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Show alll-alBBn-WI PMMWHH) MlEim The regular monthly meeting of the Priesthood of the Salt Lake Stake of Zton convened la the Assembly As-sembly Hall, Salt Lake Cky, Saturday, Satur-day, December Stfa, 18M,at 11 a.m., President Joseph E. Taylor preaJd-ling. preaJd-ling. There were present on the I stand F. M. Lyman, of tbe Quorum of Un Twelve Apostles, Joseph E. Taylor and Charles W. Penrose, of tbe Presidency of the Stake, Ellas! 1 Morris and George B. Wallace, of i the PresWeoey of the Hlfh Priests' ' Quorum, and other brethJaH? AU the ward of the isVtjT, were properly represented excepting the Second, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Eighteenth city wards, and South Jordan, North Jordan and Pleasant Green of the country. The presidency of the following .named quorums of Elders responded respond-ed to the roll call, ric The first, third, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth! Keren brethren were recommended recommend-ed by their respective Bishops as being worthy to be ordained Elders and their recommends were endorsed en-dorsed by unanimous rote of the meeting. President Charles W. Penrose spoke for a short time on the necessity neces-sity or the Latter-day Saints discharging dis-charging every duty incumbent upon them, whether of a religious or secular character. Beth were essential to our wellbelng. He urged promptness In financial mat-Iters, mat-Iters, calling tbe attention of the "j?0008 to present requirements,! Whatever we are called to do let us I do with our might, and in the era. I I son thereof, and the promised bless-1 Ings will be sure to fallow. I xrcuuent Josepn ti. Taylor dwelt . j at time length on tbe necessity of a I perfect organisation or the presi-I presi-I dencies of the Elders' quorums, and other oraanhutlotn of tbe Church in this Stake. When vacancies of any kind occur, they should ben-, ported Immediately, so that these organizations may be made complete com-plete as they are designed to be. Bra. Taylor read a circular received re-ceived from the First Presidency of the Church regarding thb Instruction Instruc-tion of tbe children of the Latter-day Latter-day Saints In the principle of revealed re-vealed religion, and urged upon the BIlhOM to lmmM!lAflv mat - . raugementa according to the instructions. in-structions. He touched on the question contained in the circular of providing places wherein the youth of ZIon might have proper and legitimate recreation, and read the editorial In the Juvenile Jnttructor of December 1st upon this subject, and recommended recommend-ed that the suggestions contained therein be followed as closely as possible. No quorum meeting or meetings of any other kind of a general character char-acter should interfere with tbe ward meetings. All the members of the different quorums of the Priesthood, whether High Priest, Seventy, Elder, as well as all tho members of the Lesser Priesthood, are required to attend the sacramen meetings. The German and Scandinavian Saints in this city should avail themselves of tbe privilege afforded them of going to the Taberbade to jatrtake of .the sacrament as well as attending the mertlnra whlnh are especially provided for them. Tho principles cf truth as revealed to us la this dispensation dispensa-tion require us to bo one people. Wo must bury our nationality and feel that we are all one a3 members of the Church or Jesus Christ or Latter-day Saints. Whatever Lusl-nts Lusl-nts needs td come before tbe wards should be i resented Lcforo the teachings ' tho Elders aro given Instead nf 'erwards, so that tho goodsp'.K .eudius the word may not be dUtjrbed In the minds of the Sainte. Apostlo F. M. Lyman delivered feme excellent n. marts on the order of tho Priesthood. He (bowed the Icauties of tho different quorums as organised, how they were 111 harmony with each other, which could not be otherwise, seeing God was their Author and ltevealer. He heartily endorsed tbe remarks regarding one meeting interfering with another, saying that this should uotbepermitted,but all should be arranged harmoniously. harmonious-ly. Tho First Presidency of the Church and TTrlve Apostles set good examples In this uirettion. Unlir no circunis'airts did they fail to attend the general conferences cf the Church aud other public meetings of the Salute. Tbey met in their quorum capacities at times when it would not Interfere or come In conflict with meetings of a general character. Brother Lyman touched on all ' the qurtt ions presented during the . meeting and threw further light upon them, and concluded his re- mirks by advlsiDg tbe brethren to sustain with their Influence and means the sugar industry now organized and started In Utah. Ills the greatest material enterrrise ever undertaken here and will be tbe means whereby a vast amount of money will be saved annually to the people of this Territory. It will open a large field of labor and le profitable to alt He Invoked the biasings ofGj-i upon all the Institutions Insti-tutions or the Stake and tho faithful members thereof. Adjojrned until the flritSaturday ln January, 1691, at II a. m. |