--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 29 number: 8 published: 1926-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Priesthood Quorums,” *Improvement Era* 29, no. 8 (June 1926): 809." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2908unse 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: improvementera2908unse start_page: 809 end_page: 809 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1926-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2908unse publication_year: 1926 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 1926, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Quorums (Priesthood Quorums The finest opportunity for spiritual growth among the young men and boys in the Church is through the medium of the Aaronic Priesthood. Every boy and young man who is worthy — and nearly every boy can be trained to merit it — may receive this divine authority. In order, however, that everyone who receives it shall sense the purpose of it, and make the proper development, careful, systematic and enthusiastic supervision is every- where necessary. This supervision is mainly helpful in class work and lesson preparation, in the improving of attendance, the systematic performance of duties, and the social and fraternal activities for all members. These boys are in the formative period of life. The thoughts and habits developed and the training obtained during the period from twelve to twenty years are very potent throughout their futures. They possess energy and initiative, but lack to some extent the patience and persistence necessary to carry out their plans. They are changing from boyhood to manhood-— physically, mentally and spiritually. Upon their present associations and contacts will their future desires and actions be largely based, so they are entitled to the best of supervision. They need the association of older boys and men who can understand their viewpoint and who can influence them by example as well as by giving them positive things to think about and to do. They need kindly, persistent direction to develop in them the habit of putting things through. They should be impressed with the spirit of doing what they are asked to do. The direct responsibility for this supervision has been wisely placed with the bishopric. Their contact with these young men and their friendly, spirited advice and instructions can be most effective. As a help to the bishopric in the handling of the necessary details, and in securing more individual contact with the boys, the selection of supervisors for the various quorums possessed of the qualifications indicated above means a very great deal in the development of the members and in the promotion of quorum unity. The association of the boys with such men should be the means of stimulating them to increased faith and higher ideals. To insure the proper .training of every member of this Priesthood in each stake, the appointment of a suitable high council committee by the stake presidency, to be charged especially with this important work, is most helpful. Such a group visiting each ward frequently, and considering with ihe bishopric and supervisors ways and means of getting every boy actively engaged in his duties, will be able1 to secure marked results. If., with their efforts in a spiritual way, they also promote some recreational activities for the quorums, their success will be even greater. To this end, therefore, renewed efforts should be directed by those responsible for this important work toward winning every member to activity in this Priesthood. — The Presiding Bishopric. The Brigham Young University, Pcooo. Utah, in its social, service, is sending out free pack-ise libraries, intended to give the reader a condensed reading course on specific subjects. The books are free, but the reader is asked to pay the postage, amounting to about 10c on each package. The package is to be kept no more than two weeks. A list of topics, containing more than one hundred separate subjects, will be furnished to the inquirer, or he may give the title! of the specific subject he wishes to study, and the service will endeavor to secure information without cost. Address, Extension Division, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.