| Show A It CRITICISM I 0 The Tho Journal Journel In III a s well written takes lakes OIl the I luke ike ti for Us Its of oC rr recent nt into date In regard to the action taken by hy bythe bythe the Ul io H court of ut the tho 1 Want WR Ogden n filly City The rue Herald article was In lii tone and In to be bl fair feir but hilt I nil nfl would be he eon con oNI from It Jl to with the tho of ot the Church ol ot Je UK Christ ot of In II ut or f R a i member r of ot tho Iho tim hunch Church who iu ho hiatt bc n ped by hy that for Cor conduct And AndS I S 1 II tUI the Herald I em III trotted treated that thal no Me notion MeI o 1 I tion iu M though It II were went er nn no excommunication 1 cation It H l o argued that thaI the course I 1 t was W wrong because the ac Re d CUP Nl WM VM not or permitted t to j I the tRIp tum ht hi h tout hut toutI made In certain publications I In both of ot th these the I n IIII wrong the Logan JournAl Il II i out the errora Into which that tha i It paper l 1 In III It talking About a i 1 sub suba J a jelt jc t It dill did not understand In III till tho first tret the defendant In the was wall not The je Ih jel l z decision mude made by the unit und his hili f F I l counselor howl that very clearly clear b hy by r Lh the cAse IIA e up tIl to the tile hUgh High COlin Coun Cou 1 cs 11 It I for tor further action That body con cnn conI I reverse the decision dIlon of ot the i court count or It can excommunicate the no 10 I from the tile Church Inthe In the the Herald Itself furnished th the 1 I proof ot of Us Its own by hy pub puh Hulling tho proceedings pro in III the th court nod the Iho fut tut ul text nf or the Iho It f such It may bo lIo called of ot tho the mem mern her lIeI ier who was It H all shows tho the of or writinG for tor publication something that the tho edi editor editor tor tar knew little or nothing about lInt Hut we 0 nN sorry to 10 say nay the I Logan Journal In n inking taking the Herald to task k tumbles tumble into Inlo ns as groat gront nn un error erro UH tue those nf of the tho thomi vaPor mi er It criticise criticIses After Acter explaining the theordor order of or the Church In lr reference lIco to such Ruch oases eases and the nature of or the tho thi pio of ot the Hitch Council It ayd Iut Hut until that trial ho U is still a no member of ot the Church and In III full f tel tet l UK we to the tho ward wald In which he resides rellIe Neither his hili nor lor even the tho President lIl of ot the tha Church hn has ins the power to excommunicate him Speaking of ot the tho action of ot the tho court the tha Journal says nu nuIt It simply withdrew from rom roni him hilti tho the religious fellowship fellow hlll of ot the Saints In that sIngle ward ivard Tho rho power of ot excommunication Is vested ostell In tho the court of ot the tho ho ward to which n a member belongs nn ProPer evidence nd n IL 1 air trial and ond that hat excommunication would stand ns as excision lon from tho the entire Church of or Jesus Christ of ot I Saints This apply also to one ono holding the Priesthood J over whom the tho Hl hop presides but hul It does not nol ex ox tend end to 10 a II man holding tho the Higher or Priesthood The court could withdraw w fellowship from Irom ilm as liS to tho Iho ho whole Church hut but not excommunicate him that lint power voer bo he bong I Ing ng vested vented In the tha High Council of ot the to which that ward belongs The he Idea Idel that tho ho decision of ot the tho court COUlt simply ho tho accused from that ward and that he ho remains In fellowship In tho Church outside of or that ward Is t I simply ab curd lib Ills membership III In the tho Church Churchs Is IK s vested vestel In Iii that ward When he Is 18 tile 1118 he ho hUll bus no standing In Inho n nho ho tho therefore none In the tho Church Ho lie has hiu no ho right to partake of ot the tho or to enjoy any of ot the tho privileges of ot membership In liny any part of ot tho tim Church Ho Ito Is suspended from Irom nil all such Huch favors anti and blessings He lie re to remains mains In that suspended condition nu tilt null ii iiIi II ll Ii tho the High Council acts upon his hili case either cither one olle way or tho lie other The Bishops decision him not nol merely from tho ho ward hut but from Irom the Iho Church of ot Jesus Christ of ot Matter Latter lay day It HIli In be not 1101 surprising that persons person who do lo not nol belong belon to tho tile Church of ot Jesus Christ of ot Saints become somewhat mixed In their notions cot con concerning corning Its 1111 order particularly when they hey have not made It It a close study hut lut when writers who nrc ur or have been beell members of or the Church endeavor to o point out tho tim mistakes of ot others they hey should be bc h sure euro they ore are right be tore foro they attempt to 10 o go O ahead The Tho rules of ot procedure In the Church are ure simple enough when they me are properly explained and ond there thero Is 18 no deed need for tor or mis misunderstanding understanding concerning them As the tho Logan ogan Journal remark concerning the tho Church It Is III one ono of ot tho the most complete Iy y organized bodies hodl on earth oarth |
