| Show Priesthood Meeting The regular monthly I meeting oC the Priesthood of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion convened in the AsSembly As-Sembly Hall at 1 a m today Saturday January Jth lE ° J i Presl dent Awe M Cannon presiding All Uie Wards of the Stake responded respond-ed to the roll call excepting the Fifth Wan the city and Union Sandy Draper and Pleasant Green Seven quorums of Elders were properly represented and seven young men were recommended as being worthy t receive ordination t thiS High Priesthood President Jotejh E Taylor addressed ad-dressed the meeting Jfe said that the Latterday Salute were now living liv-ing In I very important period oC their history a time when the Lore required much at the hands of His people Slid near the time when all things that could bo shaken would be shaken Men trill b tlc a they have never been before and some may deny the faith This people were never thrown more upon their own resources than they are today and this condition Is likely t Increase In the future Those who hold responsible positions hMo now come to a plon they must assume tr responsibilities of theirofllccs During the life time of the Prophet Jocepli he f In the gap and occupied I t his death He sacrificed his life for bis people the worJ of G and the testimony of Jesus During the lifetIme of President Young until hIs death he was prepared to stand In the gap and assume the responsibility gp utilIty on eery important occasion Xow wo am living in I Ume when this responsibility I being divided Tills I right and proper The Bishops should use their strength and dxhiblt their wIsdom and make manifest their judgment and they should L willing to assume the burdens pertaining to their office They intro many questions brought before them which they themselves should attend to and not trouble hose above them with things that are comparatively unimportant The fa Imposed upon those aboe n have become so great that they have not time time to attend to ill the questions submitted to them hence It devolves Upon every man holding rtsx > nblc petitions I to aid in the great labor Let all i thing be done In order There are many things list should b attended t but in all our ails let the will of the Lord b done and His name L glorified among Ills people Te 1m lortance of drawing near to the Lord I Inprayermust f be kept In view Thorn Is much efilclincy In the prayers of the faithful and by a continued watchcare Ufbpnrt of the Latter I day Saints as regards the doing of good o k salvation will be brought about President Angus M Cannon dwelt upon time importance of the Latterday Saints living their rillg Ion and doing nothing whatever that would grieve thu Spirit of the Lord The things of this life should not under any circumstances not crm stances cause us to forsake God or turn our backs upon the covenants cove-nants made with I Him and each othir Xo amount of wealth c money should do this These things will perish with tlc using bnt the love of G if cherished and cultivated culti-vated will remain wit us eternally The Prophet Joseph Smith said that the time would como when the Latterday S nb would b tried more with riches Uian teI erbal been with poverty and I does seem that the Ume has arrived Let not our hearts b set upon tho Mammon of this word but rather know the will of God and do I President Charles W Pcnnae said that great things could b accomplished ac-complished by a people who were united In good cause and I wasof the greatest importance that Latter day SaInts should not hose sight of lit Tho Lord commanded us we to b wi unlo 1 and I i expected that I I or the greatest importance that a people occupying the position we do should b Informed upon the upn history of nations and peopi We ore told In the revelations of the latter times to acquire knowledge knowl-edge from good books and to qualify ourselves for Ihe Important positions weacedeshgncdyetto occupy God is working with us and oI if I wears faithful faith-ful to Him and t each ether He will bless us in our efforts We should carry out the divine Injunction end Injunc-tion to b one Let all labor t this o endThe meeting adjourned to the first Saturday February at I am |
