Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. SmithSmith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding)
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Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith
Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding)
Latter Day Saint churches
HOW HONOR FOR THOSE WHO BEAR THE PRIESTHOOD IS BEGOTTEN. If you will
honor the holy priesthood in yourself first, you will honor it in those
who preside over you, and those who administer in the various callings,
throughout the Church.--_Improvement Era,_ Vol. 21 December, 1917, p.
106.
PRIESTHOOD MEMBERSHIP ROLLS. First.--Each quorum should have one roll
only and every person holding the Priesthood should be enrolled in the
quorum having jurisdiction in the ward where his Church membership is
recorded. The practice of keeping a supplemental or inactive roll is
not approved.
Second.--Recommends from one quorum to another are not required. The
present arrangement for admitting members in the quorum is already
published as follows:
"The certificate of ordination should be carefully preserved by the
person ordained; and, whenever necessary, it should be presented to the
proper authority as an evidence of his ordination. Upon this evidence
he should be admitted to membership in the usual manner by the quorum
having jurisdiction in the ward or stake where he resides, provided he
has been accepted as a member of the ward. If he does not possess a
certificate of ordination, and the recommend upon which he is received
in the ward names his Priesthood and ordination, it should be accepted
as evidence that he holds that office, provided there is no evidence to
the contrary and provided he has been admitted as a member of the ward
in full fellowship."
Third.--When a person holding the Priesthood removes from one ward
to another, and is accepted as a member of the ward into which he
moves, it becomes the duty of the ward clerk to notify the president
of the quorum {208} of the arrival of this person. The new member
should present his certificate of ordination as evidence that he holds
the Priesthood, and upon that certificate he should be presented for
admission to membership in the quorum to which members of that ward
holding the same Priesthood belong. It is the duty of the ward clerk
to report at the next ward weekly Priesthood meeting the arrival of
any person holding the Priesthood, and every such newly arrived member
should be enrolled in the proper class, whether he has attended a class
meeting or not.
Fourth.--When a member holding the Priesthood becomes a member of the
ward, the proper quorum officer having jurisdiction should look after
him and see that he becomes enrolled in the quorum.
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