--- 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: 31 number: 8 published: 1928-06 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* 31, no. 8 (June 1928): 708–708." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3108unse 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: improvementera3108unse start_page: 708 end_page: 708 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1928-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera3108unse publication_year: 1928 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 1928, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Quorums Alt matters pertaining to the Aaronic Priesthood in this department are prepared under the direction of the Presiding Bishopric. Fathers and Sons’ Outing We are now approaching the season of the year when we begin to plan our Fathers and Sons’ outing. This outing takes us away in groups from our homes where fathers may watch their own sons, and, through observing the actions of his neighbor’s sons, make comparison. Such gatherings afford a most wonderful op¬ portunity to become acquainted with our boys’ characters and to discover their weaknesses. Generally, such trips are en¬ joyed only once a year; few are privileged to go oftener. Because of this fact we sometimes fail to make the best of our ad¬ vantage — to apply the lessons learned dur¬ ing our outing in follow-up work, day by day, throughout the year. The present plan, recommended by the General Authorities of the Church, and which provides for gospel study on the Sabbath morning and for priesthood acti¬ vities each Tuesday evening, offers an op¬ portunity for fathers and sons to be to¬ gether on each of these occasions. A father may discuss with his children the lessons for the day; help them prepare their minds for the work before them; he can go to Sabbath School with them; and on the way home, and perhaps at home, can question them concerning the work. This not only gives the father an opportunity to refresh his memory concerning the gos¬ pel doctrine taught, but provides an ex¬ cellent opportunity to become familiar with his children’s thoughts and ideas. He can then help them to solve problems that may not have been made clear to them during the class period. This same opportunity comes in the work outlined for the Priesthood-M. I. A. gatherings on Tuesday evening. Unless there comes into our lives an opportunity to apply the principles of the gospel learned, it means very little to us, for, after all, salvation does not come alone through having a knowledge of the work of the Lord, but through our ability to apply that knowledge to daily service for ourselves and our fellow-men. Because of our meeting together often in the ca¬ pacity of class work, we are able to study and discuss these problems, gaining in our understanding of Church doctrine and dis¬ cipline, And these provide activities which enable all to render a valuable service in the Church for themselves and their neigh¬ bors. We hope that, with the coming of the summer months, those who are charged with the guidance of the Aaronic Priest¬ hood quorums will keep this thought in mind, and see that there is no break in the priesthood activities during this time. Field Notes From the London {England) Daily Mail, April 1 6 — Boy “Mormon’s” Ser¬ mon — Deacon Jim Hill, Aged 13: Thir¬ teen-year-old Deacon Jim Hill was the youngest preacher at a “Mormon” confer¬ ence held yesterday at the Surrey Masonic Hall, in Camberwell New-road, S. E. He sat on the platform, among nearly thirty other “Mormons,” and was con¬ spicuous by his bare knees and short trousers. Deacon Jim Hill had the clearest voice, and of all the London “Mormons” who preached sermons on the Fourth Article of Faith, his was the most easily and con¬ vincingly delivered. Unlike most of the others, he did not refer to his notes once. Jim Hill is regarded as a promising Lat¬ ter-day Saint, and is already well on the way to a Priesthood which will entitle him to baptize converts.