Show rf m RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD The Visions Given to the Ui Prophet Joseph Ol OF ANGELS o or tIu Truth or of vie rei re 10 0 lie III Ia TIt te teL t L 1 IUn for fr tM the X ws had 4 1 1 b I EI 1 r of o the be world bad given It I I 1 1 might be t I t I ith After Ater nil Ills r H hal given to lila JIll ul ulC 1 t C J I Alo II the power to f I 4 Pur h all cli the It 1 i toll i In vain but bu II Q Jr L nl nl lr C c ned with Lg I R II Ihy th y Ill alt tI 01 O t L t Ii h I I 1 wn n thIr II f C wn I th thy had hd b L r t I 1 t or of 11 t ULI ow J 1 I 1 t Ii gk F 1 Ii only In but bUl butI bUlI IIII I All Iwer J I nIg LU i 1 it t H f r t pl ed g I I 1 r tt t Upon t H I on AIa hn lii b 1 1 r I nI the had haI za i lb fir of hit hl I I t 1 1 ht t aul h r rC IJ 11 c II huld huId i Ii f C I t J to mg lter n 1 I MOt More MOtti ti 1 HI 1 Il II b h b 1 o t ti sr r i 01 Jt U u 0 I 1 r hy I hili t I tv Id 10 v r 1 ot 11 IR II aiwa alwa 1 I II r irr cr r of the Ci 1 I 1 f Jr h i j I i I simple oi 1 1 nfl ulon WI Wa X t kI kIni I a nJ ni to I Iwa sway vr r the thet t II t IJ Ild chi 1111 Ib 11 1 O used once too ro r gnU Ij 1 I U I UI With the thI ther r G c If f J I i 1 nt at thu r ro of o V It ft r t fl ID t au auth th ea 3 4 II I er and nd II ter c t I i r thaI hat I the Oar r f I 1 upon Ill or orcha dla cha tl had wild and ond II t r t 1 b I H unfit for tor nie niep p I d t I n away from uch a ak mf II k and behold hold a am am m ng U to er our CI I r th thC 1 L C I y who ho b by bythA tho thA Jarr U lect but yet t relying upon the WoId uC u God kneel In the thc wood lie He had bad read readI It I any eny of oC you lark Iek let turn him uk ok of f GOO lod who ti d o and lh not and It hall be gly glyen en hIm arid and nul he ons lIml to 10 try the It U p Lord Will God be true trull to Itle 1111 word Will lie Ife reveal unto thu mere buy boy when hen Ireal reat men pious plou men men ot who have bave mn of ability men given GIn their lives Ihu for tor the pervice ot of their laker men who not to tie be upon the altar ot of rell loul ire dom dum had not been privileged to hear the void ot of God much less to look up upon upon HII HIe CAe Yes Yel God on III the Father and the theIon theon Ion on to 10 leave utile heaven beaven I abode to come com to 10 this wicked earth arth I and all an farmer boy bor In Inthe i the state or of New ew York In the o ot I WO 1130 Now wb why wu Joseph thuu thu I privileged above aU all other men P No Nowhere where do we read In WrIt that both bolh the Father and nd the Son unto any ot of the children n of ni nimen mn men To Saints II I the rea w WU one of those IOn great and liable spirit by the kather he Lord ord to Abraham our lither when wu permitted to case upon u On the panor panorama ems ama of this world I cud and upon the vista Ilta a they were wert un unrolled rolled roiled before hi wondering eye eyes Abraham laW my cia day the Say Sav lor br to the Incredulous Jew and wee waa glad clad DId he not see duo the da day In which we live Did he not see lee Joseph Joeeph the Prophet with the hoet ot of mIghty men and w women en who were held In re reserve serve erve In the world to come forth In the latter laUer day daye to work again In Inthe Inthe the ot of the Ird to plant wa water Water ter trim end and Anally gal er fruit most mOlt acceptable unto the Lord fruit worthy of eternal life After this to youthful Joseph Jo and to hit his question which of all the SectS In the world II ie the true Church by III saying that none of them yu was right In JIll III that they were all al corrupt that they taught for tor doctrine the commandments ot of men menthe the niP Lord commanded him to joIn none if them but promised him that the time would ome when III Church would be again In 1131 three years after thie vent Joseph was visIted lilted this time by br an angel anel who came to In part at leapt the prom I ot of lb the Lord The angel anI Monni show ho hint the plaIN platH contal Ing the flook Dook ot of Mormon whIch II I the of the end and four yea years later In 1111 is the same lime angel angll lave gave hIm those plat plates alor the meane to translate the writing engrave thereon A scribe Oliver Wee was provided b 1 the Lord lArd for tor the Inu inex inexPerienced and unlearned Joseph and thus thUi equipped the ba boy Prophet went to the work ork of the II record The Book of Mormon will yet In the sling of at prove to be the that win will prostrate the th form of modern that mother I of InIquity for It III Ia the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ nothing added thereto nothing taken awa away It the sImple wise It open the I yM of those thoe who were blind In Uti ual I end and those who receive It ItI I an honest heart and follow Callow the theIron theIron Iron rod will finally Pluck puck the tree of life that fruit wll which ch is Ie most flOit lIe de and mot most tO the IOU soul Now at the age ae of poI poe a record ot of truth th the Book of Mormon havIng also allO tit the and by which he could obtain revelations from the Lord lArd havIng cain leen God the Father and the Son what would seem leem more natural than that Smith would go 10 to work pro proclaim proclaIm claim the Gospel build up a Church ant ut 1111 himself on record a as R a mOlt remarkable man seeIng that he had Ye reo elvEd uch guch