Show written WON f for VW SM pei paper DESERET SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION the knowledge of the he interest wat bat your numerous readers take la in sunday school matters must be my apology tur for again tres trespassing passing oo on your columns colu moe since the inauguration of holding annual sunday school conferences near two years ago to in every stake of zion the entire number thirty four were visited last year by some mem bers ben of the deseret sunday school union board in february of this year commenced our second annual karl Q 0 maeser and myself having held in Marleo Marl copa ps st joseph and mexico an account oi of which was waa published publish eu on 00 out our return since then march 80 30 levi W blob ards arde and I 1 visited juab stake conference was held at nephi where a large gathering of parents parente children and sunday workers ae sem bled some ex by the children were very creditable redi table the most prominent being one by the levan theological class which was much appreciated by the whole we hold held five meetings besides an interesting L ficera fit if cere and teachers tea chera meeting thomas thomaa 0 griggas also honored us ua with hla his presence on sunday morning elder william in B the superintendent in of sunday schools in juab stake and a most moat energetic worker there are seven even sunday ach ec hoole 1074 pupils and officers and tea teachers eberiL the latter fatter and most moat of the pupils are observers of the ibe word of window on april ath the annual conference of the sunday school union was waa held in the large tabernacle salt lake city at which the following statistics were read by the moderal secretary john M whitaker there are latter day saint sunday schools with pupils and of ficere and te achere rc these figures include not only those irom from the 34 stakes slakes of zion but also aleo of the missions throughout the world the congregation was very large numbering many remaining remarkably quiet until alter after the benediction the speakers were george goddard karl 0 maeser reber heber J grant francis M lyma 0 abraham H cannon and general superintendent ble cleorice orice Q cannoot Canno Cann oft tp A april I 1 I 1 18 S karl 0 ma maeser see r a aad a d m hysek I 1 left at am on the utah nevada railway to bold a two day conference at Grants grantsville ville tooele stake we were met at the halfway half way house bouse toy by stake superintendent who quickly conveyed us ir to Grant eville lu in time to attend our oar first mee meeting tinor at 10 am we hold held four sunday school chool meetings meeting besides a teachers meeting gand and a joint meeting of the young mena and young ladies Ij adlea mutual improvement association elders and F anderson besides be eideR elder F M lyman a member of the 13 8 union board also labored us with their prose oce aau influence in addition to sunday school work karl 0 maeser has supervision over religion classes oJa gaeB lat ter day saint colleges coll egea and acau emlea wherever they are established A tow lew exercises ezero leea by the children obil dreo reports by the superintendent instruction by the visitors eitore vi and remarks by local aurbon ties constituted the leading features teat ol of the conference there are 8 sunday schools in tooele stake with pupils and officers and te tea chers ohen total 1069 1059 A 0 johnson 1 the stake superintendent my colleague karl y U maeser being a delegate to the be constitutional convention had to return by team at an early hour on OD monday to be lt kt his bi post poet on time I 1 remained to return by rail in the afternoon during the morDI mornin DIT ir in company with superintendent johnson who to la also aleo a district school true tee we visited the various departments of the school and made duade remarks remark to encourage the riipi lp april apri on friday at 7 coolock a m I 1 left by the U P railroad for Co alville summit stake on arrival I 1 was met by stake superintendent john boyden at whose house I 1 was welcomed on OB saturday morning levi W richard came and on OB sunday about 11 karl 0 maeser also arrived in time to make some borne interesting remarks on sunday school work public meetings in the after noon and evening and a teachers meeting the balance of our labor on saturday evening brother ric hard and myself were invited to a 8 flable of the members member of the east Co coalville alville ward where songs recitations and addresses addre weB were volunteered to compensate and make happy both the old and the young who had bad responded to a very hasty notice of the meeting this word ward la Is situated in the mountains mountain about one mile east from Co proper and has the advantage of a canyon breeze which anielia the be people from late frosts sufficiently fi to eda enable ble I 1 them hem to rale raise beau beautiful U fruit which Js is very d to do in other portions por tlona of the stake As at most moat other conferences we held bold flue meeting besides one for the officer ficere of and teachers te oher at many questions were asked and much given bithos and other local authorities delivered short abort addresses stake president cluff and counselor attended most moat of our meetings meet logi after the sunday evening meeting brother maeser richards Bio barda and myself were taken by team six miles to echo sta ata ion and there waited over an hour for the midnight train arriving in ogden at am we it aft ft there at 2 and reached salt lake city about am summit stake basis sunday schools with 1765 pupils and c moore aud and teachers tea oben total 2049 showing an in crease of over the previous pre year superintendents and teachers are wide awake and desirous deBi roua of training the children to become faithful latter day N saints Saint fl friday april left home on the rio grande western railway by the p r no train for monti sanpete stake lievi levi W blob ards arda left saturday morning and karl 0 latmer on saturday afternoon the latter reaching mantl manti in time to address the evening meeting on the important subject of religious he also aleo addressed the congregation on sunday morning on sunday school work and bad to leave for home at noon to secure his hie prompt attendance at the constitutional convention on monday morning our meetings in manti were charac by a large attendance of at sun day school chi children hiren and a good depre sent atlon of and from froma the surrounding settlements sett lemento the superintendent in reporting the con of their schools sob oolf did so sufficient efficiently loud and distinct to be heard by the be whole congregation the holding of an officers and teacher meeting la is becoming a very important feature in our sunday school conferences many questions being raked and Instruct instructions iona given to meet the growing needs beads of progressive and intelligent sunday school work george christensen the stake superintendent of sanpete stake sunday schools stake dent clent paterson Pe tereon and counselors were present and made remarks to parents teachers and children the president of the monti manti temple elder J D T mcallister was waa also present an AD exercise from the primary class at monti manti and the theological class from ephraim were very good and also alio renditions tilt lons by other pupil excellent singing by the monti manti choir led by prot prof A C smyth ou on sunday after noon was wag much appreciated seven sevea sunday schools were reported though several everad more were represented there are in sanpete stake twenty four bunday school with officers a and teachers and pupils making a total of an increase during the post past bearol year of lievi levi W Ri richards and myself have hav ing to 90 stay till monday noon were kindly invited by elders J D T mcallister and J B malbon malben to go through the temple which we very much appreciated our kind heavenly father having sent a beautiful rain during the past night we were escorted to the temple in a convey oDes of our worthy host hoist john whitbeck Whit beote at whose bouse we had sheltered during our stay we arrived home safe that night GEO |