Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
large Attendance in the Tabernacle
Of Earnest Workers.
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1898.
Total Number Of schools f.ofri ON.
GERS aud Teachers IJ,Otsi Total OF
sunday school Pupils io3,3so'

On sunday evening last. April 9th. 1892
at o'clock.
There were present the general super
in,cndency. officers and members Of the
Dcscrct Sunday School Union board
and aids. a number Of Apostles. prcHi-
dents Of Stakes and Bishops. and the
Tabernacle was well filled with sunday
school workers.
General Superintendent George o.can.
non presided.
The Tabernacle choir. under dlrcc-
tion Of Professor Evan stephens. SANG
Lord Thou wilt hear mo when | pray"
Prayer was offered by Elder John N.
Mills,. The choir sang Come. dearest
Lord
Secretary George ID. pypcr called the
roll which was responded TO by repre-
ncntativeA from twcnty-acvcn Stakes
The secretary also read portion OF the
general annual statistical report OF the
Sunday schools OF the i.atfer-day Saints
for 1895 showing. Total number u sun.
day schools, lob. male officers and
tcachcra 1894. female officers and
teachers. 5.b2i. total officers and teach
ers. i5.0ts. average attendance Of ofii-
GERS and teachers s.i1s. male pupils,
to.ss2; female. 1884. total number Of
pupils. lu1.ssc. Sunday school fplaslon-
aries not enrolled. go. total officers.
teacher pupils and missionaries, u.s.
so3: cash ON hand and collected during
the year. sis.s6ls3. diHburacd si3.s's.is;
on hand. isesc3i.
The rupoft was approved and MED.
General Superintendent George y.
Cannon said;
u feel very much gratlhed Mt this
report. ~ I think you all do. We have
now. a. you have heard. 10000 pupils
Il II.
the hundred thousand mark. and that
has been gained during the last year"
Tho secretary than presented the gcn-
crai Sunday school authorities, who
were unanimuunly sustained ~ foilown;
General superintendent. Gcorge ..
Cannon. second assistant general Hu-
pcrintendcnt. Karl q. Macncr. general
secretary, Ctorrc -. Piper. general
treasurer, George Rgynoldn. stem
ographer. Loo HunAakcr.
Members ~ Dcnrrct sunday School
Union board: George q. Cannon. Kari
q. Macscr, George Reynolds. Thomas G.
Grlggn, Joseph w Summcrhaya. Levi
W. Richardr. Francis ~. Lyman. liebcr
J. Grnnt, Joseph NJ. Tanner. George
Teasd.lic, Ifugh J. Cannon. Andrew
kimbali. Joseph y. Smith. John W.
Aids 10 the General Board; l.. John
Nuttnil, Jamoa W. IRE. John y. Hem
!. nett. John 81. Mills. William H. DouRali.
~YIIlinm ID. owen. Seymour u. Young
cnNaiian u. Flelatcd.
uciSfni Treasurer George Reynolds
reportctl that he had received from
nickel donations for 1885, the sum OF
s3.iii.es. an Increase Of nearly eight per
cent over 1877.
Elder Rcynoida presented the CON
ference assignments for isss ah fol-
lows.
Saturday and sunday. April 20 and
so-Snnpetc.
saturday and Sunday. May 9Th ana
sth-ht GrufEe.
Saturday and sunday. May 18th and
1tth-ParuNan.
Saturday and sunday. May goth ana
2int-.AlaiAG.
Saturday and sunday. May s'th and
SATURDAY and SUNDAY. June 10th and
1ith-DtRh
Saturday and sunday. June 18th and
isth-Waaatch.
.unl4y aud Monday. June 18th aud
lpth-onelda.
Saturday and Sunday. June sith and
2bth--bcar Lake ana Willard,
saiatday aEi sunday, July iAt ANA
2nd--Waync.
Saturday and Sunday. July Sth and
sth-setlnr ana hammock
Saturday and sunday. July 18th and
1cth--Morsnn Hnd star Valley
Saturday and sunday, July s2nd and
gafd-ningham ana lloxcldcr.
Saturday aui sunday, July s?th and
3Oth--frnaont,
and etL.-Albrtn.
sa,urday and Sunday. August 18th
and lsth-cgaHln and Woodruff.
Saturday and Sunday, August 18TH
and .0th-cnche and san Juan.
SATURDAY and sunday. August sslh
aa,,,r'tn. nnd sunday sentemLer
snd aud lri-icayer
Saturday ami sunday. September 9TH
and ioth-suminit aud lsanAb.
Saturday rnt sunday, September
q 18th nd nth Pahgu'ich
Saturday ana sunday. September
18th aud nth weber auu fucatCllo,
Treasurer HpyEolds also announced
that the thlfd edltlou " tho small
sunday School iigun Book was now
ready, making Ia au 1900 ~ thia work
which had been irHust fg1m tho press,
THIS edition contained "a few new
another edition ~ in' hgliAy school
song book, n tfrn ritsfa " binding,
retailei Tranoei,"ely at tl nul tl ceuta
was also ready, NuWtllH improve
ments TO make t moro uniform with
the Hymn book had been introduced Ia
this edition Tho rocneiluEa % th,
late sunday fch9cl convention Held In
this city were now uu sale, Nearly
1000 had been distributed rratuilnus-
" To the schools, and teachers ana
others desirnT additional enplag couil
purchase them at the office OF the
Union Board on 10 cents per copy, The
second edition ~ the Treatise was also
ready for those officers and teachers
who ala not possess a copy, Price 70
cents. Some few years ugp Or, James
", Talmag9 delivered "a HorloH of lHe-
lures IN tho Assembly Han IN tits
city before the Theological class OF tho
Church university on the Articles u
Faith" Under the dlIection of the
First Presidency, those lectures had
now been published IA book form. az
ter having been examined hy the
Presidency and By committee np-
pointed by them. This work IL recon-
mcrder 10 the Sunday ncho0la and
other Church organizations nH valn.
able text book on questions relating 20
the faith ~ the Saints.
The choir sang Jesus, | my cross
have takon."
General Superintendent George O.
Cannon spoke feelinHly on tho heuth oi
First Assistant General Supt. George
Goddard. and paid a glowing tribute "a
the memory OF this sunday school vet.
eran. The remarks viii appear In full
later.
iIeber J. Grant spoke briefly on tn,
good accomplished AT the late Sunday
School convention.
Elder Thomas c. Grlggs said;
rnis immense audience. interested II