| Show priesthood MEETING the regular monthly meeting of the priesthood of the salt bait lake stake of zion convened at the assembly hall at 11 a in saturday morning june 6 1891 present on an the stand apostles heber J grant and abraham H cannon bishop john B R winder counselors joseph E taylor and chas W penrose Pen roae and other high priests and elders counselor taylor was presiding in heo the opening ening prayer was offered by elder groon orson A woolley all the wards of the stake were properly represented excepting the thirteenth and fourteenth city wards and the farmers granger and brighton wards of the country the usual business being dispatched remarks were made as follows by the brethren named APOSTLE H J GRANT expressed his pleasure at meeting with the brethren present in this capacity an opportunity not often afforded him owing to frequent absence from the city in relation fon to the various duties required of the saints he expressed his opinion that if the priesthood did their duty and faithfully taught the people theirs there would not be so much dereliction as was sometimes complained of procrastination should be avoided punctuality in spiritual matters would be followed by the same success as to in ordinary business affairs the kingdom of god should be first in our thoughts and all that was necessary to our success and happiness would be added it should be our ambition to do as much for the lords work as possible not to see how little we could do and escape censure if every saint paid an honest tithing the church would have plenty and to 0 spare etwas harder apparently to render to the lord his due out of much than out of little the more nien men get the less they feel like giving thus money if worshiped seared the soul of its possessor when up the lord saw flaw a man willing to pay his tithing he could trust that man with wealth and would bless him spiritual growth was the true growth besides which growth in riches and the things of this world was insignificant yet when men did their duty spiritually they were prospered temporally also there was a contraction noticeable among the saints because of their failure to respond as generously as they should in donating their means for charitable and worthy purposes when a man did his duty and made sacrifices for principles principled sake his soul expanded and he rejoiced but the opposite was the result when he failed to do these things ELDER C W PENROSE warmly endorsed the remarks of the previous speaker and added other instructions of a timely character APOSTLE AP A H CANNON expressed regret that this priesthood meeting was not crowded the present was a time for every man to use whatever influence he possessed in behalf of the work of god satan would if possible soothe the saints to sleep and cause them to neglect their duty the ward teachers should be alive in looking after the flock of christ many were undoubtedly derelict in this respect and the results were apparent many lacked time or thought they did to attend to such duties but the speaker knew as brother grant has said that the man would be blessed temporally who did his duty spiritually and time that apparently patently ly might ill be spared would be made up to such a one experienced teachers should be coupled with inexperienced perien ced ones elders who ad dressed addressed congregations should seek for the spirit of the lord and dwell upon practical subjects subject el suited to the condition and needs of the speaker and if they could got get the spirit they should feel it their duty to sit down ten words inspired of god were better than an hours hour Is talk dull 11 and uninteresting the people should not be bored but instructed and edified by their preachers in our city once so pure corruption now stalked abroad at midday and it was for the elders of israel to be indeed watchmen upon the towers of zion god would require at their hands the blood of those who were destroyed and led away through neglect of duty on the part of the shepherds of his flock COUNSELOR J E TAYLOR touched upon the subject of the desecration of the sabbath and endorsed the remark of another speaker that it was not proper for the young people of zion to whirl through the streets in carriages on sunday either during meeting hours or between meetings some fathers permitted their sons and daughters to indulge in such pleasures and even justified it provided they attend their meetings first and took their sunday drives afterwards the speaker impressed it upon the minds of those present that it was wrong to seek pleasure upon the sabbath day the meeting adjourned for one month benediction by bishop S A woolley |
