The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-10
Ten Thousand Persons Attend
Conference of Deseret Sun.
day School Union.
SECRETARY PYPER REVIEWS
PROGRESS OF THE WORK
Recitation of Mormon Articles
of Faith in Fourteen h
Languages Feature.

Ten thousand Sunday school workers g.,
the Mormon church attended the renara,.
conference OF the Dese1et Sunday School
union held last night in tbs,
tabernacle. The immense auditorium was
no whit less crowded than ii was at ,bs
general conference sessions of the churcb|
heIa during the day. although the ma
jor!ty cf lhose present comprised IN.
younger generation % the saints
Highly satjsfactory progress in tho wort
was shown by the report OF General sec
rslhry George y. Pypcr. who read 10 the'
delegates statistics Of his annual rnno,.t
showing That the union now has 20.0ei
oificcrs and teachers. with so pcr coni|
OF me officers and teachers In activs'
service. and l31,55l pupils, 229is enrolled
In The parents classes, and with gcn-|
eral average attendance during the Ven =
OF 6l per cent of those enrolled.
AS compared with the statistics OF lo0o
these Isures show growth of i2 pof
cent In the sunday school orgaMlzation.|
or per cert greater than th.. Incraas se'
OF population in the state of Utah dufinr|
the decade.
Many Tongues Spoken.
The most unique feature Of the confer-
cnce was the recital of the Mormon Ar,
ticles of Faith in fourteen different lan-
laborcd as missionaries in the various
countries. Beginning with the first ar-
ticle, the thirteen sections OF the Mor,noIl
creed creed were reGited as follows: % Dam
ish, Godfrey Hansen; t2J French. Ma
thanicl T. Shepherd: go rahtian, Thoni-
as L. Woodbury.: 90 Hawaiian Jacob f.
Gates; l5) Welsh David l.. Davis: Isl
TorWesian. ,II Osborne J. p Widtsoe; a
James \. Lambert; t9) Turkish. Dr. Fred
Stauffer; lo) Dutch. L. T. Whitney,;
in Spanish. Joseph J Cannon; nsj
man. Arnold II. Schulthess.
When this '-polyglot' recitation had
been concluded, the elders and audence
led by, Elder ". 7. Atkin Of Ensign stake,
recIted all OF the Articles Of Faith in
English.
Boy Singers Please,
Another pleasing feature Of the con-
ference was the rendition OF three musi-
cal numbers. The Sunday School Volun-
teers. For the Strength Of the Hills We
Bless Thee" and Lift Up Thine Eyea,
by the Alpine stake boys chorus. Under
the direction OF Miss Lotte Owens.
The opening hymn, We're Marching
on TO Glory was sung by the whole con-
gregation led by Horace :. Ensign Fran-
els NJ. Lyman. president OF the quorum
OF the twelve apostles, offered the nvo-
cation and President Joseph +. Smith
presided throughout the session.
The roll call of stakes showed represens
tativcs from virtually every section OF
the state.
Professor j. J. Mcclellan contributed a
DeaullIul organ Solo anu Apost'S iepeI y
Grant briefly discussed The Sunday
School as Il Missionary Force" Presi-
dent Smith discussed Simplicity of the
Gospel I'm Sunday Schools laying par-
ticular stress upon the fact that the
minds OF children were not TO be vexed
with abstruse theological problems. All
the officers OF the Sunday school organ@
ization were sustained without change.
W. j. lloberg. Il member of the tabers
nacle choir. and an officer OF the juvensle
court, made an announcement or a move-
ment OH foot to furnish employment after
school hours for such children as had no
regular work. President Smith directed
present them to the general board for its
consideration.
Apostle Hyrum NJ Smith pronounced
the bcncdiction and the conference ad-
journcd.