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Show I ' i t w LOGAN CITY, UTAH. THURSDAY, JANUARY, VOL. XYTII. 19, 4 r 1899 NO.CO 6aid that God was ho less skillful prophecy of Joseph Smith that the be the destruction of . many, but VOTE now,- and had established His Saints should be' driven to'the they knew it not. SENATOR; church so that there could spring Rocky Mountrins, and, some to Id Sec. 63 the church was told to v up no question about the authority whom he delivered .the prophecy repent of its eins or it would be to carry' n. Hei quoted the should live to help build ;up the cut off. s Doctrine and ... claimed and M.JonW that I rvSec- .- 64TAbeLord -- says Covenantspage 323, church-- . there.He Blit .Llille-- . Project of Allege In the Elders M.J. BalM " if as authority that the keys of the was a prophet the come to , pass in due must Joseph Discuss Merits cl Tlielr church were given to Joseph Smith church in Utah fulfilled that pro- ime; the rebellious must be cut off , SenatorleUole. never to be taken from him. He phecy; that no other people could, out of the land and sent away; the Religions. read, further that the authority as the ones to whom the. prophecy nhabitants of Zion shall judge all was given by him to another, even was delivered were now nearly all hiegs, who the apostles and proto the church, and contended that dead. Id the First Two Days But One Yota is phets are, shall they judge. ..1. . Crowd-he Ward Meeting Eonse the choir then church is its the In Second priestorganized sang:Oh say The euitrecentlyrastdthe Cfiacgel KiugAhaiid ElictIon" in ors Prom the hood. It niay be claimed .that the what is truth J ownership of the temple block in Samoa Small Pcx Scare With Good ed to Overflowing-VisitMissouri the, inhabitants rof Zion, arethe books Tht tyiestionDe'bated,' oracles of Eeason in Havana- Qountj which in or a judge thereof, sat in judgment it believes; bat I contend , ELDER CONDIT. bother the Oharch of Jesas Christ that the oracles of the church are ' and decided that the church in Elder S. D. Condit of the Reor Utah is not the true Mormon of latter day Saints or Keorganized those the and priesthood holding was then Church is Eightful Successor to Origi- who have church, and awarded the property authority to speak in the ganized Church,; (Special to Journal.) . nal Organisation. Books become name of the Lord. o those in the east. Thus the He said would he not undertake the property, of the infidel if he of the prophecy came Salt Lake, Jan. I8.7 Summary K answer to all the of and of todays vote, the first taken in questions about. iJL purchases ihem. The priesthood of his statements opponent tonight; and author ity.cannot be purchased. Sec. 83 tells the people that their joint session for U. S. Senator, Wm. For several days previous Jo the He ,read from the Doctrine'and said he would not commit himself minds in times past were darkened H. i9; A. W. McCune 11, time set for the discussion between Covenants thatthe Twelve Apos-- . as to whether thoJcingdom spoken i4; o. w. JSlder Melvin J. "Ballard'of the ties are equal in authority to the of by Daniel had reference to the brought the whole church under Powers F.'J. Cannon 8, .7, Aqujla Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y First Presidency,' as are "also the Church of Christ, the one set up condemnation. or Nebeker Abserit an Total 3. 1; Smith, 60; by Joseph . earthly Iq another place we are told that Saints; and S. D. Condit of the Seventies, though their decision kingdom. . : ; . Senator-were Five ballots for Zion would not be moved out of must be, by unanimous voice to be Reorganized Church, it. was thought When Joseph Smith died the out of her place, but should remain taken. There wfH rm variation that the house would be packed, equal, first or was Presidency quorum to build up the waste places. In Quoted Joseph Smith as saying ' in the fourth vote, when and early on Monday evening it where he was not; there was no largely disorganized. Sidney Rig-do- n Sec. 100 we are told that a man like except McQuarrie of Washington voted was the . only survivor left. untoMoses will be raised became apparent that there wj to for Edward II. So, when he died, presidency. up reducing foundation for the report, as people there was no presidency. . The There were many men in authority, lead the people with power and ah to each the to a in his act fifth haviog right King eighteen. Upon outstretched arm. from not only all parts of Logan, Twelve having, equal authority own not in but anothers. back calling, he ballot went to King. In section 112 Wm. Marsh was but nearly all parts of the county with the presidency, then took The Saints were divided; some told to be humble and God would session the lead. Should, the Twelve be The opened Jbytha joint could be seen in groups and sleigh went one way, some nother; each lead him.iHe was instructed to of the Senatoannouficing destroyed the Seventies would President as honestly as any other loads repairing to the place of still have pray for and admonish the Twelve. that the hour for billoticg for U., authority to carry on believing he that and was had . Before for authority the the time After their temptation and much S, Senator had arrived,, whereupon the church. When Sidney Rigdon, meeting. are What worshiping aright. tribulation I will feel after them, the chaplain of tbo Senate offered opening every available seat wi as Joseph Smiths counsellor, laid we to do about it? claim to harden not their hearts and if the the Twelve, aisles all prsidency, and taken, tho parts pryer and balloting wts comSec. 