--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Smith, David A. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 14 number: 10 published: 1911-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'David A. Smith, "Priesthood Quorums’ Table," *Improvement Era* 14, no. 10 (August 1911): 941–942.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera14010unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera14010unse start_page: 941 end_page: 942 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1911-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera14010unse publication_year: 1911 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1911, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Quorums’ Table Priesthood Quorums' Table. As to Records.—A correspondent asks whether or not each quorum of the Priesthood in each ward should have a record of its own as a quorum, or whether the records of the clerk of the ward would suffice for all the quorums. Attention is called to the records in use at the ward Priesthood meetings and the quorum meetings as follows: 1st—A ward Priesthood roll and minute book has been provided for the ward cl^rk whose duy it is to record in this book the names of those holding the Priesthood in the ward, together w ith the names of the presiding officers of the ward, quorums and class leaders. All the nam33 of these offban are called oat at each meeting, and general minutes of the Priesthood meeting entered and recorded in this book. 2nd—In addition to the ward Priesthood roll and minute book there has been issued a class roll and minute book which can be obtained from the Presiding Bishop's office upon application of the bishop or ward clerk, free of charge. In this class roll book should be entered the names of all the members of the class, and there should be entered in another part of the book the names of all those holding that grade of the Priesthood who have not yet become enrolled in the class, so that the proper officers may take up a labor with such absent members, so as to get them enrolled and actively engaged in the priesthood movement. Each class should be provided with this book. 3rd—It has been decided that in the instance of the Lesser Priesthood no further record should be kept, the book being arranged so that brief minutes and other record of business sufficient for the Lesser Priesthood can be kept in the same book. 4th—In the instance of classes of the High Priesthood where, say the elders or seventies of a number of wards form one quorum, it is expected that such classes will-use the class book and record. It is the duty of the clerk of the ward to report to the president of the quorum, monthly, the enrollment in the class, the attendance, the subjects discussed and taught, and other information, so that the presiding officers of the quorums will be familiar with the work of each sub-division or class of that quorum. 942 IMPROVEMENT ERA. 5th—There should be kept by each quorum of the Priesthood a roll of its members with such other information as is usually kept by quorums, together with minutes of the regular quorum meetings. This should be a permanent record and in the minutes should be embodied all the special features reported from the various classes or sub-divisions of that quorum. For the purpose of making good records and checking up the enrollment, the class secretary should deliver to the quorum secretary at the close of each meeting the class record which he should retain a reasonable length of time and then return it to the class secretary. 6th—There has been provided in the ward Priesthood roll and minute book, the one kept by the ward clerk, a place upon which can be reported the number of persons holding each grade of the Priesthood, the enrollment on the class records, the attendance each week, and the percentage of the number holding the Priesthood. This report, of course, has nothing whatever to do with the quorum officers, but it enables the bishop to accurately determine the progress being made by the various grades of the Priesthood of his ward.—David A. Smith, Secretary. i£& jr= jgf'- E~i Se ' * 88'