| Show SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION the meeting of the officers and teachers of the sabbath schools of this stake held january jtb in the fourteenth ward assembly hall was fairly attended nearly all th the city schools were represented stake superintendent john C cutler presided the opening and closing exercises were given by the tenth ward school under the direction of brother henry kirkman the opening prayer was offered b by supt bupt robert aveson of the twenty twenty first ward brother S E baxter of the tenth ward school gave an address on a portion of the saviors savior s sermon on the mount from the jtb chapter of matthew relating to the giving ving of al alms me of fasting and prayer after er briefly referring to the text he gave his experience in teaching a class of boys he had found that by varying the exercises and avoiding the old routine of reading only he nad had kept his big class interested he had bad endeavored to note the different tastes and predilections of his i class calling upon one for a biographical essay upon another for an essay upon some other doctrines of the gos gospel ea etc sister nada alda fuller assisted by the choir sang kind words are sweet tones of th the e heart slater sister sarah symons conducted a very pleasing class exercise on the birth of christ the congregation led by brother thos thoi mcintyre sang Jos joseph eDh smithis first prayer 19 from t the e union tune book sister emily hillam read a very lute interesting resting and instructive essay on con parly training under the heading As the twig Is bent the tree in cl ineth 11 the great achievements known to history were not the result of chance or accident but were the outcome for the most part of early training the nobility of character displayed by the joseph who was sold into egypt was purely the result of training had he been reared among thieves surrounded by immoral influences he would have grown up a very dit different character I 1 from that portrayed in the scriptures the brilliant military career of the great napoleon who was born and cradled in a amp samp s was due to early influences the reader by these and other notable examples showed the great importance of early training the youth of zion in the path of truth and virtue superintendent jas woods of the tenth ward school made a lew few timely suggestions urging arbing upon the teachers to be honest and sincere before their classes so that the confidence of the children could be retained without which little good could be accomplished the rhe congregation sang utah the queen of the west president jos E Taylor tayloria Tay lorin ln showing the importance and magnitude of the work allotted to the sunday bunday school teachers compared the great greaf good and the great success that may he be accomplished in our schools to the work of the elders who go abroad if we desire the truths of the gospel perpetuated it must be done through the youth of zion and every lover over of 14 mormonism should hall hail with delight every effort made to have the children of the saints taught fully in the principles of truth and purity he urged teachers to seek the spirit of the lord which would insure them success in their labors among the young the choir sang an anthem and the benediction was pronounced by assistant superintendent D R lyon the meeting adjourned to meet on the first monday in february the eleventh ward sunday school will furnish the singing and part of the gramme pro during the next meeting JOB HYRUM PARRY secretary |
