center in top row. 4 4 the young. , , I saw tliat the children, f 'om the very nature and circumstances of the people, were being neglected and I wanted to gather them into the school where they could learn not to read and write, but the goodness of God, and the true Gospel of Jesus Christ." From this humble beginning 119 years organization ago has come the woi of today, numbering more than two million , members In 6,300 Sunday Schools. Dec. 9, 1849 Is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sunday School movement in the Church, although according to recollections of some early Church members. Sunday Schools were held in Kirtland and Nuuvoo. However, there sue no records or dates to verify this. The objective of the Sunday School today is still the same as it was when Elder Ballantyne opened his home for the ... 30 children. The Sunday School objective Is to teach llie Gospel of Jesus Christ to every mem-lie- r of tlie Church and to Church investigators who attend, according to tlie organiza- lions handbook. , , result "Sunday School teaching should in the development of a vital faith in Cod the Fattier, in llis Son Jesus Clu 1st and in the Holy Ghost, and in a testimony that the priesthood and principles of the Gospel have been restored through the Propliet Jo seph Smith and continued through living prophets. Through the years, many changes have taken place to keep pace wiih the rapid growth of the organization. O', In tlie early days of Ls existence, Sun i. . - ContinuiHl on Page 14 |