Show IIAT 11 11 111 I IORMONS s BELIEVE L I III of the PrmiTcTt Beliefs Principles and Obsorval1cc9 501 3 lolurGh of Josus Christ of Lntta of the oriu e day Saints ses rceraditlocily I p N INTRODUCTORY 1 HOUID this r i r 11 c I e be I written in i 1 ttylc which i V 11 the reader I ulay deem unduly r I un-duly assertive I Z this method of treatment I I shill not be I I t I the result ol Iiint in tile mind ofthe writer lured simply The ahn I cle1111t 1 I 0 b of tile tile VleWq to preont rday Saint as citprc scd in andard orks of tile Church ajl teachings of its authorities ITARISMIENT OF THE CHURCH 1 li Smith the founder m the JolOoJ of the Church of Jesus tot t of I alter dry bunts was orponthe Iro ol December 1805 I vAlaron r V mIor i now Wiyne 1a t Net I or Wlicit he was I i bit I fourteen jc iri old I he I with 1 hu 1 31 hers firnilv removed to Man laer Ontario count In course I ttftmc he became deeply im I renj vi fill the necessity of look I tjVttrlhe salvation of his soul I of the eve rlasting gospel nied accomplish accom-plish It wonderful work that would canst his name to be held for good md evil in all the world This visitation vis-itation and accompanying instruc lions were twice repeated the smic night md there was a third repetition repeti-tion in an open field on the toning diy Joseph subsequent visited the 1lre k tc I place ditigoatud i by llie I messenger where the records mel sacred instruments instru-ments were deposited mil beheld them I lit on tint occasion again li I I communed with the angelic viitor who requested him to meet with him I each car it the taint spot until the I plates should be tntru ted to him This I lit did faithfully and on the I 32ml day of September 1827 he I i I received the plates end Urim and rhummim with a strict charge as to the use that was tr > be made of them md in relation to their pre > ilion i-lion from illmg into the hands of I wicked men After encountering great difficulties difficul-ties and overcoming them the worl of translation was accomplished mel I what is known as the Book of Mor more was the result I On the 29th of May iSsg John the Baptist mother messenger from I God appeared to Joseph Smith and I I Oliver Cowdcry and courci red upon I them the Priesthood Aaron which power he held when in mortal lift md acted as the forerunner of the Savior This resurrected being laid his hand upon their heads and said Upon you my fellow servants m the name at Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron which holds the keys of the ministering of Angels and ol the Gospel of repentance repen-tance and of baptism by immersion for the remission ot bills and tint shill never again be taken Irom the earth until the sons of Levi do offer again an acceptable offering unto the Lord I in righteousness II He informed in-formed them that the Aaromc Priesthood had not the power ofllY ing on of hands for the gift of the I ioly Ghost but that this iiithonty should be conferred later 11 direction 1 I direc-tion of tins holy being Joseph or dlined Oliver and the latter administered adminis-tered the sime ordinance upon Joseph and in the same order they ordained each other to the Aaromc Priesthood as thqv hid been commanded com-manded Both experienced a great outpouring of the spirit of God and were filled with the spirit and gift of prophecy which they exercised and had unspeakable joy On a subsequent occasion those two founders of a mighty work were visilcd by Peter Jamc3 and John the same who were Apostles of the Lord in His ministry in mortality and in the dispensation established t by Himself They conferred upon them the Priesthood ol Melclnsedec which hold the keys of all spiritual blessings including the power to confer the Holy Ghost upon those who believe 1 and obey the Gospel < On the 6th day I of April iSv > it riettc Seneca county New York the I Church of Jesus Christ of Litter i i I tiny Sinus was organized by com mandmcntof God and agreeable to the laws of our country I It will be observed I that m the ml ti Uory process forming the Church each step taken indicates natural graduation from beguimng to attain h ment also that each ol the feet as cnted with it has n direct relation ship I to the others When such I conditions ippcar in connection within apIear i in I Y system they ire usually liken ns eVidence of the truthfulness ol the whole THE E00 OF MOTCH As there is much misinlornution reguding the Hook of Mormon it seems ipproprnte to introduce a a brief cxphnition ol its character It gives in account of i prophet mined Lehi of the tribe of Man isseh his funily and a few other persons leaving Jerusalem by command com-mand of lioel six i hundred years before be-fore Christ They were led by divine di-vine pOler to Alllericll where they settled and bcame very numerous I The record of the chief events in the history ol tho t people wn made on metallic plates nd 1 h inded clown limn generation to genera lion by