| Show SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION minutes of the semiannual semi aemi annual conference ce of the deseret sunday school mon uhlon held to la the tabernacle salt bait lake city oct got fth 1895 at 7 p lm 01 present of the general ency George Q cannon george goddard and karl 0 masser all mem avre bt ra of the union board apostles Apo atlea brigham aoa young and john W taylor many stake superintendents presidents of stakes bishops and aad the vast auditorium and galleries yero were filled with sunday school omeera and workers as a was shown by all snob nob rising to their lost leet at the request of assistant general george goddord God dardi durd who called the con ference to order the tabernacle Va tabernacle bernacle under the able leadership of prof evan stephen tendered rendered harks hark listen to the trumpeter prayer wax was offered by elder bider win superintendent of sunday agboola in the beaver stake the choir sung another day bay has haa passed and gone the general secretary elder john M whitaker called the be roll of stakes which was responded to in nearly every instance and also presented the following sunday school officers the vote in each case being unanimous george georgeq Q cannon general superintendent of sunday school ao hoole george goddard first assistant general superintendent of sunday schools X karl ra G 0 manner maeser second assistant stant general auperin superintendent of sunday schools ao bools As members of the deseret sunday school union board george Q cannon george gaddard Gid dard karl G maeser george reynolds aoraham Aura narn H can not BOO C grigre grigg joe W Summer baye lavi W francis M N lyman reber heber J grant and john C cutler elder john M whitaker stati stated pd at this point that in consequence of increased inore aeed labors of the union board and we the growth of sunday schools ob the name of elder jos joe mo runner fanner has haa been accept el by me union board and upon being submitted to the vote of 0 the conference was waa unanimously As A general secretary john M whittaker As Ife general treasurer george rey ray first Asel stant general superintendent george goddard was much pleased to cee so the great strides made by tia ane e sunday school cause since 1872 when all sunday school workers 0 a sala eaid numbered as compared with nearly as now enrolled the labors of members ot of the bard baard have extended to over twenty five stake annual sunday poujol conferences and with most moat gratifying theae conferences are hold held tor for the benefit of the su sunday busy of the respective stakes to encourage the sunday school workers and interest the parents and more arouse a universal interest in the sunday school cause among leading authorities of the various wards and to obtain a proper education by the youth of the principles of the gospel in all their visits too the members ot of the V union board acknowledge uniform courtesy at the bands of word ward and stake authorities rider elder goddard then stated that hat among the many topics treated upon at these conferences were the following the sacrament to be administered each sunday under the direction ot of the bishopric ot of we ward who way may designate the superintendent or others to administer it those who are in 10 fellowship in the he church and all children who are u under oder eight years of age are proper subjects lot or the isma sacrament but after they are eight years old obal dobli dren shoula be instructed that it la Is wrong to partake of this ordinance ordina uce until they are baptized or confirmed members of the churuti concert singing should be encouraged good secretaries who keep their records properly recorded beds are very important of officer ficen holding ot of regular ted teachers chers mee meetings tinge pu punctuality actuality ail in commencing schools at 10 um am the furnishing oi of correct statistical reports to the general secretary by january of each year the change of nickel day from lot lat to t abe be lat lait sunday in october of each year etc the union ward board hoped to see bee the abe membership ot at the sunday schools the abe coming year reach one hundred thou send and would be pleased to receive a full complement on nickel ni obel donation on we last baat sunday of october this year to aid in this matter que oue hundred thousand small email nickel enve lodea I have been distributed among the various schoola acho scho olp one to each pupil officer and teacher with letter of in st ruction truo tion to the superintendents superintendent the union board are issuing anew series ot of leaflets alete le on three subjects the bible book of mormon anu and charon history of soon each to be and a nd of theme to be distributed among we the various schools free il if aurra are needed deeded by the schools t my ey may be obtained by applying to the union board elder jilder goddard closed his loter interesting eating remarks by paying a tribute to sunday school workers and acknowledging a providential provider elal ire over him aua anu associates io in their meanderings meandering from canada to mexico io in the cause of the dunday school elder francis M lyman a member it r the union diard after reading the first brat fifteen verses versen of thu the ath chapter of malthew Mait Malt new treated upon epou the manner ot of dealing with tot lourda Li lurd urda le prayer iu sunday schools school he believed Llie no more important section was to be funa iu in the sermon on thu the mount than this thin the savior in ia io in oL his ditel ples how to pray commenced dy by baying our father who rho art iu in heaven beaven this thib la is the pattern he out and it to ia pleasing to the lurd lord that we should approach hr his holy and sac tel n ame true iu in the mint reverential way hallowed be thy banat what a vast amount or of meaning I 1 ng in this sentence aen tenc ct I 1 father thy and hallowed by us we will not it in vain tain I 1 thy kingdom come is what we are taught aught to pray lor for in our devotional exercise 91 irby will be done on earth an aa it is in heaven what a glorious glur loua hope bope abe doing of our Fat father beri will beleas here a the righteous and angels do it in beaven W what bat a splendid condition to contemplate abe consummation of all our glorious hope live us ebli day bur dally daby bread not only means flod fiod fur the body but the speaker fe 9 that in til tais beautiful expression was wao included all our wants wanta and necessities both for the building of the spiritual am aa the temporal being and tor forgive give us ua our deb deba 9 as aa we forgive our deb debtors tore s not as we