The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
A Large Gathering of Interested
Workers Last Evening

A Large Gathering of Interested
Workers Last Evening.
The officers and teachers of the
union meeting in the Fourteenth ward
assembly hall Monday evening, April
20, 1896. Assistant superintendent r.
S. Horne presided Nearly all of the
schools of the city and six of the
county schools were represented.
The excellent singing exercises were
given by the Big Cottonwood school,
under the direction of William ].
Sutherland, jr.
superintendent Horne announced
that on Saturday and Sunday, May 9
and 10, the annual Sunday school con-
ference of this stake would be con-
vened in the tabernacle, this city. The
several schools of this city are ex-
pected to attend in a body on Sunday
morning, marching from their respec-
tive meeting places, in time to be
seated in the tabernacle at 10 o'clock
a. m. The children of the Sabbath
schools are to repeat in concert the
Articles of Faith and the Lords
Prayer, and should be previously
schools. Every school in the stake is
requested to have representatives at
tend each session of the conference.
The county schools will convene as
usual
Superintendent David r. Allen of the
Sugar Central Sunday school, the first
speaker on the programme gave a
very interesting description of his
school and the excellent work done in
the school. The school work is carried
on pretty nearly in conformity with
the suggestions and rules of the gen.
eral Sunday school union board. 1t is
intended that every class exercise in
each department of the school shall
have some definite purpose and result
in some progress toward the end in
view, and this fact was impressed
upon both pupils and parents to in
duce regular attendance of the for
mer. Where pupils are absent twice,
a notice of such absence, with an ex-
preston of regret, was sent to the
parents, asking for an excuse and urg-
ing immediate return of the absenteeS.
To create greater interest in the
Sabbath school work, to increase more
regular ATTENDANCE, and TO inform the
people of the ward in relation to the
work done in the school, the following
circular letter was recently sent to the
head of every family in the ward, and
it is hoped and believed very good re-
suits will follow:
''To the brethren and sisters who
are patrons of the Central Sunday
school of Sugar House ward, and to
those who do not attend any Sunday
school, this circular letter is addressed.
Its object is to give the people of
the ward better understanding of the
graduation of our Sunday school, and
he at dc nj in hQ
departments, in the hope that it will
induce some who are not now men,
bers, to become such, and that it will
secure more regular attendance from
those who are already members.
Dear Friends-The work of the
Central Sunday school is divided into
four departments or classes: % A
primary department; (2) first inter
mediate department.; 60 a second inter
mediate department; (D a theological
In the primary department the in
struction is given orally The pupils
are taught to love God and all his
to be kind and respectful to
the aged. They are given simple, in
teresting lessons on the life of Christ
and the Prophet Joseph Smith. The
whole work is enlivened with songs
and other appropriate exercises.
ate department are making more
thorough study of the life and teach
ngs of the Savior. The work is based
On the New Tesla ment, but much oral
is given, and opportunity
Is taken to teach quite thoroughly and
the first principles of the
gospel.
I'm the second intermediate depart
nent the Book of Mormon is at present |
- n Il aTsf
ment also much of the work is given |
orally, the members of the class being |
encouraged to take an active part in |
The recitation. The text affords ample |
opportunity for many interesting and
valuable lessons.
1.-THE work now being done in the
theological department is based upon
Roberts Ecclesiastical History The |
arge attendance in this class. the |
of which is made up al |
most entirely of adults, is evidence of |
If the work
I'm each department are faithful, ca
Fable teachers, interested in the moral
Ind religious growth and development
If all that come under their care.
1.-THE Sunday school is held in the
Central school building, which affords
opportunity for each class to be given
room by itself during the period of
ecitation, thus preventing disturb
nee and interruption by the recitation
# others.
"All these facilities enable US, we
believe, to offer profitable and interest
ng study to all persons, young or old,
Who may be pleased to devote couple
# hours each Sabbath morning to the
sunday school work.
IF you have children who do not now
Ittend Sunday school, we solicit their
presence. If you are SO situated that
-ou can spend each Sabbath morning
With US, we extend to you a cordial
invitation to become member of our
chool. If circumstances are such that
ou cannot become a regular member
f the school, you have special stand
ng invitation to visit us as often as
hose circumstances will permit.
Hoping for your active cooperation Il
nd support in the Sabbath school
york, we remain, sincerely yours,
I'D. r. ALLEN,
GEORGE ARBUCKLE,
'.R. L. McGHIE,
of Sugar Central
Sunday School"
At the conclusion of superintendent
Hens address, Mrs. Tillie Bliss con-
ucted a well-prepared and very in
eresting class exercise with about
twenty-five children of the first inter-
Mediate department of the Sugar
chool The lesson consisted of por-
ion of the Sermon on the Mount
nd was very intelligently presented
Y both teacher and pupils.
Elder James McGhie gave a brief
escription of the work done in the
theological or higher class of the Su-
ar school, Excellent work was done
/ this class, using as a text book
.oberts' Ecclesiastical History
Little Eva Handley and Edith Syl-
ester of the above class sang a pretty
hiIdren's duet