Show DESERET SUNDAY UNION om oxe of the most pleasing reports made at the general conference was that of the deseret sunday school union the progress of this praiseworthy organization has been rapid and its success remarkable the work it is accomplishing pil shing is too great and imbor important tant taut to be described in words and its results present and prospective are scarcely to be comprehended in all their bearings upon the rising generation and the community every stake in zion has its sunday schools one in each ward with a corps of teachers male and female under a local superintendent and each stake organization directed directed by a stake superintendent the whole under tinder a gener genei general al and fostered by the church authorities during the past year there has been an increase of four stake organization organizations as and 57 new sunday schools with officers and teachers and scholars therease there Ther eare are now in the sunday school union pupils and 6 officers and teachers making a total of this we consider is quite remarkable and auder u er t the e circumstances attends attending i n it Is ahead of anything of the kind iu in the world orld orid we do not think that any other community of the same number has as many children in its sunday schools as the people commonly called calie mormons cormons Mor mons while the manner of their in management amentis is unexcelled in any part of the alope attached to most of these sunday schools is a library and the total number of books in the various libraries at present is the interest manifested in this good work and the figures that we have e quoted show that the latter day saints contrary to common report ray pay considerable attention to the education of their youth and that books are provided for their instruction the sunday bunday schools are used not only for secular education but for religious training of theological classes there are bible and testament classes book of mormon classes doctrine and covenants classes juvenile instructor tor classes 93 Cate catechism chisin classes miscellaneous classes 2068 making a total of the doctrines and principles of the faith of the latter day saints are thus taught in the sunday schools and it is because of this that their enemies falsely represent that the tenets of mormonism are taught in the district schools our oan sunday schools are under the auspices of the church and are denominational but the district schools supported chiefly by taxation are under the laws of the territory and abd are arc not denominational no religious lous ious tenets being taught therein and no religious test being applied to any one connected therewith we congratulate the diligent laborers laborer in the sunday school cause on their success and the efficient manner in which those schools are arc conducted they form a tine fine field of work for young men and young ladies who have a desire to do good to train the young and tender mind in the precepts and spirit of the gospel and in the rudiments of common education is a task which should commend itself to all who are anxious for the welfare of zion and it will bring a sure reward many will find lind profit to themselves in this labor and all will have the satisfaction of beholding in some degree the present fruits of their efforts walle they will have the assurance of bless biess ings and honors in the life to come for their faithfulness and will then see the full results of their diligence and self sacrifice we hope the good work will continue dinue and that its growth and progress will be as satisfactory in the future as they have been in the past let none think it too small a post to be a teacher in a sunday school and let no parent in zion neglect to send the little ones to be instructed in the schools specially organized for the benefit ot of the children of the latter day saints |