direction of the Almighty The people vere divided into two distinct divisions cilled rep etiCl Nephites end Lim mites these des if unions being derived from the i I mines of Ntphi Il i great prophet a 5 ounici son ol Lehi I and Lllman I the eldest son of the fine father The Ncplutes I i i m nl migrating i to the more northern part ol the continent met with mother colony of Jews who left Jcrusilem in the same year that the great body of that race w isled is-led into li ib lo ush Captivity 111ey 1 iimlr united and bclllle on people I peo-ple under the general title of Ne lutes At the line of the crucifixion of the buior ill destine the people on I this comment were inlictecl I owing to I their wickedness with great de slruction Soon iftcrw udi I those who were preserved being the more J righteous part of the people were 7 AM ZI I N I i i 111 I I I Wv 4 I Te I r I I 1 I t 1 1 i A A ii 15 I 0 I I 11 f t 11 r I I e r T tfi Y QV I 0 Il i1S i r f Z I t k > V I V1 xim 77 1011 171 3 gt vCVh Ill I7 4 1 711VI i 711r I A 0 I 4 0a116 I Ill I A 1 I p 15 e 1 il lzcl 11 4 I A 41 I i w7civid r g 7g I 11 Is g I t iff 3W7 A e I Iv N v t I 41 ly v I 4 I Z 4 11111 NY I F ey tt i I 21 1 f I 1 I 1 I I I Xt 4 I I I ist Ik I I 1 I I I I if Ip t 1 1 11 i 1 fa 11 li 11 I W7 I 1I I e17 11 I r 1 0 et V I Il 1 irl 4 I I I I r R c ar I l5 gjigrtn w i Wp t I 11 1 Ili WvX y 6 I 2 Mg I I I f 4 i r I 3 I I I I 0 P V 4 r I 1 T 1 I I ITW R J 1 i 1 1 1 44 i 11 r I 1 m 11 I t I I V A I r I I f II Jilp I Z 47TWI I er z 7 z 1 AJ 2 Yl 1 1 W17 lie I I 11 3 J 0 3tAUJv tlfn I i j I I 4 10ROE Q CANNON LFORO WOODRUFF J33 < J > H F SUti FIRST PRESIDENCY CHURCH or JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAY SAINTS Plis I sentiment was heightened by clitsWrice Wit religious rev ival in i fart of the count here he re doll The different sects pirtic atid d in the agnJllon and his youth lInd Ma Pupl 1 1 x ed by their Octlng > le ns lint he might Ft tt rest as to which sect he i idcntil hunsi with he con ulrd to take ilu advice of the otle l James wd Ask wisdom from th He retired fo a > ohtary place adJacent lIood I for this pur 1 r While tngwed i stmphca V tile glorious pCOIlJJes app car 10 him Ill a colulIn inofhclitofm light of In Ib ble fcnehn Ongeof One 4 hieriftlical lived the upnh 1 nt youth and i Till i > M h beloved Son hOI11 film The perbonage to 1 h s attenuoli la directed in d him that he was not to jon If I the ics 1 they had all OUt of tho ldY and were i I not Liblet Ihn I I Ill JohPh q0h9equently made I T to same plesol 0 I religion ct Ill I at ho hd v Iwl1tld u9 And a glorious I beta 11 tell ro I ted 11 rathr v by the nd HS I I Son Jesus t be II I as Ue ltd abused CUled and 1 A1823ithIl 4 theroneo Ihll ella ge it in prayer P fd 111 the flight 040 rOom UI J I hy him was raled L 1 LlhlI1l light and 1a II J e cl0thed Ill i late p red r to him apparel III II tat ed that his M > I I i I I n Intrurtoli Imparted ill Itm I rdII five to I rproachlng e ancient tlllhhn I I < lt of many j him 01 prphl the II 1 lie in htenle of re ingra I I a nfft I t orv ved urI gold plates a Ulc due ent in I tin cr Ameru > Amerca II VDiltrihr a told where th the lirim and I lla 01 tralls II aors and articles I other IIcr bealed and that prOled O d be hlmell worthy they calm tell to hill I uld blo lId that 1 nslat pOlle I en to him and 101 web pubhshed these OQtailled the fu1l1 ss I visited by Christ after his resurrection resurrec-tion and He established His Church amongst them He chose twelve disciples dis-ciples a at Jerusalem instructed l the people as to Htsdoctrine and ut ttrtel many pionhetics I numbers ol which relate to the present dIY After this there wis a period of about three hundred yews of righteousness right-eousness At the end of this follow fol-low eel a succession of bloody wars I resulting in the extermination of the fytphites except a few who had joined with the I miinitts who bee be-e dirk and degraded The pres cut aborgmcd ire their desccn ants I A prophet mined Mormon made m abridgement I of the records by command of God md included a brief sketch from plates found by his people of n rice called Jireelites whose loui dcrs came to America at the time of the confusion of tongues at the tower of 1 label This people had become extinct by internecine Wars During a great pm Lion of the career ca-reer of the I ancient peoples of whom the book is a history i I high state of civilization prcvuled amongst them evidences ol which ire now scattered over this continent The Lord promised certain prophets pro-phets w ho foresaw thc dirkness and I degradation into which their de seendinls would fall that the record should be hid up md I brought forth I in the litter < das that the remnants i left of their people might be brought I to a knowfcdge of their Savior by that means Moron son of Mormon was the last of the prophets to whose li fields the plates were confided He it was who as a resurrected messcn scngcr