The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-08
Sunday school Conference.

The annual Sunday school conference
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter-day Saints was held at the taber-
nacle at o'clock last evening. AS
sistant General Superintendent George
Goddard presided. The choir sang the
hymn,
praise We the Lord my heart shall
join"
Opening prayer was offered by Will
liam Paxton, superintendent of Juab
stake.
The choir sang the anthem, High on
the mountain tops"
The roll of stakes showed representa-
tives from twenty-three stakes present.
The general authorities of the Sunday
School Union of the church were unan-
imously sustained.
Assistant Superintendent George
Goddard was the first to address the
meeting. He said there was S1.921
scholars in the Sunday schools. He
and his esteemed colleague, Karl G..
Maeser, had visited the Maricopa and
ST. Joseph stakes and the Mexican
stakes, during the month of February,
held a two-days' conference in each.
and had enjoyed themselves very
much, in addition to doing, as they
believed, great good.
Elder Goddard spoke of the falling
into disuse of the custom of giving re-
wards. 1t was not thought necessary,
the children displaying great interest
in their schools without these induce
ments.
Elder Goddard closed by invoking the
blessing of God to rest upon ALL
Second Assistant Superintendent
Karl G. Maeser expressed pleasure at
the improvement manifest in the meth
DDS and results of the schools. The
primary department is the foundation
of the work And in this department
the best and most experienced teachers
are needed, in order that the little ones
may receive the best impression while
their minds were so easy of inmpres-
sion. This work should be conducted
with the spirit of the great Latter-day
work. So much so, that anyone at
tending a Latter-day Saints Sunday
school would at once recognize If by
the conduct of its members Morality
and religion are inseparable. Their
ieeds are taught in the common
schools. The Sunday schools should go
farther, and teach the pupils to be
Latter-day Saints.
Elder Maeser referred to the fact
that the whole work was excellent, as
takes would occur. Perfection had not
yet been obtained. A common error
was telling of fables that were untrue
to life. They are out of order and
waste of time. The truth itself would
be much more readily understood. II
lustrations are good, and they are hest
which are taken from the lives of tbe
of God.
The choir sang the hymn,
GLORY to God on high:
Let heaven and earth replv"
Elder Heber J. Grant of the twelve
apostles, spoke upon what is known
as the nickel donation to the sunday
school work. The brethren VIII,
travel to the conferences. Brothers
Goddard and Maeser, find il is neces-
sary to have money to travel with and
pay expenses. The falling off of tbe
donations from 1892 to 1894 mas haen
The Mexican schools
however, stand very high in respect 10
their contributions. The time for. fhe
payment has been changed from the
first Sunday in September to the last
Sunday in October of each wear. a
good deal more money has been kent
by the stakes than the 20 per cent, !
that they were entitled to and, in adj |
dftfon, more than they sent was re- |
turned to them I'M the shape of books. |
etc.
Elder Francis NJ Lyman, of the
twelve apostles, talked regarding the |
ten commandments 1t is not good to |
learn everything parrot-like, Just by |
the words, but it is a good thing for |
every scholar to know these, the old |
est code of morals for the guidance of |
mankind. 1t is for every man, whether |