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Show THE CHURCH REVIEW <br><br> Territorial S. S. Association. <br> Last Sunday the president of the Territorial Association had the pleasure of visiting the Sunday school in Murray. The school is Methodist and is led by Mrs. A. V. C. Banker as superintendent. The International Lessons are used. The school is well supplied with Bibles and singing books, No. 1, 2, 3, 4, is used. <br> The largest attendance this year has been forty-seven and the lowest thirty. Last Sunday's attendance was about forty-two. There are three teachers at present, Mrs. Banker, Rev. Mr. Hooper and Miss Baldwin; one other teacher is expected today. The school room is used every day, the same scholars generally coming to the day school. The primary class is large, nearly three quarters of all the scholars being in this class. Lack of schoolroom makes it necessary to teach this class in the room where the other classes are. Miss Baldwin has charge of this class. <br><br> The Sunday school excursion to Saltair, through the kindness of the Saltair Beach R. R. Co. netted the Territorial Sunday school Association about one hundred dollars. We take this occasion to heartily thank the officials for their courtesy and kindness. It is with pleasure that we state that all debts have been paid and we prepare for our Territorial Convention free from debt. <br><br> County conventions are preparing in the following counties: <br> Salt Lake, Utah, Weber, Juab, Cache, Davis, San Pete, Box Elder, Summit. <br> For the benefit of the workers in these counties we print the following from the Sunday school leaflet No. 4: <br> HOW TO MAKE YOUR COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION A SUCCESS. <br> 1. Have your programs printed a full month before the date of your meeting. <br> 2. Put no person's name on as a speaker, unless he first agrees to fill the place. <br> 3. Have it understood that the speaker who opens each topic is to occupy but fifteen minutes, to be followed by an open discussion of the topic. (This does not refer to evening addresses or Normal Lessons.) <br> 4. Have plenty of programs printed. Mail five programs direct to each superintendent in the county; ask him to have three or more delegates elected to the County Convention, two weeks before the time of meeting, and give each delegate a program. The superintendent and primary class teacher should always be among the delegates. <br> 5. Send each township president enough additional programs to supply each superintendent and pastor of his township, and to provide against loss by mail of those sent to superintendents. <br> 6. Notify each township officer that he will be expected to report in person as to the condition of his work, and call his attention to the particular session of the Convention at which he is expected to report. Also notify him of schools which he should specially visit before the Convention. <br> 7. In the town or city where the Convention is to be held, the superintendent of each school should have enough programs to give one to every officer, teacher and scholar in his school. <br> 8. If a "Children's Meeting" is to be held during the Convention, it should be specially announced in each school in the town for three successive Sundays before the Convention. <br> 9. Before the programs are printed, the pastors and Sunday School workers of the town where the convention is to be held, should be called to meet with the County Executive Committee to arrange for the entertainment of delegates, provide for the music, make suggestions as to program, and see that everything is done to prepare the way for the success of the convention. <br> 10. Request each newspaper in your county to notice the Convention for three weeks, and to print the program in full one week before the Convention. They will rarely refuse to do it. <br> 11. See that a Convention is held in each township within the three months previous to your county meeting. At least one member of your county executive committee should attend every township meeting; two is much better. <br> 12. Request each school in the county to send a contribution, equal to two cents for each member of the school, to the county treasurer, for state and county Sunday school work. A clear statement of the object and needs of our work should be sent with this request. If the schools are properly visited, and the township work conscientiously done, they will generally respond to this call. The money should reach the county treasurer before the time for him to make his annual report. <br> 13. Leave nothing undone to secure a fresh and full report from every school in your county before your annual convention. Request especially that the additions to the church and amount of missionary contributions be reported by each school. This will add much to the interest of your meeting. <br> 14. Pray and work for a rich spiritual blessing upon your Sunday school workers at your convention, and expect it. God is not slow to answer such prayers. He loves to give, and loves to have us ask for great things. <br><br> |
