| Show I 1 STAKE priesthood MEETING ha e regular monthly meeting of the lest hood of the salt lake stake of n i was held in the assembly hall lake city saturday november commencing at 11 a m president agus jum cannon and counselor soh joh E taylor presiding n the stand tn in addition a to toha tha bey cy ottlie baake named were h jaohn smith and geqrge G oddford jid iome boie soie 40 lifter thet brethren brek hren prayer ly by slider elder george fi 14 f biage 11 called showing as ts follows one councilor six patriarchs elder ge of fl WO presidency of the me high align quorum nine preal dents of the Sev entys quorums qu and five home hom a missionaries all the wards ward of the stake were properly represented excepting the ninth fifteenth and twenty fourth city caty wards and draper croper and east jordan of the country the second third tenth fourteenth sixteenth eighteenth nineteenth twenty third twenty fourth and twenty fifth quorums of elders were represented by their presiding officers the lesser priesthood was represented by members from the first thirteenth fourteenth twenty first and twenty second city ward sand from big cottonwood and south cottonwood ton wood the Y M M I 1 associations of the stake were represented by superintendent richard R lyman on the recommendation of their respective spec tive bishops eleven young brethren received certificates authorizing their ordination to the office of elder each of whom promised to faithfully honor bonor band and magnify his calling as elder if ordained elder andrew jenson representing the historians office placed before the meeting a plan recommended by the first presidency and ancl ins for the purpose of raising means toward the erection of a new historians office in salt lake city together with a fire proof building in which to preserve the records of the church the speaker referred to the present building occupied by the church historian and his assistants as being altogether too small and inadequate for the present es end and in order to raise means lor for the erection of new bull buildings dings a work of ref reference rence on church history is being published under the title of church chronology the proceeds of the sale of that work Is to be used for the purpose named and the bishops and leading men were called upon to ray fay the matter before the depole in their respective wards and take such steps as they might deem proper to obtain it a very large and popular sale tor for the work of which were being printed elder joseph E taylor read two circular letters received from the office of the mutual improvement mra ra lie he stated that th this 15 should be in the homes of all the latter day saints saintani Sain tai for it A contained matter that nasr not only interesting but highly we were asked to uw use our influence to sure 1816 1815 subscribers in othas atako which was our pro rata of the subscribers necessary to the magazine self sustaining and to enable the publishers to 0 o continue to send as heretofore one copy free to each ary w who ho Is now or way may hereafter tar be laboring abroad this number approach ing nearly 1700 brother taylor also spoke briefly in support of the pioneer monument fund and suggested that and wide rw awake ake persons be selected and appointed polia ted in each bishops barc ward 1 to in order that the amount still due from this stake which is ie about roay may be obtained without any unnecessary delay the faithful performance of every duty and fulfilling every obligation resting upon us as was strongly emphasized by the speaker elder richard R lyman also spoke in support of the improvement era similar to brother taylor and fand hope hoped the magazine would have such a large circulation as it merited mert tea ted ij 1 l president delft an angus i gus w cah ifon efti eni en the he Tt remarks marvi aff thi skits speaker ape akerd 7 aad to ped thi the batter raday flay saints would aia all they to could d h oito frases prases named speaking of the support df the poor 1 hi n this stake of zion he thought that oat them the aw wd aia out annually by aali h 1 church for this purpose should be i greatly lessened As to the aged and nd I 1 deserving poor among us he hoped these would be carefully looked after and at tended to but he thought that those able to work the young and abler bodied who eat the substance of their parents and grandparents should work for their own living he thought that we as a people did wrong tn b aging thas class of idlers and feared that we owe were pauperizing pauper izing some by few feeding them thein year after year that it had occurred to his mind upon reflecting on this subject that it would be wise for us to have an ait advising committee to consult with the bishopric of the several wards regarding the stances of many people who now draw support from the savings of the toilers boilers toi lers his heart he said went out in sympathy and love for the aged and infirm and otherwise helpless people and realized that it was our duty to seek out and supply their essential wants for such individuals were not usually clamorous nor were they inclined to ti make their known we have it often brought to our notice that settlements remote irona from this city are independent of the church and support their own poor yet at the same time we know that the poor from those settlements crowd into the city oftentimes making the plea that they like to attend our religious services here and labor in the temple we can appreciate these feelings of persons nearing the other side and our bishops labor faithfully to provide for them but believe there are great num bers who throng our city and indulge in idleness and patronize amusements that were they living in the country their labor could be made to contribute to their support and we would not be as conscious as we are now that there are idlers eating up the sub ance to nee of the laborers contrary to the will of god we urge the bishops bishops in the country to induce those who are poor to ta remain with them also to influence as many othera other 8 amshey can to go to the hauft where their labor may be made a available v ail to support them s there is ils another classow class of people that thac T would call the attention of the bishops to it is where there are bals in good circumstances who axe are la in tried to neglect their lees fortunate than themselves and ivits indifference let them become a charge upon the ahe church forgett forgetting leg the moral obligations they are under to care for pm ari if people will neglect wit their k kindred and close their hearts ana ear t the appl appeals of the truly needy they should be looked and dealt md as they are unworthy our in n tle the lord J jt president Pres Vent cannon then r V pt t the stake conference adu V thence ence on oh saturday december ata at 10 a m and asked the bisa ati g notice to the people of th V dux b hla this that there be a f full f the saints at the first messing ra I 1 0 the e conference confere hee adjourned until then wath elming benediction by patriarch alonzo it raleigh Ba leigh |
