Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
Successful Meeting in the Fourteenth
II Ward Last Evening.

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There was a fair attendance o
officers and teachers at the Sunds,
School Union meeting held las
evening, April II. at the Fourteenth
Ward Assembly Room. There were
representatives present from most Of
the city Sabbath schools, and from
the following named country
schools: Tayiosvilie and Farnesi
Ward. Stake Supt. John c. Cutler
presided.
Supe. t. V. Williams, OF the
Twelfth Ward school, opened the
meeting with prayer.
| a very excellent recitative exer.
else was presented on the subject of
the "Universal Christian Apostasy
and the Restoration Of the Gospel to
the Prophet Joseph Smith, . by Sis
ter Ansie KiDgsbury's class, from
the Twelfth Ward school.
The Secretary read the statistical
report Of the Sunday schools Of the
Salt Lake Stake for 1859 as follows.
No. Of Sunday schools in Stake,
4S;total number ofiieersand teachers,
l022; average attendance. Of officers
aud teachers 6T5; number of pupils
male, Ass; female 1871. total e,l29;
average attendance OF pupils en-
rolled, $3.50, tor about 80 per cent?;
total Of officers, teachers and pupils,
l0,l5i. No. Of Latter-day Saint
children in this Stake, between the
ages Of 6 and IL. 1850. No. Of the
illogical classes 70 ported, 81; Inter-
mediate classes, $40, Primary, So;
total classes. $40. No. Pupils using
Leaflets S,ls3.
Increase Of enrolment Of pupils
over previous year, 4ii; increase
average attendance, 10l. The in
crease Of enrolment and OF average
attendance was the mOreneteworthy
from the fact that in the three pre-
vioUs years there had been no in
crease The average attendance Of
Latter-day Saint children was under !
80 per cent Of the number Of such |
children in the Stake. The exact |
percentage could not be deduced |
from the above figures, as many of |
thu pupils enrolled in the Sabbath
Schools were under and over is
ycars OF nge. --r-r.
"Work and Win" an Inspiring
hymn, was sung by the Twelfth
Ward choir.
Elder Frank Y. Taylor, Of the
Sunday school missionary corps,
next addressed the meeting. The
suhiec, that presented itself most
f0rcibly TO his mind, he said, was
the training Sabbath school teach
ers should impart 10 their pupils
during the week. Teachers could
accomplish much more lasting good
il they would occasionally visit
their pupils at their homes, enquire
ne to the company they keep, the
books they read, and direct
their choice Of companions to those
whose company would be slevating.
Ia the choice Of literature, a teacher
had a very good opportunity TO offer
suggestions that would direct the
reading Of their pupils into chan
nels Of usefulness and profit. The
speaker was earnest in urging the
Of the JifueHi'e ERs,rHc-
or u patronage and support from ,
all Sunday School pupils and teach
srE.
Asst. General Supt. John Morgan,
hn 1TaraaFfa.Hr rnHrNa.sNaasN 4 1
that there were not more officers
AMI teachers present at this meet {
ng, as the Sunday School Union
vas organized specially TO stir up {
he superintendents and teachers TO
,reater diligence ard efficiency. He
srt wished that the officers and
eachers OF the Sabbath Schools
as great an interest in '
he cause rs the children themselves i
III. Sixty FER cent Of the children :
In the schools Of this Stake :
we're in regular attendance, but the :
tiendance at these Union meetings :
{ the officers anil teaChera was very /,
NJ short OF 50 good percentage.
Teachers and officers should use
very means possible 10 keep alive
n the work themselves, and labor :,
arntStly 10 preserve the faith OF tho a
itheTs Ia the hearts Of the children, = :,
nd work diligently to have every =
ne Of their pupils anchored in the :,
ruth. As compared with the work :,
{ the faithful, earnest Sabbath >
,hO1l teacher, the results Of the :.
lbors OF many Elders abroad paled :
lto inSigni1cauce.
Assistant General superintendent
gorge Goddard, followed with few
Ncellent instructions which were
ell appreciated for their encourag- ?
Ig tenor. II
Assistant Superintendent u. r: o.
.yon anpOurced that al the May g
,ec.iie OF the Union the Thirteenth u
Yard Sunday School would furnish IL
he singing exercises and part Of the G.
rogramme.
The choir very beautifully sang an .
nthem, and the behedictiUn was y
by Superintendent Ar u
iitald Framb, OF TayioTsville. n
JOSEPH HYRUM PARRY, p
Secretary. II