| Show SUNDAY SCHOOL convention entire proceedings of each of the sessions last evening ang papers read followed by als cuss lons statistical report the territorial sundy convention resumed session at 2 saturday afternoon the praise services were led by miss anna of payson president Pre eident silver then took the chair and called on rev Crand allot alie church to lead in prayer the financial report was then called for and prof quay of salt lake reported ua that committee C 11 parsons and A W smith of salt lake and E brain ard of the report of alie auditing committee wag called tor and 0 II 11 parsons of salt lake reported having examined the treasurers report and found it correct in every particular on motion the report vae accepted and the report of alie treasurer adopted on motion the convention decided to operate alie offices of secretary and treasurer and the constitution waa go amended alie report of the committee to nominate of licen for the ensline a was then in order and prof quay reported as follows i resident dr edward V silver of salt lake vice tRev E M knos of the committee recommended that the second vice presidents be the presidents of the various county conventions and the chairman of the executive committee le authorized to appoint a vice president from each county ft here an organization now exists executive committee slits anna baker salt lake city miss flinnie day aden mir claud durst salt city C II 11 parsons salt lake oita henry elli lavton key T J collins salt lake city 0 E lee salt lake city tho committee recommended that the president and treasurer meinberg mein bera of the executive committee and that the executive committee lie own chairman report adopted A moet excellent paper on normal training for sunday school teachers statistical REPORT following is the statistical report of secretary smith of the 1 sun lay schools the progress made within the past year A t 3 1 3 V 1 a i i 5 i t 1 S y 6 0 1 0 2 t f s s V f 0 2 g 2 1 S 5 s S a a 3 a 3 s s 3 37 2260 24 1537 68 6 25 methodist 30 2278 as 08 1574 30 9 13 16 1244 IS 35 3 1 9 baptist 11 1020 82 11 02 20 1 6 episcopal 10 58 7 13 1 3 8 38 38 4 1 1 1165 2 24 J 89 9 boft union 05 74 0 0 0 4 total 23 57 3 report last 98 8 2 gain over last year i ai 15 by J F cengic of was the first paper for the afternoon and its presentation drew forth many new thought on the subject of sunday school lea chipe the discussion wae ailed by J A and participated in by dr wishard rev E M knox of read paper oil importance of bible study alie paper was an earnest one and emphasized the need of more bibi ei adv itea W luck of clr wishard sir braithwaite of laauli ilia K il knudson Knud eon of bieber discussed juiia part on motion alie constitution was so amended as 0 add the olli cera ot treasurer and auditor the to be a executive committee also that the president of be be relieved of the work as chairman 0 alie executive committie tte 10 the evening session was opened by president silver and the praise service n as led by prof quay of salt lake city thi large union chirug led by assisted by alie klau lady orchestra added much to the part and was greatly enjoyed by the audience the first paper presented at lie even ins session eliat of rev J A L smith of amergian Amer iian fork on the sub led the church in the school and the sunday school in the church in the abeene abE eue 0 hey mr smith on account of tk kness his paper was read by ilia litile mamie who was but eare old the paper wa by dr dr jeffrey afis prof quay and dr silat r 0 E drainoni Drai nani of oden then cave hie report on house to douce visitation mr rainard es tie secretary ef alie weber county asi hat charee of the recent house 0 o bouce canvass and hie report wa very inter eting his figures were remarkable of their told aid will probably le in connection with alie weber county work the report woe by prof quay C H par eone and othere and alio various superintendents reported on the number of new pu pile come into their aa result n U orkin the weekday minoti the title of a paper read by ilia karoline 11 knud aon of heber laatch waatch county mir knudson ie a ready and did not confine henele to her paper but extemporaneously and with much lower at the cleofo of this address miss blanche dagley of ogden rendered a beautiful voca leolo much to of the audience alie address of aliee hnadson alien by a number of the mis Sona boine very inter civen the conven ion alun tV eHU ever say good atar which alie benediction was pronounced by kev crandall of I 1 at alie appointed hour itea gordon of the oylin op ned alie ter vicea and led the praise service loar of coal ville read a tron tf paper on how to secure chwa attendance some advanced nere the ance the personal visitation method and the social the ft ditcu teed by dr jeffrey 0 persone 0 E Dr ainardi clr geo hid ocar secretary and othere abe relation ami erf the teacher to the child was ed by mr geo bullock ot the episco pal church ogden in well written paper chich she read the paper was full of bood suggestions in primary work at the close 0 the convention adjourned to thu marious churches or preaching AFTERNOON SESSION I 1 conf and praise bervice lead by david peebles secretary smith then read hi statistical report winch will be found at the close 0 the