--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 17 number: 8 published: 1914-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Priesthood Work," *Improvement Era* 17, no. 8 (June 1914): 804.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1708unse 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: improvementera1708unse start_page: 804 end_page: 804 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1914-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1708unse publication_year: 1914 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 1914, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Work 1 : ; 804 IMPROVEMENT ERA who has so abundantly blessed them with means that they are now enabled to build ])alatial houses of worsliij). As we grow in wealth and strength, and adopt atldcd artistic beauty in our build- ings and churches, it is to be hoi)cd, pray earnestly, that the i)urity of our youth, the social feelings, the general unity and equality, and the simple faith of the people shall not be disturbed by these prosperous financial conditions. In these palaces of worship which we have built, are now building, and will continue to build, let us still remember the Lord, even as the pioneers in their poverty remembered him, in their worship in the open air, under their bow- eries, or in their simple pioneer buildings erected to his name and dedicated to his service. Joseph F. Smith. Priesthood Work The names of the wards in which all the families of the Saints were visited by the ward teachers, each month, for the three months ending March 31, 1914, are given below: Leavitt Ward, Alberta stake; Deweyville, Elwood, Penrose and Riverside, Bear Lake stake Mantua, Box Elder stake Wel- ; ; ington. Carbon stake First, Tenth, Thirty-third, Liberty, Emi- ; gration and LeGrande, Liberty stake Papago, Maricopa stake ; Richville, Morgan stake; Knightsville, and Silver, Nebo stake; Eden, Hunstville, North Ogden, Ogden 4th, Pleasant View, Og- den stake Clifton, Fairview, Winder, Oneida stake Kingston, ; ; Panguitch stake Perry, Rigby stake ; Lakeview, Utah stake ; Torrey, Wayne stake Uintah, Weber stake Ora, Twin Groves, ; ; Yellowstone stake Kline and Redmesa, Young stake. ; A bulletin issued May 1, by the Presiding Bishop's ofiice refers to the following average percentages of families visited in each stake of Zion for the three months ending March 31 Stake Per Cent Stake Per Cent Stake Per Cent 1 Ogden 99.4 23 Cassia 53 45 San Luis . . .42 2 Liberty 93 24 Nebo 53 46 Sevier ..42 . 3 Oneida 85 25 Benson 51 47 Bingham ...41 4 Bear River 84 26 Deseret 51 48 Tuab ...40 5 North Weber 80 27 Rigby 51 49 North Sanpete. ...40 6 Salt Lake 78 28 St. Joseph 51 50 Panguitch ...40 7 Weber 76 29 Snowflake 51 51 Bannock ...38 8 Young 73 30 Blackfoot 50 52 Carbon 38 . . . 9 Box Elder 72 31 Moapa 50 53 Jordan 38 . . . 10 Davis 72 32 Union 50 54 San Juan 35 . . . 1 Alberta 71 33 Alpine 47 55 St. Johns ...33 12 Big Horn 69 34 Cache .47 •. . 56 Star Vallev ..,...33 13 Wayne 68 35 South Sanpete. .. .47 57 Kanab ...30 14 Wasatch 66 36 Summit 47 58 Millard ...25 15 Taylor .... 63 37 Hvrurr. 46 59 Cal. Wards .. ...24 16 Yellowstone 61 38 Malad 45 60 Emery ...23 17 Ensign 60 39 Morgan 45 61 Woodruff .... ...23 18 Bear Lake 59 40 St. George 45 62 Beaver ...18, 19 Utah 59 41 Tooele 44 63 Parowan . .. 14 * 20 Fremont 57 42 Duchesne 43 64 Pocatello 21 Maricopa 57 43 Granite 43 65 Teton . . . * * 22 Boise 54 44 Pioneer 42 66 Uintah 'Reports arrived too late to be included in classification.