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Show us. I would almost have staked my life, knowing that the people know that we did not want to have whisky again, that the people would not have voted to bring it back"63 The membership of the Church in Morgan could take pride in the fact they had followed the counsel of the President of the Church as well as their stake and ward leaders. In the 1933 election Morgan had voted to maintain the Eighteenth Amendment, thus supporting the counsel and direction of their Prophet. At the stake conference held 23 June 1935, Elder Joseph Fielding Smith spoke on the importance of the Word ofWisdom and asked the Saints to continue to oppose the sale of liquor regardless of the fact that it had been made legal in the State of Utah.64 Ensign Monument In May 1934, stones were requested from all the stakes in the Church to build Ensign Monument. The monument was to be located on Ensign Peak where President Brigham Young and other Church leaders surveyed the Salt Lake Valley on 26 July 1847. The movement to build the monument was initiated by the Ensign Stake Mutual Improvement Association. John D. Giles, a prominent member of the Church, and executive secretary of the Utah Pioneer Trials and Landmarks Association helped obtain permission from the city to erect the monument.65 The stones for the monument were to be eight by twelve inches in size and would represent various historical aspects of the Church. Stakes and missions were each invited to participate. An effort was also made to obtain rocks originally used in the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples, and from historic sites such as the Sacred Grove, the Hill Cumorah, the temple lot in Jackson County and from important sites along the pioneer trail. Each rock was identified with a metal tag.66 The monument designed by George Cannon Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, was dedicated by President Heber J. Grant, 24 July 1934- Other speakers for the occasion were Anthony W. Ivins, President Grant's First Counselor, and George Albert Smith, who was President of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association. The monument contained over one hundred historic stones, one of which was from the Morgan Stake. Morgan Stake Priesthood and Auxiliary Officer Meetings This particular meeting was held on the fourth Sunday on a monthly basis at the stake tabernacle to train the leaders of the different wards. Leaders who were to be in attendance from the wards included high priests, seventies, elders, relief society, sunday school, young men, young ladies, primary, religion class, genealogical association, and recreation committee. The format for the meeting was a general session to conduct the necessary business and then a separation into the various groups for departmental work. The meeting usually lasted between an hour to an hour and a half. During the general session returned missionaries reported on their 134 |