Show It t II IiLel 1j TIRE OIIIIIIVU tllUIICII 1 j I It 1 i 1i J rr 11 II1i 1 1 I U11 t I1 A gentleman reslllnE I If I Kolkaskn 11 t r I Mlchlsan mho limited l this fill In 1S9I I t and was the li of II 1 Hampton j 1 Iq writes to the latter under date uri I IHI It 5 i 1 1 ur-i 0 is i the ith inet as follow 1 1 Dear Sir I I le oP at Your hotel 1 In 1801 and 1 11 it 1 tt 1 I 1 I n o It r conversations we tiunde morne 4 vt 1 J reference to a church called The Ilior I 111 I Kanlzed Church of Jesus Christ of Lat jll t 1 1 y l terday i TAN Ii Oil 41 tl 1 A question nrNrs here whether It 3i 14 I j in the sam rhuh ca 1M nr1I01 I I Church of Jesus chrltt of Uitterday I o Halnts Ulmt la I your judgment and I I P11 t I have you any literature on the subject I I a sub-ject t Thp ct rrrr1 to Is I not the lame f I I I l church as the original Church of Jesus I 1 4 I Christ uf Latterday Saints IhouKh It 1 it It claims to bo the successor to 4 t li j cot biJl The Church that I i I 1 1 las nr giants d h > the Prophet Joseph 4 I III Smith never became dUomanlzed and 10 J 4I 3 consequently wan never reorganized i The death of Its IIrH president Joseph 1 I 1 1 Smllh did not dliormnlz nor disarrange c 1 i I 1 t i i disar-range the order and system of government 4 5 J govern-ment and succession which had pretl 4 4 + I ously been istabllshed On the > run I P I I trary the very contingency created by I 1 I the haid of the President of there the-re 1 Church had been fully and specifically it ti I specifi-cally provided for by tho Prophet k I Job Alto with prophetic foresight I fore-sight and In obedience to dulm I I 11 I I command some time before hit 11I I I hi-t martyrdom conferred upon the 1 R l quorum of Twelve Apostles the keys I i 11 j of presidency with full authority to 1 4 11 014 I set and maintain In order tho whole I I r I Church t The tragedy of Carthage made the 11 1 quorum of Twelve Aiostles the presiding I r i t I I siding authority over the whole church 1 11 11 tit r i I and that quorum Immediately entered I rk upon tho active and faithful discharge i t of Its duties us such Ilierf was no Interregnum no tieak In tho succession io 1To 1 I I 11 I succes-sion of full and legitimate authority i 41 Ili J 1 The law of the I Church the proper order 5 or-der oUt organization and the specific I I I It s I Instructions of Its first Prophet quid I President all gUen by divine revelation Ili revela-tion were strictly editor d to and theta I j I I was neither Haw nor default In maintaining I I main-taining and perpetuating the Church l F XJ ns a perfectly organized body ItI Vj F 4 1 jI 1 The Church fa maintaining Its perfect i 4 I I per-fect and complete organization mlgrat I I ett tu Utah and became firmly entail i 71 1 c IMicd among the fastnesses of flic I F I mountains It continued without cessation t I 1 4 gotten the work of sending missionaries V i I T I abroad to preach the Uuspel to Ihe nations of the earth I of gathering tho il It 1 RatIri tr Kilnts of building Temples etc and 11 9 the blessing power and Spirit of the I fl I Almighty were ever present with It I A long period l after the Chuich TZ had mod Its home among themoun tains certain Individuals who had been I member of It but hail lot their faith I In It and at least some of whom hail I I been eiiommunlcatid from It for Immoral A moral conduct or other transgressions I I conceived and In Iroee 01 time cur i I rled out n proposition to effect a reorganization jN11 re-organization but this was not done P yi until yt years after the Church 1 I j I I Arfect In form und organization as A k I j i above described hail been engaged In I o Its saving and divinely appointed work I 191 11 I t X among the tops of the mountains A I I small work written by rider U II i noherts entitled Succession In the 71 t I Presidency of the Church of Jesus l P t Christ of Inttfrilnj Hnlnts will mnke Iiijjjj jj I I W this whole subject suHcl < ntlj Uenr to III t 0 II f the candid reader |