train God entrusted them to Joseph Smith i Tile latest date given I by Moroni is A D 420 Among the many scriptural pass 1 ares which sustain the Hook of Mormon withspeciil reference to the visintion of Christ to the Neplntcs occurs in the loth chapter ol John I n the Good aheliot and know my httl I I d Illn fInown 01 mme 1 A he n cr knowUI me even so Lrow t he r then and t Iy down III y hI lor Ili 0 top I Vnloll rshcrnt I live hlh l are not of this fu Id I tl I tl I rIloi bring I ond I Ihl phn > blue I my Eic aud llicioil an be 00 UJ un dIn one bcphd In the book itself the Redeemer H quoted as saying that these words tied I reference to the Ntplntes but tint his disciples it Jeruselcm did not underst md their purport Dr Augustus Le 1 IluII eon i learned ireh icologist who h is spent nnny yeirsm researches regarding the relent I I races of America hared ha-red the Hook of Mormon md h is in letters hich the writer has pe used expressed himself rtjiidmn its content elated May In a correspondence ly 10 ibgO he said 1 L mnot hMgn I how I the author ol he Hook ot lru on Vale lo 1 know II I I Ili U < untinong nocnl Arnma so almdar 10 de Ind in I tile NIv intowers nd from mbat sourte lie UUDed Ilia I Lee oiklilcc I And again on December 29 iSejG he wrote I 1ld them speaking olluron suerrrst that tht WokfM11111i Wato on n ell lielr tg fcis rigirdlug ollcal t 1111 Ncrl f lhl ofn1 I leripe or dil 1 PUH 110 It iterget cUDlalnerlln th D1 0 1 1xinol In he people ho lived on lit on anent 10 retiloti sAt s-At the time when the ancient record re-cord las given to the world it was impo siblt for Jostpb J Smith to have my mlortn ition tonvctd to him by any mere hum m power I regardIng regard-ing the peoples who inhibited this continent mail generations igo An enoneousimpression h is gone abroad to the effeet that the Latter eh Sims substitute the Book of Mormon lor the Bible The truth of the matter that they hale merely accepted it is ill addition to I hat God had already given for the it ceptance of His I children It is i per tinent here to quote the words of the IIej II IIlOk V Prophet Joseph Smith Wr believe be-lieve ill that God Ins rev riled ill that lie docs now reveal and we believe be-lieve that lie II ill yet reveal man great and impoi tint things peitim ing to the Kingdom of God PREEXISTEKE OF MAN In i nrcscntation of facts I end principles prin-ciples it sometimes appears to the leader is if the structure created by 1 the riter 13 not in logic order As the perusal proceeds hOIl tver the object of the relator becomes Clear one consequently justified It presumed that he who make the explanation has by in analogical pruecss perceived the association of I one portion of a system with ill ol its other parts and is i thus en ibled to I place them in the order ol their ie I iationship This subordinate introduction is given in case the leader should deem out of place at this st iie a i I reference to the iews of the Latter I dty Saints regarding the origin of mm Their understanding of the litter which they claim has been conveyed by revelation from God I is i that he is a dual being In other words that mm u i ip nt end that the body is Ins physical habitation That spritu ill he is a child of God I md in consequence of this parentage belongs to the same class as the source from which he sprung He lived belore he crime into mortal existence ex-istence and w ill live after he leaves it being indestructible This sublime thought is beau full I cpics < cd in one of the exqms f J ti iGtEit lie productions ol Eliza R Snow the introductory verse of which is here presented O mv Father tl on hr t lrllfst In 1 the high nnt glorious place Where ti4ll I rlln 110 > pretence And if n bohnl1 I l thy face In thy holy I l11btoon I Hidmvsj puit once rrsMe la 1 mv first I pr metal ch Idtoort Was I nurtured i near thy side Christ frequently expressed Ills understanding of the relationship of mm to GOlIl lotibly > when he taught Ills ehs iple hot 10 t pray Our athcr I ho in I I II i ut I in heaven I Thi occur m ll I i2th Chapter of Hebrews Furthermore Mime lead Whers ot our i1 1 sh 01 11 l I h corrected m and we fiwe them rLvvr nce 1 Ill vic not much rather tic In sub ecl oil uo hJ Full tr of spirits and live A relationship of such transcendent transcen-dent migmlieienct Ins a tendency to ennoble tho e who accept ol it He I who become cmbucd with the gen ms of this eicv umg thought must neccssinlv 1 turn with some degree ol Ionium 1 from the theory that mm is i line it I descend of the ipe One mote scriptural reference the 1st chapter ol Jeremnh liven the viord ul the Lord ome unto me r tulocl e I formed the In the Wly I knew thee and Wore hon con etl forth I out of the omb I ui oed I thee und 1 brdtlntd lIe prop I unto tile Italian Logically I it is i impossible to know or be ccqu unted with anything before be-fore it exists bttau > e there 11 i then nothing in that relation which call be known neither