| Show ABOUT ORDINATIONS Editor F 1 News New NewIn Nil In itt DoctrIne nod end See 21 2 verse erM G Ii tt It says ay No person I Is to be bo to Lu any in to this Church whore where hore there U IK I a regularly a branch of it r time the lame tame without the time vets vot ot of that tha t Church Now 0 sir lr do 1108 that mean that both the ot for and an against Is III i to be called for before anyone lIne ha h baa n tI right to 10 hold sold office j K F I H It The rul rule referred ref to In time the preceding letter watt was given at nt a very ery early late date ate In Inthe inthe the history hl tory of ot th the Church anti and th the prin principle ciple elpie embodied therein la In sound mound ani p It was wall In April irI before there Ih ro was vue ony organization or i l of ot tho the taken Stakes of ot Zion or thu the wards which compose them In III the th Ing log of tho tim same lImo section thero I Iare the th are e further directions which modify rule In tho the verso that is quoted qu ted Thoy should 1 be bo taken t ken together and ind also atu ItI II vet NU its 61 and 63 03 Thu residIng presiding authorities In the time Strikes of ot Zion und end the general authorities ties lies of ot tho the Church have power lower and mind au authority under later regulation regulations to ta or dud date men own to the Priesthood power voer of or the Holy t and aa as de decided in conferences of or the held from time to time lime TAle Tte direction given glen In verse eue 65 6 was designed to pie pre prevent vent Individuals flOm ordain ordaining ordaining ing men mell to the Priesthood en cu their own volition without proper authority from the Church hutch or tiny of ot Its brandies The vote tote of ot the Church or 11 one of ot IU lt II constituted councils conler nets ends In t or assemblies Is in required to the tho p perSOn rion selected to hold the 1 hoot hood authority to net In that particular Stake Blake or ward or 01 branch of ot toe Church or the quorum to which he may be dec de time The principle of or common con Call consent sent tent Is thus thun maintained so that th i person ordained may mil be recognized as nn holding legitimate authority In the I Priesthood The discipline In III the Church In regard to these thene mitt mat tern t rs In itt later Inter years yeats U Is I tho the rule to bo ho l ant and It received tho Iho sanction of ot I Ithe the Prophet Joseph Smith during hu hl lifetime II ns an may IMY be seen seem from the lilt His History tory of ot the tho Church It Is iii not wise wine to tl be Ie too technical nor ner norto norto to be tie tied up tip to the provision of or ono one rule that wan absolutely necessary II luring during the first t few tew months month of ot he or organization IN of ot the Church No o officer of the Church however Is III n authorized to ordain others othern to the tho Priesthood with without without without out the sanction of the presiding au nu or council councils to which such lIuch mitt mat matters tern terR ore lire to b submitted That Is the principle that governs In the entire ilk dis discipline III of ot the Church of ot Jesus Chris Chrisof Chr of ot Saints Saint |
