| Show SUNDAY SCHOOL conference A sunday school eon conference ference was hid h id at monroe INI onroe sevier stake sept 19 1 1897 1 present on the occasion fuits ceorge goddard and george reynolds stake supt bupt wm vm A and assistants wm win H see gin illel and jos S horna of the stake presidency also the superintendent filin elsinore joseph glenwood supt bupt wm A reported the labors of himself and assistants in the stake during the year feeling that a good work Is being done in the sunday schools of the stake all being fully organized and laboring in harmony with the general instructions reports were given of the richfield and elisnore Ell snore seh schools showing a good work is being done with a full set of teachers to each department then came a class exercise from the first intermediate department of the monroe sunday school rehearsing some of the studies taught in said department elder geo reynolds then addressed the conference giving much good counsel el and advice to both teachers and pupils he encouraged the teaching of object lessons first in the home then in the school first to love and fear god then our parents and then all things both spiritual and temporal may be ours in their time and turn elder goddard sang in our lovely deseret making it a text for further instruction to the schools and encouraged all to seek the lord by faith and prayer keeping all his laws especially the word of wisdom afterwards a teachers meeting i was held at which much good instruction was given for the guidance of t the he teachers in the schools at the afternoon meeting the sacrament was da ministered during which the choir sang a sacramental hymn and elder william H addressed the conference on the subject of the lords supper A class exercise by members of the glenwood sunday school followed reciting the articles of faith class exercises by the second intermediate department of the monroe sunday school questions and answers relative to the organization and authority of the church class exercises by richfield primary department relating to the early history of the saints their city of nauvoo and their exodus then came a song by brother goddard and company chos on the lords side sid e who witha standing vote and not a dissenting vote he encouraged all alb to remain on that side being true and honest both to god and their fellows have you spent a peasant day come again was then sung by brother goddard in which all joined in the fervent desire that god will prolong such lives to come again and often elder reynolds gave a short account of their travels and labors labor in the sunday cause encouraged cou raged general singing and to avoid on matters that are of no immediate profit or benefit all things will come in their time and turn to the faithful stake william made a ij few closing and appropriate remarks realizing that all who have atte attended have been both blest and edified by bt the teaching and exercises of the day THOMAS COOPER Sedre secretary tary of monroe sunday school |
