The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION .
The Meeting Last Evening---The
officers Elected.

OuC0IS LlCCJcus
There was very fair attendance at
the meeting of the Sunday School I'm
ion held at the Tabernacle last evening,
and the exercises were of most inter
esting and instructive nature.
The Twenty-frst and Eleventh Ward
choirs sang the hymn GLORIOUS Things
of Thee are Spoken" after which Elder
William Fortheringham offered prayer.
The choir sang Zion Stands by Hills
Surrounded" The roll was then called,
and Elder George Goddard made brief
address, in which he stated that be was
much pleased to see So many present,
and so much interested in the work.
PROF. KARL G. MAESER
of Provo, addressed the audience. He
said there was great deal of loves
abor lost in the Sunday School work
because of lack of system. The sue
cess of school depended largely upon
its superintendent, and 1t was therefore
necessary that he should be man
fitted for the work. Before him were
various grades of intelligence, which it
was necessary for him to cls sslfy, and
when this was done such studies as
were suited to the intelligence of the
different grades should be pursued.
Much valuable time was lost pursuing
studies not adapted to the intelligence
of the Students. The Sunday School
work was of great Importance, because
it was from the ranks of the students
that the teachers would have to be re-
cruited.
The choir sang
Our mountain home so dear.
ELDER JAMES E. TALMAGE
followed with an interesting fifteen
minutes address, in which he showed
the necessity of teachers receiving in
struction to fit them for their labors.
A teacher must perform his duties in
sincerity and pray erfulness they should
store their minds with knowledge, that
they might enlighten others. The
Lord had never yet placed premium
on ignorance, and meyer would. In
those schools in which there was
uniformity of method, the success was
most apparent. The Lord had smiled
upon the labors of the past, and with
increased facilities, they should be i'm
proved in the present.
ELDER JOHN MoRDAN
Was the next speaker. He said exc
cuive ability was an essential quality
in Sabbath school superintendent.
The idea that the Sunday school room
was house of order should be first i'm
pressed upon the children. One sub
iect should be taken up at time, and
Systematically. Congrega-
tional singing was wonderful power in
the hands of the superintendent, to
control the children. They should be
trained and drilled in the
rules of order, and the results would
more than pay for the labor be-
slowed.
The choir sang the children's song
prayer "Ths8."
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE
GODDARD
said he had taken great satisfaction in
listening to the remarks of the preced-
ing speakers. When he compared the
present status of the Sunday schools
with what they were fifteen wears ago.
he was lead to eKclalm: "What has
God wrought" A mighty work has
already been achieved, and a greater
one is in store.
Elder John Morgan then presented
the following officers of the Sunday
School Union who were unanimously
General Superintendent, George O.
Cannon; First Assistant. George God
dard; Second Assistant, John Morgan:
Secretary, l.. ". Richards; Assistant
Secretary, John G. Cutler; Ire surer,
George Reynolds.
The Choir sang
Let the Holy Spirit prompting
Benediction was pronounced by Will