Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-11
ZONE MIGHTY AND STRONG"


OF Latter-day Saints IN explanation OF
verses and 3 OF Section IS Of the Doc
trine and Covenants. and is to be re-
csived as authoritative:
The following quotation Is from the
sight-Rtth section Of the book Of Doc
trine and Covenants;
And Il shall come 10 pass that /, the
Lord God, win send one mighty and
strong, holding the sceptre or poWe' ID
his hand, clothed with Hight for COW
erjng. whose mouth shall utter words,
eternal words; while his bowels snall
be a fountain OF truth, to set in order
the house OF God, and TO arrange by lot
the inheritanCes OF the Saints, whose
names are found, and the names OF
Their fathers. and of their children, en-
rolled In the book OF the law Of God
"Whlle that man, who was called OF
God and appointed, that putteth iorth
MS hand 10 steady the ark OF God, shal
Gan BY the shaft OF death, Ike as a
tree that Is smltten by the vivid SHAFT
Of lightning
Perhaps no other passage In the rev.
eiations OF the Lord IN this dispensatlon
has given rise to so much speculation
as this one. Also, It has been used by
vain and foolish men to bolster up their
vagaries Of speculation and In some
cases their pretensions to great power
and high positions they we're to attain
IN the Church. In word, some have
made claims that they were the partlo-
ulsr individual mentioned IN the rcvea-
ton. the zone mighty and strong, hold
,ng tho soeptre OF power IN his hand.
clothed with light for a covering whose
mouth shall utter words, eternal words;
while his bowels shall be a fountain
OF truth to set in order the house OF
God, and to arrange by lot the inher-
stancas OF the Saints"
One would think IN such matter as
this that sufficient native modesty
would assert itself to restrain a man
from announcing himself as the one
upon whom such high honors are 10 be-
conferred, and who Is TO exercise such
great powers IN establishing the Saints
IN their lnherltances; and that even II
one suspected, for any reason, that such
o position, and such exceptional powers
were to be conferred upon him he
would wait until the Lord would clear
ly indicate TO tho Church, as well as
20 himself, that he had been indeed
sent OF God 10 90 the work OF so noble
ministry. as IS described IN the pas
rage under question. Those. however
who have so far proclaimed themselves
as being the zone mighty and strong"
have manifested the utmost ignorance
OF the things OF God and the order OF
The Church Indeed their insufferable
ignorance and egotlsm have been at the
bottom Of all their preteusions, and the
cause Of all the trouble into which they
have fallen. They seem not TO have
been aware OF the fact that the Church
Of Christ and Of the saints Is completely
organized. and that when the man who
shall be called upon To- divide unto the
Saints their inheNtdnces comes he win
he designated by tho inspiration Of the
Lord 20 the proper authorities Of the
Church, appointed and sustained &C.
cording to tho order provided for the
government OF the Church, SO long as
that Church remains In the earth-ant
we have the assurance from the Lord
that It will now remain IN the earth
Soreyer--the Saints need look for moth,
ing OF Gods appointing that win b,
erratic, or Irregular, or that smacks o
starting over afresh, or that would e.
moro or overthrow the established orde
~ things The Saints should remembe
that they are living IN the dlspensatiot
~ the tullncs5 Of times when th
Church Of Christ is established I'm IN
earth FOR the last days and for the las
time. ana that GoTs Church is
church Of orde" Of law and that ther
e 10 place for anarchy n TO- CD0c am
Gov. Sec 1l2. 80, also sections 80: 9. as
aS-3l)
Respecting the vlovs that have bee
expressed as TO the meaning Of thl
passage who the man was that wa
"called of GOD and appointed, that pu
forth his hand 20 steody tho ark G
God" chat should IAN 10y the shaft G
death. Ike as tr.Q chat Is mtten b
the vivid SHAFT Of lightning as we
az who The one mighty and strong
was, on is TO be-yarlous theories hay
been advanced Some OF the dlssentoI
from tho Church have advanced IN
idea that the Pr1pheu Joseph Smu