The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
The Regular Monthly Meeting Held
Last Evening.

The monthly Union meeting took
place Monday evening, in the Assembly
Hall, which was crowded to its utmost
capacity.
After music by the Union Brass band,
the Fifteenth Ward choir sang Give lis
room that we may dwell.
Prayer by Robert Irvine.
The choir sang Devotional Hymn.
The roll was called.
George Reynolds gave an interesting
account OF the trip made accompany
ing President John Taylor and some
twelve others, to Arizona. Leaving
here January Sd, last, they went via
Cheyenne, Denver, Pueblo. over the A.
e ?. railway to st. Joseph, Arizona.
From thence 10 Woodruff, Snowflake.
and ST. Johns. hat country ut
that time was in its most unfaYor-
able aspects, for, although farther south
than Utah, 1t has about the same TEN
perature and climate. The people are
generally prosperous; though five men
have been sent to prison, under an Old
Territorial law to punish cohabita ton
with more than one wife After a briei
stay, they returned 10 Albuquerque.
Here some of the party made an inter
esting visit to the Indian schools. Pro-
ceeding southwark on to Mexico, they
found the temperature much warmer.
Having TO remain over a day or two at
st. Davids, hurried trip was made to
Guaymas, on the Gulf of California.
growing luxuriously, vegetables and
oI,rryo onA Tho ,Ranpla
irrigating their lands from the streams.
Returning to st. David they proceeded
to Maricopa. Here the flowers were in
bloom, and new potatoes in market,
although only the 18th of January.
During a few months of the year, the
temperature is very hot in that vicinity.
Thence to Lehi and several adjacent
settlements, back TO Pueblo. once more
boarding the railroad cars via Southern
Pacific to San Francisco and then home.
Experienced pleasant weather the whole
trip. The Saints we're indeed joyful to
receive such visit from Decentralization
and others. The people are being
much Inconvenience by the continued
prosecutions of their enemies, W no
seem to lose no opportunity to annoy
them. His personal opinion on return
ing to Utah was that its cline ana sur
roundings were most desirable to him.
Music by the Union Brass Band.
/ Robert irvine, superintendent Fourth
Ward school, spoke briefly, recounting
the condition and conduct OF the Fourth
Ward Sunday school. He took great
delight in the iabors of the Sunday
school and the opportunities there met
with OF imparting the principles oftruth
to the rising generation. Speakin.
he was asked why it was that
the young mvrmuiIs would nor
affiliate with the Young Democratic
Club of Utah. He answered that it vas
because the said young Democrats, in
his personal opinion. were anxious to.
and had adopted planks or ideas antag-
onistic to the laws of God. and had
nothing to say about the sO-caled evils
of modern Christianized society.
The male members of the choir sang
a roundelay.
Superintendent Thomas Y. Williams,
of the Twelfth Ward, said he HAD
pleasure in speaking in favor OF the
cause represented by the Union. His
early experience, as also that of others
who had Travelled abroad and outside of
Utah, were full of instances which
should prove interesting to the youth.
A knowledge OF principles that vii: eZ
alt the condition OF the human
family are within the reach OF our boys
and girls. and future years will prove
to them the necessity If understanding
them. Beset by allurements, they in
youth are liable to be drawn aside. He
would advise the young men of this
community to prepare themselves for
the responsibilities which will sooner or
later deyolve upon them.
The choir sang our Mountain
Home"
Superintendent John c. Cutler said
that some of the city and county wards
had so far failed to send in their 1884
annual reports. Tie hoped the omissions
would be supplied during the forth
coming week.
The Sixteenth Ward are to furnish
the music and doorkeepers for the
next Union meeting, to be held on
March 1st.
Choir sang "Star of Hope"
Benediction by Richard S. Horne.
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