Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-24

This is the pattern; this Is the law; this
Is the way the Church is organized; this
is the way the Priesthood is to be gov.
erned. The Lord has not only com
handed 1t, but has set the example by
naming The three Presidents Of the
( hurch And tell you that this order
of the Priesthood cannot be done away.
It is not lasful or right Tor the Church Of
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints 10
exist any great length oil lin" without an
oiganizal ion OF three Fir,t Pr, sidtn OF
the Church; for that is the order OF The
Pneslh BOD. II is their right to receive
the gifts OF revelation and insnirit on,
and OF blessing upon all the Church;
and the Fist Pr siien S the mouthpiece
of God. the rev lator, The Translator, the
seer, and the p hit OF God to the
whole Gnu ch II Is he who holes the
Keys of Il is Holy Priesthood = the keys
which unlock L doors OF the Temp es
OF Col and of the ordinances OF His
hou for the saliva ion o. the living and
the redempt OF # The dead. II is he
VINO holds the sealing pow e., by W ith
man may uind on earth and it Ia | be
DO nd in heaven, and by which men
duly authorized aud appointed OF him
win hollis III. ke,s may lco;e on earth
and 1t will be loosed in he wen This is
The order oil the Holy Piesth 3D. and
any departure IF IN 1t IS q crime against
the law OF G1d, crime agains the
Church of Je.u' Chr st OF La,ter.day
Saints. Those men VIII ", d do away
with the Presidency of the Church.
would commit crime against God, and
would do frlevous and rrepafable
wrong to the Cnurch and to al those
FNNs.. la i
the preaching oil the Gospel. Tn
would shut up the dojrs OF the
Temp es AMI slut up the heavens, that
there should be no power among men.
They would stop the carrying out OF the
p tern that God has gwen, by which
His work is to be pyrpeualed in the
earth and the Gospel carried TO every
creature.
The Lord goes on with this pattern:
give unto you my servant Brigham Young,
TO be President over the Twelve travelling
Council, which Twelve hold the keys to open
up the the authority OF my kingdom upon the
four corners OF the earth, and after that to send
my word to every creature;
They are-Heber C. Kimball, Farley p.
Pratt. Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde, William
Smith, John Taylor, John E Page, MILFORD
Woodruff. Willard Richards, George A. Smith;
DdfAl IdNltn 1 nave taken uulD my SELF be-
hold, his Priesthood no man taketh from him,
but, verify say unto you. another may be ap.
pointed unto the same calling.
And again. say unto you, give unto you a
High Council, for the corner stone OF Zion.---
Sec. exxiy, Is7-i5I.
And so tn Lord gives to the Church,
not only The p tern, Blu He name, the
Officers who were chos n OF Him 10 fill
these various quorums o the Priesthood
at that time. There is nor one iota of
the plan which He inst ut d that can be
dispense with. Every gu ,um must be
kept IN existence, and be kept alive.
They must be entrusted with the re-
sponsibillty OF their various calings and
duties in the Church, in order lnat the
Church may be bareless in the sight of
Goi, perfect in its organization, and full
OF light and inspi alion, and power
from the Almighty. When these tungs
are not done, here is bl mlsi, there is
something lacking So, when here is a
vacancy IN council oil the Priesthood,
we should has en-, with wisdom and pru-
dence, and with pr tyerlulness Of heart,
not in too much histe,--to fill the
vacancy, that every quorum Of the
Priesthood may be perfect IN its organi-
zation, and the Church be properly or
ganzed. No man can put too much
stress upon these things. Without them
there is no government Without ODE.
dience to these rules and patterns that
God has given, the Cnurch is not per
iect: but, with these quorums organized
and this authority dsiilsed amonG the
body, down to the very teachers that
visit you IN Your homes then he Church
Is organized alter The pattern and plan
IA q nj huC net t.I 4 q =.
in itself, like Perfect man, even like
Christ Jesus, who was perfect, with
head, with eyes, and ears, and mouth,
arms, legs and trunk, and with every
part pviieot in itself, pc forming th-
duties belonging to it, so that here may
be no inefliciency in the rk of the |
or IN the edilying of the body |
1t Christ, You lop of one OF these |
luorums, and you lop off the head, per-
maps, or the legs, or the arms, or the |
eet, or you put out the eyes, or YOU
shut the mouth. In this way YOU MAIN |
he Priesthood of God, and you bring |
confusion and di- cord into its ranks, 70 |
owed by dsorgdnlzatiun and disintegra- |
ion. | want TO say to this CO igregation |
hat while we live to whom God has en- |
rusted the watch care OF this people, |
here shall be no defect in these organ |
.ations, SO long as He shall give US |
,ower TO maintain them in their pelfect
;ondi ion and o der. We will see TO it.
~ the help OF God, and we will moi
hrink from our duties. Though men
,et into The dark. and accuse and up
'rdld us, and say all manner OF evil
Igainst us falsely, we care not for that.
or the work Of God is resting upon US,
md upon all the people. Every man
md woman who IS a member bears, and
egitimately should bear, a portion of
he responsibility Of carrying on this
,reat and glorious latter day work.
May God bless you, and NAV H. bless
III those who bless z on, and all those
Who sustain in their hearts and faith, the
constituted au horllie' OF the Church.
nd hold them up before the Lord in
righteousness, and pray for them. Pray
Or the remission OF heir sins, if they
ave sinnsd. Pray that God will not
ufier them to be I'D into temptation
ray that they may be strong in their
allngs. Pray that God may not with
raw His hand from hem to leave III, m
D themselves, but that He may have His
and retcht over hem day by day,
nd hour by hour for their gu dance,
rosperlty. and sue ess in administering
ne ordinances of the Gospel, and the
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