cm any person be I ord lined pievious 1 to Us existence a there il l hen I nothing extant to be the leeipitnt of the ordination Hence I Jeremiah lived before the formition of his physicd body This belief in the preexistent condition ui mm includes the u ideratandm that the body ill its natural stile 13 ill the form anti likeness of the spirit tow to-w shape md resemblance it conforms con-forms Joicph Butler D C L D late Lord Bishop ol Durham one of tile most intellectual men that ElIglllHI I ever produced unwittingly stumbled I upon the pre existent theor In his Anility of Religion i classical work of the ighest I order ill its line he leisons I upon a future he and his argument which ie lie principally lo the indestructibthlv oi mlell f encp I appear to be unanswerable The I editor ol the edition of the book issued m 1895 refers to thc feet tint it hid been raised as in oljection that if Lord I Butlers are umi nts be icccpted as lo a future hit the would ipply with equal force to a preex > telllltfe I This point is id I nittedby the editor who stiles that he does not see tint thi weakens the portion of the learned author This amounts to in acceptance 01 the thcoi of the mte mortil c ence of man THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION Thc preexistence ol the > spirits of men gives reason for the plan ol salvation Joseph Smith stiles that thee me three mho dispense blessings bless-ings to men on the ellthGod th firs tile Creator God the second the Redeemer ind God the wilntss or testator The redemption redemp-tion of mm w is arranged before he ippeired on the earth conseeiueiitl arehat what is designed Its the fill was anticipated Hence Christ is cilled l the Lamb I that was slim train before be-fore the foundation of the world The hosts ol the spirits being par tics ill interest were participants in the arrangement tll thirds of them consented to it fuel Christ wis chosen the Redeemer Satan i great and authoritative character opposed the proposition his plan being to save ill without condition thus undertaking to destroy the agency of mm influenced one third 0 f the host to sutiin him and I lie anti Ins fellow rebels were not permitted I to come to car th md ob tun physical bodies but were cast down to this world to tempt mm Iki id toward tint whitli is evil while I the Holy Spirit should induce them toward righteousness and mm be in this way developed through the exercise ex-ercise of his agency Lasting of the I bitter and thus learn to appreciate the sweet The 1 spirits who accept ed of the conditions proposed by the I tern ill Father were those who kept their first estate and lotieimg they keep their second they ire to be inmeisureably added upon hose 1 who rebelled and were cast out kept not their first estate and I ire by their own choice shut out from the glory md power associated with endless progress in the lines ut righteousness end until Rev 101 chap And hit tell drew n third put of the mi 01 hea pit and dId cait them lu the e trill 0 Aod there wo ur In hden Mde 11 tl t 1 incel fought I t igalnsl I the dutot ul d the d Jgo ti ihl and Wit I I n > ellA ell-A dl rev tied 1I0t ehbcr I u Ibm place lound any more 10 And the free it dr120ft was cast out thit ol11 ier ent called the travel and tiltan 7hii dt ceiveth tne who w rid he was CAM oal o tiecArthaud line I angels ucro cast out d Abe A-be Jude And the anrols which kept revt their fin es tatebuilcitticir < 00 hbllllon hattite trrved In eml citing cleanci I under da Lneu unto flit Judgment ol the great da > John Ruskin says A spirit actually ac-tually dots exist which teaches the ant its path the bird her blllldiuJ u Id men such lovely irts and noble tceJs as are possible to them II That there arc sinister influences which lead men to deeds of wickedness wicked-ness when they yield themselves to them is so evident that the fact needs oily to be mined to be admitted Through the atonement of Christ ill men ire to receive their bodies aft er death bv lion t power of the resurrection I res-urrection but the na ure ol their Continued on tae iS IYIIAT I 101n1o s BELIEVE Coiitirnti from page tj I I onilition subsequcnl to tint process Mil depend pon the manner 111 winch the exireic the free ijei cy they plses i1 ikr il IJe luw 11 il nIl i pounmcnt of llie Almighty l OBJECT OF MORTAL EXISTENCE I The object of mans rxislcnce in I morlahtv 11 i miniitid in ulnt has nlrciely been sUUel In order lint he may elev clop he is hrgcly left to I Ins own rcoircc lie n error ol his I i past existence beirg 1 lit ryo I from him Thus ire the iiiheiem OlceS ot his nature cnirjcd Hit Almighty t hns I provided means to guide him tin ouCh mortality He sleds 11 on 111m 1 the lIoly Sprit I which repei < la lo Ihl iclivity ol the i mclividuil the lines of ttilili mil progress leu uri i hed I IIe great I est possil It exnnple of righteous living bj lie 1 nctieal i cximplc of elft Irltlli I I God r Himself i in ihe