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Show DR. E. E. COlI'iS ONE OE SUNDAY SCHOOL SPEAKERS Salt Lake, April 6. An attendance that broke all records, an inspiring musical program rendered by the Ogden Og-den tabernacle choir, Mrs. Agnes Warner and Horace S. Ensign, and a spirited discourse on "The Attitude of the Sunday School Toward Summer Sum-mer Amusements" by Dr. E. G. Gow-ans, Gow-ans, superintendent of the State Industrial In-dustrial school at Ogden, featured the annual conference of tho Deseret Sunday School union in the tabernacle taber-nacle last evening. Perhaps the largest throng that crowded tho tabernacle yesterday was present at the Sunday school meeting, meet-ing, If it was possible for more to crowd in than were at the morning and afternoon meetings. Every available avail-able bit of Bpace was taken up by more than 10,000 persons. Assistant General Superintendent Stephen L. Richards was the authority for the statement that it was the largest attendance at-tendance in the history' of the union's general conferences. "School work has been taken from the homo and socialized, amusements have been taken from the home and commercialized," said Dr. Gowans. "And commercial purveyors of amusement have made it so easy to allow our duties to slip from us that we are prone to praise rather than to blame them." Dr. Gowans vigorously condemned what he termed "vicious and unfit pictures" shown in some moving picture pic-ture theatres. He condemned dance halls where young girls were admitted admit-ted without proper chaperonagc and where "any man can gain entrance if he has the price, regardless of his character." He also criticised severely se-verely the sale of liquor at summer resorts. "The Sunday school should create a public sentiment against social sins," declared the speaker. "Thero is need of social salvation as there is need of individual salvation." He advocated ad-vocated the public control of amusements amuse-ments in a similar manner as public education is now coutroled. "The attitude of the Sunday school is one of, the questioning on the purity pur-ity and wholesomeness of those amusements which have been com-inercialized," com-inercialized," admonished Dr. Gowans. Gow-ans. He warned the people of the church to participate only in clean, wholesome amusements and advised the young people that the responsibility responsi-bility regarding the amusements rested rest-ed largely with themselves. Warning parents against the tendency tend-ency to get all recreation aud amusement amuse-ment outside of the home, Dr. Gowans Gow-ans urged them to encourage home amusements, such as were prevalent in former years. "Let's get back to the old-fashioned picnic, one of the best forms of amusement for man, woman and child," he said. The session was called to order by President Joseph F. Smith, general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School union. The Ogden choir ana Mrs. Agnes Warner beautifully sang "O Holy""Night" as the opening number. num-ber. The invocation was offered by President John W. Hart of Rigby (Idaho) slake. The choir then rendered ren-dered "By Babylon's Wave" in magnificent mag-nificent and Impressive style. Secretary Pyper presented the authorities au-thorities of the union and they were unanimously sustained by the conference. con-ference. Joseph F. Smith will continue con-tinue as general superintendent, Apostle David O. McKay as first assistant, as-sistant, Stephen L. Richards as second sec-ond assistant, George D. Pyper as general secretary and John F. Bennett Ben-nett as treasurer. The board personnel per-sonnel will also remain tho same. nn |