Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-15


'.rnesd,v evening. how best TO pre-
moro n sunday school lcsspn' the blple
Ia Tho sunday school. the BOOK OF
Noruon I'm the sunday school the al
ininlstrntlon Of the Sacrament 10 inc
schools. Each meeting 70 ue .penes
by a half hours singing prhoxes Oh
he sunq nj the 1899 sunday school com
foreurea. and such 10 be closed hy to-
marks from the general superintendent
and HE assistants. aa we may Wish.
"Se,v these subjects we would like 10
have t,,ni,I uuln NJ the committee
can ee, where some iuipr'N.in. n'i
can be mnde In Ills of course si1l
be- In favor OF their having lautudr il
change or e. suggest additional SUD
iccta."
elder seymour H. Young moved 'lni
the rurroati1ue be adopted 10y lhiH
meeting Carried. General Supciln.
trnGent George @. Cannon then ape
pointed Elders George lteynnIo.'
Doc ph ". summefhnya amt George ID
ryror na the committee To afr'nEe we
"details of the convention hni tHE'
chHfge On the preparatory work
r.rrsB ala. u would IKE you in
tlks tlid 8f this theoretically and let
na have something that will be cr ait
abfu and interesting that all who attend
may rl away instructed ana inius O
with lie and with liberalization ,1
ma No sunday school aud mako D.
Whlt Dc ah1uid Doe. This committee rIr
akc che necessary strpa 90 inFi. such
persons or brethren ana tlai D. from
Hflr aa they may deem proper hni p.
De- "a general invitation and W. w1uId
Ukr YOU All 10 come. and we Will do the
best that can b. done 90 entertain you.
ana viva YOU a chance 60 teach ua ln our
wards. give us your ideas ana ten W.
what you DO. 20 that W. may gci mt
tull b. neft ln mingllng togl thor IN that
manner.
u may say thst Brother ueher J..
Grants remarks about ihf nickel fund
are 10 strict accord To my feelings. J
do not want our sunday schools go bee
come begging institutions, OF 60 become
burdenrnme 20 our children. DO NOT
give tho nickel feel badly Avoid that
because the feelings " children are
very delicate. We should not DO any
thing that would take them iHCl ihlt
thHy arr inferior lu Vuy way Co uuFs
body disc. I hope thit what has been
said VIII be remembered by 1N tnr
teachers and supor.utcTdcnia."
Second Assistant Kari q. MacEer faidi
Members Of the sunday scho1l
Union board have occasionally visited
annual sunday school conferences
whoa they have felt dis-sipointcd in
some measure Ia not getting that Kind
90 Information regarding sue CONDITION
OF the sunday schools, which ihry de-
sired. ana nave been requested, there
fore. 90 speak iu regard 30 che way anu
manner In whlch tho sunday school,
conferences should be- conducted. Now,
the nature and object VI an annual
sunday school stake conference u three
fold. The first object " TO present 30
all tht sunday schools lu that stake
pattern and model exercises. Upon thia
aubjtct 1 need not speak now. l refer
to the Instructions that We're
given upon this point az the
last April Conference, when We
met here. The second point OF object
of our annual sunday school sake
conference IL 10 give The visiting mem.
bers OF The sunday School Union Board
an opportunity 10 obtain a. much IN
FORMATION Ia regard 70 the condition OF
the sunday schools In the stake a. time
and circumstances viii permit That
can BE- obtained IN two ways; These
visiting members NJ the Sunday school
Union Board witness the class oNcr-
clsea. according o. the Instructions
given upon that subject at the last
April Conference. These are the best
class exercises upon the various sub
j,cta that have been selected BY the
exercises that can De found In the
stake. That gives the visiting broth
ren the opportunity OF seeing The cone
dtion. or Judging OF the condition "
the sunday schools Eight class rNer-
ciHfa of the hest Kind should b. given.
two on Saturday morning and after
noon, tyyu sunday mnrninri two ON
sunday Afternoon. Then there IL ale
ways something from Primary. nrst
intermediate. second lrirrmedihie, ana
theological. class, ana concert rcclia-
lions of some Kind. the next point az
which We can SET our inf1rma lon
about the conditions OF thn sunday
nChools comes from the reports lf the
HuuslintendentH nf the an 1rrui
schools. The Sunday School Union
board have drawn up twenty
points upon which they would IKE n
have answers given. A cory OF ihll
viii b. sent TO every sunday school
superintendent throughout Zion. Each
superintendent should prepare hlmN
for this ana not come up and talk a
minutes OF more and hen III down
without saying anything about hi.
sunday school. This IL the second
point that gives uH necessary inform1
tlon In regard 10 the condition of the
sunday school. The thrl point n tu
give the visiting mcmhors Of ihe sun
day School Union Hoard an opportunity
! 20 rive Instruction. tn 'sr inH.fue-
| tons are based upon ihe answers
| which tho superintendent FN ln rr-
porting their sunday schools Tua sun
L NHM AHhHHIlI NHFNAV L LII no.
/ conditions und thr different points
/ based upon the observations which
/ they have found and made during IN
/ class exercises. which A. the second
I polfa about which We can base our
/ Instructions. The third r. Ms qu.''
/ lions which should be handed 10 hi
| sunday rchuni officers and trleh-f.
/ questions which have arisen on
sunday school work and the principe
| ~ The Gospel. which are expected to %.
| taught Ia the sunday schools. suppose
/ now. w., got six ~ these questions IN
/ every one N these meetings. IN o. W
| have twenty-f0ur questions handed 70
/ during me- conference. twenty-four I'M
/ pnrtant sunday school points una
/ consideration. Ana n th'ro u AHA
/ point that we may not have the author
/ lp' or capacity 20 answer We VIII tek
4 homo and report u 20 the fund1,
/ School Union Board, whore 70 VIII %
| disposed OF, ana II the board has no
the authority 10 answer o. our genera
superintendent, CcnrF' q, Cannon, IL
member Of the Fist Presidency, ami
/ there We can get u from ne fountain
head, and you got your answer In an.
time.
And then the next point that woul'
like 20 have called your attention "a
That u n not our mission 10 talk moro
~ TO the comparatively few sunday
nchn0l Mnrknra lint arn nLLnndInn nul