Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-21
THE "REORGANIzED" ABSURD.
HES.

OF the blsEHEf NEWs IN the lhtee
Issue o. the Lamont, Iowa, Hcrdld-th,
organ Of the "Josephiies." They ar'
propouuded In carping and sarcasti,
ranner, but that Is Of bot little conse
qucnce. We make reply lest 10 NIGH
be thought, or said, that the querie,
could not bc answored. The Heraid'i
editorial, which IL quite lengthy,
amounts 10 lhiG
"rhe rule of law In the Doctrine and
Covenants, under which a full organi.
zstlon Of the Church Is To be effected,
requires a presidency ~ three, holding
directing, PRECEDING authority, and Ia
point OF decision holding what may
he termed concurrent Jurisdiction with
the Twelve and Seventy" When
JoscphnndHyrumworc mafiyred, y mo.
ton was carried At u special conief, nee
that tho "rwulve should preside over
the whole Church and that when any
alteration In the Presidency should be
required, scasonahle notice would be
given" On December "a, isi7, at n
conference held In Winter Quarter,
brigham Young was oheson President
OF tho Church, with Hebor O. Klmball
and Willard Richards as his Coun-
solor-, In pursuance Of previous an.
nouncemcnt Of the Twelve that "tho
time would soon come to teorganizc
tho Church according 20 tho original
pattern, with a First Presidency and
Patriarch" Tho MilcHHidi Star for
April 10, ISIS. announced that "tho
Church is again organized with FiHt
Presidency, with iair prospect that
that all the Qnoums Of tho Church
VIII 10 replote, according 10 the orig.
inal design"
We arc asked TO explain why \ "re.
organization" was begun at Winter
Quarters Mt the residence Of Orson
Hyde Dec. 9th, II the Church bad
not been disorganlzod. And connected
win this question Ia the statement
'ha' "there were nut SIX oil inc ihen
.Ni'''ns lWeiVe present. ffe''de"f
1oN"9 efo'Hded'"
Nu,W''lhs thi' assertion nrtr We
s'yi tnu Notus We nave plheou IN
''A'los settles lhe point sought TO DO
male ." 'oa majority OF the twelve
oe'ps present President Young was
QUO o. 'ne i"ei'e Apostles anu eoniu
not oe excluded" and mo revelation
sy" "A majority may form quorum
Nnen oeo''ioh f.quifos' 80 without
u''puuhB any OF inc a'Iesed iac's as
10 Deeomper olh or stopping TO
sh'" mA' inc choosing OF
'nv FlrsI Presidency was by
ac'ion OF 'no "hoie conference on
DeeemOor 2i'h, II Is evident from vhc
ii''a"s own uaul 'hs' u majority OF
'ue we've 'ooA ao''on on tnis matter
NOV 'nA' " W" Aoquleseeu IN by tue
o'he' n po,.en VINO We're IN good stand
'nH anu i'ho"ahlp'
But We are still under the necessity
oi referring 10 the position OF the Her.
1'd and the REORGANIZATION" rs ab.
'urdities, for the reason that II must be
clear to every sane person who thinks,
HAT the reorganization Of the Fir.t
or Of the Twelve, or OF any
other council In tie Church, Ia not a
reorganization OF the Church, and
therefore that the choosing OF Prtsl.
ieucy, or the filling up of a Quorum
~ the body Is not only no
violence that the Church had been
'disorganizod" but n proof that tho
.ody was still ia active organized tx.
stonce. TINS revelation says tho Flrst
Is 10 be composed Of "lhree
High Priests chosen by the ,
,ody," etc.
The IiCraid asks; 'If reorganization |
vas AN absurJlty on tho part OF the !
teorganizei Church, was II les, nm {
bsuriity on tho part Of President
ioung II. q. Kimball, w. Richards I
nd those who did their work In 1917, q
70 which we answer, while tho former ,
'as absurd, because there had been no c
Reorganization Of the Church. the q
alter was not absurd In any degree. for
he same reason. The living Church. '
rganized Ia 1880, which grew aud dc. ,
eloped into that degree OF perfection In 2