The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-29
aTTER-DAY PRIESTHOOD is AS A COD
lex M. Smith Bombards the Deseret News
lth Official Utterances of the Prophets,
Seers, and Revelators.

church and go to hell every ono of them
Now. Iatter-day Saints. 1 want TO say this
to you. When man llfts his heel agnlnst
man viii aposIatize, just as sure as no is
| q living being, unless no rcpents and refrains
| from such conduct
on June %, 1874. President Young Is
reported as having said:
In every coso the man that dictates the
spiritual kingdom OF God must dictate tho
| temporal Hnairs; II cannot be otherwise
say this to you, because the Idea in the minds
OF few people is Brigham ought not TO
| mcddlc with temporal afalrs."-J D., vol. Is.
| p. 2I3.
| And on page 246, same sermon he said:
| I am tho director and counselor to this peo-
plo for building up the kingdom OF Cod on
the carth. / am the who viii tell what
| shall be done and how It shall be done.
In sermon delivered August 81. 1915.
| by John Taylor, who was then prominent
in the council of the Twelve Apostles
| and a few years later was made president
of the church. is the following language,
| found on page 80. volume Is OF Journal of
| Discourses:
Why. We have the presidency. with Presi-
| God to this pcopIe Do You be-
| licve that he and his first counsel have the
right to dictate and manage all atfairs per
taining to the temporal and spiritual intor-
| est or the church and kingdom OF God upon
| carth1 l believe II; do you? These are qucs-
| tions that put TO ourselves fairly
and frankly and honestly. without any oquivo-
| cation or reservation. Tor this is really part
| OF the order Of God.
Brigham Young, on August 81. 1875
found in Journal OF DscourseS. volume
is. puGe 30. said:
| 1t is my duty TO know the mind OF tho
| Lord concerning myself and also concerning
| this people; and think know II Just as
| well es | know the road homo | do not know
| the path from that door to my own home
any better than | know how 10 dictate this
! people. II they win only heaTkon to me.
Joseph F. Smith. then an apostle. now
| the president in a sermon delivered Oc-
tober 10. 1875 as recorded in Journal OF
Discourses, volume IS page 1885, closed his
address with this eXhortation:
May God grant that we may sec and com
! prchend the whole truth, and be submis siye
! 10 tho requirements Of the gospel and obsdicnt
10 the priesthood Of God upon the enrth in
| all things, that we may obtain eternal life,
| II my prayer. and in the name OF Jesus
President Young, in n sermon found in
Journal OF Diecourses. volume IS page
| 232, delivered September H. 1876 said:
What hag already become OF those who dur
! ms our short existence as a church have come
out against us. politically iudicially 9TH
erwiso: those who have raised their puny
! tho earth2 'rhcy have become powerless Ike
| the dew before the rising sun; they have van
Ished away their names arc almost forgot
! ton; and II this Is not the case with all. 1t
! viii be
| on April G. 1871 found in Journal of Dis
courses. volume is. page 254, Brigham
Young said:
! All those who come out from the world es-
| pousing the gospel OF Jesus. place themselves
! in condition 10 be taught OF him; but In
raised up his authorized teachers 10 do this
! work, and what docs he expect OF US TO dor
! lie requires. absolutely requires. OF TO
| take these people who have named HIS name
through baptism and tench them how to live.
and how 10 become healthy, wealthy and wise.
! This Is our duty.
In sermon delivered April 8. 1879. found
In Journal of Discourses volume 20. page
3l2. Joseph f. Smith, then an apostle.
said
We belong to a temporal a. well q spr-
tual kingdom. and It Is very necessary that
we should take lively interest in whatever
| tends 10 build up the kingdom OF God, tenn
/ poral well as spiritual, spiritual well as
temporal.
This rather runs counter to the state
ment made In a recent Issue OF the Dcs-
eret News that the temporal or literal
kingdom spoken OF by the preachers In
the Mormon church has reference to
future kingdom over which Christ should
reign
John Taylor. in q sermon delivered April
.. 1879. as recorded in Journal of Dis
courses volume q, pages 81 and IS, said:
Another thing: What did we do when Pr"--
ident Young wos among US, urging these
things upon us7 Did wo not enter into oovos
nant by rcbaptism 20 be subject to tho priest
hood in temporal woll as spiritual things
when wc took upon ourselves the obligations
OF the United Order3 Let me ask you. what
did by doing this? Is II mere
form. II farce do intend 10 carry out
the covenants mndc7 I tell you in the
name OF lsrasls God they VIII be carried out
end no man can plough around these things.
for God has dccrccd that they shall Ike 1c-
complishcd. and any mnn who sets hlmE If
In opposition 10 these principles which Sod
hes established. no viii root him out; but
the principle Itself win not be rooted out
for God Will see that IL Is ACCOMPLISHED.
In the nrst place, the Lord re-
quires certain things TO be done 10 meet hlS
appreciation. Ond everything has 10 he done
under the direction OF the presidency of tho
twelve, both temporal things and Epirtual
things The bishops anl the presidents OF
stakes md all the officers in the church Of
Cod nro subject TO thls authority and they
OF this church who by virtue OF his calling
docs things without counsolng with tho
proper authorities OF tho church he tokos
upon himself things that he has no right Co
do. and such course cannot be acceptable
before God and the prcsthood.
Now tpen we come 10 the blshoprlc. Ought
the bishops TO be consulted In regard 10 tenn
pornl Ihingsl Yes they ought.
We have thus examined the teachings
OF these men for two decades past the
Strenuous times" of the iifues, and
found the Mormon leaders constant In de-
manding unquestlonlng obedience TO the
men holding the priesthood. Let US now
pass into the next decade,
RECALCITRANT TO BE oUSTED.
, Teaching IN the Eighties That Critics