Priesthood Quorums’ Table: Suggestive Outlines for the Deacons

Priesthood Quorums' Table

Suggestive Outlines for the Deacons BY P. JOSEPH JENSEN

CLEAR THINKING

The other day I observed a boy reciting what he had read. He was relying wholly on his memory. Now and then, he would glance at his book to recall the links in the chain of the history. The boy was burdening himself by trying to store up the account he had read. He had not thought, he had only tried to remember. Lessons 29-32 offer a very good opportunity to get the boys to think clearly. For example, the Church, like the home, has its busi- ness obligations. Help the boys to see that clearly. Haw has the Lord provided for the meeting of those obligations? Again, the government of the United States and the several states guarantee cer- tain rights which the boys and their parents enjoy. Among them are the rights to our homes and to live in them; of having our lives protected; to worship the Lord as we choose, provided other peo- ple's rights are not interfered with. In the light of these laws, what are some Missourians guilty of?

Lesson 29

(Last paragraph of Chapter XXVI)

Problem: How the Church meets its business obligations. About what does it cost to keep each one of you for a year? In clothing? In food? For housing? For school? Who pays those bills? How much time do your parents devote to earn the family's living? Name ten or more things for which the Church has to pay money. Why would the Church, at Far West, in the year 1838, have extra heavy expense? How did the Lord tell the Prophet to raise the money for meeting the expenses of the Church? Study the chapter, and also section 119 in the Doctrine and Covenants. What were the Saints who gathered to the land of Zion to do with their property? What promises were founded on the keep- ing of this law? To what other places was this law to be applied? Answer the problem. What are you doing to observe this law? Lesson 30

(Chapter XXVII)

Problem: What unlawful acts did some people of Missouri do to the Saints? text book. Study the following quotation, and chapter 27 in the Tell where the quotation is taken from:

— "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." What is it stated in the quotation that provided the twelve men • I right to vote? What was the course pursued to deprive them of that right? What is the work of a justice of the peace? What did Adam Black do that stirred up trouble? What is the duty of the governor of a state? What did Governor Boggs do to restore peace? What was the result of the governor's action? What is a mob? What did the mob do? Answer the problem of the lesson.

Lesson 31

(Chapter XXVIII) Problem: Same as in Lesson 30. Review what the justices, governor, and mob respectively did as stated in the last lesson. What ought the legislators, ministers, soldiers generals and gov- ernor to have done? What, in the quotation of the former lesson, indicates that they ought to preserve order? What did they do? Study the chapter. Is it lawful to defend one's property, life and rights? Give evi- dence. State what' this chapter records that answers the problem of the lesson.

Lesson 32

(Chapter XXIX)

Problem: Same as Lesson 30. Review the main points of Lessons 30 and 31. Study chapter 29. What unexpected enemies did the Saints have to deal with now? Why was it unlawful to try the prophet by court-martial? What rights indicated in the quotation of Lesson 30 were the Saints de- prived of? What power made the Prophet's rebuke so effective with the guard? Tell in a general way what rights our government guarantees its people. State several specific things in which the people of Missouri disregarded that guarantee.