authority with him from the church, when he fell a martyr to the truth, but that said k

33, the Lord sai

u, while thou art in the world, neither in the world to come; nevertheless, t

lics are mine. R. Do

the keys given to the prophet were never to be taken from him, either in this world or that which is to come-though for ever he is to stand as the President of the great d

ion of Brigham Young, uttered when he heard for the first time of the martyrdom of

from the earth. Brother Orson Pratt sat on my left, we were both leaning back in our chairs. Bri

oung, quoted by Tullid

, p.

Parley P. Pratt. This elder while making his way on foot across the prairies of Illinois towa

he flesh, and fulfill that to which he is appointed. Go and say to my people in Nauvoo that they shall continue to pursue their daily duties, and take care of themselves, and make no movement in church government

obiography P. P.

and fulfill all that is appointed to him-the work which under God he had

oever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,"[A] and yet Jesus lose nothing in dignity of office, in authority, or the possession of keys. Upon the same principle that Peter, James and John, (whom John the Baptist declared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery possessed the keys of the priesthood of Melchisedek,) could give the keys of the priesthood of Melchisedek to Joseph Smith, and yet not strip themselves of them. So Joseph Smith could give the keys or oracles of the priesthood to the church and still

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ophet Joseph did give the "oracles to anot

f the Nauvoo stake, and high priests, held in the Seventies' Hall, in a speech

n away, and no man or set of men can get between Joseph and the Twelve in this world or the world to come. How often has Jose

seph Smith, Mill. Sta

ve Apostles to lead the church, on that memorable

f the Twelve have the keys of th

main and act in their place, the keys of the kingdom are with them and the

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of Joseph Smith, Mi

aration that the keys of the kingdom were still with the church-held more especially by the

date of October 11th, 1844, at a time when the

endowment, and actually received the keys of the Kingdom of God, and the oracles of God, keys of revelation, and the pattern of heavenly things; and thus addressing the Twelve, exclaimed, "upon you

es and Seasons,

forty-eight years' later, when he stood up under the weight of e

, every power, every principle of life and salvation that God has ever given to any man who ever lived upon the face of the earth. And these principles and this Priesthood and power belong to this great and last dispensation which the God of heaven has set his hand to establish in the earth, "now," said he, addressing the Twelve, "I have sealed upon your heads every key, every power, and every principle which the Lord has sealed upon my head." And continuing he

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ht of Succession, by t

end

en a missionary in the eastern states traveling without purse or scrip, as when President

son Spencer, President of the British Mission, informing him of the organiza

ople into the celestial gate but I have given you, showed you, and talked it over to you, the kingdom is set up, and you ha

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that the Twelve were the proper persons to lea

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Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are not founded in Truth. I have been deceived by his specious pretences, and now feel to warn every one over

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es and Seasons,

. Strang and subsequently was the chief man in ordaining "young Joseph" to be President

cially belonging to the Twelve as the highest general presiding quorum in the church in case of the absence, destruction or rejection of the First Presidency. Let it be remembered that all the keys of priesthood which the prophet Joseph held were given to the Twelve; and

ay Saints was not disorganized at the death of the prophets Joseph and Hyrum; that such a thing was never contemplated in the work of God in this dispensation; and since the church

th's church and James J. Strang's church; for the Reorganized church still exists. But its doom is written as distinctly as that of the other false churches that we have seen crumble to pieces int