Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-05

schools no use was made Of these inn
portant lessons; I'm others they We're
used perhaps once and laid around
wasted or destroyed. He urged that
they be taken great care Of, used as
they are Intended. and much good
wise, should the authorities Of any of
the Stakes prefer to have their sun
day school annual conference between
now and April, 1898 to 20 hold them.
The Stakes desiring this should at
once notify the board, and II on the
dates set members Of the board can
attend the Stake authorities viii be
promptly notified. He also called at
tention to the Importance OF every
school at least, and as many officers
and teachers as possibly, TO take the
official organ Of the Sunday school.
the juvenile Instructor. for ON many
occasions questions are asked and in
formation sought by letter, that had
been fully answered in that paper
Elder II. c. Griggs called attention
to the following Items: 1.-The stake
Sunday school visiting book, in which
aids to various Sunday schools of
their respective Stakes are to be full
ly recorded and report thereof made:
2-The necessity that Stake Sunday
school superlnlendents organize and
foster. where practicable, branch Sum
day schools especially In outlying
districts, so as to enable all the chill
dren to attend Sunday school without
going too far; and 3-The questions
and answers on general Church au
thoritles, called supplement to the
leaflets, which are to be made a
special feature of the Sunday school
conferences during 1898; these should
be practlced upon In concert by the
entire schools, SO that at the confer
ences they may be made special
feature.
John Robson sang the solo,
Grant us, oh Lord, Thy Peace"
Elder Jos. w. Summerhays called at
tention to the Importance Of each sun
day school obtaining one Of the New
Bible charts. Regarding the Book of
Mormon chart No. 2. he stated that
1t was now being printed, and would
be ready for distribution in about
two months.
Elder Karl G. Mneser stated that
in visiting the various annual Sum
day school conferences during the
past year, the members of the Union
In class exercises rendered on such oc-
casions. 1t was Intended that at
these gatherings the very best class
work in the Stake should take part so
that others teaching the same depart
ment could profit by the exercise; and
he suggested to Stake superintendeEts
that In arranging "A proper program
for the conferences in the future they
take notice OF the best work of each
department, and select the same for
the program.
General Superintendent George @.
Cannon spoke as follows:
There has been a small book pub
lshed by the Deseret Sunday School
Union called THE s. S. Treatise"
find on page seventyfour 40 in that
little work suggestions concerning the
lessons to be taught to the children.
! read:
IN treating OF the call of Abraham,
show how the people had fallen into
idoiatry, and the design God had in
calling him from his fathers house"
The next sentence says: Take up the
founders OF the Chaldean and Egyp-
tian empires Follow the growth and
decay of these and succeeding ma
tions as you proceed"
our attention has been called to
the fact that in some of the Sunday
schools. there Is considerable atten-
ton devoted to questions like these ]
have read-"Take up the founders Of
the Chaldenn and Egyptian empires.
Follow the growth and decay Of these
and succeeding nations as you pro-
ceed.'
have been told that in some of our
schools this has been followed to
n very great extent and far beyond
that which was designed in the get
ting up of this Treatise. might
read from page SOL have just hap
pened to turn to that. / see here is a