Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
An Interesting Meeting Held by that
Organization Last Evening.


Organization Last Evening,
The officers and toachers Of the |
Sunday schools Of this Stake held their
regular meeting last evening IN the |
Fourteenth ward assembly rooms. A /
very large number Of sunday school |
workers assembled from every ward In |
the city except the FlUh and Ninth, |
aud VI the county schools Union, Far.
mers, Forest Dale, South Cottonwood |
and Big Cottonwood, south district,
were represented. A ssis,nnt Stake
Superintendent H. 3. Horne presided.
The excellent opening aud closing
singing exercises were reud rel by the
large Sunday School choir Of the
Tweuty.drst ward, led by Professor
Thomas Mcintyre.
Prayer wac oiierci by SuporInlcn-
dent James Maxwell, Of the Twenty.
nrs. ward.
Superintendent Horne called at
tenlion to the appointment Of tho frst
Sunday In September as and It was
Gosited that arrangements be made 10
collect funds Tor the benefit Of the
Sunday School Union board. The
nickel collections should be forwarded
10 stake Superintendent Il. G. Grirgf,
| $40 v. First South street, salt Lake
| CITY.
Professor VIM. NJ. Stewart delivered
"a lecture on the subject Of SUNDAY
/ School Incentives, or tho proper
/ motives which should Iu'c tho pnrvut
| or the teacher In their dcnhugs with
/ children. All actions, the speaker
/ said, spring from motive. II the
motive or iueputlye which impUlled 10
good was stronger thau that which
led to evil, the good would prevail,
aud vice Vtrta. The work then OF
training the child was e. implant In
his heart pure motives, by which he
should be governed IN life, aud he
would uuquusiiouably grow up IN he.
| come a noble, pure and viruDus man.
| There ~ no greater WORK ON earth
than that Of training the youth up 20
| noble manhood aud wUmauhUDd.
IL iAR simple matter 10 teach the
child arithmetic or geography, but
10 was much more difficult
tack 10 teach bin prlnaipl OF truth
and virtue, aud loau him 70 love them
ami be controlled ~ them through
life.
Inovery child there is aspark Of the
divine, anu it needs but 20 bo sind led
by tho power OF love through proper
trimming and the child viii grow up
10 be good ana pure. But the question
with the superintendent, with the
teacher, with thr parent, Ia, how can /
accomplish thh? How cNn | make
pufe motives pfeuomiuatt2 How eau
/ train his conscience, educate his
feelings, strengthen his will power,
anu plant ia his heart Hight motives,
40 that he will chose the good and
reject the evilp
Tho first essential IA TO know the
chllu, unduu,and his feelings, come
down 20 his capacity AMI feel
ingt; learn his likes anu de
likes, his natural inClinatOns ana
manner OF thinking. Tue HrcOui,
IL a knowledge OF the subject or piuCi'
ules to be taught, ana no teacher eau
! know Them Rs he ought 10 know tGem,
unless he feels anu practices them him'
self The moral virtues anu principles
which the teacher desires 20 impuui
ia tue child must be a part 20 him'oil
"A part Of his very Chauctuf-iOT tue
child absOfbs the very Hpiiit sud
character OF he prrceptOr
There ARE two doctrines ia the world,
the doctrine Of love, taught by tho
Savior, from which emnnulo all the
virtues, Ra ruth, Justice, mercy kiud'
ness, obedience, iaith, humility Gym
. pathy, courage, reverence, purity,
patriotism, ana the like. The opposite
" this In the doctrine Of hate, u,
taught by the Evil one, from which
spling onvy, maliup, jealousy, cruelty
savagory, murder hnd all TIC maleNo
leuce that exists In the world.
The parent who COnlrDIu aud govrrHi
| his children through tho motive o
! love, whose every incentive II ruggeH
/ tive of love, will have no difficulty n
retaining the love and obedience OF hii
/ children when they grow up L
maturcr yUafs. but the child who IL
governed by haTshpess, aud learns u
: obey through fear Of punisnmenb OF
. because he ~ compelled 10 obey by
b force, will soon leurs 20 hate th'
| restraint, anu Will pu governed solely
4 by HE own uncontrolled anu unelu
% Gated will.
the child cannot he driyon 10 sun
u Jay tth0Nl ny lhlNAlNN NAh"NN w '''hN'
= honest by fear, he cannot be maui
: guUd anu Iurn ny rewards Of murlt, by
= envious emulation, orany Himilat ~
b centvea. Reprlmands, crlticisms ant
1 faultnndlny are totally ineffective, 70
Z tue more thoy are INDUCED In tn
more need tor their continuance. tn
. btuufcienl results Of training aud IN
n structl0u Gro obtained through tn
\ mediums which emau,le rom Low
. alone. And II by these means th
3 will OF the child Ia made strong, an
4 liz conscience and ioriingH are educnl
G. cd to discern and love night motive
y ami principles, there Will 10 a. doub
e a. 10 the result, TOT tho chilli viii D,
II come just Whist it was born to becOm
d you'd AMI pure, nud upright 10 "A
liz walk through liiC.
h The mruiiuR adjourned for on
Is month 10 meet IN the same place D
e 1850 O'Clock, the iweutysecond war
Y school to furnish the music for the o,
Il CasiOn.
Benediction by Elder James 81