The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-04

but that is the end Of his kingdom: he
cannot have an Increase Quoted in
, Young Mems Improvement Manual from
Joseph Smith, Mill Star, p. los.
here. Let II be remembered that the
| Prophet Joseph Smith taught that man,
that Is. his spirit, Is the offspring OF
peg no! in any rsTHan mys,cs al th but
given power Of procreation being one OF
;he chief things that Is to pass away,
| IL Is one OF the chief means of mans ex-
| altation and glory in that great eternity
| which like an endless vista stretches out
before him. Through that law,
| In connection with an observance of all
| yet attain unto the power OF the Cod
head. and like his Father-God-hls chief
nal life and happiness OF his posterity."-
Roberts, New Witness for Cod p. lGl.
THE devil and his angels having for
! feited in their first estate all right TO
enter a second with bodies OF flesh and
bones. and having lost the privilege of
fmsTryns and tner Nd spegss
against the sons of men who kept their
first estate and now are In the enjoy
mens OF the second marrying nsIn,l, and in
Orson Pratt in The Seer, p, rs.
Parents for the want OF that holy and
pure affection which exists in the bosom
of righteousness, not only destroy their
own happiness but Impress their own de-
graded and unlawful passions upon the
this reason that God will not permit the
fallen angels to multiply. 1t Is for this
reason that God has ordained marriages
for the righteous only, 1t is for this
reason that God will put a final stop TO
the multiplication Of the wicked after this
life. 1t is for this reason that none but
those who have kept the celestial law
will be permitted TO multiply after the
resurrection. 1t is for this reason that
God has ordained that the righteous shall
havo n plurality OF wives; for they alone
are prepared to beget and bring forth
offspring whose bodies and spirits, par
taking of the nature OF the parents, are
pure and lovely, and Will manifest as
they increase in years, those heaven,
born eXcelencics so necessary TO lead
them to happiness and eternal life.
Orson Pratt in The Seer, pp. 1oi-S.
Everything Centers in the Priesthood.
The "address has somewhat TO say
regarding the holy priesthood; but
what is said affords one unacguainted
with the church but little idea of the
relation which this order sustalns to
the whole ecclesiastical system. In re-
ality everything centers here. Admit
the church s contention for its priest
hood and you have yielded the most
essential things which it claims, We
affirm that, to administer in the ordi-
nances of the gospel, authority must be
given of God; and that this authority
is the power of the Holy Priesthood,
We affirm that, through the ministra-
tion Of immortal personages, the Holy
Priesthood has been conferred upon men
in the present age, and that, under this
divine authority, the church of Christ
has been organized. - So it is declar-
ed; but the teaching of the church on
this most important doctrine Is not here
in candidly set forth The appended
extracts viii show that the basis for
the exercise Of arbitrary power over
its membership lies in the church g
claim for the "Holy Priesthood" and
that their power extends not only TO
things spiritual, but to secular mat
ters as well. Furthermore, it will be
seen that, when once the church S
clam for it's priesthood is allowed, the
claim of jurisdiction in civil matters
logically follows The members of the
priesthood claim the special power TO
interpret scriptures; and the president
of the church, who is also chief of the
high priesthood, is the prophet, seer
and rcvclator Of God TO the church and
TO the world. The leaders discourage
free speech and action, If it WAS the
purpose of the leaders to keep the mass
of the membership under such control
as would effectually destroy all liberty
of action, and would curb that freedom
Of thought TO which all responsible
people are entitled, then it is difficult
TO see how any better scheme for
achieving that purpose could have been
devised than the Mormon doctrine OF
the Holy Priesthood. Given a peo
pie who endorse its high claims and
submit to them, and YOU have q com
munity which is under the tyranny Of
arbitrary rulcrship. That such power
should be provided for in any system,
civil or ecclesiastical, and should not
be used. is incompatible with the known
facts in human nature. That the full
power of the Mormon priesthood is ex-
crcised is not 4 matter of doubt among
well-informcd people.
II shall then define Priesthood 10 be
that order OF authoritative intelligence
hy which God regulates. controls, en-
lightens. blesses or curses. saves or
condemns all beings To II under God all
things are suhservienJ IN Righteousness,
whether In heaven or hell."-Spenccr's
Letters. p. 81.
"NTen who hold the Priesthood possess
divine authority thus TO act for God;
they are in reality part of God.
Men who honor the priesthood in them.
iect God."-"New Witness Tor God"
D, 1877.
The Voice of Joseph F. as the Voice of
an Angel
The Priesthood is the authority dele
gated to men 10 act in the name OF C<Nd.
and TO have those acts approved by Him.
Whatever is done by this authority Is as
II God Himself bad done It. Tho one
holding the Priesthood becomes an agent
of the Lord The curse OF God
on Cain, the food. the rejection ana DIS
person Of Israel. the destruction of
Jerusaem-thesc are all typical instances
OF the judgments Of God following the
lack of reverence for His Priesthood.
Faith in the Priesthood i'm general
must be supplemented by a specific faith
IN those who hold the KEYS of the Priest
hood and preside IN It's various organza-
tOns Priesthood without Presidency
would be unorganized and lacking IN ei
fCienCy. We cannot honor the
Priesthood if we do not honor those who
hold iIs keys. They are indeed tho living
oracles of our time, and the voice Of in
spiration from them is the voice OF
Cod to us."-4TanuaI 1901 .. part 1. PIP.
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There is also tendency among the
youth. and. ! am sorry to say among
some of the older ones 10 show but little
regard for the sacredness OF the Holy
Priesthood What | mean by the Holy
Priesthood Is that authority which God