43, of the, Doctrine and be they In declared I will heal them., unanimous that note, converted, where standing room could be ob by menced, with the following result: we learn thati ech house shall destrucUpon tained were full,, and many had to the authority did not belong to Covenants, For Cannon: Kiesel, Shurtliff, my must be ordained to his especial tion Go Twelve. to those but first the him; begin. among because no was more home there Bramwell, Harris, N. h Ivors, go " Whenever a member of the calling. Now we will admit for who profess to know me, but do Johnson, Smith, Total 7 rJ, room. ; sake of argument that the not. the became disaffected Twelve he .Bdnnion,.-Canno. The meeting was called to order For .King! n9 authority was not to betaken away to Th was his excommunicated last Revelation given N. W. Hanby who introduced Greenwood, Robison, Thociis, Kimball, by or given ' to another people. It Smith was given in 1841. sen. Horce, Barren . Betts, Fisher, Joseph Rev, Mr. Clemenson as chairman. quorum, who alone had the would-- be Inirthe-LtnrHa- id: state- doesnotjbll0wj,hatj,t I command FullmerIansficTd, McQuarrie, OReyClemenson stated that lie ac? right .toof.do .so....Here&d.A to it another tor people giving a who to unto my Neil,. Parry, Itcdd, Robertson, house Marih ment William. buildv you invitation cepted the position by those in the East tcT possess it, as name and : Church the Reorganized from both sides, and his only in joined .grant you sufficient Stewart, Wheeler, total 19. f members of the church re many effect to time the until that that time, Sidney Rigdons mained there. . terest was to see that each side was your baptism - For McCune: Chambers, Evans,-Smo- ot, -will be accepted by me, If you do given Justice. lie then read the claim.to the -- Presidency - was cot Whitney, Wright, Bennion, He read Doctrine from the and founded in trnth, not da this I . will - reject you as a By water, Clyde; Cummings, Farr, order of debate, after which the Second ward choir sang: We Joseph Smith. President of the Covenants, page 423, showing that church, with your dead. , Shepard, total 11, In another place we are told if For Nebtker: Peerv, 1. Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet. Reorganized Church, said in an- if a person misused the priesthood Who wbuld given him, it was Amen to that the people . hearken unto the word For Powers .Nebeker,- - Rideout, Bishop Henry Ballard of the Sec swer to the question: lead church At ond ward offered prayer. ypur death? mans authority. It is true, there ofjhe Lord JbcyjyULnot be.moved M n Preri dTCtr"Unrk7Forem an your said; The Twelve, until my suc- might be men in each faction exer- out of their places. Did the people Jaukson, Lapiab; Mr. Speaker, total ChjjmiiJ2kmengoa8tated that cessor is pointed out by revela- cising authority, righteously or hearken? If eo, why are they here? 8. the standards of authority were to He also said that if the otherwise. Joseph Smith once They evidently did not, Is this be the Bible, Book of Mormon and tion. For Sutherland: Alder, Hcfwell, when said a Twelve had attendtaken hold and prominent man sug not proof enough. . . . Christian- .Doctrine and Covenants, published r Callister, he? move his people to From the Times and' Seasons sen, Harris, C. Y. Holmgreen, before1844; other evidence to be ed to their duties" on the martyr- gested that taken for what it is worth. He dom of the Prophet Joseph, there the Rocky Mountains: Great God I read Page 625, Vol. 3, that if the Law Miller, Murdock, Robinson never would have been an apos-t&s- y how can we trrneport 200,000 temple be not completed speedily Sorenson, then introduced Taylor, .Welech, 14., people acrqss that mighty deseret the church would be rejected with vital change .in-t- he The only ELDER MELVIN J. BALLARD Wilford Woodruff said Joseph or around the horn. Now there was its dead. ' Voting of today from that of yesas the first speaker. had sealed every key, every power not to exceed 20,000 . of them The temple was not completed, terday was the addition of Senator Elder Ballard first called atten and authority on the Twelve that came to Utah, aod not to excecc the Saints were driven out, hence Martha Hughes Cannons vote, tion to the founding of the church he himself held.' Showed that 1000 when Brigham Young was there was a need of a reorganiza- to the column. King in 1830. Said both sides believed William Smith of the Reorganized made president. The percentage tion. . SAMOAN ELECTION. that a church would be set up in Church said the same thing. that came here was small; are we My opponent said that Peter, our day Quoted from Rev. XIV From the Doctrine and Coven- to presume that God cast off all the James and John ordained Jos. Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 18. in relation to an angel restoring ants, page 385, I learn that three rest? There were as good people Smith.-I-challen- ge the history; Advices received from Samoa the gospel to the earth;., said both presiding High Priests form. the remained East as came here, so . we Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery date: of: January. 