Show sunday schools CITY dec IT 17 1875 to ac fhe the bishops Bishop 3 superintendents superintendent and teachers of sunday schools t doar dear brethren the tho monthly h me et ing lug of superintendents and t tea eachers teachers chers chera of sunday schools in this ci city V continues to bo be held regu regularly regulars larl lari y on the first monday in each month at the city hall at 7 p into one and all of our country friends who happen to be in the city oty at such times wo we extend a most cordial Juvita invitation tion to attend it MS much pleasure to state that our last meeting was attended hy by representatives from very every sunday school in the city which was a it gratifying index to the increased interest now being taken in the juvenile portion of our community such is the importance attached to our sunday school interests by president brigham young that be reassigned assigned as one reason for por or suspending ane morning service in the new tabernacle tc to give an ati opportunity for bishops and their counselors as well us as others to attend personally to the sunday schools in their respective I 1 ivard war that there might beno bebo be no lack eith eithur either r of teachers children ch illren oi 01 means to have efficiently conducted thus introducing a principle eo so often quoted by our presiding bishop shop edward hunter many inmany hands bands make inake light work quite a number of our bishops and kotlier le leiding tiling men are ate now engaged in this important part ot their general watchcase watch eare care over the people and we have no tio doubt that the awakening spirit of repentance and reformation now resting upon the people will prompt not only an increased hiter biter interest estla in sunday schools but every institution in will feel its enlivening influence there fore biet blet brethren hren bren we say be ye encouraged cou raged slacken not your labors either as superintendents superintend eritA bisho bisbo bishops ps oi or teat teachers ibers and while abil yow you a are te sowing the we good seed sted af the word of god in it the hearts of the children of zion be fer fervent vent lent in y your our prayers that god will deign to bless biess and sanctify your efforts by the quickening influences of his holy spirit and that a rich and bountiful harvest argood of good works may result 11 from rom thal that will gladden every faithful teachers teacher s heart we sincerely hope that every aun sunday school is supplied with ac asani ammi instructor to form a leading item of study the be questions on the tile bible book of mormon and history of joseph should be learned by every child in the school capable of committing them to memory they are s specially ecial ay provided and published ey nor for the tho benefit of sunday set sei we earnestly hope bop and strongly recommend their universal universal adoption in every sunday school throughout the territory we know of no easler easier and more mure effective way of communicating a knowledge khow ledge of the word of god gad than hy by question and answer one school of our acquaintance takes twenty copi copl copies coples esthey they aredis are dis dia tributes tri buted among the teachers the larger scholar learn the questions on the bible on the first sunday and those on the book of mormon on the second the smaller children are taught thoe those on the tha bistry of joseph josephihe the ohe the same on both sundays at 11 a bell is rung being a call to lay jay aside their lessons aid a or adult scholar then asks asks aska these questions question 4 and a general interest is fell felt by all and the ques eions bious answered by a 6 melior majority ity of the children the youthful youtha youth hr tul mind being only capable of receiving a small portion of knowledge at one time a little learned and deeply impressed on the memory is preferable to a great deal but partially learned and but dimly imprinted on the memory let us therefore introduce more copies of the instructor into our schools and have our children well Instruct instructed edin in the bible bibie the book of mormon ald and church history from its pages ge s and if this be done in every b sunday da school hool hooi throughout utah it will so far increase the circulation Fu cu lation of that invaluable periodical as to render it a self seif sustaining enter enterprise prize to earnestly desired by its pub publisher libber george Q cannon praying that god may continue to bless and prosper you in your labors labora bora and knprr in pirl you to carry out tho tb above suggestions au hires tion lion I 1 remain your in the good cause t morge GEORGE GODDARD geni benl bupt deseret deveret des DeY eret sanday sunday school union |