The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-21
SUADAY-SCH00L WORK
IN SALT LAKE CITY
Conference Meetings Are Being
Held in the Several
Churches in Zion.

This is Conference Sunday-schooi
week in Salt Lake. The Conference
meetings are being held under the lead,
ership of Rev. w. G. Merrill, one OF
the International Sunday school com
mittee field workers. The first OF these
Conference meetings was held IN the
First NJ. e. church Monday evening, be-
ginning at 7:30 clock Superinten-
dents and teachers Of the sunday
schools of the First NJ. r. church'
First Congregational, First PresDytcr.
ian, and st. Mark g Episcopal were
present.
DR.. Merritt, in opening the meeting
said that the object of these meetings
was TO take up Sunday. PROB
lens to be discussed. He was not
here to pose as specialist, bu: 10
cooperate with YOU along any lines
that may be taken up
In answer to the question: ;. How
would YOU open Sunday SCHOOL, DR.;
Merritt said that the Sunday chool
shonld be made vitality. devotional
among the boys. 1t is said that from
65 to rs per cent of the Sunday school
children are from the homes of nom
Christians. Sunday. schools services
should be along doctrinal lines. Sum
day.school scholars are learning TOO ht
lie of the Bible The lesson ought
TO come out Of Gods book. 1t brings
it into the life of the boy or girl, j.
The Doctor dwelt upon the duty OF
parents in keeping up family PRAYER,
and it was 10 be regretted that the
strenuous life is driving out the family
altar. PRAYER is necessary and IN order
to be Of any effect. it must be made to
reach the hearts of the boys and girls,
and should be made as spiritual as
possible The Doctor thought that %
minutes should be the division of time
for devotional exercises The time
for lesson would depend on the age
Of the scholars composing the class.
Need Of Discipline.
Mr. Weir thought the teachers need
discipline. A time limit is necessary.
Some teachers, not properly prepared,
take no account of time, and in the
end accomplish but little.
Dr. Silver thought that with teach"
er properly equipped thirty minutes
was ample time.
If, Mr.. Weir said, 65 TO IS per cent
of the Sunday school children are from
homes whose parents are not Chris
tians they cannot have An opportunity
TO use the Bible very much
DR.. Merritt said that every boy and
girl should have a good Bible, in using
which in the Sundayschool he believed
in having them make marginal notes
Of some important truth contained in
the chapter read and studied, This
will make it interesting TO the scholars.
The question Of how to hold boys
from 12 to Is came up. This problem
was discussed at considerable length
by several of the parties present. This
period wus admitted to be the most
crucial in every boys life. The boy
at this age will 60 where he can get
the best results. The Doctor said he
did not know that there is anything
more potent to hold boy than person
ality. Where parents are remiss in
their duty to the boy at this period,
the teacher must take their place. The
teacher should be pure minded. 1t is
this quality which will exert an influ-
ence that will bring boys through that
period in safety and win him for Christ
DR.. Young, in kindly way, half iok.
ingly, said that one of the troubles is,
the church is not up with the evolution
of the times, neither is the Sunday
school.
DR., Merritt closed the discussion by
urging the Importance of getting pure
minded, earnest workers for teachers.
The discussion was both interesting
and profitable to the officers and teach,
ers Of Sunday schools present. Follow
ing is the announcement for this even
ing;
7:30 Tuesday evening. in Phillips
Congrega tional church-Phillips Con
gregational, East Side Baptist, Tiff NJ.
e, Third Presbyterian. Waterloo NJ. E..
Liberty Park NJ. E., English Lutheran