Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25
HELD AT BEXBURG.
first sunday school Conference Of the
Hammock STAKE.

Minutes Of the FIRST annual confer.
ence OF the Sunday cchools Of Baunock
stake. held In the Music Hall. Rexburg,
Saturday and Sunday Aug 3,h and 5lh.
1904. There were present on the stand
w. /. Young. i. S. BnmwelI and Albert
TAYLOR. OF the Stake School supehnten-
dencv; r.. L. Kicks, sen aud W.. 4.
Rieby. Of the Stake Presidency T. c.
Gripps Of the Descre, Sunday School
Union Board; John NJ Whitaker, Cen.
eral Secretary Of Deseret Sunday school
Union, and a number oil SUNDAY school
missionaries, ward Sunday school super
intendents and Bishop
Saturday, Aug. 4th, Ioa.m. Meeting
called to order by Superintendent +. s.
Bmmwell roll call, and representatives
6om sixteen Sunday schools responded,
besides a number OF Sunday school
missionaries.
Elder r. {. Guggs addressed the
meeting. lie explained the object Of
Sunday school conferences, gave an OUT
line Of how they should be conducted,
aud spoke OF the great importance OF
Sunday school work.
Elder Cyrus Harris, superintendent Of
| Salem Sunday school, and Elder II W..
Miller, superintendent OF Parker sunday
| school. reported their schools loo good
| condition.
Elder /. NJ. Whitaker offered such
suggestions for the good Of the sunday
school work. lie urged al. sunday
school workers to pres forward with
renewed diligence in iHc great cause In
which they were engaged.
At3p. m. Elder Z. y. Watkins dclv-
cred a short address ON the subject Of
the Sacrament.
The FIRST Intermediate Department
/ OF the Burton Sunday school was re-.
viewed by their teacher. Sister Ada
| Watts, and displayed great proficiency
tn their answers to the many questions
pfopoundcd.
Elder ]. NJ. Whitaker next addressed
the conference, IfginE upon the officers
and teachers Of the Sunday school TO
direct their instruction 10 The under.
standing Of their pupils. aud gave much
good advice 10 the teachers.
Elder Don {. Walker. superintendent
Of Lewisyillc Sunday school. and Elder
| c. n. Barrett, superintendent OF Willow
Creek Sunday school, reported their
schools In good condition.
Elder r. {. Giggs next described a
model Sunday school, and indicated
to teachers subjects that shouid be
called to the attention of pupils.
AtSp.m. Elder w. ]. Young, super.
! inlcndent Hammock Stake Sundayschools,
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mock Stake Sunday schools IN very
good condition. The ward Sunday
schools were presided over hy able aud
energetic workers. lie encouraged all
who were engaged In the Sunday school
work to labor diligently In the good
cause they were engaged In. There
were thiuy.scven schools in active work
ing order. and the number Of pupils
was increasing
Elders Frank Hingsley and Willard
Johnson, Sunday school home mission.
aries. briefly addressed themselves as
being DESTROYS OF doing al the good
they could In the interest Of the Sunday
schools. Elders Hinckley and Johnson
are graduates Of the Normal Sunday
school training classes OF Provo acad-
! envy.
Elder ]. NJ. Whitaker explained what
the Sunday school normal courses given
at Provo were intended ior, aud urged
upon parents aud teachers to set chill
dfen a good example.
Elder i. {. Griggs advised parents TO
question their children on the lessons
given them Al Sunday school, and gave
other counsel,
One Of the principal features OF the
q
| by the brass band. Under the able
leadership OF Prof +. S. Bramwell this
/ band has attained high degree OF pro-
/ 6ciency. Their rendition OF selections
from Verdi and other masters was a
musical feast that will be long remcm.
beTed by all who had the pleasure OF
hearing them.
Sunday Aug. 5th, 10 a. m. Twenty..ix
| Sunday schools were represented. Elder
| lanes Kingdom was the FIRST speaker.
lie related his experience while ON his
/ mission to the Friendly Islands, from
which he had lately returned,
Elder !. NJ. Whitaker next addressed
the conference, conhning his remarks
principally to the younger members oi
the congregation.
Elder +. {. Guggs spoke upon the
necessity OF prayer and made some
remarks to the Sunday school mission,
, aries,
Immediately after the close Of the
| forenoon meeting there was convened a
meeting oil supenntendents and teachers
and Others interested IN the Sunday
schools, at which a large number Of
workers were present. At this meeting
much valuable instruction was given
BY our visiting brethren. a number
OF questions, relating TO the manage
ment Of our Sunday schools, were pro
pounded by the Sunday school worker,
OF this Stake, all OF which were salts
| factorily answered by Elders Griggs and