expect or intend to forgive but as ae we have forgiven ment showed be thoroughly abed in our daily lives lead us not into temptation has hae been more prop erly translated by the prophet joseph smith to read suffer after us not to be led into temptation but deliver us rom irom evil ia gaor for thine to Is the kingdom the power and the glory forever 19 1 9 this beautiful and ever ameo amen prayers bould be studied reasoned upon and understood by our sunday school teachers teacher and put into daily use and we would soon reach the he glorious hopes of the gospel the speaker prayed this may be the lot of the saints saint anu ana be exalted to in the presence of the lord rider elder abraham H cannon a member of the union board in sp enking upon objections to wearing political badges and the evil growing out oat oi of political leal discussions related several everal in canoe stances where aoh such thing ahinga have been the tb cause of much morrow borrow and bitter feelings teelin gB barely be thought the r runday cunday Is IB should be the last place where acob badges and dixous slona should be allowed he thought such an evil could not be too strongly condemned he had bad no objections to people wearing badges and discussing politics in proper places but to bring them within the sacred acred confined of the sunday schools never dever aboul i be allowed but at such gatherings gatherl nga all should meet on common ground and together partake of the spirit of love and union that should characterize latter day sainte saint second assistant general superintendent karl 0 maeser in reviewing the vast eurides made by the sunday schools in membership methods met boda discipline anu and of the gospel contemplated tem plated the march 16 these directions with pride notwithstanding all that ham baa been done a vast amount of work planning and directing will be needed in the future before the consummation aum matlon of our glorious hope we are as an it were at the toot foot of the hill A great amount of patient labor and humility are before us among the many means of spreading benefit to the sunday schools has baa been the establishment of a sunday school normal training olasa aloes at the B Y academy which commences its if next twenty weeks course on the of november at this course the varion variant sunday schools of the church have the privilege of sending students free and in selecting such there are qualifications very necessary in order that we the bast results follow first capability to in receiving and understanding der standing instructions and taking proper notes Se second the ability to teach to others the knowledge thus bus acquired to take up the leaflets text books or other moshe ceaba of instruction to properly handle a subject and third on their return home to be able abbe to organize ure anize in their theft ward sunday schools a similar class for the training of teachers as aa we want the sunday school to become the nurseries of teachers until in our various schools we will nave have competent teachers and plenty of them mentor master charles pike of the nineteenth ward sunday school sang in i a charming manner angel ever bright and fair remarks were made by general superintendent george Q cannon among the items mentioned by him were the following the importance of all sunday school literature being submitted to the union board for its approval before being used in ia the school co hoo as where teachers or ten denis dents la in various wards and stakes gets out plans and have their own ideas ideal published without the knowledge of the union board there to is very apt to be a conflict and methods etc the union board had been established as we the bond bead of the sunday school work and all literature used should be submitted to it before being introduced sia as a safeguard to preserve union and harmony of action and all information on sunday school abool matters matten should boula be submitted to the board for official action another important subject and one upon which the of the church ban bag given counsel la Is the larity with which our sunday schools should be maintained it etli to found that DUO 1131 for ward or stake conferences or other causes are very tory to the growth and success of the sunday school cause and it hae bee been recommended anu ano counseled by the brot br ethrea bron that hereafter the sunday schools agboola should bould ble be hold held without interruption the entire year it Is has bag been suggested it if agreeable to the stake pres luent and superintendent that atone at one of the stake quarterly conferences one conference be devo devotee teu or part of 01 a conference i to holding the annual sunday school conference where this la dooe it should be held bold three days the stake and authorities dividing the time evenly between the two conference this could be made a very interesting gatherine and une one fraught with much good ot course such conferences would be left for the united action of both where re this plan has bee been adopted good results have followed and it gives members of the board who abo are also of the twelve apostles the privilege of belag being in attendance As aa a great luany inquiries are being maup made as an to whether sunday school tea teachers cherk should be met bet apart the speaker stated staled that while great effi cacy la Is realized real zed by so eo doing the breta ron ren are called to such positions to act as ae teachers ea obera by virtue of the priesthood they hold and the cis appointment re calved from the be authorities or of the church bupt cannon had been pi pleated leased with the instructions inet ruction given and the be bright prospects of we future elder heber haber J grant a member ot at the union board heartily endorsed endo raed what had been said especially did he be recommend the of GOD bunt george Q cannon re aartdina the holding of tue toe annual sunday school chool conference in connection with oue one of the he quarterly stake conferences and he be trusted the distant presidents of stakes and suber superintend intend onto would consult upon this fhi matter and arrange their conferences accord angly lie he appreciated the glorious glori oue work done by the rising generation and cluad by invoking beaven beavens be avena as blessing upon all ail who are engaged in sun bun day school work A vote of thanks was wae tendered prof evan olopheus hous the choir and organ lit for the beautiful music rendered during me abe evening the choir anti god of israel hear beur our prayers pra conference adjourned for six flix months benediction by elder brigham young JOHN M GoLie general rai secretary |
