Show I 1 TIlE THE i OY F 1 The Tho reorganization reorganisation of ot the First Prea Ires 3 of the Church of Jesus Christ Christof of Latter Saints which was ef et effected at nt the te meeting of cf tho the Council j of the tho Apostles AI on en Thursday Is very ery gratifying to tho the body bedY of ot the tho Church Although the thc Quorum of ot tho the Twelve hold authority equal oqual to that of tho the I First Presidency In the absence of or the tho I latter laUer It I t requires the existence action and Influence of ot all nU tho the presiding au flu authorities aUthorities I placed In tho the Church by revel reel revelation I atlon to maks mako up ip that perfection of ot or organization j which characterizes the I Church of In tho the last dispensa dispensation tion In consequence of ot the lapse lapso of ot time between the martyrdom of the tho first t President of ot tho tM Church and the tho ap appointment appointment api i of ot his bIB successor to that po position 4 a period of about years and a half halt and the Interim between the thet It I death of ot President ent Brigham Young jl t the appointment of President John Taylor mylor to succeed him which was a n nt t little over three years rOllIS tho the Idea Men was en entertained that these delays formed a precedent to le be followed as a matter of ot otI k ourse course This was partly artly confirmed by bya byI I a lapso of nearly two years between I the decease of ot President John Taylor and the accession of ot President t I Woodruff Wood ru It But Dul circumstances arose i fL J which rendered necessary a different policy and therefore at nt tho the decease of f I I President Woodruff the Council of et the Apostles remained but eleven days das as liS liSI I I f the tho presidio presiding quorum of ot the Church J 1 f President Lorenzo Snow being then sustained by that body as 08 the tho President t i of ot tho the Church There are property holdings and ana considerations attached I to tho the office oC of and al iii aleo alz z eo so to the tho First Presidency which re require rea requite quire quite Immediate attention and official notion action and there being no na good reason 1 for tor extended delay the tho reorganization t of tho the presiding Quorum ot at thu the Church 2 4 h has 1118 been wisely effected As AI all things In this Church are to be beJ bedone J done ilono by common consent It will be bet t 1 necessary to ratify the tho action of ot the thel l Apostles at a Church conference It is ts L therefore announced that a special con conference conI conference I I ference will meet on November 10 for far fari i this purpose when hen doubtless there will willI I Le he representatives nt from Crom the various Stokes Stakes of ot Zion to attend to that business Coming so o soon after aCter the general conference It will not probably t draw or require so large a gathering of ot 1 I the tho Saints as ns Is 18 usual In April and Oc Oa Oaf October f tober toberI I Although prompt proceedings occasioned some so surprise they have hae been met so EO far with general I lion Everybody who mentions the mat matter matI 3 I I ter speaks In terms torms of ot approval not J I only enly of ot tho the Immediate reorganization of ot ott 1 the First Presidency but Jut also of ot tho the t choice which has bas been made It was It J fully tullY expected that President Joseph F FSmith x FSmith 1 I Smith would succeed President 1 Snow Sno This accession rome come In regular order as IlS a provided ed by LS revelation It also f fulfills a prediction made many y earb 4 ego ago go In tho the In Ogden n city by byI I Apostle Woodruff In ti a pub I t lie llo meeting that v venerable n Church 1 I I leader prophesied that Jot JIH P J I Smith I would one day occupy the position foi tOl tOli i I heM hell by hit hlf hi unde the Prophet t tI I r Joseph We wore were Ole on that ocea f lon slon and made a note nets of ot the tto 1 I prediction which w ws s very YeI forcible ana anat na t Impressed ed UNit Itself strongly upon the lb 1 minds of many nY In the esne i f lion and of prominent i men IMn who were tre on an the viand stead at the tb time The qualification of ot President Jo Joeph JOI I 0 i eph r h F I Smith far fir th tilt the position which h hj ht j t lini hR been to occupy u r are well wellI known to ta the sinta Inti who I t p have long looked forward foz to the tini tI I i 1 when then h he would und stanel stan at the head ha ot of UM tbt Church HI HIS 11 life liCe from froe his hh his has b been en to the lal work Hid sincerity ana ane S I thorough conviction of or Its ILs lave I a e been la Is hU hll hi entire cartel nd n have been bet IlUm upon n his bit per and han base Influenced his 1111 court course it St horse home and sd abroad brod M a a I in UI Apatite tie A officer a conn r elor r a II I ter a w rain man of o affaire a II III I I j a R n R hu lin i a l tad ind n a 1 work for 0 the tb r of ot hu 1111 tu tuI J I sanity No N on OM ne doubts hit hll hI con n I t 11 Jr i w or lila his devotion to the tM q in ta which he be rs I born and reared and anda a has bai n hl he the otter ener t t 1 ties glee of at hU hir hl tint rp up p to the proem nt ao o I 1 T 1 i nero ert ent A feng o of Intene ns ni k tiLl t is f felt lt that ha hs now no stands at lit the tilt IM 1 t het Sur Eter ana to find ana Pr i 1 f fi fi fI fj I i N i t I j dent of ot the tho Church ot or Christ of ot In nil all t q world Tho The First Counselor In Iii the th Presidency John R n Winder Is III a 1 most selection Unexpected to him and nd to the public It Is yet endorsed by every everybody ever