person nf His Son Jesus Christ who claimed tint He did nothing etccpt vhit He hal 1 I seen the I Ithcr do Great spirits arc ent forth f it vineiissligcs of the I world s history to he beacon hfthu I to the nations These hot onl in elude the prophets but other guml I nnd greif men vlio hive without I the divine tiling hydirect I I rev chlion from God been benefactors to the rice Then there is i Ilw fillies ot the Gospel of jesus Christ including I His church which is also dcsijnited His fcd md his followers the sheep I of the Good SI epherd llns phn of I silvition Ins been I revealed it viri I ous stages of the histor of the rice but owing lo the blind ie3 < und perversity per-versity of mm m the exercise of Ins i igenc Ins been rejected mil con bequcnti vuthdriwn lilt according I accord-ing to the promises of Christine the prophets it Ins been restored to the earth in ill its efficicy and beauty i ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH The true Church of Christ 13 i sjstcmired orgimition of the most exquisite completeness ind perfcc t lion and docs not is some suppose I consist of i heterogeneous miss of conflicting religious entities The if > liif t nf Ih < i Saints nn this subiect is U this i leiseiy I ptby the Ilrohct I Joseph Smith We believe in the I same orLamition tint existed in primitive church namely ipostles prophets pistors teachers evince lists etc The prophet likewise said Ve i chec I lint i m in must be ilhd of I God by piophcev and by the lij ing on of hinds of those who ire in authority to preach the ospcl and administer the ordnnnccs thereof there-of This authority consists of he Priesthood I mil the authonr ition to exercise its powers here lire tw o jrmel divisions of the Priesthood the lesser of which is eilled the Anomc which holds he ke > s of the ministering of angels and of the Gospel Gos-pel of repentance lnd biptisni lor the remission of sins ind exercises jurisdiction juris-diction m sonic ol the tern oril concerns con-cerns I the church It does not have uitliont however tJ officiite in the laying on of hinds to impart im-part the Ilolr Ghost nor my of those higher ordunnces of the Gospel which ire urclj i spiritual in their character The higher illusion H cill < d the Mclchisedcc neslhoo 1 1 ami 1 includes in-cludes nutliorit m all the spiritual concerns of the Church of Christ The ofiiccs issocnled with the I Airomc illusion ire Bishop Priest Teacher mil Deacon Those ol the Melchiscdee ire Apostle Seventy HiLh Priest 1 Elder All of the officers e xccj t the Bishops ire orgimed m quorums and with the exception of the IIijli Priests nho form i generil be I in each Slake of Zion theie Is i a pe cific number of members m each quorum The hitie and lun lions of cad h if Ihe offices ol ih I esthiul I u so clearl l defined is to ul n u i u ice i-ce sitv tor onO r i lilli i un bill it would require too m IOh me and space to enumerate them here The duty of piesidmg over the whole Church is i ve ted In the First Irc idcn y who 1110 i three H gh 1ric 13 holding the A ostlcship Those II ho now occupy thitdim ficd tojiiion ire Willord Woodruff resident 1 George O C mnon Fir I t C junsele r Joseph F I Smith Second I Counselor The Twelve Apostles libor under Wi idl the el rection of the I First Presidency In whom they Mind next in order of the Priesthood ind hold high an thonly n i traveling lIgh Council One ol the let il 1 duties of the Twelve is to o pen lie door of tie Gnspel to nil the lull ibit mis ol the I eafih md where they cannot go ihemiclvc to send the messige by I I the Sevcnt es and others who may I j t be eillcd 1 to this ministry The 1 present members ol this important impor-tant bOll ire I oreiuo Snow President Presi-dent rrinkhn D Kichird Brigham Brig-ham oung I rincis M 1 I jmin John Ilenr I Smith George Teas dale Htber J Grant Jom W Taylor Mirrmer W Merrill and Anton H Lund 1 There are two t vacancies ir the Council of the Apos Ics one caused by the death ol Abraham H Cannon Can-non which occurred on July iQth 1836 and the other by the drop pint of mother mcml er from tint bOll Iv of the Priesthood Ihe territorial divisions of the Church in its Lathered capacity ite Stakes md Wank Each I of the former is picsidcel I over hy i Prcsi dent ind two Counselors who ire assisted by a Stake High Council consisting of twelve IIijli Priests a Vard u under the supervision of a lIi hop II ho is also a High Pnest mil he is ibsistcd b > two other H igh Pi icsts 1 ho ire his counselors The Churches ibro id I composed ol S mils in their ungithered condition I ire irriiiLcd m missions conferences confer-ences and inches PRESERVATION OF UNION AND MORALITY l Ihcprousions for the nrescrvi f feh i lion of union peice good fellow ship justice md morality among the Saints ire ample and efioctive The discipline I requires i tint when my li lt r member deems himscl w rouged bj his biothcr it is his duty to go to r PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES n the alleged offender md make known to him his complaint In cnse the latter falls to male restitution the plrson offended in d e3 mother aI pe1 in the presence of i nitn > s Should this effort prove fulile it is custonlolry lo refer the matter lot the teaeher 111 III < dirct lo-t where the peN 11111 d 10 h l I 11 nit he 1 I < hI t I he etlc J 11 lit 1 d III u er III be tlk1l h H 1 I mil In ourselori who constitute m ccclebiisticil court the I Bishop 1 being i common I i iiielgc I in I riel r If the miller be one of sulii lent importance im-portance and eithi of the p rtus in interest bt Jllifd with the Bishops dcci < ion it there are ouf ticlent grounds lor an alpc11 uch a tep n be takcn tn Ihe lIigh Council of the Stakc Ihi body ii compoed 0 f twelle lIigh Council 0 preside1 oler hy thc Presidenc of the Stake The procedure of thi ecelesiatieul hnd is exceedll1lly interesting but a dlailed llescrlp lion of it Iould take tnn muoh spaee to admit of its introduction into this uncle In cise of diSMtibfielion wilh lh decision nl the Hijli Court cil it 11 idnusaable under certain conditions i for Ihe case lo be sent up lo the I I irat I residency for review t pp 1 h1 r fr i U 1 AJi f h f rl c If r i I Jj l fVI II lIf > ll 4 I III rl r7in1 J fnr l i i I O 1 If i fff7t lff A i A7 II 1I 47 IN t I I Jll PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR that lint quorum might determine whether a new trial be neceisirj otherwise the decision el I the court is mil Incise the iccnsed is clnrge 1 with i crime ijimst good morils the Clmrci is the icciiscr All cises ire conducted nn the principles of justice mil equity and cre is taken to ixcid my conflict with the hw ol the land special re jirel 1 cmg paid lo the preserx moil of the Mhdt of contracts mil igrceinents The ju Igcs md ill issociitel with the procceehnLs serve without remuneration They ire experienced men selected from tho c enjigeel in various brancheS business mel the professions md therclore ire genenll amihar with the priclicil iffurs of life No penillus ire attached to the decisions de-cisions except suspension of fellowship fellow-ship or excommunication FIRST PRINCIPLES AND OPDINANCES The prophet Joseph speaks thus regarding the initiator principles mil ordinances of the Church c believe tint tIe first print pies md ordinances ol the Gospel arc First futh in the I old Jesus Christ second sec-ond icpentmce third baptism by imincrs on for the remission of ins fourth living on ol hind for the gift ol the Holy Ghost here ire besides these n mj other ordinances which cannot be cnumcnlcd here ill desijned b God for the benefit of ihose who receive them The scriptures ire lull declarations to their character the mode of their id immsrilion and their obiects Whhout filth It i Impoble to plee GoJ lIh on h Lo Ju Chlst anJ thuu h1t bo vod I vcuoli h ihoul Morkl ll I dead being alono John 3d chap JMIU onioned Verily vf Uy 1 say unit thoo tcept n man he hJn 01 wato and 01 Ie rllt he ennnot nle Inlo tho klngJom 01 God Romans Cth chip now yc not Ihot 0 many 01 n wtrO bp 1llnIO Ju Chlst hapnod Into hi donhl 1 1 crefon o arc burled whh him by baptism Into dull that Ue ni Chnst wit rased ip I lum the d1 b the qlory ullhe Filler even 10 wonhoihoill iU 111 i ne ncuo Me 10 II e haTe Leen planted togolher I the kenru I of hi I Is dMh shall be also In the Ilkeneu 01 hi reurrccnon Acts d chip 11ltn 1ler 1 IInto thom Repent ond be pUt every 0 or YOliln the Mme 01 Jeu Chnst 1M he emn ul IIno and e hall receive I le g11 ol Ihe loly 1 Ghost Acts 19th chap When they heard thil they were biptltcd In the name 01 Ihe Iod jlll And 1 when la1 1 I ho1 I lat I hi I It hnndi upon thrm the Itoly Gho me on then ond they cp kc tt ih longuci and PlOlh10d The denial of the efiicicj ol onl ward religious ordinances is not confined con-fined lo people who do not believe in I revelled religion M I my who profess lo be good Chrisluns occupy the smie round Aside from lebgion I how cv cr the world Ins proved the imp irt nice ol riles md ceremonies w Inch ire used in vinous issocn lions mil orgimzilions cver > where If the were entirely eliminated it is emestiomble if society md govern menl could be held from dissolution They liivei powerful mfluince on the minds of men upon subjects lo I which Ihey rehte As m ihe Ih girs lW orehmry iffiirs of hie so in religion The Mkmcr of Christ mu I look to Him is the mel nor be tw 11 hdf md the Eternal F I th r I Vht ould be more 111Ies5tIe m this reLird thin the or linan c of baplm The subject c Lotiiit icd infant j i Red rben In n Ith it hJlng f hl n Ind he of r < Ind r wtlcr d r 1 III ji lo Jill a M f ll 01 lhe I out 01 II of the I KclVnlr iwn I e II In1 r urrcell Iblh M Vnl of the atone thin r < Id 1 and tll1 l11e thne make 1 Pleat II 11 ir to Ihe Kin I Tioviutito 1 Itll t n incollsl I h I h I of oIkn t fd U h promise en 1 n 01Ih ni I i a ren1iion < I I < < lln Holy I oliJince J or