Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-03

Tho monthly Priesthood meeting oi
the Salt Lake stake ~ Zion, was held
iu The Assembly Hall today at II y. M.
Elior Angus NJ. Cannon, PRECEDENT Of
The ~ 10, presiding.
Roll called showing AZ flllowf; one
High Councillor, four Patriafchs, all
The members Of the Presidency Of the
High Prieats' quorum, fifteen home
missionaries and ten pr,sldonts OF
Seventies.
AN the wards OF the Stake were
properly represented excepting the
Fith, Fourteenth and Twentieth city
waTts.
The First, Second, Seventh, Tenth,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth Fiji
teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth,
Twentieth and Twcniy.nrst quorum-
Of Eldora wore represented by their
presiding officers.
g. he usuai opouiRg exercises were
followed by the recommendation OF
tweuty.f lur men 10 DO ordained to the
Office Of Elder. ~
tLDER ANGUS NJ. CANNON 4 y
ga laiued that IA case Of n man T.. =.
ing an Office In the PriCslho0d, VINO
has been communicated from the
Church, his rubaptlsm into the Church
ana the fUcpuilrmGtlon OF bis former
blessings, does not restore 10 him The
Priesthood lac formerly held. That
must b. especially conferred upon him
again. These blessings must be re-
totrd by the authority which removed
them.
Several Of the brethren spoke Of the
dutios ~ the ward tcacherf, complain.
lug OF their negligence In visiting aud
cxhorliug tbs people.
ELDrR O. W. PENRosE
referred TO this subject, aud stated that
the duty OF tho visiting Teachers or
Priests b % call on everybody ia the
ward, eXhOrtiug all 10 come unto
Christ Too frequently It IL tho
case that those who are most la
need OF sunh ylsitailons do not receive
them. Especial diligence should be
uscu with those people who had been
luEewarm for years before the time Of
the dedication Of tho Temple, but who
secured acmiltance to tho dedlcatory
exercises because they had not been
accommodated from the Church,
They should now be lAhorci with and
exn0rled 10 renew their diligence aud
prove themselves worthy OF the stand-
ing they hold In the Church Of Christ.
ELDER ANGUS NJ. CANNON
referred to ths cnTelotsnoss II the
BishUpa Of some OF the wards with re-
gard TO their records. These should
be kept In perfect order, aud each
addition 10 tho ward should be re-
corded In full, whether such persons
are received by baptism VI by note OF
standing.
ELDER JOSEPH L. TAYLOR
spoke OF the nnapclal condition of IN,
Lattor-day Saints college IN this city,
and called attention TO the fact thai
this condition Ia very Encouraging.
He expressed his opinion 10 the elect
that this stake 10 In duty bound 10
rescue the college from ils embarrnss.
msnts. The Eighteenth ward aud tho
six wurds sustaining the Central
Seminary may not be- considered
as not pETtakiug OF this responsi.
bllity, but the other wares oftho stake
should feel tho obligation In this diree.
ton. Elder Taylor moved, aud IL was
unanimously carried, that Elder Angus
NJ. Cannon bs given iull power 10
make whatever arrangements no would
consider necessary In this regard.
In response 10 this motion, Elder
Cannon requested tho Bishop of each
ward, except the seven named, TO ar
point three influential men 20 meet
with the Stake board Of education
and the college board on Saturday, the
l7Ih inst, ut IL u.m., In the office OF
the presidency Of the Stoke.
Tho meeting adjourned for one
month.
Beroiicion by Elder ELIAS Morris.