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Show . f uvc EDITORIAL PAGE No Secret Ordinations The Then could any valid ordination be secret? Lord allows no secret ordinations in His He said even further: All things shall be done by common consent in the church. (D&C 26:2) And that means by public knowledge and public vote. church! He has given none and will give none. As Paul told Agrippa, this work was not done in a corner. (Acts 26:28.) It is in the open it is it is for all to see and know'. public cultists seek to confuse people by that the Lord has given secret revelasaying tions and secret ordinations authorizing under the table practices w hich for public consumption are supposed to be prohibited. But the Lord is not He does not deal in devious ways. What does lie Himself say about such claims of secrecy? He brands them as being false by requiring that all His acts be known to the Church. Says He: As the early elders complied with the law . requiring licenses to preach, the Lord instruct- Some ed: The elders are to receive their licenses from other elders by vote of the church, (D&C 20:53) and added: NO PERSON IS to be ordained to any office in this church where there is a regularly organized branch of the same, without the vote of that church. (D&C 20:63.) two-face- AGAIN I SAY unto you, that it shall not be given to any one to go forth to preach my gospel, or to build up my church, except he be ordained by some one who has authority, and it is known to the church that he has authority and has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church. And as pertaining to activities relating to the membership at large, as contrasted with strictly local or branch affairs, he said: And a commandment I give unto you, that you should fill all these offices and approve of ' those names which I have mentioned, or else disapprove of them at my general conference." (D&C 124:144.) Members of the church should remember ' these basic principles, and remain alert to the Lord's law when cultists try to mislead them (D&C 42:11) He explained even further as He added. He that is ordained of me shall come in at the gate and be ordained as I have told you before. (D&C 43:7) with teachings which are contrary to the BUILDING A TABERNACLE A Progress Report Reported the Deseret News Sept. 12. Stifi "Henry of the bents (arches) springing from the west end of the new tabernacle and has commenced on the fifth one. He has also commenced shingling on the south side, and a point more than half way up to the center of the semi circular roof Grow informs us that he has 1 raised four has already been reached. Such was the progress report on construction of the tabernacle. The Only Preventive WHEN THE READERS Digest recently ran an article on the present V.D. epidemic it said only one thing about chastity, and that implied that it doesnt work. Or is God not a reality to them? If there is no God, they say, there is no sin, and no point to scriptural restrictions against evil life. If what this magazine said is true, America indeed is in a sad and frightening situation. But God does live. He is a great reality, and as surely as we sin we will reap the harvest Discussing the various measures suggested by doctors and other professionals for curbing this dreadful disease, the magazine said: It seems clear that no amount of preaching about sin and punishment will check the spread of V.D. or cure its sufferers. V.D. must be treated as a health problem. Does the editor mean to suggest then that V.D. sufferers no longer believe sufficiently in God to accept immorality as a sin? Do they no longer believe in Holy Writ in which sex sin is clearly branded as next to murder in its seriousness? which w'e sow. God will not be mocked. We are either for or against Him, and He has said that if we are not for Him, we are classed with His opponents. Who. knowing God? What believer then, will brush His mandments aside? The only way to halt the V.D. epidemic is to Gods law of chastity. A Curse On The Land The Book of Mormon occasionally speaks about a curse on the land, and the scripture points out that such did exist at times. And what brought it on? Says Ether (7:23): The wickedness and idolatry of the people was bringing a curse upon the land. Can it happen here? be that hypocrisy has become such a part of American life that professors of faith suppose that they can be on opposing sides at the same time, or do they think that God is so blind that He cannot see them in their sins? 1 it WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9, 1 com- live OR DOES IIE MEAN that the millions who expose themselves to this disease think they can sin and escape the consequences, even as Cain, who thought he could murder and get gain? Can the facts, would dare defy 972 Six months later, the building was still only partly finished. William H. Folsom was released as architect and the position was given to Truman 0. Angell, who assumed responsibility for finishing the building. No work of any kind had been designed for the interior of the structure. Until this point, it was a hollow shell with a dirt floor. From Angell s diary.it is apparent that the interior design was started after the April, 1867. General Conference of the church as the exterior neared the finishing stages. At that confeience. Brigham Young requested both labor and supplies. "You men ow ning saw nulls, bring on the lumber to finish the tabernacle, and you cai pouters and joiners come and help use it up. He hoped that by the following October Conference there would be room for all in the new building. "I expect, however. that by the time our building is finished we shall find that we shall want a little more room. Mormonism is growing, spreading abroad, swelling and increasing, and I expect it is likely that our building will not be quite large enough. Three days later, George A. Smith predicted that "by the time our great tabernacle is finished we shall begin to complain that it is too small. Mormonism has seemed to flourish best On Aug. 2s, the building was rapidly progressing; seats are being made; all is life, bustle, and activity ltl and around the structure. Olson Pratt of the Council of the Twelve, seeing the tabernacle for the first time as he returned from a mission. said I saw it towering above the surrounding buildings like ,n artificial mountain , . . and I thought of the words of Isaiah and Micah. The mountain of the Lind's house shall be established in the tops of the mountains. (Another in a series ; |
