Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION MEETING.


Notwithstanding the lnclemeney Of
the weather the meeting Of the sum
day School Union last evening tJhnu-
airy II, 1880 was very lorgly attended
by representatives from all the city
wards. and the following county
wards: Brighton, both schools of Biz
Cottonwood, Cannon, Fast Jordan.
Forest Dale. Hunter South Jordan
Sugar, Sandy, Wllford and Pleasant
View.
Superintendent t. C. Griggs pre-
sided.
Excellent singing was rendered by
the Third ward school choir. under the
direction Of Brother william ure.
Prayer was offered by Elder orson d..
The following was read by Assistant
Superintendent w. c. Burton
Salt Lake Stake Sunday school visit
ing districts appointments for 1885.
The Sunday schools of the SAT- Lake
Stake of Zion have been divided Into
eleven visiting districts, and assigned
TO the Sunday school missionaries oil
the Stake as follows.
District No. Tho First and Second
city wards and Forest Dale, Sugar,
Pleasant View aud Mountain Dell.
Assigned to Elders George X. Reese
and stephen II. Love.
District No. 2--Thc Third Fourth
Fourth Branch and Fifth city wards,
MILFORD and Norths Branch Of Mil
Creek. Assigned To Elders Delbert
Parrot and Alonzo Young
District No. 3-1he Sixth city ward.
Granger. South raylorsville. West
Taylorsville. Pleasant Green and
Murray. Assigned to Elders W. S.
Mackay and Joseph Lindsay
District No. 1.-THE seventh city
wand Drapar Rtyartnn Crescent
East Crescent ana Biun Dale. AS
signed to Elders William Wagstan
and Il. S. Hamilton
District No. 5-The Eighth and
Ninth city wards. Farmers, Cannon.
Brighton and East Brighton. AS
signed to Elders William Bradford
and Miles a. Romney.
District No. 6-The Tenth, Eleventh
and Twelfth city wards, Brighton,
Center and North Point. Assigned
to Elders Henry Tuckett and w. NJ.
Shepherd.
District No. THE Thirteenth, Fiji
teenth. Fifteenth Branch, and Eigh-
teenth city wards, Hunter and Tay-
louisville. Assigned to Elders j. II.
Parry, Charles Nj. Cannon and William
NJ. Stewart.
ward Sandy, East Jordan, West Jor-
dan, South Jordan and Hartman.
Assigned to Elders Ludwig Larson
and A. Rundquist.
District No. 9--The Seventeenth city
ward, South Cottonwood Union. But
Ter. lovendahl and Granite Assigned
to Elders John w. Saunders and Syl-
vester ID. Bradford.
District No. 10-The Fourteenth.
Nineteenth and Twentieth city wards,
East Mill Creek. Big Cottonwood, Big
Cottonwood South District. Assigned
TO Elders orson D.Romney and Charles
II. Hyde.
District No. 1.-THE Twenty-first.
Twenty second. Twenty-second West
Eranch and Twenty third city wards,
MIL Creek. Assigned to Elders Ezra
o. Taylor and Joseph w. Mayncs.
Superintendent Griggs called atten-
tion to the following conditions for OBJ
tanning the use OF the Stake Sacra-
mental service for 1899:
To the Sunday school having the
highest per cent OF officers, teachers
and pupils who from February LIST, 1898,
shall have totally abstained from the
use OF tobacco In any form. also intox-
icating liquors, malt beer. wine. tea
and coffee; also the highest per cent of
1.-THE payers during 1898.
Superintendent Griggs stated that
there We're n few annual reports not
yet sent in, and urged that they be for
warded as early as possible.
After the presentation of these mat
Into the various departments.
The first intermediate department
was addressed by Elder Levi Young,
upon the Importance OF earnest, intel
llgent work, prompted by the sympa-
thy of the heart, In all the labor of
Sunday schools.
The primary department, presided
over by Elder y. w. Ashton, had under
consideration the outlining OF suitable
lessons for this department on the
EARLY History of the Church."
The second intermediate department
was In charge of Elder James D. Cum
mings, and discussed early Church his
tory suitable for presentation to the
children.
The theological department presided
over by Elder Richard r.. Lyman. had
presented a sample lesson from the
Book of Mormon. presented by Super
intendent John Holt of South Jordan.
The Fourth ward was requested to
furnish music for the next meeting,
The closing hymn was sung and the
bcnediction was pronounced by Elder
o. II. Woithington.
j. II. PARRY. Secretary.
"And do you love me for myself