Priesthood Quorums' Table

Priesthood Quorums' Study, 1918

The Presiding Bishopric, under date of December 20, 1917, has sent the

following letter to bishops throughout the Church:

Dear Brethren: We will soon send you by parcel post the allotment of

class books for your Lesser Priesthood quorums. The title of the boohs for

the various classes are as follows:

For the Priests, The Restoration, by Widtsoe; The Great Apostasy, by

Talmage; for the Teachers, Life of Christ, lessons based on the New

Testament. For the Deacons, The Latter-day Prophet, a study based on a

book of the same title, by President George Q. Cannon.

These books may come to you in different packages and perhaps not

at the same time, but bills will be sent to you direct from the Improvement

Era office, 21 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, and you will please make

all remittances to that office.

There are two books for the Priests. The Great Apostasy is a supple-

mentary work to be read preferably prior to or in connection with the study

of the regular text book, The Restoration.

The text book for the Melchizedek Priesthood, High Priests, Seventy

and Elders, will deal with social and economic problems. This book will

not be ready on January 1st, owing to unforeseen difficulties in preparation

and printing; but as soon as it is ready for distribution, you will be in-

formed and allotment will be sent to your classes. In the meantime, the

first three lessons will appear in the January number of the Era. We be-

lieve there are enough copies of the Era in your ward to supply the classes

until the book may reach you, if not, extra subscriptions may be obtained

beginning with the January number. The class will thus be able to go on

with the lessons without any interruption until the book is received.

If you need more copies of the outlines or books, they may be ob-

tained from the Improvement Era office, 21 Bishop's building, Salt Lake

City.

Wishing you success in your Priesthood work as well as in all your

labors in the Gospel, we are

Your brethren in the Gospel,

Rudger Clawson,

Chairman Committee on Courses of Study,

for the Priesthood Quorums.

Notes

Return your-M. I. A. Senior Manuals to the Era office now, if you have

more than you need. Please do not wait till May when we can not use them.

Stories are wanted. Send your short stories to the Era for the Febru-

ary 5 contest. We pay $25 for the first and $12.50 for the second selection

from the stories received on or before the 5th of each month up to May.

Fire in the Logan temple, December 4, 1917, badly damaged that beau-

tiful building. The loss to the furnishings and decorations will aggregate

about $80,000. The fire started in the electric cabinet. Repairs were im-

mediately begun, but work in the ordinances will be delayed for the winter.

MUTUAL/-. , .

WORK II u

The Man of Tomorrow'

To Stake Superintendents, Vocational Supervisors, and Counselors:

Dear Brethren: — Here is something definite to do. This is what you

have wanted and what you have needed for a long time. It is true we have

had something definite for the senior boys. Fortunately for us, the senior

manual at different times, has dealt with phases of vocational work, but

something more is needed, and here it is: We recommend and urge thai

you follow this plan for vocational work during the present year.

1. Complete the Organizations.

(a) For the Stake Superintendent to do. Appoint a stake vo-

cational supervisor, if this has not already been done.

(b) For the Stake Superintendent and the Stake Vocational

Supervisor to do. Appoint a ward vocational counselor

in each ward where not already appointed.

2. Secure the Book, "The Man of Tomorrow."

For the Ward Vocational Counselor to do. Study the book with

a view of teaching it to the boys. This book has been writ-

ten for the young men of the Church in the hope that it

will help them to win vocational success. It is for the

vocational counselor to bring the boy and the book together.

The book will never help the boy unless it reaches him.

3. Organize Vocational Groups.

For the Ward Vocational Counselor to do. Organize all the

junior and sub-junior boys in your ward into groups to study

the book, The Man of Tomorrow. These groups should