Show A 1 Ei priest HOI hy by W b continued now kow every high priest ordained to preside in a stake of zion is in the proper position of his calling arid anil has under his care tile the welfare and guidance of tile the body of saints residing within his jurisdiction arid and is virtually the head of as complete I 1 lete lafit ile church its itself if being a standing adin president to ta the first presidency and the apostles apo therefore how biml c iliac that lie he be such an one as described in the hook book of mormon in ill the chapter of alma begin beginning nino 0 at ath verse arid and thus alius being CA called by this holy calling and ordained u ito tile bligh Pria of tile the holy order of goi god to teach his co unto the children of gnei tile I 1 this high bing fler after the order of of his sort son which order was front from the found irions of tle world or it in other oilier words without 0 0 of f jays days being prepared aex from eternity elern ity to all eternity according ino to the foreknowledge of god 0 d in all thus they became beci ine high priests forever foi ever lifter after the cr crier lei of tile the order of the son the only begotten otten of the father who is without ID beginning 0 of days or e end ild or of beirs who is full of grace equity and truth yea humble yourselves eveh even ns as tile the people in the days of Melchi sedek who wits was also algo a ili high h priest after this same order of which I 1 have spoken who also took upon him tile hi high h priesthood for ever a perceive that tile high 0 priest is different in his ollice and calling from an air whose cal linc is a tra velling presiding calling bat the llie office and calling of the high priest is a local presiding c one or a s standing bandin presidency therefore how necessary for liim him to store liis his iiii mind iiii with all useful knowledge to be obtained front from all good books book to 10 encourage tile tho comai communion union of tile holy ghost to abide abid with hini him to direct liis his labors in anlie J the proper dis charge of his culling calling it is also stated slated in see sec 81 64 8 1 63 and is as I 1 sai ead unto mine apostles referring to the ancient apostles of tile savior devoll even 0 bo o say I 1 unto you for ye are mine apostles alven gods high 0 priests ye are they whom ruy illy fattier father hath givian eivan me ye are my friends from this qu quotation it clearly appears that all high priests that are or should be righteous and holy hol men and really the friends of tire the savior 1 this aliis revelation was given by jesus christ unto liis his servant joseph smith sinith in september 1832 are apostles tint thit are arc given unto jesus of tile lord god and beill being apostles postles should quality qualify themselves 1 ives f fur tho 1 1 holy fur peradventure ure some may be called to tile quorum of the twelve arid and thus become members of the leading q lorain of the church upon whom devolve tile the dut a es bet forth in that part of tile the lecture devoted to that branch of the priesthood it is the duty of tile the twelve in fill all large brandies branches of the church to ordain evangelical ministers as they aba I 1 I 1 h he designated d unto them by iel aie atio n and by referring re ferrin to the deiv 1 an testament est ament wo vve are there 41 bathis I 1 priesthood was also heij het by bythe tile ancient anciel lt apostles for SOU acts 21 v 8 says we that were of PW P a company del arted and cattle camp to 6 C arid and we entered into 01 tb ouse louse of phillip ill tho evangelist 0 yari li it was one of the seven A an and d hp ea dal ahma 1 av 1 I and lie gave some come ap ties les prophet s pas fo and te reters find by attak hat this is no naori mort oa ia new avia ain tile priesthood than any ofir oyier that we have considered at and id re 1 I VI d tig again to the doctrine arid and there order of if the thona i was c con II troied ed to L le lc e landed down from father athar to son and rightly belongs to 11 1 ic literal seed to whom the pr is is made and to go yet ariller bick back in this order was wa instituted in tile days of adam down by bv linea lineage c in 11 foil folla 1 wing ving manner uin from adam who wis was ordained by ifft ilithe j 11 ie ag agai of years and so on giving jijong the litie line of descent and tile hie ag at which each one was ordain eddi rough nine generations to no nouli ah who was ten years old when 1111 heans 14 aas ordained under tile the hands hand three years pre vioris to the death of adam ht he called seven of his descendants descendant them who wore all high partly brilts rie is ts with tile the residue of his pros proa baitty wio who were righteous into the ville v of adam adain ondi ahman arid and 1 f wed upon thein his last bless 5 12 arid and adam adain stood up in the midst of the congregation beina being of the ile holy y ghost predicted clitso ever should beall his pros the latest generation gent ration ity |