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
"In order that you may not fall under the dreadful charge of
'Loving and Making a Lie,' will you publish, for the information of
the readers of the 'Herald,' the other side of this matter if it is
furnished you?
"It is not my habit to take up matters of this kind, and if these
accusations had been made against myself, I should never have
noticed them, but knowing what a great injustice your article
does to a good and noble man--my true friend and brother--I felt
impelled to call your attention to it, in the hope that your sense
of fairness would cause you to do simple justice, and not join in
the hue and cry of those who 'Make and Love a Lie.'"
"Yours truly,
"THOMAS HULL."
He failed absolutely, when the evidence was furnished him, to justly,
honorably, make the matter right. There is some degree of commendation
due the man who maligns another if he is willing to make amends, and
we can honor a man who will correct an error when he discovers that
fact and is willing to make full satisfaction; but little respect can
be had for one who, after wronging another, will not attempt to right
it when he learns he is wrong. Abraham Lincoln said in his debate with
Douglas, that there was a _moral rule_, "That persons who tell what
they do not know to be true, falsify as much as those who knowingly
tell falsehoods." We leave the matter in the hand of a Just Judge, who
will judge all men according to their works.
WHO ORDAINED BRIGHAM YOUNG.
_The following is from the Deseret News, May 11, 1907_.
A correspondent writing from Parker, Idaho, requests a reply, through
the columns of the "News" to the question, "By whom was President
Young ordained to the Presidency of the Church?" It appears that the
emissaries of the Reorganite Church have discovered in that question
a fruitful source of sophistical controversy, and that they are
triumphantly asking it wherever they go.
The proper reply is, he was ordained by the Prophet Joseph to that
calling, when the Prophet, prompted by the Holy Spirit, conferred upon
the Twelve Apostles the power and authority, he himself had received.
The following statement of facts by Elder Joseph F. Smith, Jr., can be
verified by the authentic records of the Church:
"The Prophet Joseph earnestly desired that his brother Hyrum should
live to succeed him in the Presidency of the Church. In the year 1841,
by command of the Lord, he ordained him to this exalted position, as
is quite evident from the following, Section 124, verses 94-5, of the
Doctrine and Covenants:
"And from this time forth I appoint unto him (Hyrum Smith) that he
may be a prophet, and a seer, and a revelator unto my Church as
well as my servant Joseph.
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