Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-03
Story Of Fight
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Many are led away by designing
leaders ambitious for position. Great
and evil heresies were propounded
. and found acceptance among some
Among those who were most promi-
nellt in this work was Brigham
Young, who lei considerable fol-
! lowing to Salt Lake City, where he
introduced polygam9 and kindred
false doctrines, con5rary to the orig
inal tcnetG OF the church.
Ere long however woriz Of re-
/ organization be7an among those who
would not endorse such doctrines
They held to the original teachings Of
the church. . God led them and di-
rected them. AT a conference held in
Ambog. ILL.,, April G, 1850, Joseph
Smith, the oldest son Of the Joseph
Smith who had helped to found the
| church. was acceptd as Prophet and
president of the church He had been
designated by his father as the sue
, cessor and blessed for that work
while yet boy He moved out with
the true prophetic spirit.
Twice the civil courts have sus-
tanned the Reorganized Church as
the successor to the church founded
in 1830 and have repudiated the
claims of the church in Utah. The
church now has branches in nearly
all of the leading cities and main
tains missions in many foreign fields.
We believe in God the Eternal
Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ,
and in the Holy Ghost.
! We believe that men will be pun
ished for their own sins and not for
! Adams transgression.
We believe that through the atone
ment of Christ all men may be saved
by obedience to the laws and or
dinances of the gospel.
We believe that these ordinances
are:
1st. Faith in God and in the Lord
! Jesus Christ
End. Repentance.
! 3rd Baptism by immersion. for the
remission of sins.
4th Laying on of hands for the
| gift of the Holy Ghost.
| 5th. We believe in the ~resurrec-
ton of the body: that the dead in
Christ will rise first, and the rest OF
the dead will not live again until the
thousand years are expired.
9Th We believe in the doctrine Oh
eternal judgment, which provided
that men shall be judged, rewarded
OF punished, according to the degree
OF good or evil they shall have done. Z
! We believe that man must be
I called of God, and ordained by the
laying on of hands of those who are
in authority, to entitle him to preach
the gospel, and administer in the Or
dinances thereof
We believe in the same kind OF Or
ganization that existed in the prlml-
| tive church, viz: Apostles, prophets,
pastors. teachers, evangeljsts, etc
We believe that in the Bible IS
! contained the Word OF God, SO lar
as it is translated correctly. We be-
! lieye that the canon of scripture IS
not full, but that God, by His SPIRIT,
, will continue to reveal His word TO
man until the end of time. lt
We believe in the powers and glIts
of the everlasting gospel, VIZ: tne
Gift of faith, discerning oil Splrlts,
prophecy, revelation, healing, visions,
tongues and the Interpretation OF
tongues, WISDOM charity, brotherly
love- etc.
We believe that marriage IS Or
dained of God. and that the law OF
God provides for but one companion
in wedlock for either man or woman
except in cases where the contract OF
marriage is broken by death or trans
gression.
/ we believe that the doctrines oil
plurality and a community OF wives
are hereeies and are opposed to the
, law of G7d. The Book of Mormon
saws: wherefore, NV brethren hear
me and hearken to the word OF taH
Lord: for there shall not be any n171
among you have save 1t be ONE
WIFE. and concubines he shall nave
none. for !, the Lord God, delightetn
in the chastity Of women. Ana
whoredons are an abomination before
me, saith the Lord OF Hosts.
we believe that in all matters OF
controversy upon the duty OF man
toward God. and in reference to
! preparation and fitness for the world
to come, the word Of God should De
decisive and the end of dispute: and
that when God directs, man should
: obev.
We believe that the religion Oh
Jesus Christ. us taught in the New
Testament Scriptures, will, If its pre-
cepts are accepted and obeyed, make
men and women better in the domeS-
tic circle and better citizens OF town.
county and state, and consequently
better fitted for the change Whlch
, cometh at death.
We believe that men should Wor-
ship God in spirit and in truth"
and that such worship does not re-
ouire q violation of the constitutional
I law of the land !!-'
We claim the privilege Of worship
ing Almighty God according to the
dictates of our conscience, allow all
men the same privilege, let them
worship how, where or what they
may. -.
The work started in Douglas IN the
autumn of 1907 S. D. Condit peln9
it's first pastor. The church was
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