| Show STOCKPORT SUNDAY SCHOOL near mud mind oct 16 1894 according to my promise prom lee I 1 made another visit to skis he stockport sunday school on suh sub day october 7 1894 1 I showed the of the school the report of my visit to that school last august clipped irmith the NEWS they were well pleased with it in conversation with he inspector or head superintendent be Ir said there was considerable prejudice against your people some time uvo avo regarding polygamy was there dowil noi yes egyes but that has been dispelled the law only allows a man to have one inq alie howand we believe in sustaining the law he asked it if I 1 would come in the gifter afternoon noon and address one of the large blame kasae la sae at the time appointed appoint eI I 1 was there and wai was ushered into a large room where I 1 behold beheld about you ig i g mon men it consi consisted of ten classes after the be opening of the school the visitor or superintendent asked me where I 1 wa iras from and upon answering utah be was surprised and said what are you a latter day saint my answer was in the affirmative he ae then appeared to be in two minds whether I 1 should address the school upon second thought ho however be said I 1 could do drobut 0 o but I 1 must be brief after occupying ten minutes I 1 was introna introduced need into another room called the adult als class there were probably seventy men inen from 25 to 60 years old I 1 spoke twenty minutes and dwelt upon the to be derived from attending sunday schools how bow by this means the young and rising generation were kept from by and forbidden paths and taught aught to seek the way which leads to eternal life I 1 made brief to laith and repentance and gave a short account of the baptism of jesus I 1 said re i 1 should h follow strictly the example aki chich blab 1 0 1 he set us and keep his corni we should peruse well the che bible aad d earnestly pray to dur bar heavenly Hes VenlY father to let the jhb of his holy spirit rest upon uma so we can understand the scriptures in we the true light and aad meaning thereof thin school has baa recently been bereft r by death of its senior teacher mr george kinch a true and tried vet eran in the sunday school cause he had bad been connected with the stuck pert part sunday school for 61 years and a remarkable thing is that dorilag that period names have been added to the school roll he has held several positions in the school his demise occurred on the of september and he was burled buried an on the 1st ast inet we have had bad a very flue spell of weather for the past few weeks which is something rare for this time of the year the summer was a wet one business is still depressed the factories and collieries colli eries sire are running three and tour four days a week we have recently had three more baptisms baptis mf mp B R A |
