The trouble with some of our "Reorganized" brethren is that they look upon the members of the Church as a flock of sheep, that, like other property, can be inherited. This is entirely contrary to the fundamental principles of the Gospel. The Church belongs to Christ. The leaders and officers are the servants of the Lord and the people of the Lord. It follows that the Lord raises up whoever He pleases, to perform the services necessary from time to time. Brigham Young was every way equipped for the peculiar work needed during his time. Who could have done what he did? Sidney Rigdon? Lyman Wight? James J. Strang? Or the founders of the so-called "Reorganized" Church? Let the reader reflect on the facts history records, and then decide for himself, remembering that every tree is known by its fruit. Footnotes 1. This Priesthood and fulnesss can only be obtained in the Temple of God. 2. See Pamphlet by Hyrum O. Smith, "_The Necessity for a Reorganization_," pp. 22-24. 3. Saints' Herald, Vol. 56:662. 4. As an additional evidence that these things were revealed to the Prophet, attention is called to the patriarchal blessing given by his father and found on page 71: "You shall even live to finish your work. At this Joseph cried out, weeping, 'Oh, my father, shall I?' 'Yes,' said his father, 'you shall live to lay out the plan of all the work which God has given you to do." This proves, then, that the Lord revealed to him all these things promised in the revelations that had been kept hid. And he revealed them unto the Apostles. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession, by Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr.