Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-04
PERTURBATION OF THE CHURCH

In reference to the Church Of Jesus
Christ Of Latter-day Saints tha head
quarters Of which are In this city,
frequently made by the advocates Of
the so.cared "Reorganlzed' church, the
expression is used That portion of the
Church which went west 1t Is made
the basis Tor arguments ana differences
which are altogether erroneous ana
misleading. II is for that reason that
we now make allusion to Il,
When the first President OF the
Church and the Patriarch were mar
tyred at the hands Of a masked mob,
and the Church found itself without
that highest council or quorum called
the First Presidency the Twelve Apos-
ties. wao as a council or quorum, ac-
cordlng 10 the revelation on the sub
ject held authority and power equal to
the First Presidency became Of neces-
slty and In conformity to the reyela-
ton the presiding quorum Of the
Church. There was no dissolution OF
the body. There was no rupture or dis
organization Of any Of the other coun-
ellis or quorums or associations Of the
Church. 1t remained complete and In
tact.
Under the direction Of the presiding
authority appointed and sustained by
the entire Church in all the world the
affairs Of the Church were conducted
as before the death Of the Prophet
Joseph, Nothing was permitted to SOP.
The missions abroad were continued
The labors at home, on the Temple and
otherwise. were carried on according
10 the plans already received A few
apostates severed from the body scat
tered In various places They had Moth
ing furthr to do with the Church
which God had set mp for the last
days and for the last time"
When the Saints were driven from
Nauvoo the exlles moved westward,
hating at Winter Quarters for a sea-
son until a home could be found for
them In the Rocky Mountains, the
place predicted for them by the Pro-
phet Joseph Smith who before his de-
cease selected company TO explore
this region for the purpose ~ obtain
Ing an asylum for the Saints THE
portion Of the Church that moved vest
consisted. then Of but one hundred
and forty-seven persons. Gould It be
truthfu'y said that they were the whole
Of the Church that followed Brigham
Young and his fellow Apostles? Ger
tainly not
Subsequently, the Saints located on
the Missouri river proceeded TO the spot
foretold by Joseph Smith and selected
by Brigham Young, as the place for the
founding OF a city and the building OF
a Temple to the Most High Then fol-
lowed. from year to year. Thousands OF
the members Of the Church In foreign
lands who. as toretold by the Prophet
Isaiah and Micah. exclaimed, Come
ye and let us 60 up 20 the mountain Of
the Lord and to the house Of the God
Of Jacob. and he win teach us OF his
ways ana We will walk in his paths"
Zion had gone "up into the hlgh noun.
tain" but the Church was stll IN var.
ious nations and countries.
THAT portion Of the Church which
went west then whatever lts num-
bers, great or small. must not be con-
sidered as the whole body which up.
held and sustained President Brigham
Young and his couuselors as the First
Presidency Of the Church IN an Oh.
world Il should be- understood that
they were accepted In that position by
the entire Church Of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 10 every land where
the latter-lay Gospel Mad been obeye
and branches Of me Church we're organ.
tzed' Il was not a fragment or a
faction that did so. but the Church
Itself The idea attempted Go De- con-
veyed By the disciples II the So all.
ed "Reorganlzatou." tina. 40 VI IN,
Church that continued zoo tha original
organization were merely those that
went out q Nauyoo and found theil
way TO these mountain wales Is fall
acious and absurd.
As noted So these columns a few
weeks ago, an epistie was sent abroad
In December lsi7 by the Twelve Apos
ties signed by Brigham Young as Pres
ident who had been thus designated b.
revelation (see Doc & Gov. Sec. i24. !
I'D. Il was addressed to the whoi
Church, which stll existed in variou
parts Of the United States, In the Brit