| Show priesthood MEETING the priesthood of the gait bait lake stake met in the assembly Ac hall saturday april 2 at 11 a in counselors counselor J E taylor and C W penrose presiding after the usual opening exercised exercise a the roll of baake organizations was called showing the following representation sen tation all the wards of the stake excepting the tenth sixteenth and twenty first of the cit yand big cottonwood south granite sandy south jordan herriman riverton Bi verton brighton and pleasant green of thil country ten quorums of elders were represented by their presiding officers in answer to questions counselor taylor spoke regarding the beels blessing 1 11 9 and enrolling of stillborn children a members of the church he gave the explanation that in such cases it was not of avail to bless the children I 1 in u answer to questions regarding the blessing of children at other times than in the meetings of the saints president J E taylor read the word of the lord from the doctrine and covenants section verse 70 he stated also that president Preside ct john taylor had bad instructed the members to bring their children to the fast meet lugs and there have them blessed if the bishop and Coun counselors selom go to a house bless the child and make the record that woe was all right but it would be well in every case came if possible for the child to be taken to the meeting the general rule refers to general matters and other procedure should only be followed in special oases comes some instructions were given in regard to persons moving into a ward award without bringing recommends it was stated that these I 1 dersons will have to be labored with by the bishop that no general counsel can be given to fit every case wisdom must be exercised by the bishops in these matters especial safeguards should be placed around the sacred ordinances of the house of god and only those who are worthy should be recommended counselor C W penrose emphasized the last idea and stated that the bishops should have a good reason for refusing a recommend and then their action should be sustained by the people th the a same caution should ae be used regarding the conferring of the priesthood upon dying individuals as all such blessings may be conferred by proxy after death and hence there is no necessity for undue buts baste he spoke of a falling off of the tithing in many stakes stake of zion du due perhaps to the hard times time and also to neglect egle ct the latter fact may be due to the action of the government in seizing the church property this should not have an influence upon the observance of the law of tithing one tenth of a persons interest annually that is the product of their labor whether in salary crops or anything else elee belongs to the lord who is able to take caie cafe of his Hi disown sown own and the law remains whatever may be dope done with the moans means it may be that other donations detract from the payment of tithing as many think that these may mav be deducted from it this is a mistake the first duty is the gand other donations should be considered secondary there was no reason for the crediting of inflated values on the tithing books for commodities paid in this does not increase the tithe payment in the eyes of the lord but rather ministers to the vanity of the donor while it works injustice to the church bands who must pay the price which is credited forthe for the article the question was asked what colet constitutes utes the fellowship of a person entitling him to a recommend to another ward on that bash it was answered in effect that that aull a full all duties constitutes a claim to full fellowship etwas it was explained that the bishops should give certificates to all removing members whether they are in ull full fellowship or not the certificate stating the degree of standing elder K G lafser gacser gen supt bupt of church schools explained why he had bad not visited the scho schools olof of this stake and referred refer to the difficulties attending the organization of the religion clas claa aes and gave some reasons for their maintenance that the ten dency of secular education may be checked this work connot be done fully by the other organizations and hence the establishment establish ment of these classes the great diversity of conditions in the various wards rendered it necessary that the judgment of each bishop shall lie be exercised regarding time place etc he would visit the church schools in this stake after conference president taylor stated that the stake of religion classes had been relieved of their duties as the bishops had rendered reports to the effect that the establish ment of such classes in this stake was impracticable he asked that arran arrangements arrangement gemen to be made for the accommodation of conference visitors as there would no doubt be a vast influx the blah bish ops aps were rc requested quested to report to brother savage the number they can accamo date he also mentioned the finishing of the temple asking that the means necessary for i s completion be collect ed as soon as possible poc pop eible sible the providing of labor to working 1 men was recommended that the pro pre j sent hard bard times may be eased the meeting adjourned for one month benediction by elder ellas elias morris |
