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
DUTIES OF HIGH PRIESTS. In addition to these organizations we have in
each stake of Zion an organization called the high priests quorum, to
which all high priests of the Church belong, including the presidency
and the high councilors of the stake, and also the bishops and their
counselors, all the patriarchs, and all others who have been ordained
to the office of high priest in the Church, which office is the office
of presidency in the Melchizedek Priesthood, not that every man who
holds the office of high priest is a president. {227} Only he who is
called, appointed and set apart to preside among the high priests holds
the presiding authority and office.--_Oct. C. R.,_ 1904, p. 3.
DUTIES OF HIGH PRIESTS' QUORUMS. The high priests' quorums should
have their regular meetings. They should meet together as often as
circumstances will permit or as necessity requires, and grow and unite
together. They should establish their schools of instruction and
enlightenment; for it is the duty of the high priests' quorums to teach
the principles of government, of union, of advancement and of growth in
the kingdom of God. They are indeed the fathers of the people at large.
In our high priests' quorum are numbered the presidents of stakes and
their counselors, bishops and counselors, patriarchs, and all that
have been ordained to the office of high priest in the Melchizedek
Priesthood. All such belong to the high priests' quorum. They come
under its supervision, and they should have a lively union with it, not
a dead connection. They should be united with the quorum in such a way
that they give it all the force that they can impart for good. They
should give it their individual influence, their hearty support, their
confidence, and the benefit of their advice and counsel. They should
not pull apart, nor be disinterested in these matters.--_Apr. C. R.,_
1907, p. 5.
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