I the hi815 and th rtndnigthat ur ici105 lith Ihe ult of Ii I Ility to the I f the olt m2 r III no vition ud Mk at1n eternity How fbcttfi ltion 111 t HI The snb I e 1plctc Ihe Ir III h 01 n proper I J < t there by Hi I thr S 1 I I pCIon lIlollncd sennt llis duly of int Ihe Imit CalieJ by of hallI on thL li and ophreY the p ell t 10 0 impres hole Th ctrnII peace a to I cardi Ilte lor lf the III Jtt III Iath JDa ntn And so I it I eery ri ltteou ess 1IId obsermnce of 1 ordinance otber h h tho GolcI 111 of diline lIis i ilt it i the eldenl tlble and sJlin i dl 1 I PRyCHED TO THE DEAD nu GOSPEL not m i Sinwirc Utter diy the ijtordHH tlic omnion rehuouji ifter death Srfbit f immcdlJtcly i 3 either i < ned to heaven or 3 11 10 lIS opposlle commonly oiled hell there to lennm throueli ilctcrnt Thcv believe that the i 3tno God > to sive to the rmcst and ih it the only ones be ihlll bee ludd will be those be have been on e enl ghtencd md r ay Iron th i truth and who Ul 1 ai ersst ntly oppose it d 1110 be a I < into themselves a th lu e IIInul be J isllfied icllcdbv 1 lav J His ds will J an nlll mlolt I Ir L nent com 1 Ih th ulk ol Ihe Ice to IlllIh c the eu tu world Iplnt her Cv ih nk ict md h e thc gc i lor I good or And ih r ihev cm be klied bv th < nj > uerof he r ghtv Th s I is preached em In Ih r Ml I irdspen Un no rh or reject is I nlI I 1 c ministry is lutd h h 1 lod of God 10 h r III the flesh prnt I lito deith n u h 1111 v tike this 11111 II 11 II eternal tu tallve II I Pete 3rd rt n Irod lor n I ring u to I I h Ih but iuek r hJ unlo tho i rc 4 11 r t gunel rreehd i I i h h 11IS m 1010111 provision 01 Almgh t tormIOII r one of the s of J lions in the n ot intellienl let th I PUIrll n religion as it hI Thv hale a I not 1 ncUi r Imd how God It I 11I < 1 et deprhe d 11 I luture benefits to hv had not I lhom ntt h Ihey 11 n Ihe bod exten Jh J 1 I 10 the hL re n CCt o CARIOUS ADMih TRTIONS Arm TEMPLES ttng th1 lOll rn e b h a posit le ordl 1 11 I must t re B J 01 he jospcl Ih < v I cnut 11 ol I enter the ho have i II hat about h J t re ald no opportunity IIia In Ihls Ii n aU1ed hre The POst I A person m the spirit world nny heir the Gospel i nrcichcd ml I aeccpt < it llirotnh be I I hu I in Christ bj repcntinct uul by I hvine iccordinij to Gnd 111 tho Spirit but hi must hltnisc re CUM e ill tin ordinmces so hr n his fjith 11 i concerned The rest w done for him on the same principle b > winch Christ died for IIshy subiti union The outward odi inces of the Gospel miM be performed icr ion 1 the living nctitiK for the dead It is i the pfero uhe of the futhfil to I do this saving hbor for their inces I tors When it is done the f ict n coniniiiiucitcd to the beneficiaries and if Ihe ncccpl they obtain the benefits accruing the sune is il they I Ind icceivcd the idministntiuns while they were in the body 1uil referred to this ueirioiis pnncij > le when irRUtnciifUivch supporting the doctrine ol the restirreetion for tlie benefit ol the Church in Corinth r nl f t lis no urtrtllon of Ih e clrad 1 nlllir tIe Lo no ruucttlon of the deid Ihn I Chrlt nol rln o In 1 un n dlt ern > in Christ si hall 1 I n he mad ult c nut ery ma In 11 0 < n order firlit the fir IrullS fter ald thoy Ih ure Chrlt a Wstomlng U c lat si htl they Hillrt e bipt lor he dad II I Ihe deal rise not it oJl h nr U hey then tipt zej for the tie id This important nn1 1 interesting work n i dOle in sicrcd tul holy places and thii is one ot the chitf rel ons why the Iittcrdiy Stints expend millions of dolhr some times while in the midst ol idverse circumstances in the erection of Temples hrgely devoted lo the benefit ol the dead is well as the living They have erected six of these structures four in this State now in existence one m Kirthnd Ohio and mother in Muvoo Illinois The Kirthnd t lemple uis dcdict telh on Mircli I 27111 1836 Its dimensions were qx6o t feet The w ills were 50 fet high mil the tower no The building hid four v estncs m front and fiv c rooms in the attic The Nmvoo Temple was dedi cited April 30th 186 It vis set lire to md destroy by i mtireTer ous mob It was built of light grey limestone md wis 128 feet in length 83 feet m width and 60 feet from floor to roof The lower was 165 feet The amount expenecd on the building exceeded one million doll irs The St George Temple Wish mgtoncointy Utah was dedicated January ist 1877 It is tp lect 8 inches long md 93 feet 4 inches wide The height Irom the surfice of the ground to the top of the parapet par-apet is 84 feet It is surmounted on the cast end w ith i tower haling i square base with octagon slnped dome Ihe I ogan Temple I Cache county Utah wis li tcdC Miy 17th 1884 It is including towers md buttresses 171 feet long by g3 11 has a tower 30 feet square it each end The eastern tower is 155 feet hljh and the western tower 143 feet Manti Temple Smpcte county Utah vvis dedicated Miy 2ist 1383 It is i 172 feet long by 95 m wi itlth Ftom 1 the ground to the