proceedings president silver made a report on the destitute celda 0 utah which showed a large number of towns 0 from to 1500 inhabitants which have no evangelical kandav school benefits of tho kindergarten was the subject ut au able by miss M J 0 salt lako city miss vawter emoke from notes and made her address very interesting by interspersing her remarks with many little anecdotes and reminiscences she was followed I 1 by lire john mcvicker of salt lake city who read a most able paper on the kindergarten in the sunday school mrs mcvicker after the reading of her paper used the blackboard to bring out more forcible sume points made in her paper she spoke 0 the enterprise of the mormon ladies in establishing kindergarten schoola in every ward in the city and commended their zeal and earnestness in the sunday school work at the close ot this paper president silver made few happy remark after which mrs jane ballantyne of ogden brought a class before tle convention and gave a practical illustration of kindergarten methods the little of fifteen tots seemed quite at home in their songs and recitations and delighted the audi boce with their exercises the children then sang when he cometh to slake up his jewels with prof quay at the organ after which harriet K swobe of ogden opened the discussion on the preceding work of the afternoon A plea for mercy day waa the title of a paper read by miss fannie day of ogden this paper deserves more than a passing notice as the writer has woven into a most stilie paper the cry 0 the various lower animals for a geraer measure of from humanity at the close of the of the paper it was on motion unanimously voted as the sena of the convention that the bunday schools of utah establish a lay or special exercises on the subject of cruelty to animals the day to be known as mercy day the open parliament question que box was then opened and the answers ziven by various members under the leadership of J L loar the repent of tag financial was called for and presented by carsone Par sone ns follows your financil finan cal committee would f that pledges be taken from schools and individuals at tine evenings passion pcs sion and that a collection also be taken at that time also that ottiar schools and individuals in the territory ue asked to bend pieces at once to the secretary at ogden wo eliat a list of such o 0 jhel in the church review as they ere received we further suggest that a midsummer rally be held for the purpose of raisins funds and for the sunday school work ilie executive and the finance committees to cooperate in making such arrangement 0 II 11 parsons A W smith C E Dr alnard at the close of the afternoon session the executive committee met and elected parsons of salt lake n chairman for the ensuing year EVENING SESSION the evanine session opened at by the young peoples meeting under the leadership of 0 II 11 parsons at the musical mue ical began in the auditorium of alie church which was crowded to its utmost capacity this part of the program was much enjoyed by all and was rendered un usually piquant by the prominent part taken in the by the Klan orchestra at 8 president silver took the chair and called for the long metre dox as he believed tn begin ning right itea 0 F then led in prayer followed by president Pr eident silver who poke for a fey the fen eral of the state sunday school convention he alio need of cooperation in sunday school as in commerce here er he also dwelt briefly on and consecration showing that the three must be combined if real oa ie ob tallied before his remark he poke of tho various sunday conventions held during tle year contention having been held at payson nephi park cita benjamin mount city bait uko and Farmin toi and with llila the tenth territorial terri lorial convention clr ailyion G andrew of ogden san that alory of old in her usual sweet and tenner style which makes her to her hearers Pied jica acro for tor lie work of the a year and cah and pledges lu lie amount of uie artil at dr ilard delivered the ad rees of the evening for ills theme ho that aeouls is wise the sermon was one of dr ablest efforts and hie hearer were not disappointed in their expectations the committee on resolutions then mado followings fol which wag unanimously adopted a christian people of ogden have and entertainment to to territorial babba tb school convention if therefore be it firt that this cobren tion express its appreciation of hospitality pita lity and kindne ea 0 iho people of be it further resolved second that this convention appreciates the action of alie ovidea and salt lake in their courtesies extended to ue third that this convention mend that more decided be talen by the sunday schools of thie territory against the sale of intoxicating liquor fourth that the sunday schools should lay more stress upon the celebration of rally day and set apart and day on the list l sunday of february in each vear fifth that the proceedings of thi convention be printed in the church review and bo distributed amona the sabbath schools and churches of the territory mn A W SMITH REY MB RICHARD BOS MISS A M SPEAK MAy committee upon the adoption of the resolutions the audience sang god be with you till we after which dr withard pronounced alie benediction and the convention was |
