The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-07

Unity dSGlSdlSd II as the SIDt WneIe
| The temple should rise. Partridge HIM
self participated in this ceremony. And
to make assurance doubly sure Par
fridge, on the eve of his expulsion and
! that of the people of his church from
the stae by military force at the COM
lnand OF the governor, In 1899, made a
deed, embracing the property, to the
minor children of Oliver Cowdery, his
co-Worker in the church and compan-
ION IN misfortune. in which he recited
! the fact that there was money put in
my hands by Oliver Cowdery, an ell
der in the church of Latter Lay Saints,
formerly OF Kirkland O., for the pur-
pose OF entering the lands in the State
! of Missouri in the name and for the
benefit Of said church. This, no doubt
| from the evidence was the money
placed in his hands and reported to
the church at Kirkland, o.
1t remains to be ascertained who are
the true beneficiaries of this trust 1t
is mere play on words. a clutching
aItef shadows, for respondents to quib-
| PIE ABOUT the precise name by which
the Mormon church was known in it's
early history. AS well say that the
denomination of Christians now known
as the Christian Church have lost their
identity because in their early days
they were called rCampbeIlites. The
Identity, unity and sameness, from 1890
|
clear for debate. Now and then, by
TINS and that person, it was called The
Church Of Christ Church of the Lat
ter Day Saints, and The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The
terms were employed interchangea bly,.
AS applied to this issue, it is rather a
queSeon OF identity to doctrine. The
temple built al Kirkland. O., the cen
| trai rendezvous between 1880 and 1885.
was inscribed on the portal with the
Words; The Church of Jesus Christ of
| Latter Day Saints. This was the pub
nc authoritative recognition of the name
by which they chose to be known
Beyond all cavil. if human testi-
mony IS to place any matter forever
at rest, this church was one in doe
trlne, government and purpose from
1880 to June, 1874, when Joseph Smith,
IT'S founder, was killed 1t had the
same federal hand governing bodies
ana falth. During this period there
was no schisn, no secession, no part
ing OF the ways in any matter fun
damentai, or affecting its oneness No
possible question could be made that
had TINS church, with its central gov
ernlng power resident at Nauvoo as
serted right of control over this prop
! erty until 1915 il would have been re-
cognized by Edward Partridge from
iss2 and declared by him in his trust
| uc6Q OIL 1889.
Joseph Smith was killed at Car
! image, ILL.,, in June, 1874. He was the
president and inspiring spirit of the
church. His violent death struck with
dlsmay the hearts of his followers, and
out OF the confusion incident thereto.
was born disorder, schism and ambi-
tlon for leadership. Disintegra ton set
IN, and the church split into factions,
winch, under the lead of different heads,
! Sc4Ttaro6 q
Try Among the Quorum of Twelve
representing the Apostles, was one
6lgnam Young. man of intellectual
lofce, shreWd and aggressive, if not
dudaclous. Naturally enough such a
man gathered around him the greater
number and it was an easy matter for
MIN to seize the fallen reins of the
PRESIDENCY He led the greater portion
OF Mofmons out to what was known
as winter quarters. near Omaha, and
tnence TO Salt Lake valley in Utah
then dependency of Old Mexico. From
TINS settlement has sprung the power
tul ecclesiastical body known as the
salt Lake, or Utah church. While the
respondents are wary of claiming al
nance with this Salt Lake church II
| is evidently the power behind the
throne. in the defense of this suit; and
claim IS made by respondents counsel
that 1t, in fact. absorbed the Mormon
church. and is the real successor to the
ancient church.
Ihere can be no question of the fact
mat Brigham Young's assumed presi-
gshcy was bold and bald usurpation
Inc DOCK OF doctrine and covenants
'printed in 1S46) page All, containing q
revelation TO Joseph Smith, January 10
lS4l, gave unto them my servant JOS
eph to be presiding elder over all NV
cnurcn, 10 DE translator, a reVeIator.
a seer and prophet. | give unto him
TOT councillors my servant, Sidney Rig
don, ana my servant, William Law, that
theSe may constitute a quorum and first
presidency, to receive the oracles for
the whole church. / give unto my. SER
vant, brigham Young, to be president
over the twelve travelling council So
that Brigham Young was but president
over the twelve a travelling council
Inc DOCK clearly taught that the sue
cessioh snould descend lineally and go
10 the first born. Joseph Smith so
taught, and before his taking off pub
llcly proclaimed his son Joseph. the
present mead of complainant church.
MS successor, and he was so annoint-
ed.
The book also contains the following
When referring to Joseph Smith: But
verify, verify say unto you, that none
else snail be appointed to this gift ex-
cept 1t be through him, for if it be ia
Ken from him he shall not have power
except to appoint another in his stead
ana this shall be a law unto YOU. that
you receive not the teachings of
any that shall come before you as rev
Citations or Commandments; and this 7
give unto you that you may not be de-
celVed, that You may know they are
not of me. For verify | say unto Won
that he that is ordained of me shall
come IN at the gate and be ordained
as l have told you before, to teach
tnoSe revelations which you have re-
| ceived, and shall receive through him
whom | have appointed
Brigham Young's assumption of this
office was itself departure from the
law of the church. The Book of Nor
mon pronounced the severest anathema
against the crime of polygamy, and the
Book OF Doctrine and Covenants ex-
pressly declared that we believe that
one man should have but one wife
ana one woman but one husband This
declaration of the church on this sun
Ject reappeared in the Book of Doc
tflne and Covenants of 1916 and of 1856.
us Hrst appearance as a dogma of the
church appeared in the Utah church
III 1897. The claim is made by the Utah
church that this doctrine is predatory
OF a revelation made to Joseph Smith
III July, lS43. No such revelation was
ever made public during the life of
joseph Smith, and under the law of the
church it could not become an article
OF faith until submitted to and adopted
by the church. This was never done.
The next important and interesting
question is: Does the complainant
church represent the benefciaries of
this property? In controversies of this
character respecting the rightful ow-
nersfip of church property the civil
judicatories have nothing to do win
the question as to which faction ex-
pounds the sounder theology or moral