Show SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION A general conference meeting of the sunday school officers teachers members and the general public was held in the tabernacle april A april ath 1891 commencing at p m the vast assemblage was wag called to order by assistant general superintendent john morgan the choir under the management of elder thomas mcintyre tyre rendered to in a beautiful manner the singing exercise commencing with hail to the brightness bright nees of zions ziona glad cornil morning prayer by superintendent at david john of utah stake the choir sang god speed the right the general statistical report was read and the roll of stakes was called showing but nineteen out of the thirty three stakes represented and that statistical reports bad been received from bannock san juan and st joseph stakes assistant general superintendent george goddard gave a glowing contrast of the growth of the sunday school labor from 1849 when there was but one sunday school with few children until the present when there were nearly five hundred schools and over sixty thousand children wm of juab dwelt upon how to avoid sunday school interruption he was followed by stake superintendent of salt lake T 0 griggs speaking upon the importance and necessity of supplying each sunday school in all stakes with hymn and union song books the choir sang hail thee The deseret bupt supt J B malben maiben of sanpete San pete spoke u upon n annual and semi anneal reviews vre w s their importance and necessity for producing a lively interest among parents 9 elder jos joe J daynes rendered a beautiful se leAion on the large organ the general sunday school authorities were presented and unanimously sustained as follows george Q 0 cannon general superintendent george goddard first assistant john morgan second assistant with george Q cannon george goddard john morgan george reynolds abraham H cannon joseph W thomas C griggs and levi W richards as membris of the deseret sunday school union board george reynolds general treasurer john M whittaker assistant secretary assistant superintendent john morgan then presented the names of apostles francis M lyman and heber J grant as an members of the board who were unanimously sustained general superintendent george Q cannon deliA delivered ered the closing address dwelling upon the importance of training the young and rising generation in the knowledge of the laws of god and the laws of the land that they may be prepared for the constant changes to which the rising generation will be subjected the choir sang do not weary by the 1 way benediction benediction by apostle francis M lyman |