Show historical data of church by J wesley norton in the following articles it is my pleasure to answer the inquiries Z of an eastern reader y en is interested in our ward 0 iud d other church organization if at any time during the reading of said articles the reader finds parts that are nt net made clear I 1 shall be happy to make myself understood I 1 must in order to make my preview comprehensive and authentic rely to some extent upon the suggestions and writings of other informants may I 1 express thy my appreciation to the record staff for this opportunity and I 1 hope to be found ready and willing at all times to aid in furthering a good cause we believe beli in the same organization that existed in the primitive chu church r i ch viz apostles prophets pastors teachers evangelists etc ath article of faith to make clear the proper PA ap pp the ward holds in the church rf it is advisable that we review the organization of the church proper the church of jesus christ of latter day saints commonly called mormons cormons Mor mons recognizes 2 two orders of priesthood or authority of god delegated to man the lesser called the the greater called the order the marenic is named after aaron brother of moses who was called to assist moses in carrying out gods purposes respecting israel exo 16 this lesser or priesthood holds the same place in the church today that of assisting the greater priesthood in the purposes of cf god the greater or priesthood is named after the king of salem a great high priest of god this priesthood holds the right of presidency in all the offices of the church its special functions lie in the administration 1 of spi spiritual ritual things while it is the right of the priesthood t to attend to the outward ordinances each order of the priesthood comprises several offices which shall be discussed at another writing to be continued |