| Show lf 1 I ill II i In rn reference to t the Church of ot Jo Jocus ua Chrit of ot rda Saints Saint the head headquarter lien heu quarter of ot which am ItI III In tide this city f made by 1 the advocates 1 of ot the e church the expression is le used That Thai portion ot or the Church which went vent went set wa t It Is made mu e ethe the bails for tor and Inferences and which are arc n altogether erroneous misleading It l II for tor tat reason that we now no make to 10 It ithon When hon Ih the first of the tho Church sod and the lie Patriarch were mar mur martyred nt At the hands handl of a masked mob anil anti lIe tle Church found without that council or quorum called tin the Firt the th Twelve tip tics wio ns tie a It council or quorum nc tc cording to the revelation on the sub subject heM helit authority and power equal to the lint Presidency became of necos areas pity tind 1101 In conformity to the revelation tion the presiding quorum of the Church There was no dissolution of ot the body There vas wis no or Ills din organization of ot nay any ny of ot the other coun poun ells cut or quorums or of ot tile the Church It remained complete and in intact Intact tact Under the tho direction of till the presiding authority appointed and sustained by IW bythe bythe the entire Church In all 1111 the world wor the tho affairs of the Church were iere conducted l las as the death of ot the Prophet Joseph Nothing wai wa n permitted p to slop soi The Tho missions abroad wore were continued The labors nl nt homo ionic on the tue Temple and ami otherwise e were vere carried on according to tho the plans already received A few apostates severed from Irom the tho body scat fent scattered In various places They rhey The had bad noth nothing nothIng ing lag furth r to do with the Church which God had f Ret let t up for the he last days In s anti for tor the lust lIst time When the Saints were driven front from Nauvoo the lie exiles moved westward halting baiting at nt Winter VInter for tor n a son eon sonson en son pen until n a home could be found Count for them In the Rocky Mountains the place predicted for them by h the Pro Prophet Prophet Prophet phet Joseph Josoph Smith who isho before his hi de tie decease cease selected a company compan to explore this region for tor the purpose Of C obtain obtaining ing lag an nn asylum for tor the Saints Sainte The Tue portion of ot the Church that moved wert consisted then Ihen of hut but one I nod and tort Pen persona Could It be truthful said raId that they were the whole of ot tho tito Church that followed Young Yu g find nd his hl fellow tello w Apostle Car Certainly not the Saints located on tho the Missouri river proceeded to the spot by Joseph Joeph Smith and Ine selected by b Young as II the he place ace for tor the th Ih founding of ot a city and the building ot of ota ofa a n Temple to the th Mont High Then tot fol followed lowed from y rear r to ti year thousands of oC the members of ot the Church in foreign lands who 11 foretold by II the Prophet Isaiah and aut exclaimed Come ye ys and let it u tic HO go up to the mountain of the tM Lord and to the tie house haul of or the th God Godo o ot of Jacob and he tie will teach teed us vi U of oC his hll wars and cud we will welk In his hil paths path Ian hid had Prone gone one up into the moun mountain mountain tain sin tout but lIt the Church was a still In var various If ious IoU nations mu antI and That T t portion of ot the Church which w went Welt nt west then whatever Its Ita nun num numbers bers rs great g t or small email must mUll ait ut be ba con on as RI the tie whole body which up and sustained President Brigham sid and his coun fan an all a the First Pirt of f the tb Church In all III the world went It lL should hould b be understood that th they y w were t accepted In that position petition by bythe b bythe the th entire Church of ot Jesus ChrIt Chilli of t faints Int In every e l j j where bre the tM Gop l had been and of ot the he w were ert r orEen lt a H It 1 was not ilot I a fragment or a p falUIn that did to eo but the Church The MIe Idea att i to 10 b tp o cn n vana by br the U of f th tI tire 10 all od OIl ci that l i of the Church that continue in th rignal were merely those that Mt went ent out nut of nf and found their way 8 to tt mountain valen al aIe Is tall fall lelous and J JAll A All Aa noted toted In n these columns a faW t ks Hgo G an In epistle was sent abroad In Jn December 1817 by b the Twelve Ap tIes tift by b Young Youn aa u Im Ident who had btu D thus designated by revelation t See ee Do DW Cot Cov CO SM Spi l p It H wan tat J to 10 the whole Church Chur h Which who h still st to i in various parts artl of at the United Stat tats Slats s in tho the r lilt lali Inks l i In unada III In the hi Islands of ot the Pacific end and wherever wh the Gospel Gopel had been sent lent under r the Its direction ot or the Prophet Joseph Tho The Church over oer by Young and his h coon cOlin counselors was n the same In all 11 Its Ha home homo and MIl that which or as ns hud had been presided over by Joseph Smith mith and tin hit his hi counselors during his hla life lite lifetime time The assumption ns then ii ii that a small band Mod composed chiefly of ot persons penona who or been fen excommunicated from the Church h of Christ of ot Saints could tarot meet nod reorganise a Church that t had hiatt never near been hut but that had con continued continued without interruption or cassa cassation tion or change chA n 8 except hint t occasioned by 11 the of ot two or lIe bent officials Is something ludicrous and almost beyond belief Yet It Is a n fact thai such a movement waR wan made and Its hl f promoters attempt to be belittle belittle belittle little the grand organization set up tip by II commandment nt of Qt f Jud GOl April 61 1830 1880 bj b referring to It 1 a nl ne The Tue portion of the ho Church thai that moved moed west under BrIg BrIgham ham Young Let It be not in the tho consid consideration oration of ot subject that the moving log ing In of at a G portion of ot the tho Ito Church to 0 tho the great West Welt arni nJ th lie establishment of ot Stakes of ot n In these thel Old dill not affect the th integrity ot or the groat body any more than the movements of ot tho the Saints from front to Missouri and from to Illinois The splendid organisation for Cor every emergency to which It might bt lie h subjected Urn the Lord hid he provided by b appointing councils or quorums having equal authority when to 10 succeed each other In Inthe th the of tilt lie Church Churell moved on fulfilling the time object of Its creation unimpeded d by the tito slaughter of ot Its lis lead leaders ers eN rii or the defection of ot any of at Its morn mom members bare bers having power Within Itself to rec rectify ICy ury every pry wrong to 0 expel everything Inimical to 10 Its Ite lite lit and health en endowed endowed dowed from on high with tho the power flower of perpetuation according to the tho decree decre of Almighty lod led that It should never per lii ih or paw pass away awny or bo be left to another people eople It was S designed to overcome ever opposing power beneath tho ho eternal cimIni heavens hea and it will ihl fulfill Rim Its divine destiny d I |
