The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-02
Opening Session Of Sunday School
Workers.
E.B.STEvENSON'S ADDRESS
NOTED LEADER IN MOVEMENT
is HEARD.
Makes An Earnest Plea to His Hear
ers to Interest Children In At
tending Sunday schools-People
of Utah Can Be Gotten at By Dill
gent Missionary Work.

The fourteenth annual convention of
the Utah State Sunday school conven-
ton began its work last evening in
the auditorium of the First Congrega-
tional church. The following delegates
We're present from outside towns:
President c. f. Brainard, Miss Markle
Ogden; Miss Moore. Smithfie,d Miss
Glow, Kaysville: Mrs John Wilson,
Mrs. W. r. Brown. Juab county; Pro-
fessor Hariing. Lehi; Miss Lee, Span
ish Fork; Miss Barnett. Moroni. There
was also quite a large delegation from
salt Lake county, and many Sunday
school workers who were not delegates,
listened to the proceedings with inter
est.
DR.. E. V. Silver led the song service.
The prayer service was led by PreSi-
dent Brainard. and short prayers were
rendered by E. v. Silver, Z. B. Steven
son, c. T. Brown and Professor Har-
ling of Lehi. A series of one minute
talks on Why am / Here?" followed,
and We're quite interesting. The main
points brought out were that it was
more than worth the while to be among
other Sunday school workers and re-
ceiye the inspiration that comes from
an interchange of views. These talks
We're given by Rev. Wildman Murphy,
Professor r. B. Quay, Professor Har-
ling, Miss Moore, Miss Glow. Dr. Sill
Yer. Mrs. Wake, l.. NJ. Gillian, Mrs.
Wilson, Miss Barnett, Judge Twomey,
w. NJ. Scott, Rev. H. II. McCury. Rev.
George Bailey, H. H. Tolles. DR.. Paden.
Mr.. Stevenson's Address.
The address of the evening was de-
livered by Z. 3. Stevenson of Cedar
Rapids, Ia. who is prominent as an
int .o1 10,
airy. His plea was for the getting into
the schools of the boys and girls who
had never been there. Many of the
best bargains are to be found on the
remnant counter" he said, land these
children who have not been taught to
love God may be considered remnants.
We have boys in our Sunday schools
who come of their own accord. 1t is
not those whom we have to labor with,
but with those who are going astray
out upon the highways of the world.
We must find the remnants on the
bargain counter-that is the great work
that we have before us. There are H.
100000 children in the country who are
not in any Bible classes, whe her
Protestant or Catholic. We must go
out into the highways and hedges and
compel them to come TO Christ. How
many of US go out among their homes
and personally invite them TO come?
We must get them to understand that
we are in earnest about this matter.
I'VE are not here to present theories.
I don't believe in talking theories. We
must bring experience to bear in the
work that We have before us. What
can be done in one state can be done
in another. Conditions are the same in
Utah as they are in New England.
They tell me that the people of Utah
are peculiar. The Lord loves peculiar
people. If we can get at these peculiar
people of Utah. we can lead them to
the light 1t can be done by earnest
work.
Is Great Question
But the great question is. How can
we reach these II 5000 children It I
can never be accomplished by the in
dividual effort of each church as a
but they must all combine and |
work in harmony. Very little can be
done by missionary going to a house
and saying that he comes from such |
and such church; but let him go as
2 Sunday school worker, regardless of |
sectarian affiliations. and a world of
good can be accomplished.
There are many diamonds in the |
rough in this state, if we will go out
and find them. Don't be discoura ged.
If we have courage, we can save Utah. |
We can go out to the world and say
hat instead of $50 Sunday schools here
there are 800
A nominating committee consisting
IF the outside delegates with w. NJ.
Scott and Joseph Wilkes to represent
Salt Lake county, was appointed. The
committee on resolutions was composed
If ReS5. H. H. McCrury, John I. AXton
md Rev. Wildman Murphy.
The work of the convention will be
continued today by three sessions that
promise to be interesting. The morning
session commences at $3.50. the after
loon at 1:20, and the evening session
1t 7:30.