Show URGES ACTIVITY IN PRIESTHOOD Weber Stake Commended for High Attendance at Sessions Apostle David 0 O McKay ay was as the principal speaker at North Weber stake tak quarterly conference held In the tabernacle Sunday morning and afternoon President President dent John V Bluth presided Con Con Con- filling the th tabernacle to overflowing were present at both sessions Brotherhood and fraternalism should be fostered In the priesthood priest priest- priesthood priesthood hood and a hIgh standard of ot ex- ex excellency ex excellency should be maintained In each of the priesthood quorums Apostle McKay McI said Ho do- do declared de declared dared there were other duties devolving upon the aver front from attending meetings Help must be given riven to the sick and ond those In needy circumstances and at times time of ot death he said CITES CITES nES INCIDENT I EST The speaker told of o an Incident In which the priesthood had tailed failed In Its It duty when a tell fellow OW member was taken by death An Ani other organization not connect connected ed with the church he said ld functioned functioned functioned as an organization while the priesthood was waa scattered and attended the f as Individuals bals and neighbors only The quorums of ot the priesthood he said at such auch times limes should at- at attend attend at attend tend to their duties not merely as neighbors but as quorums quorums Elder Elder McKay made mad a 4 plea for parents to take greater Interest In their boys who are arc approach approach- approachIng approaching approaching ing the age SEC when they can be called Into priesthood quorums and service He said ald ald a boy should be Instructed In this mat mat- matter matter ter tel and bishops should not pro or- ordain or ordain dain a boy who has haft not been thus Instructed and prepared A high standard ot of excellence must be maintained In the priest priest- priesthood hood hood bood quorums Apostle McKay said No man or boy should be received Into a priesthood irum num fl rum who uses use tobacco pro pro- profane lane fane language who cannot annot be trusted with money and other val val- valuables valuables val valuables or any boy who defies hla parents parent by staying out late at nights CONSTANT co CHECKING Much attention Is given civen to or or- or organizations or within the th church Apostle McKay said There Is a cons an checking all through the to see e that the various priesthood quorums and other bodies are organized to toru tofu ru Cu cllon properly The pre presiding ing officers ot of each quorum and organization must consider It Itt itt ItI t II duty duly properly to care for tor forthe the members of ot the tho organizations I There ere were priesthood quorums that do not properly function They are ar like lamps from which no light radiates They are ar In- In In relive and ess Apostle eKay highly com com- commended commended commended mended the stake for the excel excel- excellent excellent excellent lent progress It had made since his last visit several years ago He said ald Id this progress was evi- evi evidenced eil 1 In the attendance at th the priesthood convention Saturday night when 42 men meu In and boy boys assembled being an Increase of about over the convention con t a year ago ther evidence of the progress pro rog- rog ress In the stake take the official said ald i was manifest In the large congre- congre congregation gation at the tile conference sessions sessIon and nd the spirit of o the meetings Ile He declared It was waa a very re rev re marka ble record of ot attendance The leadership found In the stake and ward officers ers was also commended com com- com mended mende by the speaker I IX AI AFTERNOON At the th afternoon session Apostle McKay spoke poke upon the defense ol ot the th gospel the church and the people and Cond resisting temptation within and without the church President Bluth em- em emT T cm T the need ot of In tile the priesthood quorums Frank FrankW FrankW W V Stratford of o the stake presidency presidency dency gave ave general admonition and counsel couns and Thomas Thorn M Id Irvine of the stake presidency spoke upon responsibility and the tho th need for experienced missionaries mis Brief talks were made by Ellis ElUs Hipwell West Vest Wc t Weber and Thomas ThomasO O 0 Smith Wilson recently return return- returned returned ed ed from the mission Derrah B D VanDyke Third ward discussing the subject The Il Ilia- Ilia tory lory Priesthood