square it is 82 leet Ihe east tower is 179 feet md the west tower 169 The 1 site of this building 13 i unique It being surrounded by terrace The foun il ition is i 63 lect ibove the level of the road The Salt Lil e Temple is iSOJ Icet by 99 feet in length and width md ol otheru ise magnificent proportions md is of fri it irchitcclural beauty It wis d d cited Apr I 6th iSrjs I I oicno Snow who is iheidv Mated presides over Ihe Council of Apostles is ilso resident I of the Salt Luke Tcmple a position he has linn occupied since the date of 1U dedica jl In order to perform vicarious I work fir their dead kmJred man 1 of the I liter day biintj travel long dist mccs by e1 and land and expend ex-pend much money m efforts to obtain ob-tain information concerning their incefctors OTHER BELIEFS The Prophet Joseph Smith thus tersely stitcs certain beliefs of the Jatterdl I ly Saints e I tlieie In Ihe I tI cm Catherine l It I art 1f tint U tritorn Ion I if U e I in Ir bei Iliut o II t e I u 11 I lire lhl I > cct t ncnt 11 t U I r il ill rri I r KM i y upon tl e larili an 1 that the oth ill be mevtul and tecelto lu f < I ilcil glory Iiirmg the reign of Christ the earth will rest and p < cc will be uimcrul The Millennium I will cover a period of a lliotisind eau md m that tune the work ol redemption I demption will proceed without interruption in-terruption Mtny temples will be erected md the vicinoiH hbors m beh ill of the de id 1 who died without I the Gospel wiil 1 pro eed until the work 01 the Redeemer shill be com I pletcd an1 I the Iunb I nhieh wis slam Irom before the mdation ol I the world shall triumph over the I enemy of the souls of men ind ill hill bow the knee and with the tonne confess tint lestis is i the Christ I CLASSIFICATION OF INTELLIGENCES As hcretolorc stited the b tints be hexeii the wmenil 1 silvilioii of 1 mm so far a3 it is ut unable eon 1 sistcnt with hw md his iree igcncv us in independent intelligence The do not igree with the theory of one universil heaven md ore pi ice 01 punishment to which the sived ire consigned on the one h ind md in whieh the condemned forever remain re-main md ire punished on the other When nnn rtccives his body in the lesurtection it will be the eternal haoit ition oi his spirit He will then be permanently composed ol both the gener d conditions tint exist ppint and clement which ire thus m him msepinbly connected md this association accoidmg to the revelations which hive come 1 throunh the Prophet Joseph Smith will bring n fullness of joy with capicity for eternal progress md dc clopiiient In eternity there will be i classifi ration of the intelligences base l upon the hub to which they yield l obcd ence i Cor fifteenth chapter There ore alio celettlnl bodlri an 1 lx > J w trrrr tr j but ll h e lory ol Ihe celeit al I one all d the clary of ll e Irrrcit Ul ll moiher Ilernllo I I lory ol lie sin nnd ancthrr Rtny of the Inoon and another glory of icr OIl lor one Iar dlfflh Iroll anolhr tI In Clorbo 10 I h resurretlton of Ih dd II Is own In t < urupllon Ills bd I IntOrrUpllon 2 Cor twelfth chapter It Is I not expect tnt for me doubtlru to glory I II CO 113 to vUonl and rtveUdoi s of tie Lord I knew a man In 1 Christ above fourteen yeirs aso Mhelherln I lie I boly I I cannot elrto hber ot 01 the body I can no tell God kuo olb th one caght up 0 the IIIId Itue This sublime theme is chborucd m i ibion concerning the condition of the dead ind the destiny of the inhabitants of the eirth given to Joseph Smith mil Sidney Rudon on I ebrtury iCth 1832 It appears ap-pears m section 76 of the Book of Doctrine and Cov en inta CONCLUSION The writer makes no pretense further than to present i htatilj written sketch of some of the prominent promi-nent religious behels principles ind l observances of Ihc I liter diy St inns There is but little cfior1 to sust tin the prcscntition by scripture 1 mil l pit loso h cil reasoning The suhlelt is lion ever in his opinion 1 susceptible m i hih degree of sucl I treatment Ierlnps enough has been tlioun to indicate that the re likens structure is i whole liia in I pt of comprehcnsiven magI mag-I mn mity md perlection uorthv of i Ciotl l from w horn it is chimed 1 by Us idherenLs to he emailitcd ST Oil E TEMPLE I I 1l = TI 1z IQIAN TEMPLE M tJ flPL lo 1 j lj 7 t rJ I t f 1 J d Ii r V1 t lj > l j iP J f Iiiti o IJ i < lt J g t t 1 b1i F ll V 711J1 1 1rh i r jf f 1 f f jtt 1 1lr1f I W J j > i l il l l t Z VjilllWJ o t f J rL AJ l iiM lli i ItW c iIit IJir V I tPt < i tr 4 li h j t t 5ALT LIKE T IIWlt ii I fltltIII1c 11 1 < J I r I n t 1llIVfIVj II tj I 1 IA r q ItL 1 Iq ffA t 8 11 Vi 1 4 f1t Mt It r j d I J 1 i II 1 Q t TEMPLt s J 4 j 1 tif lj h fc1 i 1rii1 d < ft r t irh j II r I l ri1 4j t = I I f 1r 1 f l jh 1 j > f 0 I g I tm 11 J1 1 p Ii f I c J tl 1 1 rt lt < rJ J W J j 1 f I I 1 1 ID tli 1 h t I 11 Y J JY ETJ It ml J 3 oJ Y f f I t 1 0 0 > 1 IIr j l II A g V I oo = 1 TEMPLES Or THE LATTER DAY SAINT |