| Show priesthood MEETING the regular monthly meeting of the priesthood of the lake stake of zion convened in the assembly hall at 11 am today saturday august 4 1894 elder angus M cannon dent of the stake and his bis counselors presiding all the wards of the state were properly represented excepting the seventeenth city ward and formers farmers union north jordan brighton and hunter wards of the country the first second third fourth fifth seventh tenth thirteenth fifteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth twentieth twenty first and twenty fourth quorums of elders were represented by their presiding officers ane young mens mutual improve ment associations of the stake were represented by elder james W eardley of the stake presidency of these organizations the usual business was pro promptly aptly after which remarks were made in the following order by the speakers named bishop robert donates of herd Herrl herraman man reported the condition of his ward he stated that the difficulties which existed there had been settled and a good feeling now prevailed elders elden wm win C crump and joseph bodell of that place added by request a few words upon the saine subject confirming the report of the bishop elder cabarles W penrose expressed his bis satisfaction at what had been reported and made some excellent remarks upon the subjects of unity and humility it was no sign of a great mind to ref refuse use to acknowledge an error it was rather an indication of a small mind he rejoiced that th the people and presiding officers at herriman had bad acknowledged aged their faults and forgiven each other and he hoped the happy state of things would endure and be permanent he touched upon the theme of uniformity of action in the administration of sacred ordinances and gave instructions regarding the proper mode of administering the she sacrament counsel had recently been given that the priest or elder who blessed the bread and water should kneel while so doing and it was also proper that the people while the prayer was being offered should bow their beads and listen with reverent hearts those who orddin ordain others to office in the priesthood should be careful to do it correctly for though the letter killed and the spirit gave life it was advisable to have the letter as correct as possible stereotype and vain repetitions in ordinary prayer should be avoided but correct forms should always be observed elder william C dunbar asked a question carrying with it its own answer it was Is the prayer offered in the ad ministration of the sacrament intended to be heard board by the whole congregation or only by a few in the immediate vicinity of the stand aland bishop ell ellas morris made some practical observations upon the proper care of the poor he thought that those home able to work should be furnished with employment wherever possible and not pauperized many might go out into the fields and orchards and glean wheat and gather fallen fruit sufficient almost to last for a season much grain and fruit was left leac to rot upon the grorud that might thus be sved saved and utilized by those too feeble to do bard work he advocated a system and organization of some kind with this object in view the coming winter he believed would be a severe one upon the poor nd ind something should be done by them to help themselves employment could be had in the country it if men would take produce for pay and none should be unwilling to accept it elder joseph E taylor deprecated the conduct of certain persons members of the church Jh who were always judging and criticizing criticising critic ising laing their leaders by what was written in the books placing the dead letter above the living oracles he showed that the written word being a record of the past was not always applicable to present conditions hence the necessity of inspired leaders whose teachings had the precedence over instructions given under other circumstances circumstance and sand conditions the speaker continued the subject dwelt upon by bishop morris and related some of his experiences during hard times 1 1 to in the early days of utah now many poor people were too proud or too lazy to work especially if it was hard bard work and wanted to be supported in idleness the speaker closed with an exhortation to Indu industry humility and faithfulness elder andrew jensen spoke briefly upon the subject ot of ward records and showed that they ought to bo be preserved and kept together not scattered or sept kept in different places in his hi tra vela collecting historical data he be had found records of wards away down in Ar arizona izna and in other parts of territory from where they were written and where they ought to be kept elder angus M cannon thought that the meeting had been prolific flo of good things he warmly endorsed the remarks of the previous speaker and an d suggested other matters tor for consideration he showed how much might be saved it if the word of wisdom were faithfully observed what is spent for tea coffee chocolate tobacco beer e tc would keep the poor from want president cannon added other timely instructions on a variety of topics the meeting adjourned until 10 at in on the first saturday in september to assemble I 1 in a the stake conference beginning at that time |
