The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-05
Sunday School Union.


last evening in the Assembly Hall
at hall past seven.
After music by the Union brass
band, and the Eleventh Ward Sun
day school choir Elder 5. r. Marks
offered prayer.
The choir sang, aWhen shall we
meet thee?D
After calling the roll of Sunday
schools in this county, Superintend-
ent Tackett reported the Eleventh
Ward Sunday school interests
He said the Eleventh Ward has not
all the facilities that other and more
centrally situated wards have. The
scholars roll numbers $50, including
SO teachers and officers, the last OF
whom are very efficient in he pune
tual discharge of their duties. The
school comprised 1877 boy scholars,
from or 3 years upwards. They
are separated into two divisions, &C
cording to merit, wearing white
and red badges to distinguish them,
The attendance roll is called
promptly at the opening Of the
school each Sabbath morning. Sat
isfactory progress is being made, a.
evidenced by the interesting details
given by Supt- Tuckett.
The Union Brass Band gave an =
ether selection Of music.
Superintendent VIM. A=per, of
the Nineteenth Ward, made short
address. previous to his departure to
work on the Temple at Manti. His
mind reverted to the contrasted
difference of the facilities in books,
schoolrooms, teachers and numbers
of scholars, of the present, with if
teen years ago. He was satisfied
that the Sunday School interests
were growing and doing valuable
work.
The choir sang "The Children's
Song Prayer"
Elder John @ Cannon gave
short lecture on the circumstances
attending the youth of the Sunday
schools In Germany, as contrssted
with those Of Utah. The principles
of religion as taught by Martin
Luther and his co-Iaborers are
firmly believed in by the adults of
Germany as being all-sufficient, and
that nothing remains to be learned
by them. These ideas are as firmly
imbued In their children. Infant
baptism is attended to strictly, thus
making the children members oil
the church, and on arriving at the
sge of six years the law makes it
compulsory for them to attend a
school regularly until thirtet n years
old. At this age the children are
confirmed as members and
enjoy the privilege OF partsking
of the sacrament or communion
The boys are then put to learn vsri
GUS trades, the parents paying pre-
NUNS which diminish with the
increased age and experience of the
apprentice. Consequent upon this
discipline the children grow ur with
confirmed religious ideas and abili.
ties of craft as workmen, that in
some respects are ahead Of other
nations of the world. at the age o.
81 all the boys are enrolled in the
army and compelled to serve three
years, unless rich enough to have
obtained a superior education and
pass an examination emitting them
TO be exempt after one years active
service, and paying for his military
clothes and food. Each man is sub.
| ject to military service in case of in
vasion by foe, at any time unit
forty>four years old. These arr
some of the circumstances attending
the youth and growth of manhood
of the boys of Germany. H wevel
the laws are being modified ard in,
novations being made which will
eventually enable the youth ant
aged Of the German nation to usI
more of their own judgmer in seek
ing after the truths of the Gospel o
Jesus Christ.
| Joseph J. Daynes then gave q,
organ solo.
Supt. John G. Cutler announced
that the next meeting OF the Uniol
would be held on the srst -Monda
In September next. The Twelft
Ward to furnish doorkeepers an
music for the occasion.
The choir sang, "Daughters c
Ziou."
Benediction by Elder Abram Fl
, Cannon.