12,. ... organizations believe that this was Presidency of the" Church. My will not need to accept the position ordained each other oh the 6th day been fighting there has there eays fulfilled. He then referred to friend may claim that they must that authority w&9 given to anoth- of April, 1830 byc9mmand of God. over the decision" of Chief Justcie .Daniel, eecond chapter, and said be ordained before the church is er people, for it to be with ns iu the At a general council of the Chambers; in favor of Malietoa that both sides believe that the organized, and I ask who could or- East. Then the body I represen church held atAmherst, 0 , Jan. TanuSjjone ofthe candidates to the kingdom there referred to lias-hee- n dain them.-- 1- wilL ask" who ; or- is nearest to the' prophet, especially 25th, 1832, Joseph " Smith was ac- throne in succession to the late established, never to be overcome dained Joseph Smith. It was the in family relation. knowledged President, according to King Malietoa. It is added that or given to another people, but to same authority that ordained My friend called .attention to hia ordination. the Why was be or- the native followers of Mataafa, roll forth until it should fill the Brigham Young. It was the man the quorum of the Twelve being dained if there was no need of it. rival aspirant" for the"- kingship," hole earth. Sec. 22 says every President is were victorious. quoted" from the or men who' held, ihe apostleship. equal in authority to the Firs Seveuty-- , three Doctrine aod Covenants the ordin- When a man is ordained to the Presidency.' He will find also that ordained ' the ; High, Priests by men killed and wounded. ; ation of Joseph Smith and Oliver apostleship he is ordained to the the High Council was equal in au direction by in Council the of High . SMALLPOX SCARE. ; Cowdery to the Aaronic Priesthood highest authority given to man. thority. t the general conference. Sec. 104 New York, Jan. 18. A dispatch and called attention to the part To become president an apostle Wm. Marsh was president o refers to three 'presiding High "hich said that the Priesthooc must get the consent of the people. the High Council of the church, anc Priests appointed and. ordained. ; . to the Herald from Havana says: and out panic exists in the conferred would not be taken The Presidency is a position held I have found no evidence that he Time was called, and the choir An outfrom the earth until the sons of regiment owing to and consent of the was ever cut off. Section 42 Doc. sang, and Elder White of the re- 161st Indianasmall-poMen and of Levi offered an offering to the Lord by appointment the spread and is not a priesthood or & Cov.says the Elders, etc., were organized church offered the benepeople, influence are officers in righteousness. Following this using every to which one is ordained. to teach the doctrines given; in diction. . the regiments recall. about to .came their ordination by Peter, authority bring Note. ;The references given by When Brigham Young .was ap- which was a fulness of the gospel all who can seJames and John, to the Melcheei-de- c 56 we learn that the Elder Condit were from the Doc- In the meantime, pointed president it was by the page Upon home. Priesthood and Apostleahip. the Twelve; the church was to preserve the scrip trine and Covenants published by cure sick leave are going united voiqe-- of smallof died has Dexter Jacob ...'Acting on instructions given to Seventies, . the High Priests, and tures safety. When. .Joseph hac them, and are not the same as the ' Alonzo Graham of f Madison, pox. Joseph Smith, the church was or the majority of the people. No ad- translated the Bible it was given to Utah edition. smallblack of is dyiog Indiana, .. ganized. April, 6th, 1830. , , He ditional priesthood was given him, hi9 wife Emma, and by her to the showed that the doctrine of com but he" was pox. . There, are five ; other cases by common' consent Reorganized church, where it is to several suspects, all in the and r mon consent is a cardinal feature appointed TUESDAY EVENING. to preside. this day preserved in safety. ' j " of the churchy and that ; same regimtnt. Smith in the,Kirlland From Section 39 of the Doc. & by the Joseph As the evening, previous upon .common consent and vote of the Temple called on the people tolsus Cov., I learn that the gospel is re- - the confines of the Second ward l ' : For Sals. t people, Smith became tain the twelve apostles, as proJoseph'. etc.', as set forth meeting, house were entirely too baptism, ' fientance, t President. -, seers and revelators, holding scripture and revelation small to accommodate the immense The 8 E I of Section 13, in To wnPaul taught that officers were phets, 12 North of Range One West, the keys of the kingdom in all thp given, indicating that the fulness throng which congregated to hear ship church to guide it, world. Many people will testify that of the gospel had been reyealed. placed; at $10 per acre, cash orun time. 4 I tbit the people be not carried away the mantle of Joseph fell upon Brig- - In Sec. 35 the Lord said that docAddress: Tcltcj Raich Com ' every wind 4 of , doctrine, etc.; ham Young. He , referred to a trines hid in secret chambers would Continued on Sth Fajspany, Box 1013 Call Lake City. t 11 - . it-o- - all-hiug- . , --T- -- the-ehurc- h f ; , . ful-illme- nt . -- -- . . . -- ! , - -- , . -- -- - . , . . , . -- . -- , He . - , , . x. ( 4 " , , , ! - I- N, |