Show priesthood MEETING the regular monthly meeting of the priesthood of the salt lake otake ol of zion convened io in the assembly hall at 11 a m W saturday nov ath president angus M cannon presided present also aleo upon the stand counselor joseph E B taylor apostle abraham H cannon patriarchs william J smith josoph joseph horne and along alone H president ellas elias H morris ot of Balei gb the high priests Pr leeto quorum o ond and nd other high private and Bliff eldad ts all the ward of the stake were proper jy ly represented excepting wet west jowan jordan the home nAry corps iwas AWAS fairly represented also alao the seventies by emeral several of the freals of the eleven on quorum quorums of were represented by their the first second filthy fiatti seventh fifteenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth and twenty x A first the sabbath schools of the stake were represented by superintendent thomas 0 C seventeen young me men n received certificates authorizing their ordination to the office of elder they having been recommended by their respective bishops as being worthy of such ordination di nation the usual basined ba siness was wai disposed of after which remarks were made mad in the following order by the brethren named A M N CANNON referred again to a matter mentioned by him at last months month meeting re spec spooling ting the circulation among the saint inthis in this stake of certain theories and speculations relative to the 04 owing coming of the messiahs and stated that the author thereof chow who was present in this thie m meet lagha J l written bind an open letter r requesting ti him to read the same to the assembled priesthood president cannon read the letter in question which was waa a p protest r ot eo t a against a s 1 n et b his i s r remarks e at the last g 1 p priesthood r ies t h 0 0 d m e e ti n g and a further exposition of the views a and ad d doctrines of the writer T the he president then remarked that this meeting was wag not a court nor had any attempt been made to try the circulator of the theories mentioned he had simply been requested to stay away from these meetings until he be should show proofs of his stand ing in the murch church which many questioned the speaker b bad 21 d not declared that chat mr 18 a theories were was false for this was not the place to try him or his doctrines he believed however that they were false and bad expressed himself to that effect he said this much as a matter of justice to the gentleman who seemed to think that he be had bad been tried and aad condemned by the priesthood meeting which was not the case president cannon spoke of the ro pictorial to card lately published by mr jas M crockwell Croo kwell containing the portraits of the church leaders living and dead which publication had bad been sat sai by the first presidency he thought it a very admirable production well worthy of the patronage of the people he also referred to the star coursell of lectures that were to be given la in the salt lake abea er under the direction of mr charles elite d the coming winter spoke very favorably of the project and its promoter and advised those present to attend the lectures BISHOP 0 F WHITNEY asked the question which he hoped would not be deemed superfluous as ae to what constituted full fellowship in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the reason he be enquired was that two kinds of recommends were now bein used by the bishops one for members to in full fellowship andone and one which did not cont contain tin those words he wanted to know where the line liae should be drawn who were worthy of a recommend of the first claw clan and who were not BIB BISHOP OP NORMS stated that his hie custom was wai to recommend persons perna as in full fellowship who faithfully paid their tithing at tended thear meetings and lived up to the mark of their calling and profession as a latter day saints those who were not faithful in such each things thing might receive from him a certificate of mew mem barship for removal but the words in full fellowship would be omitted BISHOP A WOOLLEY was of the same opinion as B ishop bishop morris he considered that a mad maa who was worthy of a certificate of full fellowship for removal to another ward was worthy of a recommend to the house of the lord he would issue or withhold one as aa readily as he would another APOSTLE A H CANNON gave expression to his views as to what class clan of church members were worthy of being recommended as jn n full fellowship low lows ship bip which recommends he was satisfied were obtained at times too readily he thought that men an and d women in full fellowship should be at peace with their neighbors that they should be keepers of the sabbath faithful tithe payers prayerful zealous latter day salute saints bishops ought to be careful about issuing recommends for they could be hold held accountable is they permitted unworthy thy persons to enter holy places agon their certificates the speaker also touched upon the III hl feeling and disunion that hat were prevalent among the saints which ho he deeply deplored deplore ds and earnestly exhorted those present to use their influence to promote peace and kindness among the people of their several flocks COUNSELOR JOSEPH E TAYLOR TAYI OB referred to the apportionment of means voted for at a special priesthood meeting during the late general conference for the completion of the salt lake temple and stated that pending further and more particular instructions in relation to the matter which were about to be issued the bishops should take time by the forelock and be getting ready to collect subscriptions for that purpose the meeting adjourned until the first saturday in ia december |