The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06
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The most common opinion OF the
future Of che church current among
the best informed Mormons Is that the
twelve. will assume the leadership OF
the church and that no president Is
likely to be Immediately chosen. This
course 10 in harmony with the church
chine which has been completely un-
der the supervision OF one man could
manage to survive under the divided
counsel likely to prevail In an apostol-
ic government. There IL no doubt
that there will be plenty of pretenders,
but It Is conceded that no man living
can hold the sceptre that Brigham has
lust laid down with anything of his
firm aud aut0crat grasp. The twelve
apostles are John Taylor, Orson Pratt,
Orson Hyde, Wilfred Woodruff, Eras-
tus Snow, George q. Cannon, Lorenzo
Snow, Charles @. Rich, Franklin ID.
Richards, Brigham Young Jr., +.
Smith, Albert Darlington. John w.
Young and Daniel III. Wells are cOun-
sellers to the first President. Daniel
III. Wells has not been much can
vassed In connection with the leader
ship, but there are some Mormons who
think him the man for the place
above all others. lie Is an unselfish
man, q true churchman, and man OF
ability and integrity. He has been q
faithful servant of the church from
the earliest days. He L. poor, but the
same thing Is true OF most OF the apos-
ties. #srnt 0lr
TENErs OF THE MORMON CHURCH.
J "The priesthood Of the Mormon
church Is organized into the following
quorums: The first presidency, the
twelve apostles, the high council, the
seventies, high priests, elders, priests,
teachers and deacOns. They preside
over and direct the affairs ofthe whole
church. The twelve apostles consti-
tute q travelling presiding. high coun-
Gil. The whole hierarch ~ divided
into two bodies, the Melchizedek
priesthood and the Aaronic priesthood.
To the former, which Is the highest,
belong the offices of apostle, seventy,
patriarch, high priest and elder. The
Aaronic priesthood includes the offices
of bishop, priest, teacher and deacon,
and can be held only by literal de-
scendants of Aaron, who are designht3
ed as such by revelation. y, The Nor
mon church teaches there are many
gods, and that eminent saints become
gods in heaven, and rise one above
another in power and glory to infinity.
Joseph Smith is now the god of this
generation. His superior God is Jesus,
whose superior god and father Ia
Adam. Above Adam IL Jehovah, and
above Jehovah is Elohim, All of these
| Gods have many wives, and they all
rule over their own descendants, who
are constantly increasing In number
and dominion. The glory of a saint
when he becomes god depends In
some degree on the number Of his
wives and children, aid therefore poly
Qamy Is inculcated and wives are
sealed to saints here on earth to aug
ment their power I'm the heavens. The
gods are In the form of men, and they
are the fathers Of tae souls of men In
| this world. The ten commandments
are considered the rule of life, together
with q revelation given to Joseph
Smith, February 81, 1888, which Is
called "A Word Of WISDOM 1t teaches
that It Is not good to drink wine or
strong drinks, excepting in the sacra-
ment of the Lords supper, and then 1t
should be home made grape wine that
| It Is not good to drink hot drinks, or
| chew or smoke tobacco; that strong
drinks are for the washing of the body,
and that tobacco Is an herb fol-; bruises
and sick cattle; that herbs and fruits
are for the food OF man that grain is
| for the food of man and beasts and
fowls and that flesh is not to be eaten
by man excepting in times Of winter,
cold and famine. This Word Of
| WISDOM however, Ia not regarded
precisely as commandment. but as q
revelation to show forth the will OF
God, and suited to the condition OF all
saints, young and old, maleand female,
without distinction Infant baptism
is condemned, but the children of the
saints are considered old enough al
eight years to.be baptized.
Baptism for the dead Is practiced, q
living person being publicly baptized
as the representative of one or more de-
ceased persons. Washington, Frank
lin and other famous men have thus
been vicariously baptized into the
church."
GOSSIP.
Salt Lake Dispatch to Chicago Journal
| Young's estate Is valued at from
Sc, OOO, 900 to $7,OOO,OOO. He owned
large tracts of real estate, besides
con crolling interest in the street rail
roads, the Utah Central anu OGaI
Southern lines, the Deseret Bank, thu
Deseret Telegraph Company, and thu
Zion Mercantile Institution. In reply
to Ann Eliza's bill for divorce he made
oath that his monthly income woulc
not exceed $4,000. He had previously
distributed considerable amount o
property among his children: A
clause in the will directs that Brigham
shall be buried in q rosewood coffir
three inches wider than his body, 81
: that If he had disposition to turf
, over he might do so that he be lai'
on cotton mattress ; that his body b
borne to the grave on bier, and b
buried in q stone vault, stone slab {
be placed over the top. He request
!, that none of the male members or tn
. family should wear Grape or emblem
of mourning, and that the female
should not purchase mourning dresses
though they might wear such If the,
! had them. The funeral services wi
! be held In the great tabernacle O
! Sunday, at noon, where his body wi
: be borne. A prayer will be previousl
said in the Lion House. There vii
be great assemblage. Extra train
will be run on all the railroads., an
q the saints will come up from all part
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