The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-29
Three Sessions Held at the Assem-
bly, Hall Yesterday.
DELEGATES NUMBER 1000
A GREAT MANY THEMES DIS
CUSSED BY THE SPEAKERS.
President George @. Cannon's opin-
ion Of the Tribune-At This Morn
ing's Session Papers VIII Be Pre-
scented By Several Prominent
Members.

Three sessions Of the Deseret Sunday
school convention We're held yesterday in
the Assembly han. Every meeting was
well attended, and all were of great in
terest to Sabbath school workers. There
are over 1900 delegates in the city, and
the roll-call at last nights session deyel-
oped the fact that every stake lnxlted 10
participate was represented. rms N
cludes a number from Canaua, Arizona,
Mexico and Tennessee.
General superintendent George q. can
non CT the organization presided over the
meetings, ana George u. Pyper led the
singing. Professor }. j. Mcclellan, or
ganlst, and John Held. c0rnetlSt, accom-
panied the choruses OF nearly 1000, which
sang in remarkable unison
Apostle George Ieasdale offered prayer
at the opening Of the first session at 10
a. m. Ihe congregation sang Come
Atoms and President George q. Cannon
delivered an address Of welcome. lie
spoke of the necessity of a convention OF
this kind to stimulate the lack Of inter-
est SO prevalent OF late in Sunday school
work, and took pleasure IL bidding the
delegates a welcome hearty. lie invited
the congregation to ask questions on the
work, which would gladly be answered
from the stand
Elder George Reynolds briefly outlined
the objects OF the convention, and was
followed by State superintendent Karl
q. MdeScr, whose subject was The sun
day School treatise and It's Effects lie
first explained the Treatise, its object
Ito fannifariZe teachers with the work.,
and explained that the first edition was
exhausted bat a second and greatly i'm
= proved. work WAS IN course of 9repara-
ton. Ats effect has been remarha BILE.
Professor Mcclellan cleVerly rendered
20 My Father, his own arrangement,
Elder Seymour Is. Young's paper on
How Best to Maintain Order in the
Sunday School was read by DR.. J. Nj.
Tanner, Elder Young having been called
p TO attend an Arizona conference.
Elder James w. IRE recommended the
aid OF committee to secure the attend
ance Of delinquent pupils, but did not
sanction the adoption OF any compulsory
methods.
Elder George Goddard. the veteran
school worker, preceded a few remarks
by singing Hold the Fort
In reply to queries, President Cannon
urged the attendance of parents, as well
as children. at Sunday schools as g
means OF encouragement to the young
ard endorsed the visits of teachers with
Beneaicrion was offered by Apostle
Heber J. Grant.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon. Apostle f. NJ. Lyman
Elder Hugh ]. Cannon treated the
Nickel Fund, giving reasons for It's
maintenance and an outline of its ad-
VantageS.
DR. James E. Talmage offered some
valuable remarks on the uses of JhI
!eahet defining its purposes and OBJ
JSCtS-
Elder Karl G. Maeser spoke on Sun.
day School Teachers Meetings and Theil
Objects. Many schools hold teachers
meetings once a month, on fast day
which is an excellent custom; but some
schools. more advanced, hold them twice
a month. and others, who appreciate
these meetings sun more, hold them ey-
cry Sunday. Other schools are so fan
advanced that they hold teachers meet
Ings not only every Sunday, out during
Ihe week also. These schools are very
far advanced.
President J. NJ Tanner discussed the
advantages of Home Reading in Con-
nection with the Sunday School,, and
pointed out q number Of characters in
holy writ as being exemplary study.
President George G. Cannon arose to
B add a few words on the subject of Home
NReauing, and while on his feet was
Celuged with questions. The first was:
ca Should Latter-day Saints Sunday
school superintendent encourage children
TO attend sectarian churches? %
What would you do with q. superintend-
ent who does sop President Cannon an
swered that he should al once be turned
out.
brings The Herald and Tribune to Sun
day school and occupies the hour fol
opening in reading the same to the
children? Considerable laughter followed
the reading of this, and President Can.
non answered as follows: of course
this is wrong. a brother once told me-
he had seen the Tribune read in prayer
circle. II this is the case, the man who
did such q thing has very little sense OF
propriety, and should be openly rebuked
It is bad enough to read it in q corner.
Qaughter)
The congregation, led by George D
Piper. sang Marching Homeward,' anC
benediction was offered by Apostle z. d
Richards.