everybody body who hu been botn heard beard from It II hoe has be ieSh n the thc custom for so many mony years to appoint AI one of at the tho Twelve hP r to this position that the minds of ot the were waro turned to tt that body with the expectation of ot a 1 choice chole of ot two of ot Its lis members But Hut the history of ot the Church shows that selections have iove been mode of ot men for the place outside of the tho Council of the Istle both In tho ito days of ot the Prophet Pro hol Jo Jozeph eph and of ot his successor Young And Anel It 11 is 18 consonant with tho th revelation tion on nn tho the presiding s growing out ou t of or of tho tim Priesthood Bishop Winder on as ho U Is popularly known having be been bein n one of the tho presiding pres hI ing for tor many years Is thor thoroughly thoroughly familiar with all tho th affairs of ot tho the Church In Its Ita relations and connections He lie Iau 1011 been boen prominent in tho the various Industrial and commercial organizations In which the Church is Interested and his business standing Is first class clans In this community ty and In tho the world When the Church property was Under OB as client chent to the thc government by b the opera operations of ot congressional law It was rented to ta him for far several years ears and anel hu hI was appointed receiver of at the property by lIy the till Supreme Court of or Utah until It was turned over to the Presidency of ot the Church by him as authorized by bylaw bylaw bylaw law As assistant t of the Snit Salt Lake Temple Templo he ho has been closely as tie associated with spiritual affairs of ot the most Important character and every everybody everybody body bady has haa learned to lovo as ns veil a nil as re ro respect respect sp ct him Ills His services in this new capacity ca will be bo most valuable The choice of Apostle Anthon II H Lund OB as Second Secand Counselor In the First Presidency was not entirely unexpected ed by members of oC tho the Church Chuich who know his character and abilities and fitness for that position As a 11 boy preacher In his native land as an hon hen honest est eat Indefatigable worker In every sec BBC Ular culling calling which he ho filled after aCter coming to Utah as a n presiding officer In for tor foreign eign as assistant and president of ot the tho ManU Manti Temple as nn an Apostle po a n historian a 1 theologian a 11 wise ulse and thoughtful adviser a 1 kind and affable gentleman and tind scholar ho lie has obtained a 1 wide Influence among tho the Saints and his hilt appointment is III received with universal approbation Both Iloth Mormons and regard him hint as a I sincere honorable and reliable citizen and churchman who can be de do depended upon when calm and just judg judgment judgment ment mont are required to be exercised In Im Important Important important affairs whether of ot a n temporal or ecclesiastical nature He lIe will add strength to tho the Presiding Quorum Young succeeds ls to the ho Presidency of ot the Twelve Apostles Apostle by seniority of oC ordination Into that quorum Ho lIe has had hod long experience In n tho the ministry and has hai been associated with Idl all nil tho the Important affairs of at tho the Church since his early manhood has traveled raveled extensively abroad In Ia Its In Interest erest terest and has visited every ove Stake of at ZIon not only anly In Utah but In the States and Territories adjacent He lie Is Inspirational In his nature and possesses In Inan inan an nn eminent degree the spirit of or his omco and calling Ills Invincible faith In n the tho nature of ot the work In n onn 0 m 0 on whIch ho he has halt been so 80 prominently en engaged engaged engaged his unswerving Integrity to its and am welfare his readiness to respond to every call made mudo upon him no rio matter where or under what cir dr circumstances circumstances or lr distances It required him himo to ta o travel his hili qualifications as n a 1 ilo blo public speaker and nail his pleasant pheasant manners and ami address combine to fit lit him ilm for tor the position which he ho now oc occupies and In which ho he will certainly receive J the tho cordial support of ot his col colleagues leagues endues and of at the tho Saints generally The Church is Js 1 to be congratulated on he the strength ability and intelligence of at Its ts presiding quorums The Tho quiet and oily ealy movement by b which they have hae grown gron out of ot the authorities In it for tor the work ot of the min minIstry mm stry the perfecting of ot the Saints and the he edifying of the tho body lody of ot Christ is isone Isone Isone one ot of the lie characteristics which die this magnificent organization anti ami stamp It as divine There Is In It Jt to possibility ot of those contests for tor supremacy which some soma who do donot donot donot not understand Its lis genius and opera operations operations Ions tall talk about when changes occur through tho the death of ot prominent officers or otherwise It is of ot God Clod Go to tand no matter what may nay occur to Impede Imp o Its progress It will march forward ready for tor every ever emer B ncy and equipped to meet every too foe It makes war upon no other organization tion secular or religious But DUl It has hasa a R mission to perform In the earth which It t will certainly accomplish h and the result will be the redemption of or man mankind mankind kind from sin and darkness and sorrow orrow and anti death It was established by the Almighty and under Ills His direction and inspiration It will grow and loutish flourish and conquer and prevail |