The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
An Interesting Meeting at the Four
teenth Ward Assembly Rooms.

teenth Ward Assembly Rooms.
The attendance at the meeting of
the Sabbath school workers of the
Salt Lake stake, held last evening in
the Fourteenth ward assembly rooms,
was larger than for some time past,
and the programme was more than
usually interesting.
State Superintendent T. c. Griggs
presided and the excellent opening and
closing singing exercises were rem
dered by the Seventeenth ward school
under the able direction of Mr.. S. NJ
Barraltt.
Opening prayer was offered by Super
intendent Josiah Burrows.
A large number of the deaf Enute
Sunday school children were IN at
tendance and contributed much to the
interest of the meeting.
This school was organized some two
years ago, presided over by Charles
Darrell and Laron Pratt, and is COM
posed of students of the State Deaf
Mute institute.
The first exercise from this school
was the rendering Of the beautiful
song, Nearer, My God, to Thee" the
song being given in sign language by
Misses Mamie Young and Lille Swift,
the vocal accompaniment being well
rendered by Miss Maud Pratt.
Little Annie Voss told the meeting
what she learned in the tabernacle
last Sunday, going through the motion
of making a vigorous address, without
words. The aptness of the little mimic
was amusing as we'll as pathetic, as
illustrating the great disadvantage the
deaf mutes suffer in the loss of speech
and hearing.
John Clark, the teacher of the inter-
mediate class. read a short essay on
Sunday school work, telling how the
deaf mutes enjoy their Sabbath school.
Mr.. Clark can speak a little, but lost
his hearing when a child. He is a
bright boy and gives promise of great
future usefulness.
Utah, We Love Thee" accompanied
vocally by Miss Pratt, was beautifully
rendered by Misses Libbie De Long,
Amy Devine, Matilda Lund and
Messrs. Andrew Madsen, ASKED Amel-
sen and Joseph Cameron, grown up
young people of the school.
While the motion songs were being
given, Peter Slot, a bright little fellow
who recently came from Scandinavia,
wrote in a fine hand on the blackboard
the ten commandments in verse and
part of the articles of faith.
Mr.. Farrell explained that the deaf
mute sign language is the same
throughout the world, and this little
boy had learned the English language
very readily.
Miss Libbie De Long. the very eff
ficient teacher of the theological class,
who has a partial use of her voice
only, made short address, voicing the
good feeling of the entire class in the
work of their Sabbath school.
Short addresses were also made by
the superintendent of the school, Ell
ders Charles Darrell and Laron Pratt.
Superintendent CfriggS stated that
the deaf mute school meets every
Sabbath at 10 a. m in the Latter-day
Saints college building and visitors
are always welcome.
The annual statistical report of the
Sunday schools of this stake for 1896
was read by superintendent Griggs
and presented many gratifying fea-
lures. Total number of schools in this
city and county g., an increase of 2;
number of school sessions, 1854, an
Increase of 1873; number of officers and
| teachers, 1872, an increase of 10, with
an average attendance Of SO per cent;
number of male pupils 6,l52; female
6,747; total Il, S99. an increase of So
over previous year; average attendance
of pupils, 56.5 per cent, a slight de-
crease from previous year; number OF
primary pupils, 5,496: first intermedi-
T.
higher department, 1884 Number OF
books in libraries. 5176. Miscellaneous
cash receipts, S1.973.42; collected for S.
S. union on Nickel Sunday" $3.50. 49,
cash disbursed, S2,Sl0.23
The report as a whole showed a very
gratifying condition of the schools
throughout the stake.
Elder Edwin F. Parry, assistant Sec
Rotary and treasurer of the schools
of this stake, who is shortly to leave
on a mission to England, made a few
remarks anent the Sunday school
work, deeming it. he said, fully as i'm
portant as any now being done in. the
church. All engaged in it should pre-
pare themselves to render good and
efficient service therein, as conscien-
tiously as the foreign missionary is ex-
pected to perform his duties.
The Big Cottonwood school will
render the musical part Of the pro-
gramme of the next meeting. and the
Sugar school the general programme
Benedietion was pronounced by As
sistant Stake Superintendent W. c.
Burton and the meeting: adjourned fol
! one month.