Show priesthood MEETING the regular monthly meeting of the priesthood of the salt lake stake of zion COD convened in the assembly hall at 11 am today saturday march lat 1890 president angus M cannon candon presiding all the wards of the stake responded to the roll call excepting draperville Drap erville bluff dale riverton herriman and pleasant green owing to the train from the south being late in reau reaching bing the city some of the bishops and other leading brethren lid did not reach town in time for meeting fouratt fourteen en quorums of elders were properly represented there were of the lesser priesthood from the first third fourth fifth eleventh fourteenth and sixteenth wards ot of the city also from mill creek sugar house granite draper drape and brighton thirteen young men were recommended by their respective bishops as biting worthy to be ordained elders and on their promising that they would honor the priesthood if it should be conferred upon them their recommends were endorsed end orbed by unanimous vote of the meeting president angus M cannon remarked that it had bad come to his knowledge that the Pre presidency sideney of elders quorums were issuing recommends to brethren moving from one place to another after the manner in which the bishops of wards gave dutes of standing to members he did not understand how bow this practice of recommending elders was brought about the late president john taylor had expressed his view on this quest on when it was brought before him which was that when men were ordained elders they should receive a certificate of their ordination and that this entitled them to i recognition wherever they went in connection with wilh the bishops note of standing A bishops note of standing or recommend was all that was necessary Dec essary to transfer a member of the church from on place to another and this rule should not be departed from where breth brethren reu have not received their certificates of ordination they should obtain them and the presidents of quorums should see that they are issued the presidents of the quorums in this stake will please see to this and furnish every elder with his certificate it is reported that young men come to the priesthood nae meeting eting and are recommended to be ordained orua orual ined ned elden eiders who afterwards neglect their duties such OR attending quorum meetings md and otherwise magnifying their offie office any person thus guilty of omission is a covenant breaker and should be labored with in a spirit of kindness efforts should be made to save them but if they prove incorrigible they should be cited before the bishops court and dealt with as the law of the church directs men who are guilty of wrong doing are not worthy of our fellowship president charles W penrose defined the duties of the priest and teacher and showed that these bret brethren bren magnified their call inge a good spirit prevailed among the saints the house bouse to house visitors need not always be reminded of their duties the best men that can be found should be sought after to attend to this and they should enter upon their labors in accordance with the spirit thereof hasty visits or frivolous talk should not characterize thise thi se ministrations the families of the saints require to be fed with the ahe bread of life and it must needs be that the spiritual teachers be alive to their duties in every particular ti wherein we have erred or sinned in the past see to it that we profit by experience and become the people that god designs we should be laboring solely for each others interest and well being and he will bleam and prosper us accordingly adjourned until the first satur day in april providing the general annual conference is not in session then othea otherwise wise the next regular meeting will convene on batur saturday may 3rd ard 1890 at 11 am |