Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20

The Thirty-nrst ward choir sang
when Power Divine"
Elder A II. Woolley spoke OF the good
spirit which always attends stake con'
fei2nces and said he knew that all
who came to these meetings were bene-
fitted He dwelt upon the great re-
sponHbility attending those who hold
the priesthood Of God.
Elder Woolley addressed the meet
ing upon the subject of priesthood lie
dwelt upon the great responsibility at
tending those who hold the priesthood
of God He explained what the PRIEST
hood Is, how 1t was given I'm this us
pcnsa ton and the Importance of 1t. He
also spoke of the need of approaching
the great blessing of having the priest
hood, and urged the sisters to encnur-
age their husbands and sons to at
tend their quorum and priesthood meet
ings regularly.
Mrs. Emily H. Higgs spoke upon the
subject of What the Sisters can Do
for the Priesthood She said that laws
were made for the members OF IN"
Church to conform their lives TO. M2n
were delegated by the Savior and given
authority by Him TO work among titc
children of men to help them become
more perfect in their lives. Loyalty 10
the priesthood means faithfulness 20
the Church and faithfu,ness to me
servants Of God and faithfuiness To the
principles OF the gospel. II Know OF
no community where the women are az
free and where the wives and daush-
tiers enjoy such privileges as do the
Latter-day Saints. woman holds the
priesthood along with her husband ana
the husband is not perfect without the
wife, nor is the wife perfect without
the husband. Every person upon inc
earth exercises an influence FOR good
or for evil upon others. The question
in our minds should be: In which d.
rection Is my influence being felt? Is
IL building up or tearing down! The
wife exercises a great Influence over
her husband and should encourage him
to attend his priesthood meetings
Ivy Evans sang ''rhe Penitant'
Bishop Edwin s. Sheets said that he
considered the greatest blessing outside
Of eternal life was to receive the priest
hood of God. He explained that IL Is
| Impossible for God to be everywhere
| and so has men endowed with the
| priesthood to do His work here upon
| the earth. He spoke OF the priceless
| value of the priesthood showing that il
| could not be bought with money but
, that 1t lisa gift from God and we would
| not have this great blessing were II not
| for the kindness of the Father in Hea-
ven In bestOwfng H. Elder Sheets said
| that when we were given positions of
| trust. We should so forward and mag
| Nifty that calling. and how important
II Is to magnify such callnss in the
Church of Christ.
President Hugh j. Cannon said that
the authorities of the Church have
thought for some time that there should
be an awakening in the priesthood
At least the presidency high council
and bishops Of the Liberty stake have
felt this way, for upon the priesthood
depends the work of the Almighty. I'VE
have felt that perhaps in times past
not enough time has been devoted To
the priesthood We have heard a
great deal about the auxiliary organiza.
tons In the Church and I do not want
to say one word against them, for they
/ We're organized under the inspiration
| of the Lord But the priesthood comes
| first always and where there Is a qucs-
! ton between these organizations and
the priesthood quorun.r the priesthood
| should have nrst place There should
be no conflict, however, between these
| two organizations, but when there j..
the priesthood should have the prefer
| enVe. We want to know that every
man i'm our stake Is doing his full duty.
We have enough priesthood In this
meeting this morning to save the world
There Is no ordinance In the Church
which cannot be performed by those
who are present with us. All OF the
ordinances of the temple which have
been revealed can be performed by
theses who are with US We have two
] members of the first presidency. two
4 apostles and high priests, seventies ell
| dcrS, priests, teachers and deacons {"
The speaker thought that those present
We're regular attendants nj their quor-
um meetings but that something shouln
| be done for those who do not attend
| President Cannon read a report show
, Ing the number OF those holding the
| priesthood In attendance AZ meeting
| and said there was enough To leaven the
| whole loaf and save those who are way-
ward II all viii work for the salvation
OF mankind,
President Anthem II, Lund was very
| much interested I'm the remarks made
| and felt that all We're strengthened In
| the faith. 1T * good 10 know that
We have the truth, that we have faith
| In God. ana that we know who He Is
| and that We are indeed His children.
| We know that H. mi st have had pur-
| pose I'm placing ny here upon the earth
and placing us In the conditions and
circumstances In which we find our
| selVeE' Tho speaker said that there
are laws given which are perfect laws
ana the Lord has seen what things
VIII be good for us The wisest man
| that ever lived said. Trust In the
Lord with all your hearts" President
lund dwelt at some length upon the
fact that a happy NE * not made up
entirely OF sunshine and blessings, but
that we must have the trials as wei
that we may appreciate the blessings
| which are given Ia US. The LORD
knows what s best for us, and II We
win trust In Him and do our fun duty
we win boz satisfied win ourselves anC
know that He is satisfied with NJ ant
IN passing through these trials which
are sent To us we prepare ourselves fol
eternal life.
President John II. Winder WAS graf
fled 10 have the pleasure ~ attendlill
The conference ana listening 20 the re
marks made which, he knew, We're APP
! precuted by those present. He VA