Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-08
Concluding Sessions Replete
With interesting Papers
And Discourses.
APPEAL MADE TO PARENTS,
IN the Home and During Early Edu-
cational Periods Is When Futures
OF Boys and Girls Arc Moulded

with the Church schools teachers as
sembled In convention. Sessions were
HELD at Barratt hall In the morning and
,he afternoon. and in the evening in
the tabernacle, The first meeting was
one of testimony. President Lund lead
ing an explanation of testimony bear
ing In religious class work.
ANTHoN H, LUND.
President Lund spoke on testimony
hearing in the Religious classes H
welcomed those who were present,
Testimony bearing Is necessary for all
saints children as we'll as the adults.
II is not necessary to relate miricles
though most of the Latter day Saints
have seen or experienced Miraculous
things. we rely for practically all our
Knowledge and information on the tes-
timony of others. Children obtain faith
nv bearing testimonies, and standing
Ipon their feet TO express their faith
often gives them the personal test-
mony of the spirit 1t Is not wei to be
100 cridulous but In the present age
the danger is scepticism. There is false
testimony and 1t takes wisdom to de-
tect ii. Science bore false testimony
for centuries regarding many things
the relation of the earth to the other
heavenly bodies for example The as
tenn to explain on a false basis that
King Alfonso remarked that If the Lord
had asked him about 1t he could have
proposed a simpler plan But who could
propose a simpler plan where the
truth is known? Science not being
infallible therefore, why should sci
entists and others who rely on testi
p1ony for their information think 1t
foolish for spiritual Information TO be
communicated by testimony. Prest.
Lund read Humes argument against
the resurrection OF Jesus and the an
swer to It. He felt with those who am
swered that the testimony of IL men
that they saw the risen Jesus was true,
and 1t was harder to believe that they
had agreed to formulate a lie than to
believe that the Almighty would resur-
resect and preserve His workmanship
BOOK OF MORMON.
The same reasoning is applicable to
the testimony of the II witnesses In
latter days who saw the plates from
which the Book of Mormon was trans
lated. Children in the Religious class
as have learned from their parents ana
teachers of the life and atonemont OF
Jesus Christ and the plan of saliva
ton. They accept these teachings ana
they can bear testimony to them Pres
Ident Lund stated that he had a testl-
mony when a child and though he at
tended a Lutheran school ms testl-
mony was not shaken. His prayers
we're answered and he realized that
ae Lord was his friend. II Is not
necessary for children to tell apout
miracles. though IL they have known
cases of healing for example, they can
properly testify to these and give the
Lord the honor. They can always zen
of the goodness of the Lord to them ana
express gratitude they fel for the
blessings they enjoy President Luna
smoke of young man IN England VINO
tasted long for q testimony whle al
the time he enjoyed faith ana Know
ledge concerning the truth of the COS
nell we all need to listen TO testl-
,,,onv While in the Holy Land he and
elder Hintze wished to travel by lan9
from Jeffa TO Haifa. The guide salu
there was no road because he Wisheu
10 go the easier way by sea. Ihey were
determined however. and after making
inquiry they found testimony that there
was a way and growing IN falth they
insisted on going by land and found
49, TIE Guide knew the road we'll.
rrbe Scriptures are full of testimony
which children az we'll as others APP
nrecinte. President Lund closed py
Nearing testimony to the truth OF tne
eognel and the divinity of the WORK re-
vesled to Joseph Smith -
The time was then thrown open !"
,bsse nresent for testimony bearing
After singing "Oh MY Father, ana
bsnediction by Elder o. F. whitney,
the session closed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened py
the singing of If there's snhslllhe 80 ~,
the heart" The OPENING pray tSS,.i,,b,ii
pronounced by Elder George Brliilll e
-, ~ sane, .Dn what is right, fol-
lowed 1.,, ,,ol,o, IN
Asst. Supt. Rudger Clawson spoke on
Tho RELATION OF the Church schools ana
the Religion classes. He toid nov
Dr. Karl G. Maeser began the otgahl-
cation of the Church school system IN ~
the year 1875, under the instruction. ~, oa
President Young, that an the stu STU .,a'
he prosecuted under the ihhuSi.op W. M
Spirit of the Lord. From inc n ,Il''y'e
beginning of tho Brigham nouh 3
academy, the system has grown 10 INT
present number of $3.50 students
In 1890 the general board directed ~
dor Maeser TO organize the lseilbluI'
classes. to aid the children In the uis-
tlict schools. In Utah the classes may
not meet in the district school pullu-
ings but this difficulty is overcome anu
the results are splendid. Elder cav
son read the statistics showing ehrotl-
ment by stakes of the children OF the
Religion classes. There are H,1W pu'
pills IN the Church.
The general board OF education is th'
head of both the Church schools al'
the Religion classes. They both fofn
the Church school system, ana thel
purpose is Identical.
Elder -. $, Hinckley spoke or nov
the Religion class can supplement IN
high school work. He stated that h
lahored several months many years ag
as an officer OF Religion classes OF tn
Utah stake before he was converted Z
the work. Just lately he was calle
by President Brimhall to work II
American Fork in Religion class work
This was held at evening, and all bu
one Of the high school students wer
enrolled An average OF 100 have at
tended every session OF the class. TR
class started exactly nj z O'Clock, an
ended exactly at s O'Clock The If
Of Christ was the subject, ana II wa
taught as Vcritahle fact and IN
4 gospel principles We're put before IN
4 class I'm the same way, Educators ar
| 'feturning TO the idea that religion
necessity IN education, There "
4 great future for this growing work.
4 Supt David A. Broadbent OF the wa
4 tatch stake spoke on how To make IN
4 Religion class supplement the dlstrl,
j schools Two years ago when Or. I
stanley Han In this city stated tina
4 AFTER thorough Investigation, educator
/ came 10 the conclusion that God an
We Bible must be put back into IN
district school In order 70 stop the way
81 juvenile crime that Is sweeping owe
we country Jesus was the creates
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