--- 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: 4 published: 1916-02 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "P. Joseph Jensen, \"Priesthood Quorums' Table,\" *Improvement Era* 19, no. 4 (February 1916): 371." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1904unse 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: improvementera1904unse start_page: 371 end_page: 371 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-02) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1904unse publication_year: 1916 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 1916, 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 4 experiences of early church leaders and members Problem: How may our patriarchal blessings help to make ushopeful? What is a patriarchal blessing? Who are patriarchs in your stake?Who is the present general patriarch of the Church? Relate an inci-dent in which you have learned of the fulfilment of a patriarchal bless-ing. Study the lesson. What authority did our heavenly Father give Hyrum Smith? Givetwo or three illustrations of sealing of blessings. What were thepromises the Patriarch Joseph Smith, Sr., gave his son Hyrum? Showthe promises in the first blessing have so far been fulfilled. Learn fromlast year's lesson book, "The Latter-day Prophet," when Joseph Smith,Sr., died, and show that a promise in the last blessing was fulfilled. What are the promises your patriarchal blessings make you? Whatdoes our heavenly Father expect of us so that we may realize thosepromises? How may these promises make us hopeful? Answer theproblem of the lesson. (Note: If you have not received your patri-archal blessings, ask your parents to let you get them.) Lesson 5 Problem: Hoy may we obtain a testimony that Joseph Smith, Jr.,was a prophet of the Lord? The word prophet, in the Greek language, meant "one who speaksfor a god." We understand it to mean one who speaks for God. Then,to have a testimony that Joseph Smith was a Prophet is one of ourgreat privileges. Let us see how President Young obtained a testi-mony. Study the lesson. How long had President Young been a member of the Church?What did he do that shows he believed Joseph to be a prophet? Whatconvinced President Young that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God? Relate some prophecies that Joseph Smith made that were fulfilled.Relate some experiences you have had which have strengthened yourtestimony. What did you receive through the elders of your ward,after your baptism? How may the Holy Ghost help you in your tes-timony? Answer the problem of the lesson. Lesson 6 Problem: How may we strengthen ourselves to defend the ser-vants of the Lord and his cause? Have you ever been made fun of because you are a Mormon.''Have you ever been made fun of because you did what was right? Study the lesson. . . _ What was the cause of the trouble, at this time, in Kirtland? Whatdid some try to do with the Prophet? What did Bngham Young do?On whom did he rely for courage to defend the Prophet? How didPresident Young help him? Answer the problem of the lesson.