Show s i i DESERET SUNDAY SCH soh coi COr i UNION MEETING the semiannual semi annual meeting of the deseret Sunday School union was held on monday Monda even evening n october oth 1884 in Tabernacle the I 1 general superintendent george Q cannon canton bre presided sided this was the most largely attended meeting that the union nas has ever held the immense building with its galleries gallerie s being tilled filled on or near nean the stand were presidents G Q cannon and mid YV woodruff apostles E snow and V F D richards beneral officers of the union presidents and sunday school superintendents of stakes also many other leading men of the different different organizations of the church the musical attractions of the evening were th the Q brass banu band and the logan choir under the leadership of brother alexander lewis theo the opening ening exercises we were re music by the bani bans band lloyed followed fo by an anai anal anthem ithem rendered by the choir and prayer by stake superintendent wliilam william bax sister Ai Cowley and brother E ull uit lilluet luet entitled god bless dur 0 ur mou mountain britain home 11 with chorus by the choir the roll of stakes was called showing that representatives of the stake S S organizations were present from nearly all the twenty nine stakes of zion elder elden george reynolds th thelby enby re ques quest tread a comprehensive historical review of the union prepared by a t I 1 t ommittee appold appointed t ed f for that purpose it was listened to with deep interest the next exercise was a glee by the choir I 1 GEN burt GEO Q cannon CA remarked that he had heard with delight ilg lit the favorable repot report just realand rea dand I 1 n kajing saying this he felt sure he but uttered the sentiments of all who listened ned to it ile he regretted that brother goddard could not be present in justice to his own feelings as aswell well weli as to the roth yoth of his co in this work lie ile felt to pay a high tribute of praise to brother goddard and to brother willes 1 nov now absent on foreign missions to the late samuel L levans evans and to stake sunday school schoot litan dents and other officers and rs of our sunday schools for their earnest und untiring labors in this cause the growth and alyd progress of the union wasa matter of wonder and congratulation when we consider the importance to which it had attained and tiie the great amount of good it had accomplished with the expenditure of so little means the present large meeting and other striking evidences show tile the rapid growth and increasing interest felt inthis in this movement the plan of having all the children visited on oa a sunday morning and invited to attend sunday school by visitors appointed to this duty had resulted in A marked increase in atten attendance attendant dan ce of man many y of the se schools bools it is the duty of all the saints to use their utmost endeavors to promote the effle efficiency lency of our sunda sunday schools and parents should uphold their efforts by careful t training ining atheme and by setting goott examples he invoked v ok blessings S en all ali engaged in this work musie music by the band APOSTLE ERASTUS SNOW felt an especial leasure pleasure in festl testifying ing to the good results results of the effii efforts of 11 the sunday school union and of the officers and teachers eng engaged aged in this work throughout the stakes Stake sot of zion dional al not specially enraged engaged in the sabbath school work he had ad striven in a general way to aid and promote its cause the deep interest he took in it made him rejoice in the success that has attended its progress As a means ot of restraining dud aud guiding the youth of zion the value of its influence could not be estimated the report that ha hach lust just been read showed that the tho bless biess ings of tile tiie 10 lord lo rd had rested d richly upon the labors of those en engaged a ged god in u this good work ail all and he tio hoped to see the report printed in 14 appropriate P p ro p pilate form for future reference fe re ile he th thought ought the successor the union was remarkable and not riot e equalled equal balled led by anything achin of the kind klud elsewhere A ere glee was sung by bi the abir choir W 17 re rejoiced 0 iced at the prosperity of I 1 theUn lon ion and d every school included in it lle lie ile he felt to thank god for the shield from evil and for the encouragement tobe and do good that Is afforded by our sunday schools school sto to the children other otheir institutions also had been 0 organized through the inspiration for the instruction and protection of our sons and daugh daughters and parents should assist in sustaining inin ou our sunday schools the primaries and d jhb the improvement pro associations by encourage r ing their children to attend atten attendant dand and by every other means in their power the labors labois and responsibilities g of building up zion will fall tipon ripon the children oi of this people they will have to meet the powers of daran darkness s ang ano evil and stand amid the judgments that are arc c min upon the earth and therefore no pains should be spared to train them hemin in the principles of righteousness ness and that ithe he Holy Spirit might be poured out upon them aad alo ano aio upon all ai engaged in this cause was his prayer 0 a 4 s GEX SUPT JOHN MORGAN felt felb grateful to haveN havethe the privilege of witnessing the widespread wide spread interest ta taken kenin in this good work president young thought that sunday school wor work khas kwas was of so much importance that he discontinued the sunday morning meetings so that our sunday schools might be better supplied suD bud plied piled with teachers inglat an and ana not interfered with iirth the speaker felt to suggest that all our oar sunday schools be held in the In orning morning and at the hour best suited to childrens welfare ile he recommended regular meetings ings of the sunday school officers and teachers of each stake also that the off meers officers and teachers of each school meet to together ether once a month that thad secular books books be ba excluded from our sunday schools as class books book our union and church publications rendering thel their ruse use no longer ik a necessity also the organization of theological classes in tiie the sunday schools to be held on a sunday morning or oil on some evening during the tae week ile he referred to the brass band as a pleasing feature connected with the union v it was hias announced that at the monthly meeting of bf sunday school superintendents and teachers to be held heid gli bli on the llast first monday in november the thirteenth ward sunday school would furnish singing and doorkeepers and brother karf karl G maeser would dellver deliver a chor hort lecture on the besl bess f n da day dar school 1 general superintendent cannon made some i CLOSING in which he commended the union brass band stated that it Is ithe de sire J the birst F lir lin presidency adene that alib choso oso 11 wit wig 0 make mako capable sunday school officers and teachers should not be taken to act as home missionaries lie ile hoped that presidents of stakes would be actuated by the same spirit that president young r was and not permit any me meetings betings or gathe rinzs of less importance than gatherings take stake conferences to be appointed on orl the sabbath so as to interfere with the sunday ay schools either in their attend attendance or the usual times of holding them other hours or days could be appointed for any other meetings or business except the stake conferences this Is the express wish ot of the first presidency who had urged it before ile he endorsed the suggestion of assistant general superintendent INI morgan organ that all our sunday schools so far as practicable be held about 10 of a sabbath morning these things were not new but they were of creat great importance ile he expressed his thanks to brother lewis ana anci the logan choir for their heir presence and at his suggestion the he congregation manifested their appreciation recia tion of the pleasure the singing lad iad afforded them by a unanimous vote of thanks meeting closed with an anthem ant hemby by the choir and benediction by apostle F D richards |