Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-14
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A late issue u the ssiniS HerAii
published at Lamont, Iowa, by the II o
organized church, contains an Article
headed "work tor the DAT" 10
winch It quotes from tho DEsERET
NEWS report OF the remarks Of Il Ger
Mariner w. Merrill al the late
General Conference OF the Church.
Elder Merrill spiko upon the work
being done 10 behalf Of the dead In the
temples Of the LAttef-day sainis, call
ing attention TO the fact that the pres
ont authorities have had tbs same
spirit which inspired the Prophet
Joseph, IN continuing that which
vas commenced ny tho Prophet
In the erection Of tcmplea aud
IN the work accomplish ed therein.
Tho SANTA Herald comments upon
this discourse, ami alter snooringy re-
fsrring to Elder Merrill as being zone
Of the latest Apostles chosen" Il sayt!
Those who have been dosiious Of pass
for Themselves, and Of attending o bap-
tism. for thoir dead, have been charged a
certain sum tor tho privilege.
Tho Herald goes on - state that
"ior something like foriy.seven year
prior to last April, sealing aud baf-
tlsms tor the dead relatives and friends
were actively taught, aud IA actively
praoticed; the people being given
to understand that the system was per.
iect as II came from tho lips OF tho
Prophet Joseph Smith" IL then says
the people here "yisiled the temples,
received their endowmenls, aud per.
formed the rites OF baptism for thsir
dead, paid the fees charged Tor tho
service rendered, aud went away DO.
lleving tho work TO have boon oOITes,-
ly done" Then II adds.
Many OF these must have been shocked,
and possibly seriously distressed. to DO
told last spring at the Conference,
by President Woodruff, ~ thoy
we're, that much OF the work tho peo-
pie had been doing for thom-
selves and their dead was una
vaillng. tho methods having been mis-.
Understood and tho work wrongly done,
making IL necessary that tho work
should be done over in same olhOr WAY
aud advising tho people 10 eol about 10
and have their work done la AZ short u
lime as possible
Proceeding upon these texts, tho
Herald argues to vstabliih two points
therebyi THAT when "work done
under n system said to have been no
grand and Of such stupsndous i'm.
porlAnce 10 the people" IL discovered
to bc"unavailinE and OF no elect
"what may not the people expect N,
accepting the new teaching
and again repayiug the charge,
again 10 perform the work
once done by Itho advice, and
under the direction OF those Same lead
ers, they shall DO told that again their
work was unAvaillng and must be done
over AgAlnp and p That II "lho work
IL to be done over again, Il shows that
the conception OF its practice Yves
wrong In ils lncsption-stArlsd wrong
on wrong bAsis-misunderstooi aud
misappliSd by the living oracle with
whom II originated, or through whom
It was declared, no matter who that
one was."
Asis usual with the Saints Herald
when eritiolzlnE anything pertaining
TO the Church OF which the Herald
editors father, Joseph Smith, WAS the
flrt Prophet aud President In this
dispentRtion, and IN whose cause
he became a martyr, It makes
q falso statement, and then,
rolling that Ms u delicious motsel
under its tongue, proceeds 10 Mt.
quo IN support Of It's peculiar vlews.
In this case the papors opening
1tAtement that those who re.
ooiye or engage In tbe ordinances
named shave been charged q certain
sum for tue privilege" Is utterly with.
cut foundation 10 truth. Hence the
first point sought to be established BY
the Herald writer fails because OF H.
ihlsity.
On the other proposition, II II
equally untrue that President
Woodruff said that work done for
tbs uead "undeT the direction oil those
same leaders" was "unavailing And
must be done over again" TO such
sentiment was gwen ultsrauce to. Al
the Herald writer had any desire to
Tell the truth ho could have referred t.
the quotation no makes from EIdaI
MerEill's remarks, wherein It is said
that great deal Of work had been
Duplicated, "Irom the fact that the
people did not keep record" A
record 10 an essential element OF the
work for the dead, hencs It's omission by
The Prophet Joseph nj one tins eces.
h1A1edA repetition, In order to 10 cor.