Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-25
DrronrnD D.. Arthur vsrapl

wilI move 90 where please, auI claim
standing iu the Church wherever ! please
Go locate that moment be becomes
iusuuura'uItg and certainly could not be
regarded le a member BOO good standing
uf Hs type of good membership boo the
Church. Furthermore, iia man should
do such "a thing as ihit. whether he Dol.
only JAS member of the Church uf su
Elder or % High Priest, OF 900 Apostle.
OF % President the Bishop of the word
To- which Doe move, aud where Uu claims
fellowship, % he does lis UuiN WiI. say
Zoo ihII man, no matter what position Hu
may occupy Boo the Church. that hg must
uriuE letter OF standing boz the Church
from tHr Bishop Of the ward where he
did reside, So that t may bee pre-.
scented 10 the people ul UI. ward and De
acted upon by them. lf the man hau.d
refuse Goo DO lHIs, hIs standing iu the
Church would bee pfgClruIs aud doubt.
lul. Tie would not bee entitled tl claim
iuu rights and privilege of membership
300 The ward Co which Dee removed. Hu
would come there %. stranger Die
would come there possibly with llg rep.
uiaU0n of having belonged tU tie
Church, but without the DfelruuH'.
without the written evidence which is
necessary Tor al members Of The Church
lo take WIN ilcm when they remove
'4ll one place lu anpileh
lha d. lne recognized duty of aIl meme
bege in tue church We are aII familiar
WIN lNl', an4 we say th light anI ESQ
agn.lAH 10 u were not So. JOHN Brown
Vt the flf'i ward, might commit some
wrong Tor which Doc would Doe cue ui tuu
lHuith, anI hualut iIat hc bad forfeited
N.' standing DO the flf.i ward, BOO order
l' Asl back INTO ihe Church again Doe
"'ull remove tom ihe Iirat wand into
Tue Fourth ward, aul enter 40 once upon
hia memuenWp iNyrr, tueb OF course,
mot SHOWING that H-hld been cut OIL lur
Church. have Known %. some such
things AS ihtt having been done when
bishops received men into fellowship
without the proper credentials.
] remember an instance Boo point
When was in charge of tue House o.
the Lord 900 salt Lake City many years
ago, a Eeutgm1uIyl1okus and some.
what venerable appearing man came Co
lu. House OF gu. Lord one morning boo
February think IL was very stormy,
tnd tue roads were very bad. lie re-
ported 20 me that hr had come from
Miilard county. Tie had travelled by
team but ON account OF me roads being
80 very Dad aud The weather so stormy
his team beng thin and weak 30 had
gwen ON lev miles south OF the city
and NE had been Obliged TO leave the
team ana wagon heie, ana stranger
had brought MN anl hIs wife Co. he
House OF the Lord Unfortunately how
ever, he saldi through the hurry 900 Try
lhE To get lheTe on tine, lhey had leit
luyF recommends 90 the wagon.
w ell, 'all j, ~ am very sorry indeed,
your case l' really a piuaule one, and
nate To- refuse YOU abundance into the
House ol the Lord, but % is my duty 90
90 So without you puuE Win you q rec.
concentration" a. ihs he began TO
cry, appearing 10 feel exceedingly bad.
ana hi. VIE SHARED 900 hh sorrow and
'Ne} pleaded WIN me hey were poor
.gef hal Travelled tl the way from
Ml.'iI county ln the stormy season oI
ile year oget Tue blessings OF The House
OF COO anl u was hardship Tor them
To nr denied lpf lhry nae not the means
To- keep lhcm mere another week, and
lhe} would De Obliged To return before
the next Gay Tor administering ordinJu'
,es, Whlgh was week later, Alter
hearing inns story aud obtaining q solemn
promise llhl ne would forward TO me
lhheala'rIS ms lelleI OF recommend
uon Tor himself ana vile as soon as he
Gpull return TO ms wagon, ! agreed to
lgl him M lie got MS blessings iu the
House OF bod, and went away; and
heaiu no more OF MN iof months. The
recommendation did not come, By
ana ny received letter Tom Presl.
uthl Sa.ll''eh OF the Mlllard stake, IN
curing u a man and woman, describing
them, hld oeen admitted into the En-.
lo"menl House, lie was answered,
Yes Then We we're informed that they
had been cut OIL the Church months
before ana were not entitled to letter
oil recommendation. lhey had lied
themselves into the House OF the Lord
WIN tears ~ llelf eyes, thcy had de.
eeIFed me, althpuEh knew ] did wrong
10 admitting them without a recommend,
yet my sympathy oveFeame my ludE.
menl' IL mao done my duty, ] should
have 'aid 10 them, NO, you cannot en-
ter mere except YOU come duly author
lied ly letters OF standing iron rcg0g-
nikel authority 10 the church, But /
did NOT DO my dulY ana committed
wrong Dos rs llkey TO happen any
where ana al any ume through the cum
ming of designing persons, unless the
discipline Oh tue Sh1Ieh DC observed and
carried OUT TO Nle le''tI' lueIc never
eau ps proper government or proper
ORDER 90 tue rouse OF Goa until the
rules OF tue NhuI.n, nom the least unto
the greatest. shall be recognized and