Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of SuccessionSmith, Joseph Fielding
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Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Latter Day Saint churches -- Government; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Government
Now, it's our turn to cry "Hold on, not so fast." We will examine the
word of the Lord: In verse 41 (sec. 124) He says: "For I deign to
reveal _unto my Church_, things which have been kept hid from before
the foundation of the world, _things that pertain to the dispensation_
of the fulnesss of times." Well, if we were rejected, and _they have
not received_ the revelations of these things the Lord was _about to
reveal to His Church_, then it stands to reason that _they are not His
Church_ or they would have received them. For the word of the Lord
cannot be broken. They testify to us that _they have not_ received
these things.
In section 127:8, the Lord again affirms: "For _I am about to restore
many things_ to the earth, pertaining to the Priesthood, saith the Lord
of Hosts." Yes, He was about to do it, but nearly seventy years have
passed away and the "Reorganization" confesses that they have not been
revealed to them yet! Then they are not the Church! This is obvious.
Elijah said the time had fully come (Sec. 110) and the Prophet said
"the earth will be smitten with a curse, unless there is a welding link
of some kind or other, between the fathers and the children * * * it
is necessary in the ushering in of the dispensation of the fulnesss
of times * * that a whole and complete and perfect union, and welding
together of _dispensations_, and _keys_, and _powers_, and _glories_
should take place and _be revealed_ from the days of Adam even to the
present time; and not only this, but those things which _never have
been revealed from the foundation of the world_, but have been kept hid
from the wise and prudent, shall be revealed unto babes and sucklings
in this the dispensation of the fulnesss of times." (Sec. 128:18).
Here is a point of considerable interest that our friends have
overlooked. The Lord says: "_And I will show unto my servant Joseph ALL
THINGS pertaining to this house, and the Priesthood thereof_; and the
place whereon it shall be built. (Sec. 124:42). Evidently the Lord was
going to show him these things before the Temple was built. Did the
Lord keep His word? Our Reorganite friends say not, that these things
_were not_ revealed. But they were revealed to Joseph Smith _and he
revealed them to others_; not the unfaithful who would receive only
the "lesser portion of the word" and were therefore denied the greater
things, but he taught them to the Apostles and others. Now, the Lord
did not say that Joseph Smith could not receive the fulnesss of the
Priesthood _out side of the Temple_, neither that he should not confer
the same Priesthood upon others, to the contrary the Lord said He
would reveal these things to Joseph Smith, but it was _His people, His
Church_ that could not receive them outside of the Temple of the Lord!
and unto them He was going to reveal them _in_ the Temple, but unto
Joseph Smith He would show _all things_ pertaining to His house, and
_the Priesthood thereof_.
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