Show SUNDAY SCHOOL conference the juab stake sunday school annual conference convened at nephi in the tabernacle saturday and sunday may th and d 1898 with stake superintendent in langley A bailey sr presiding we had with us elder george goddard of the general ia L john nuttall of the board elder james W and counselors besides superintendent L A bailey and assistants during the two days reports were given by the various superintendents showing an all schools in a growing ana and prosperous condition and as the exercises showed there had been considerable progress and improvement during the past year there were also exercises and songs given by the various ri schools viz nephi d ward i primary gave an exercise on gehis travels in the promised land the second intermediate department of nepal pint ward gave a class exercise on the lives of abinadi and alma a quartet was sung by four young ladies of the nephi second ward the levan theological department gave a synopsis of the fore part of the ecclesiastical history 11 the nebo school was represented toy by a song by israel C bale and 0 my father sung in the german language by Johnnie the theological department of the nephy second ward gave an account of the birth life and edath of moses 0 A bates and ernest winn of the nephi first ward sung a duet and address on faith was given by poster foster W jones of first ward elders george goddard and L john nuttall spoke on the following subjects during the conference order punctuality the sunday school hymn books fasting and prayer tithing baptism the sacrament and the leaflets exhorting all to observe and live up to the above named principles in the evening of sunday elder L john nuttall spoke on the word of wisdom saying it did not mean just to leave tea coffee whisky and tobacco alone but it meant for us to observe everything that would apolong our lives and health spoke on the imported canned goods we are continuously eating and the loiso poiso poisonous ous substances contained in them an and ox the diseased animals from which the canned meats come said it is no wonder there is so much sickness and disease amongst us said if we did not build up our own industries and cease importing so much the time is not far distant when we will be forced to manufacture and raise what we need as there would be strikes and other calamities come that would cause the transportation to be cut off and we would not be able to get anything only what we have in our own state on numerous occasions brother goddard in igo his ever jovial and pleasing way sang for the little folks which pleased them very much elders jas W H P F mccune D K X brown and L A balles bailee also made some encouraging remarks speaking of the necessity of the parents seeing to it that their children attend sunday school so they could be ba taught in the fear of god and be prepared for the responsibilities that will be placed upon them in the future all through the conference the spirit of god was with us and a very enjoyable time was had by all in attendance ALBERT R stake secretary |