Show R 0 A 0 N M OR amm ia i NING E vu he 11 A r muc h wn wisdom om be being used phea aa a vise ame god calculated to ht t be andI anc a airy laythe life hostility ty of our enemies the manifesto wai est 0 continues concel concerning ing the bembera bembers Nem mem bera bers of the priesthood which 2111 di almost every reputable man i i M in the flee anti entire re community by zo saying ug jtb 11 they realized that in accepting N esias office they assumed mcerlain Mc certain ertain obligations that among I 1 chese ese was the obligation to magni efy bythe the office which they held to attend jt d to its duties in preference I 1 r 41 to every other labor and to deg vote themselves exclusively to it all the zeal industry and strength they possessed unless H released in part or for a time by jt F those who preside over them A f prom from this obligation which we all understand the rule laid down w by 7 the th manifesto follows as n t Z ally y as the ni night ta ht follows the set ting ling sun aun the rule as primul e gated is isas as follows r M 4 we unanimously agree to and promulgate as a rule that should alwaes be observed in the church and by wery every leading official thereof that before accepting any position apolitical political or otherwise which would y interfere with the proper and com j pleta discharge of his ecclesiastical duties and before accept accepting ilig a nomination or entering into ent gar emen ts to perform new duties said official should apply to the proper authorities and learn fearn from them whether he can consistently with the obligations already en terea tere dinto into with the church upon assuming his office take upon himself added duties and labors and responsibilities of the new position THE MANIFESTO APPLIES TO UL some of the younger members of toe the priesthood who ar are e troubled with stiff have assumed that they knew better than their superiors whether a political office would interfere with the proper and complete discharge of his ecclesiastical duties and therefore they deny that it is required of them that they should take counsel in in these matters gods house is is a house of order and none holding an inferior position can know more about his duties than do his superiors all must therefore there therefore foFe obey this rule or as it is put in m the manifesto it should always be observed in the church can it always be observed in the church when some in the church are re fusing to observe it and are asserting that it applies only to high officials simply because high 25 officials are specially referred to it is not strange therefore that the hirst first presidency should say in the same document oar view and it has been the view view of all our predecessors is that no officer of our church 11 especially those in high standing should take a course courie to violate this long established practice can it be that grod has given to the inferior officers of his king i dom douthe the right to decide for themselves whether they 1 can consistently with the obligations already entered into with the church take upon themselves added duties and that he has not given that power to the a postles apostles 01 brother joseph F smith was speaking by the power of the holy ghost when he said in the provo coure conference rence that ai r it the manifesto applies not 9 only to those who s signed d their M R names mames to lo it but to every officer and ta aps V member of the church des de april 25 1896 aa to he be continued 1 |