developed in the hearts of the youth of Israel, and they will gain power to combat the evil influence and temptations which beset them.47 At the stake presidency and high council meeting on 27 June 1915 it was decided that the fourth Thursday of each month throughout the stake should be set aside as family home evening night. The ward teachers were instructed to use the first three Thursdays of each month to visit their families.48 It would be fifty years before the Church would publish a family home evening manual and set aside a particular night free from various meetings and activities of the Church for family home evening. Genealogy and temple work were also stressed during President Heiner's administration. Individuals were invited from other areas to visit Morgan and teach about genealogy and the importance of keeping better records. Genealogy Sundays were also set aside each year to teach the necessity of genealogy and temple work. Stake temple days and temple excursions were also held to encourage the Saints to do their genealogy and go to the temple. Not only were the members of the Morgan Stake asked to do temple work, but they were also asked to contribute financially toward the building of new temples. The leaders of the Church set 12 September 1920 apart as Arizona Temple Day. The stakes were asked to raise as much money as they could on this day and donate it towards the construction of the Arizona Temple. Croydon contributed $62.85, Milton $24.45, Mountain Green $11.50, Morgan $101.55, Porterville $51.08, Peterson $31.15, Richville $43.90, and Slide $54.65- No contributions were received from the North Morgan Ward.49 Elders Quorums A special meeting for all the elders in the stake was held 8 December 1907. During the meeting President Heiner read a letter from the First Presidency of the Church on the course to be pursued by the elders quorums.50 The letter contained instructions on recommending men to be ordained to the office and calling of an elder and of ordaining seventies to the office of high priest. Concerning elders the First Presidency stated: "All recommendations for ordination to the office of Elder to be made by Bishoprics to Stake Presidencies after having submitted the same to and received the sustaining vote of the Priesthood or Saints of the ward at their respective meetings. And after receiving the approval of the Stake Presidencies, the same then to be submitted to the Stake Priesthood Meeting for its sustaining vote, or where it may not be convenient to present such recommendations to the Stake Priesthood Meeting, then to a conference or other public gathering of the Saints." The First Presidency also gave general instructions pertaining to all who held the priesthood. "We feel to add that a great deal of labor needs to be done by way of improving the general status of the quorums of Priesthood, both Melchizedek and Aaronic; and that as presiding officers in the Church, we must not permit, in a instance, unworthiness to exist among them; neither should negligence be permitted to go on without special effort being made to stimulate negligent brethren into a state of life and activity."51 104