Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-02
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AMONG SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Elder Goddard's Report Of the "Trip {,
Summit stake.
SALT LAKE CuY,


Monday, Dot /, 1894.
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On Monday, October Lei, We left
Coalville at0 a. N. In the midst Of n
snowstotm, over thioe inches having
fallen during tue night. Tue object Of
our visst was 10 hold a two dAys' al.
nuAl Sunday school conference In
summit Stake OF Zion. Elder Levi
w. Richards aud having Ueen ap.
pointed 10 that DUTY by tue DeseIei
Sunday School Union board, We lsf,
salt Lake CITY on Friday, sept. IS,
~ u. Il. Il. Il. at 6.l5 y. ~, arriving
NJ Echo station at S:l5. Here We were
met by superintendent Branch, who
drove us TO CoAlville, aud between 10
aud II O'Clock We found Ourselves CONE
iortably housed At the Clu1 hotel; It
was n cold night, anu Ia the morning
saturday. water In the streets was
frozen.
During the two days we hold four
conferences meeting, aud Une evening
meeting Sunday, We we're bltst
with a hOst u good singers, some
three or four chOirs being pres.
rnt for the occasion, who sang
alternately, aud In concert.
President Clufi attended all cur meet.
ings aud spoke ouooufagingly on
sunday school matter, ana ielt assured
that these annual conferences would
result In great benefit to those engaged
IN sunday school work. some ten or
tweive tuperintendunle reported the
condition Of their schools, most Of them
spoke highly Of the graded system
which they had adopted, and all were
Tying 10 carry out tue Instructions
they had received from tue general
board. some VI them spoke IN the
hlgheat terms Of the hello they had
received from those students VINO hsd
taken twenty wresH' course al tue b.
Y. Academy ut Provo.
A number OF Glars exercises by the
childten were very crediiablr.
rne remaining time was occupied
at each meeting by the yitlIlng
brethren who dWelt on the
various points OF Sunday school
work which guarantees the test re-
suits, also the object and aim Of tho In
situation Itself. Several questions were
also ptopounded Ani answered.
Stake Supt. John Boy en- gave an
Interesting account OF hin labOts In tue
stake. Win Wow Of checking =
rowing evil OF cigarette smoking by
the young boys aud n tenueucy among
the larger ones Of smoking, urinkiug,
and lOafing around saloons, n strong
appeal was made 10 supcrlntendeuts,
teachers, parents and all Ia authority
10 set an exampl by the strict Obsvry-
auce OF the Morl OF Wisdom. Aueut
iour.fnhs OF the entire congregation
arose % their feet ~ token that tney
would do No from that day forward. II
ever the youth Of Zion ale rescued from
those hAbit- aud Indulgences, that are
20 dlspleAsing TO our heavenly Father,
their parents VINO n duigc Ia tue same
! must certainly fepVpt aud reform, OF
lace the fearful los possibility that At
nches to their ohildTen's hayward
ness.
One very pleasing feature noticeable
in our Wits u twenty Of tho Stakes OF
Zion was the fact that nearly all the
supeflntaudruta and teachers are teach
| ing by example as well A. pfetept, alb
| ,tiuence if0m tue use OF those per
| nicious articIe.. We were pleased u
| notice Elder Chas. ID. Evans IRON
! 5uringyille In our afternoon meeting;
he also attended the evening meeting,
occupied n portion Of the time, on the
Holy Spirit, aud the imp9tiance u
living under It's divine iuiluence. rhu'
ended an enjoyable visit u Coalvillel
summit sake. May the good sea-
sown broadcast by two humble servants
on God bring forth good hult to Hil
ptai,e and glory. We arrived HON,
bgtwusn aud . T., m. all safe.
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