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Lesson 22

Aim: To get the boys to be tolerant, to respect the beliefs and rights of others. Call attention to folly of the very common practice of "falling in" with a certain "crowd," and then joining to oppose the other "crowd," by that means developing a dislike for others. Also, because we live in a certain town or part of a town, we insist sometimes in doing cer- tain things and become blind to what others like to do. Maybe they are as good as we are, and their habits and customs even superior to ours. How shall we educate ourselves to respect others as we would like them to respect us? Without giving any names, are there boys that you do not like? Are there others, you do like? What. makes the difference? Now, John Taylor was one of the presidents of our Church. Let us see how he felt towards the people of other churches. Study the lesson. What does he say the Lord did for the people of other churches? What did he say he would do for them? Compare the way President Taylor felt towards other people with the way Paul the apostle felt towards the Greeks and other na- tions (Acts 17:22-31). Whose teachings did President Taylor and the Apostle Paul believe in? Answer the questions of the lesson. Lesson 23

Aim: To aid the boys to understand how one acts when working tinder thepower and influence of the Holy Spirit. What does a person do when prompted by the Holy Spirit? Do all the boys understand when they are entitled to act under the promptings of the Holy Ghost. When correct answers to the above questions have been given and commended, read or study lesson 23 with the following request: Note carefully what Elder David W. Patten did when he acted under the influence of the Holy Spirit. How long did the Holy Spirit strive with him before he joined the Church? When he became a member of the Church, what did he do for other people? When a mob attacked the Latter-day Saints, what did he do for his friends? Comoare what Elder Patten did for his friends with what Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and John Taylor did. Also what Stephen did (Acts 7). Answer the question of the lesson.