--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Jensen, P. Joseph collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 19 number: 2 published: 1915-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Jensen, P. Joseph, "Priesthood Quorums’ Table," *Improvement Era* 19, no. 2 (December 1915): 180–181.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1902unse 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: improvementera1902unse start_page: 180 end_page: 181 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1902unse publication_year: 1915 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 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Quorums’ Table Priesthood Quorums' Table Suggestive Outlines for the Deacons by p. joseph jensen Lesson 41 (Chapter XXXVII) Problem: Today while the great war in Europe is going on, there are many people trying to make plans for getting and preserving peace. What plan do you think, (which if all men would accept,) would make men strongest lovers of peace? Tell why you think so? Study the chapter. When at Liberty, what was the Prophet Joseph Smith striving hard to get the Saints to understand and live? How would the gosepl help them to enjoy peace? Quote the angel's message to the shep- herds, stating what Christ would bring to those who loved him. When was our Civil war? What was the main cause of it? What plan did the Prophet propose that our nation might have peace? How long before the war did he propose it? By contrast, what kind of a spirit actuated the men who left the Church? Who prompted their actions? What officer in our Church is blessed to foresee events, so that if wc heed him we may escape much trouble? Answer the problem of the lesson. Lesson 42 (Chapetr XXXVIII) Problem: When a person accepts an office, what ought he to be willing to do to perform the duties therein? Study the chapter. What office had Joseph Smith been called to, and had he accepted in the Church? In the city of Nauvoo? What was the Expositor writing? What did the city council decide concerning it? What was a mob beginning to do? What did the Prophet as Mayor of Nauvoo say and do to defend the city? Who was it the mob wanted to get rid of? How did the Prophet feel about his own life? When anyone even suggested that he acted cowardly, when leaving to find a place of peace, what did he do? What did he know was coming to him? With the life of Joseph Smith as an example,, answer the problem of the lesson. Lesson 43 (Chapter XXXIX) Problem: The same as in Lesson 42, except that Lesson 42 is by contrast. Study the chapter. PRIESTHOOD QUORUMS' TABLE 181 What was the office Mr. Ford held? What was the nature of his oath of office? How many times did he promise protection to the Prophet and his associates? Whose influence made Governor Ford break his promise? What is the duty of a justice of the peace? Name the justices before whom Joseph Smith was taken. What kind of a trial did each conduct? Contrast the courses of Governor Ford and Joseph Smith in the performing of their duties of office. What do you think of officials like Governor Ford? Answer the problem of the lesson. Lesson 44 (Chapter XL) Problem: What is the strongest kind of a testimony a person can give that his teachings are true? What heavenly beings did Joseph Smith testify to having seen? Give some instances where you think his life and teachings have testified that our Heavenly Father lives. Now that the Prophet was brought to face death, what was he willing to give as a testimony of what he had seen, taught, and lived for? Study the chapter. Tell what Elders Dan Jones, Willard Richards, John Taylor, and Hyrum Smith did to testify of their love and loyalty to our great Latter-day Prophet. Answer the problem of the lesson. Constant Improvement It appears from the bulletin issued by the Presiding Bishopric, and compiled from the reports of the stake presidents for the nine months ending September 30, 1915, that there is in nearly all the stakes of Zion an increase in the payment of tithes, based on the corresponding period of 1914. This also applies to the number of tithe-payers. In the matter of ward teaching there is commendable increase in the average percentage of families visited each month, by the ward teachers; Oneida stake stands out with 100% visits, Ogden and Box Elder 99%, and others ranging from 94% to as low as 18%. The per- centage of .attendance at sacrament and priesthood meetings also shows an increase. "Jesus the Christ' Dr Tames E. Talmage's book, Jesus the Christ, has been adopted by the Committee on Class Study, for 1916. It will be used for all the Melchizedek priesthood quorums, and likely also for the Priests. For a review of the book see Improvement Era, October, lyis.