The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-13
To AID THE CHILDREN
Second Annual Sunday School
Convention Of MOrm0ns.
THREE SESSIONS HELD
JOSEPH E. SMITH ON MARRIAGE
AND HOME BUILDING.


convened in the Assembly hall at 10
a. H. yesterday. three sessions being
held. All of them were marked with
interesting addresses by prominent
members Of the church, the most nota-
bic being the discourse of President Jo-
seph f. Smith on Marriage and Home
Building during which ne discussed
at length the doctrine of marriage as
propounded by the Latter-day Saints.
At last nights session George Rey-
nOlds, the well known Sunday school
worker, was selected second assistant
superintendent of the Sunday School
union filling the vacancy in the general
superintendency that has existed since
the death of George Goddard.
The morning session began with
song service, covering a half hour, I'M
der the direction of George D. Pyper-
The well known Sunday school songs
were sung to the accompaniment of the
pipe organ by Professor Mcclellan,
President George @ Cannon then deliv-
cred the address. of welcome to the Wis
iting Sabbath school workers, in the
course of which he said:
When We consider the ins
plans that have been made for ii
struction of our children, so far as .
is considered, and the efforts that ha, =
been made to Wean them, to draw them
from the truth, from the gospel which
we nave received, am sure there are
none Of US who can think of these
without being devOutly thankful to God
for what he has done in their behalf.
Aimed at Children.
"A prominent bishop in New York
years go said it was useless to try
and draw away the adults of the Nor
mon faith, but said this was a most
rising generation. The Mormon Sunday
schools had not then been well organ
| lied, but it has since been done, and we
! see the grand results that have fol-
lowed"
President Cannon gave the delegates
a hearty welcome in concluding, and
/ congratulated the general board upon
/ the success Of their labors among the
/ children.
/ Professor J. NJ. Tanner followed Pres
| ident Cannon with an address on ply
| steal and HYGIENE Conditions of the
! Sunday school, 1t is very important,
( Mr. Tanner urged, that the school
! rooms be made comfortable and health
! full He advised having the room swept
! Saturday night rather than on Sunday
! morning, as sometimes done so that the
air would not be filed with particles
/ OF dust when the children arrived.
/ Clean atmosphere he held to be even
!
! benches.
! To get this the speaker advised that
/ the doors and windows be opened early
/ Sunday morning until the room was
! flled with pure air. Then they could be
/ closed and the fires started, but this
/ should be done at least an hour before
/ the time for the children to arrive. in
! order that all parts of the building
! might be thoroughly heated and the fire
/ allowed TO be low during class time.
! This, Mr.. Tanner explained, would do
/ away with excessive heat in the neigh
/ borhood of the stove while remote cor
/ nerS OF the room were uncomfortable
/ cold. In bringing his exhOrtatiOr to a
| close, he said:
Janitor Service Bad.
THE hygienic conditions of our sun
! day schools are of the utmost import
/ ance, and yet I think in at least 80 pei
cent of the Sunday schools have visit
ed the janit0r service has been very Un-
/ satisfactory"
! President CannOn's recommendation
that the windows be lowered, he said
was certainly an inspiration, and he
congratulated the convention on having
/ a larger attendance than at the opening
FseSsiOnS a year ago.
/ Professor Mcclellan rendered The
Shepherd chorus with splendid effect
on the pipe organ, following which was
school union by President Seymour 3
! Young.
The speaker held that any man who
/ appears before his class in Sunday
school with the smell of tobacco on hi.
/ breath is diSiOyal, certainly not Jealous
He had observed cases of this kind, HI
! said, with deep Chagrin, ard he insisted
| that d Sunday school teacher should b,
an observer of the word of wisdom il
its entirety. As examples of loyalty n
pointed to Abraham and his offer o
sacrifice. He referred also to SamUe
I T. B. M0Tse's devotion TO his cause, tn
! invention of telegraphy, and held tina
( Morse was inspired of God when h
performed his important part in th'
! history of the world President YoUns
! closed with tribute to Elder Ballan
tyne, the pioneer of Sunday schOO
/ work.
The outside world is preyfng on tn,
minds of our innocent children" h
said, and it i loyalty that will insur
the success Of the great work we hav
undertaken
President Smith Speaks.
President Joseph f. Smith foIlowet
on the subject of Marriage and HON
Building taking for his text portion
! Of Genesis, referring to the cTea ton o
man and woman, and the nineteenth
chapter of Matthew, which saws it shal
/
wife for any cause. The speaker too
! the view that when God said what Co
hath joined together let not man pu
sSundeT, he meant that there should b
no divOTcemeuts, as man and woman
We're joined by the hand of God II
said that only those marriages Der
formed in the eyes of God, Institute
by the hand of God, are valid in tn
hereafter.
God recognizes only the RELATIONSHIP
of man and woman ordained in God
! he said. THE woman belongs to tn
! man to whom she is united in God b
the order of marriage revealed to tn
( Prophet Joseph Smith. and il is not TO
man 10 marry and divorce. The con
sequences of this are eternal and O
everlasting Importance"
The speaker went on to speak of 81
among married people. recalling tn
/ scripture which says whatsoever is gull
~ of adultery shall be put. to death
Modern civilization. he said. does no
recognize the laws of God: neverthe
/ less. the adUlterer is as bad as the nun
> ! derer. The law of chastity. Presiden
Smith said. was Of vital Importance +
man from the cradle to the grave. an
/ when women are expected to be pur
and spotless it is just as necessary ia
the man to be virtUOus.
Advice on Marriage.
Taking up the practical side of hi
topic. the speaker said it was not nee
essary for Young men TO delay mar
! / riaGe until they could furnish a man
r sion, which idea prevails to an alarm
ing extent, especially in the cities q