Show priesthood MEETING alie utah stake board of education presented and sustained the regular monthly priesthood meeting of utah stake was held in the meet ing house on saturday afternoon last president A 0 smoot presided and elder C D evans opened the meeting with prayer besides the stake presidency apostles F D richards and heber J arant were present elder K G maeser being called upon gave some information regarding reg aiding the general movement on the part of the authorities ties to organize stake boards of education president II 11 II 11 cluff then presented the following named brethren as the utah stake board of education all of whom were unanimously sustained A 0 smoot president of the board david john 31 H cluff W H dusen berjv myron tanner john E booth T II 11 cutler and george P the name of evan waa sustained as bishop of the second ward in place of bishop J W loveless deceased with simon P eggertsen jr us his first and alexander wilkins as his second counselor the names of the following brethren were sustained as counselors to bishop george halliday of american fork george cunningham as his first and stephen L chipman as his second counselor apostle heber T grant realized that there were great responsibilities resting upon those holding ane priesthood he was pleased to learn of the organization of the educational board and thou glit too much could not be done for the welfare of alio children in this respect he aped the people would be liberal in sustaining these educational moves and asked god to bless all who were thus interested apostle franklin D richards felt thankful eliat the time hady come when schools could be established where correct doctrine can be taught alie wicked are coming upon us like tho waves of the sea and are determined to overwhelm ns if possible there is nothing aside from building temples thatis more important to us than the education of our children he advised the propriety of the bishops holding ward conferences for the purpose of sustaining the acting priesthood in each ward also for the encouragement of the relief societies cie ties and officers of the young peoples associations wherever any of these are doing good give them voids of enczur argement by this means all the branches of the workers in israel would be sustained and built up to the extent that the tide of wickedness might be staid he advised alie bishops to hold meetings of one or two days at a time in their wards and warm up and strengthen the people in alie work that they might be prepared for the peculiar circumstances surrounding us bishop george halliday bore testimony to the words oi brother richards in regard to alie benefits of ward conference s he having seen the benefits already from such occasions president urged upon the brethren the necessity of seeing that all who are eligible to registrar should do so that they might vote at alie coming election he felt a deep concern in matters pertaining to the education of the saints and spoke in kindly terms of the B Y academy and of the good work that institution was doing among the youth exhorted all to be prepared for the important events which were at our doors the future high council was then presented and sustained after the meeting adjourned benediction being pronounced by apostle richards |