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418 IMPROVEMENT ERA. tions. Every officer should have his work so in mind that he can report at a moment's notice what is being done. He should have the lines in his hands, and be up and doing. There is no excuse for an officer being ignorant of his business. CHANGES IN OFFICERS. At the quarterly conference of the Maricopa stake of Zion, at Mesa, Arizona, on December 3 and 4, the stake was almost completely reorganized in all its branches. Elder Collins R. Hakes, Jr., who has acted for over six years in the work, together with his assistants, were released, owing to his removal to Mexico, from the Superintendency of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations; and Elder Isaac H. Rogers was chosen as superintendent of the Y. M. M. I. A., with Elijah Allen as first, and Nathaniel A. McDonald as second assistant, Lafayette Hill, secretary, Hugh Dana, aid. The new officers were set apart on Monday morning, and instructed in their duties, by Elders Francis M. Lyman and Rudger Clawson. On November 1st, last. Elder Albert R. Lyman of Grayson was appointed Superintendent of San Juan stake, with Elmer Taylor of Fruitland, and Henry Wood of Monticello, as assistants. The former Superintendent, Fletcher B. Ham^ mond, Jr., is filling a mission. NOTES. "A man never catches up with his good intentions for tomorrow." "No material reward is comparable to the inward assurance that we have done our best." If we would have powerful minds, we must think ; if we would have faithful hearts, we must love; if we would have strong muscles, we must labor. These include all that is valuable in life. — Farm Journal. ' 'All men have their frailties, and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstanding our faults, and we ought to love our friends in a like manner. ' ' "Good music seems to give us a touch of the divine, and to put us in contact with divinity. It drives out evil thoughts, making us ashamed of them. It lifts us above petty annoyances and little worries of life and gives us a glimpse of the ideal which the actual is constantly obscuring." The Arabs have a saying that all sunshine makes the desert. Men often sigh for entire exemption from care and sorrow. If this prayer were answered they would not be the men that they are. In the silent, dark hours character of a certain sweet, tender type is matured. Other kinds of character are brought out by the sunshine. God sends all kinds of weather to the soul which he would develop in his likeness. — Selected.