| Show z 1 Written for this Paper P SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE r Minutes of the first annual co conference ence of the Sunday of Bann Stake held in the Music Hall rg Saturday and Sunday Aug and 1894 There were present on the stand W W J Young F S Bramwell and Albert Taylor of the St Stake ke School dency T E Ricks sen and W V Ri Rigby by of the Stake Presidency T TG c Griggs of ol the Deseret Sunday School I Union Board John M Whitaker Gen Gen eral c- c ceral eral Secretary of Deseret Sunday school school- Union and a number of Sunday school s l- l missionaries ward Sunday school sup and Bishops Saturday 10 io a m Meet Meeting caned called to order by Superintendent F Bramwell roll call and representatives tive tr from sixteen Sunday schools responded 1 b besides i es a number of Sunday school missionaries Elder T C Griggs addressed the meeting He explained the object of Sunday school conferences gave an o od oli d l li line of how they should be condu conducts and spoke of the great R 11 t Sunday school work c X iu Ht Elder Cyrus Harris t f Salem Salem Sunday school and Elder H W v Miller superintendent of Parker Sued Sundi Sun j q school reported their schools in g o q condition Elder Elder J M Whitaker offered ti t suggestions for the goodof good of the Sunday t school work He urged all aU sundi Surd 1 school workers to press forward w wit J renewed diligence in the great cause in Ad which they were engaged tAt t At 2 p m Elder C N Watkins 11 deli 1 ered a short address on the subject Of dt j the Sacrament t The First Intermediate Department of 11 i of the Burton Sunday school w viewed n t viewed by their teacher Sister 4 Ada xin Watts and displayed great proficiency x- x in their answers ers to the many m mB qu B Elder J M Whitaker next addressed the conference urging upon tl the tle e officers t and teachers of ot the Sunday school chool ch direct to-direct direct their instruction to the udder unde derit 1 standing of their pupils and gave u non u ud d good advice to the teachers J u-n- u f Elder Don C Walker of Lewisville Sunday school and Et Eldie ett C C H Barrett superintendent of Wilt Wilto el Creek Sunday school rep reported schools in good condition r 7 fU Elder T C Griggs next cf g j a amodel model Sunday school and indi indicate i to teachers subjects that should w f y spi ts tsAt called to the attention of pupils At 8 p m Elder W J Young oung WWII n Sunday sCh b v addressed the conference re reported Ban Bari B b- b bU CIS U nock Stake Sunday schools in a v ver good condition The ward schools were presided over by able sh anc d ci energetic workers He le encouraged enc un g cf a who who were engaged in the Sunday st Cb d work to labor diligently in the cause they were engaged in ih tb were thirty-seven thirty schools in active a active tire w wj j g order and the number of pupils w increasing I elders Elders Frank Hinckley and Willard Sunday school home mission mission-I mission mission- artes es briefly I addressed themselves as being d desirous sirous of doing all the good food they could in the interest of the Sunday schools Elders Hinckley and Johnson graduates of the Normal Sunday school 1 training classes of Provo acad- acad l Elder r J 1 M Whitaker explained what Ebe e Sunday ay school normal courses given at Provo were intended for and urged Pon on parents and teachers to set chil- chil chila a good food example iO Eld Elder fT T C Griggs advised parents to toE estion their children on the lessons E en ell them at Sunday school and gave lher Iter counsel t sOne of the principal features of the fleeing e ing sessions was the music rendered ren ered by bythe the brass band Under the able of Prof F S Bramwell this grid d has h s attained a high hi h degree of pro- pro proc c envy ency Their rendition of selections t m Verdi and other masters was a Q ical feast that will be long leered red 1 by all who had the pleasure of them them t V Sunday ay ay Aug io 10 ioa a m Twenty six six schools were represented Elder Kb was was the first speaker e elated his experience while on his ion to the Friendly Islands from ch he 1 Bad ad lately returned 1 Elder lder J T M Whitaker next addressed Dt h conference confining his remarks to the the younger members of Elder kElder k T C Griggs spoke upon the of prayer and made some tt t i nis to the Sunday school mission- mission arie SM Immediately mediately mediately after the close dose of the f forenoon rel oon meeting there was convened a meeting of superintendents and teachers and others interested in the Sunday schools at which wh a Jar large large e number of were pre present ent At t this meeting much valuable instruction was gIven given bar our visiting brethren A number df at ff questions relating to the manage manage- aa ent of our Sunday schools school were pro pounded pro pro- ro- ro ed by the Sunday school workers workers workers if ill this Stake all of which were satis- satis satis ily answered by Elders Griggs and to er The establishment of a nor nor- training course m in connection with e Stake academy was discussed di and partially effected At 2 p m m the Sunday school author author author- it es- were were presented and unanimously tai sw as follows All All the general Sunday school author author- authorities itie as sustained at our last general C conference held at Salt Lake City April 1894 Wm J Young superintend tt tt d f i Bannock Stake J B Mason first firsta id a tid t F S Bramwell second assistants A fL fIL W Beach and Albert Taylor assist- assist ints vats to the The follow follow- il lag g brethren were sustained as Sunday school home missionaries W H 14 Cran- Cran Cran 1 Charles Crabtree H L Hanson Brown Frank Jardine Henry cep W H Wilson Enos Hannan Johnson W JJ id i'd Johnson John Watts Frank y James James Ricks P P Pratt vM M M Baker Wm Wm Carbine Thomas I- I I'M man loan Adrin Wilcox Alma Green J L LI 1 Bybee John C Rushton Elder Hinckley who had been called to labor or as a Sunday school missionary fe t ted his resignation as secretary of t oft the Bannock ck Stake Sunday schools It accepted and a vote of thanks ten ten- f I dered him for his past services A L Blackburn was then sustained as secre secre- secretary secretary secretary tary and treasurer Elder Albert Taylor addressed the conference for a sh short rt time on the law of tithing Presidents T E Ricks and W F Rigby both addressed the conference Their remarks were replete with much valuable counsel and instruction Elder J M Whitaker addressed the conference on the subject of the word of wisdom Superintendent W J Young thanked our visiting brethren the brass band the organist the singers and all who had assisted to make this conference so pleasant and instructive At the close of this meeting a short meeting was held at which the Provo normal students and home missionaries were present Much valuable instruction instruction instruction tion was given by Elders Griggs and Whitaker impressing upon the brethren present the necessity of having those virtues within themselves that they would inculcate in others Thus closed one of the best and most instructive conferences that has ever been held in the Bannock Stake of Zion ZionA I A L BLACKBURN Secretary I |
