Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-26

before Sunday school work had become
such an important part OF our lives, al
most any Kind Of preparation, or non
PREPARATION, was permitted. But now
that this work has become established,
nothing but the best viii do. No teach
ct can long remain such who persists
in coming unprepared for his class;
this would IN the end get too humliat-
ing for him long to endure If a teach
or does not know great deal, he ought
to impress his pupils with the idea that
what he does know he knows well. Nor
should he become discouraged IN his
work on account Of the difficulties 10 be-
met. for with love and the Holy Spirit
he VIII be able TO overcome them all.
Another trait OF character that the
Sunday school teacher should cultivate
is punctuality, He should sense the
fact that things VIII not go on without
him AT school so Well as with him. II "a
almost better that the teacher who Is
habitually late should remain at home,
because In coming 70 school tardy he Is
not only setting a bad example 10 those
whom he Is supposed to inn
prove, but lowering himself in the es-
timaiton Of his class. This matter Of
coming IN late Is only u habit. after
al aud an abomlnable one at that,
lie related the experience Of one SUI
perlntendent who eXperlmeIaed on his
school I'm this matter Finding so many
coming In late, he announced that next
Sunday school would begin at 1915.
But SO many came at 1890 ON that Sun
day that he decided to begin on the
following Sunday at l0:30. And so on
tlll the school finally opened at II
o'clock when there were even more
tardy members than before. In the
end he announced that thereafter an
effort would be made to get everyone
there at 10, and II was only a short
time till he had a model school so far
as punctualIty was concerned, We
may as wen, therefore, the speaker
thought, make up our minds first az
last that we shall be at our post on
time.
A third essential, Elder Smith main.
tanned was alertness on the teachers
part He should be awake TO the needs
of his class. The young people come to
him with a greet deal of energy, which
he must turn IN proper directions or Ii
viii be spent in improper ones. The
teacher should give the pupils some.
thing TO do, not only in the class, but
outside also.
Elder Smith related an instance con-
corning an old woman In one Of the
city wards, years ago, who was tor
montcd by the boys Of the neighbour
hood The Sunday school teacher
Of these very boys induced his class to
saw and spllt up two cords Of wood for
this old lady, and ever afterwards no
hoy Was found to modest her peace.
Not only so but each one concerned felt
that he had done Il good act to the
others and was himself In turn the bet
ter for IT, II Is 50 rare that such oppor-
tunitios for good arc taken advantage
of by the teacher and Yet there are 80
many such, and they would be so help,
lul to the teacher IN the government Of
his class
The lecture was certainly a profitable
and Inspiring one and q large number
of workers turned out TO hear the
speaker The next union meeting viii
be devoted TO the regular department
work
The Granite stake is making n strong
effort to have the officers and teachers
meet at 9 o'clock every Sunday morning
10 prepare for general and class work.
Most Of the wards are successful i'm
these meetings. and an Improvement is
already noticeable In the schools.