Show SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION nearly all the city and several of the county schools were represented at the meeting of the sunday school union of this stake held in the fourteenth ward assembly hall on june 2nd and superintendent J 0 cutler presiding the singing exercises wernex were excellently rendered on the occasion by the fourteenth ward school choi ru runder der the direction of brother thomas butler and the opening prayer was offered by elder J H parry elder J M whittaker instructor of the fourteenth ward primary class conducted an interesting exercise with a portion of his bis class of boys and girls the lesson consisted of one of their usual sunday morning lessons on the life of the savior although the lesson waa not specially prepared for this meeting the whole exercise was promptly and intelligently performed evincing not only earnest work on the part of the teacher but more than usual interest on the part of the children brother whittaker explained that in creating an interest in the minds of the children he had found the large charts published by the sunday school union of very great help after making a few pointed and introductory remarks on the illustrated lust rated lesson he said the children could readily answer nearly all questions that the lesson would naturally suggest elder francis macdonald assistant superintendent of the big cotton conwood wood Sunday School gave a short lecture illustrating the method by which he had bad been so successful in teaching the theological class over which he presided he based his teachings on the idea that the young men of the be taught to understand the gospel so thoroughly and familiarly as to be able to preach the same to the world the 11 t preceptor method had with very good resul principles of the gospel I 1 a aha acts suggested in its restoration were brought up in the class successively and all the members were required to take part in the exercises of the class and aid lu in searching out passages of scripture bearing upon the subject presented before the class and which would prove the position assumed by the latter day saints that the scriptures might become familiar to the members of the class the only book used was the bible and every one of the students took part in searching out and reading before the claw class the various passages sug suggested gated by the lesson of the day the same class had taken up the sunday school leaflets with very good results always following the same general plan and working with the same object in view elder thomas mcintyre led the congregation in singing glorious things of thee are spoken f supt bupt george M cannon of the fourteenth ward sabbath school was the next speaker and delivered an excellent address on n the subject of order and discipline in the beginning of his subject the speaker referred to the training given the youth of greece and borne to prepare them for the d duties uti es that fell upon them at maturity order and I 1 discipline were the principal subjects inculcated in the minds of the youth on the supposition that the best disciplined children became the best citizens the catholics and many other churches made discipline a very important part of the education of their children the necessity si ty of disc bisci recognized byall who had given the subject of progressive gres sive education any thought as without discipline the purpose of teaching would be hindered and retarded but an irksome di discipline pline made up of many and intricate rules was productive of more harm than good the fewer and more simple the rules made to govern the discipline of our schools the better would be the result more good would be accomplished and better order would prevail superintendent cutler announced that the fifteenth ward school would furnish the singing and a part of the gramme pro at the july meeting the congregational pieces to be sung ory on the occasion are devotional hymn all and I 1 let the holy spirit guide miss lizzle lizzie thomas thom and the choir admirably rendered a beautiful anthem entitled I 1 I 1 praise ye the lord composed for the occasion by prof W C clive one of most promising young composers the production is well worthy the praise bestowed upon it by those who heard it the benediction was pronounced fly J F allred of spring city and the meeting adjourned for one month JOS JOB HYRUM PARRY secy |