manIfestations from on onI I But Dut not so Joseph was ot for notoriety lIe wu wee not seek In to a Church to hI his notions II as was wal done lIy by so 10 many ruan hint him He Rd In the New WI tn for tor God In the Book Dook ot of Mormon Mor mono mon how that In ancient eisa people were all on this thle continent for tor lh the remission of sin In Alain but thIs time having a companion wIth hIm b be seeks rile Lord In the tho woods And lo 10 and behold on the ot of MaY 11 1 an ananI angel anI John the In answer to their earnest earnet prayers ap appears unto Jo M h and OlIver Cowdery end and confers upon them the Priest Priesthood hood tb the following worda Up Upon on you rou my fellow servants In the name ot of I confer conter the Priesthood ot of AAron which hoW hohl the key ot of the mm min of at angel and ot of the nf f r and nd ot of baptism by Immer Ion plon for tor the remission ot of imp and this never be taken aIn aln from the earth Irth until the ton eons of Levi 10 offer orter an unto the Lord Lard In righteousness Commanded by the angel they bap tiled each other and confirmed upOn each other the PrIesthood of Aaron which they had jut just FIlled with jey j y end and the Spirit ot of God they spoke anti and prophesIed of the of the work of God In the DIble every ery Pro bt of old relates In his hll own Words warde and d to us UI the grandeur and the glory of at the appear appearance ance ot of the Lord when hen h he was ordained and sent ent as Prophet of The Most In the Pearl of Great Price nce the ordination ot of Joseph and Oliver Is II des cubed In magnificent language There Then art are few tew passages written nn wh re which excel the lofty ex expressed pressed In those thOle J JES Here lIere the skeptics will What evIdences have w we that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were ord by John tb the t to the as the they claim Wt V have ve their word which like the testimony of the wItnesses to the Book of Mor Mormon mon has hll never been gain gainsaid said mId Oliver and several leveral ot of those witnesses they never recanted Those who object to Joseph Smiths Smith testimony put themselves on record with the of old who said unto Christ Thou record ot of thyself th thy record I Is not true Before BeCore judging natIons and God has always tent sent witnesses among th the world Noah to the antediluvian Jesus Jelus ana IllS 1111 to the Jews Jew Joseh JO fh Smith and hit his successors to those In the latter days and If any man will do JU Iii will he shall hal know of the doctrine whether It be of God Godor or whether I speak peak of myself said the Savior On no other does the world the testimonies ot of Moses Isaiah John or PAul In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be No o doubt ot of Joseph the Lord paid ald all as of Jeremiah Before I formed thee In the belly I knew thee and beto before thou out of oC the womb I thee thet and I ordained thee a unto the nation At the Um time of his hll first vision Joseph s I not Ilon cloned neither wee Vat he when the Moroni unto him the stIck IlIck of Joseph the nook Book ot of Mormon lint Dut no noh now h he was wall ordained a ci wap Aaron b by dl di reet revelatIon under tinder the hands hand of him who held that In the daye daya ot of Christ even of him who baptized the Lamb ot of God lIe Here the links of the chaIn that had been broken by bythe the universal y b became camo welded weide together by revelation from heaven Joseph and Oliver had now received the Bishopric which administers the first ordinances ot of the Gospel one more step was Wll necea car Bar for tor them the most mOlt Important yet viz tl the obtaining the Priesthood ot of whIch John the Baptist told them In due time be con them before they could go goto goto to the Ch Church ot of Je Jesus u Christ according to the pattern laUern laid down don In the New The Th Priesthood they were er endowed with however authorized them to preach baptize people tot tor the remIssion reo re mIssion of their sins teach them words of life out of the word of oC Clod Hut how coUld tho those who believed had repented of their sins sin and had baptise how could they receive the Holy Ghost could the they be brought Into the one oneness ness neu of If faith un unless I they had potties apostleS and prophets pastors pato and for the perfecting ot of the Saints lor for the werk ot of the for tor the tue edifying of the body of Christ till all come In th unity ot of the faith and ot of the ot of the Son ot of God unto a perfect man unto the mea mae measure sure of the statute of the fullness of jit that they henceforth be no more children All this would be Impossible unties the fullness of the Priesthood was oh ob tamed even ven the which holds the keys or of the of Goo God the power end and authorIty of the hIgh hIgher er or edek Priesthood Is 18 to hold the k keys ot of all the spIritual ble blessings of the Church To have the privilege ot of readying the mysteries ot of the King dom dam of have the heavens heaven opened unto commune with the general assembly and church of the first born and to enjoy the corn com and ot of God the Fe Fa Father Fether ther and Jesus the MedIator ot of the theN theN N Again An Apostle postle Is Isan isan an Elder anti It Is his calling to hap bap and to ordain other Elders Elder PrIests Teach end