of ot the Priest Priest- hood said ald We W value an object a treat great deal more If It w We know ito It It history and every very man holding the th priesthood should know the salient allent point points of Its history hl tory Priesthood In Its Ita It real sense ense eno la I the th authority of ot God given to m man n to act In the th nome name nam of God Whatever a man does doc under I the authority of o tho the priesthood Is Isa Isas Isa a as bIndIng as a If It the th Lord performed performed priesthood hood the act The Th priest priest- hood was waa held by Adam and all 1111 allmen men up to the time of ot Abrah Abraham m when priesthood It ft was wa known as the priest priest- hood after the th order ot of the th Son Sn of God From the time lime Imo of Met Met- Mel Mcl the priesthood Was wa given the name nam of ot that great treat man to avoid Told the th too frequent repetition of the name ot of the deity The priesthood was tak taken n away from Crom Isra Israel after aCter the death of ot Moses loses be- be because because be cause the tho Israelites were unable td 11 appreciate It It In its lis It place a 0 lower priesthood was given There were I prophets between Moses and Christ I who held the higher priesthood by a ft special pedal dispensation Christ hold held the priesthood as ss His Inherent right from Ills His Father and gave It to His apostles apostle Then came cam the great apostasy and the priesthood pow pow- power power er cr and authority of God was wa taken from men After the long night of apostasy It was restored bY Peter James and John to Jos Joseph ph Smith mith and Oliver Cowdery Cowdry The priesthood ot of the lh Latter-Day Latter Saint church can trace their authority back to Peter James John Christ Mose Moses and Adam the speaker de- de declared de declared Ia red In his address on the History of the th A Priesthood Law Law- Lawrence Lawrence Law rence Moss Mos Fifteenth ward said the children of Israel were unable to appreciate the higher priest priesthood hood because during their to tho the Egyptians Egyptian EI they had formed In their lives some of ot the habits and practices of ot the Egyptians The lesser priesthood of carnal commandments was waft gIven to them themas themas themas as a schoolmaster John the Baptist Bap Bap- Baptist Baptist held the priesthood and after the death th of Christ the tho priesthood was lost It was re- re restored re restored stored again acain to men by John th the Baptist who appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on l May lay 19 1829 the speaker said WOMAN S SPEAKS When a member of the priest priest- priesthood priesthood hood bood speaks it Is as oI valid as If God Himself spoke poke Miss bass Frances ONell ONeil declared In treating the sub sut- subject subject Testimony of o the th Power rower of ot I the lh Priesthood She said Mid ald Each man who hu has ha the th priesthood I la a multiple ot of o nd Godl God and speaks peak as Do a aGod aGod God Men who use us their priest priest- priesthood priesthood hood In the th service of ot the tb church churchwill churchwill churchwill will be bo magnified but those who fall raU to use ue It will lose Its It power There arc are Borne lom ome m men n who use u the priesthood as a a cloak to cover up their sins ring and nd to defraud others This she sh declared le Is I In inthe the sight of GodA God A spiritual reading wee was wa given by Miss Mina Lucille Foulger Music at atthe atthe atthe the morning session was Willi wa by the tho third third Fifty Quorum of o Seventy un- un under under un under der the direction ot of 6 Albert J Powell with James W Dagga Baggs Base as soloist The Th chorus sang san Proud Yes of ot Our Home Horne In the tile Moun- Moun Mountains Moun Mountains and What Shall the lIar har- harvest Har vest veRt Be Music at the afternoon session under the th direction of Lester 0 with Sam F Whitaker rat at the th organ orfan console was w I Waited For the Lord Miss Ml s UI- UI Lil Lillian lian Ilan Eastman Miss bliss Mis Edn Edna Cragun end and the choir Not Tot Understood Miss Vilate Banford The Latter Latter- Latter Day Day Message male mal chorus and the choir At the th conclusion of the after after- afternoon afternoon noon service ervice the new bishoprics of the th Taylor Plain City and ond Fifteenth Fifteenth wards were or ordained by Apostle McKay Fred G Taylor was set apart as es an alternate memo mem- member her mem ber bel ot of the ugh ligh council |