Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-24


o.. the Holy Spirit 1t would be impossible
0-ms TO cdiiy you. OF to be edited my
.,.G ! love to look upon the faces Of
,as I.auef.day Saints gathered together
.s the worship OF the Lord. feel that
y.afc in the way OF instruction and
r,,he Lord Is pleased with us when
vs meet together 90 worship Him and
d, receive Ills counsel; and thl, these
Gatherings may be profitable TO us tits
.npoftant that We meet together with
rnyeriul hearts. with a spirit OF hu.
Bi.,y. and with our hearts ready To re-
s.,e instruction from the Lord. To
take care Of the Llttcrday Saints aud
fully instruct them, publicly and private
ly. furnishes employment to % host OF
men men WIN arc endowed with
authority from the Lord TO oiiciatc Go
teach. and TO set examples before the
people Those who speak publicly are
icv compared with those who visit
am1H. che people and teach them their
duties in their families.
While listening last evening to in
guauons given by Elder b. II. Roberts
to the Priesthood was reminded o
the last circular issued by President
Young and bis couusolors, In 1870, which
of1ctcdihlt men shouldnot be taken into
tie luorums Of the Mclchiscdee Priest.
hood only as they were needed that time
was 10 bee given when ihc quommsol the
Altouic Priesthood should Dee hllvd up,
and that Young men should D.. instructed
while associated with those quurums iu
their duties as DraCons, as Teacher,
and as Priests l.ltt.fly the door has
been opened. and brethren have been
taken very numcrous.y into the High
Priests quorum. from the Seventies
uuuums, into the Seventies from the
Elders, and into the Elders from the
pu1fums OF the Aatonic Prize th0ud. he
some Instances D. has app lrcd that
there has been a measure If pressure
used 10 hurry the young brethren along
tom the uuarums OF the lesser Priest.
hood into the Elders quofums. 80 that
fu the Elders quorums there should DC
men to choose from 10 iill up the quo
runs OF Scycntics.and In order that there
mght he ample room in the quofums Of
Seventies to take the brethren rom the
Elders quorums, numbers Of brethren,
rsnrrillIy the older ones. have been
token into the High Priests quorums. Il
appears TO me that u will be well Tor us
90 40 a little more slowly In this regard,
and 90 give the quofums OF the Alr0nlc
Priesthood opportunity to be full and
the brethren 10 be so thoroughly cx.
pericnccd and drilled In their duties that
when they are promoted they will De
ripe. for fear that brethren are being
taken into the quoums of the Melchise-
dee Priesthood who are not ripe I'm.
mature Drlcon3 are made Teachers;
immature Teachers are taken into the
Priests quOums, aud Immature Priests
Into the quoWms NJ the Elders,
The custom that has obtained among
us for so many years 10 make use OF the
High Priests, Seventies and Elders to
serve In the capacity OF Priests and
Teachers Is quite proper, and vet /
have felt that u has been carried TO the
extreme, The duties OF Priests aud
Teachers have been too generally at,
tended TO by men bearing the Mclchise.
dec Priesthood. have felt that the
Bishops could take little more pains to
zee 10 Ii that with every experienced
brother there should be a Priest or q
Teacher 10 visit from house TO house,
performing the duties that belong TO
those Offices In the Aarouic Priesthood.
OF course, those bearing the Mclchlsc.
dec Priesthood are competent TO olhciatc
300 all those positions, but there Is a
hight and a propficty iu regard 10 this
that should be more carefully considered
than in The past. The Dcacons are en-
titled 10 have employment, so are the
Teachers and the pdest, and | believe
that they arc not only entitled TO that
employment, but that u is for the good
ul the Church aud Tor the benefit oi the
guoWms Of the Mplcniscdec Priesthood
tuat the Young men should have more
extensive experience and practice In
their cllliugs before they are called into
tue Melchiscdcc Priesthood. Perhaps
n many instances Bishops have been
thoughtful and careful IN regard to this
mtue., but ] believe there could still be
Improvement, even with those who have
lllg Tie very best that they ielt they
could DO, by seeing 10 It that no man Is
called 10 be AN Elder until he Is worthy
Hsill hs understands something in ~.
Elrl tp the Priesthood he holds and dis
charge, the duties connected with that
rites hood, We have become so
numerous aud the quorum, Of the Mel,
rnNcdcc Priesthood are so well supplied
40 present that believe we can be
more careful In the future and let the
duties belonging To- the Aaronic Priest.
hood be- performed more generally by
that Priesthood. believe that It Is bet
Ter that Young men should be leit as
Priests and Teachers, II they are mac
I'VE, than 10 make them Elders. or
seventies, or High Priests. | do uutsec
why Priest should be- promoted 10 the
nlhce oi an Elder until he lisa worthy
fueat and has learned his duty as a
iugst see no reason why Teacher
should be made Priest until he has
W5gnlhel the office of q Teacher.
think we have come To that time In
we tNps ence and development ui the
Church when II Is not necessary TO crowd
brethren into the MelChlsedec PRIEST
mood until they are thoroughly prepared
Anl scnoolgd as ls intended in the or
Gln1alluns Of the Priesthood Let
young men start NJ the first round In the
'dler--lt the Office of O Deacon Give
men employment In this Office. ! be-
.rFe that In this Stake, particularly IN
ii1yo, the Deacuns have been pretty
"e'l supplied with employment II you
'Ir doing as you did a few years ago, at
VIv house on the morning OF the fast
Gay there would appear two Deacons to