and to 10 edminister tEr bread and emblems of the and blood ot of tand to con confirm confirm firm those thOle who are baptized Into the Church by the layIng on ot of hands for forthe forthe the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost according to the Scriptures and to teach expound exhort baptize and watch over oyer the Church and to confirm the Church by the laying on of the hand anti and the giving of thE holy Ghost and to In take tab th lh lead leall of all meetings There various duties just enumerate enumerated ed althouGh common tn In our days are of the tite utmost t T Tey ey we were new to Joseph and his associate except as thoY had read of them and some lome per hap hape seen them attended attend d to In the var Iou bus organizatIons that they formerlY belonged to but now Instead ot of void forms for Cor those thOle who had claimed such powers power and authority denied the rower power of Godliness th the baptized baptised Saints reo re the Holy 1101 Ghost under the hands handl of Joseph and Oliver who In the mean meantime meantime time had been ordained b by Peter James JameR and Ind John the ancient Apostles as aB the fIrst Elders and Apostles In the Church of lIf Jesus nOW the Saints sled 1 pok II In tongues enjoyed enod the gifts gift of the ot of which had bad rend raed so eo much and seen so little And those have reinI with the tha Church and ate enjo d as I well as In the days of Paul For some BOme unexplaIned reason reaBon Joseph th the Prophet has haa left on record the date of their ordination to the Apostleship Apostle ship and hence In th blind Ignorance ance BOrne acme of h hf detractors deny that he ever was ordained an Apostle For Fortunately Fortunately we rEly upon the word of any man fot Lord himself elf has spoken most on this subject In Section 27 of the Doctrine and Cove Coe Covenants nants nanta verse vere 12 wo we read Peter and James nd John whom J I have sent unto you by whom I have ordained rou and you to b be Apostles This revelation Iii I dated September 1830 1130 In Section 30 20 verse verseY ye Y are told that were rIven to Joseph Smith Jun who was 8 called of hod unit ordained an poetic Apostle ot of Jesus JIU Christ to be the thi first J lder of 01 this Church and to Oliver Oller Cowder ho Will was also allO called ot of hod an Apostle ul t Jesus Christ to be second Elder Eider of this Church and amI ordained un under er his hll hand This revelation was os no doubt given April 6 1830 1110 all as It recites the or organization ot of the Church ot of Jesus ChrIst In these the last days and immedi immediately PreCedes SectiOn l 1 a revelation given shen oh April 6 lS In which revelation tion the Apostleship ot of Joseph And Oil ver I is mentioned again v 10 and II 11 Therefore earlier than April 6 1830 Joseph and Oliver had been ordained as aa Apostles of at the Lord under the I hands of at Peter Petr James and John for tor We e eI I hae th the word of at the Lord on that sub subject subject and we need net doubt Hence when Joseph on April 6 1810 or organized the of Christ he h did so 10 rightfully according to the revelations uti commandments ot of God and by Iture of the authority resting upon as Rn an Apostle of the Lord Although conic churches he have since claimed for tor apostles no other Church hd before made such luch a claim and yet It may appear this claim Is II substantiated b by analogy by rea fan and b by evidences which no curl af law can reject This ordination of Joseph and Oliver Ollette Oliverto to te the Apostleship Ilor momentous Im Dy this thiH step the Lord Lon con upon Jo Joseph eph what he had him In 1510 10 lie He hAd revealed unto him line upon ullOn 11 line nit precept upon ullOn And In Order to prepare him for the arduous tack tak that la lay before him the organization ot of III Church ChurchIn In all Its fullness e the Lord crowned Ills HIli revelations to Joseph b by that grace rale power and glory that belongs alone to the hl high h Ine Priesthood ot of And this admin the and the he ke key ot of the mysteries ot of the kingdom even eln the keY ke ot of the knowledge of God there therefore tore fore In the or thereof the pow power er of Godliness e t Is manIfest and nd without the and the ty of the Priesthood ills Ule power of God Is I not manifest unto men In the flesh for tor without this no man can canth see seethe th the face of at God oven enn the Father and live This HIgh Priesthood hOlds the keys kes of revelation of oC dominion even the keys ot of the kl kingdom dom of oC God Is h hIt IsIt It then strange that the enem enemy ot of all righteousness B Ia on the alert aler and through his hll servants the finger of scorn at the true servants ot Christ and through their mouths cr cry Delusion Fraud Is II It strange no now that Peter and laul and all the other Apostles or of the Lord except John the d to whom Q a special promise ot of long life was tas granted Is 18 It strange that thOse good and noble men had to give their lives tor or the sake of the te testimony they thoy bore viz that the powers ot of th Apostleship the keys ot of the kIngdom lom wire were with them Is III It strange that Jo Joseph seph IMph and his brother and other noble souls with them were slain Blain tot for forthe the te testimony Umon ot of Jesus Christ whIle OIle Cowder and SIdney Rigdon who theIr |