28 A plesant morning I spent the day in the offices the forenoon with
President , , , & . A Carrington
read the conference minutes and a sermon of President Young delivered
at the conference in Oct 1844. The minutes of this sermon
was compiled or written & furnished by which done
great injustice to the subject. President Young gave a vary interesting
and instructive discourse upon the organization of the Church the
of the priesthood the authority & duties of the various Quorums from
the deacon to the presidency But Brother Clayton in reporting it gave
a small portion of the sermon in detached sentences which gave an
Entire different meaning from what was intended Hence President
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had to remoadle the sckeleton of the sermon before us After the
Prophet died, the Question was asked how will the Church exist
and be governed now the Prophet is dead, will the Twelve lead if so
can they get Revelation, President Young took up this subject & showed what
the privliges were of all the Saints from the least to the greatest, all saints male
and female have the privilege of revelation, of inspiration, the
the . all saints should live in the spirit of revelation. A Priest
after the order of holds the of the
will Angels administer to a man and visit him & not reveal any thing
to him No. then if Priests can have revelation cannot
yes. Evry part of the from an Elder to
the Presidency of the Church have a right to receive Revelations
From the face of the Lord direct without the Administration of
an Angel. Both Priesthoods are divided into classes as helps in the
. Elders Belong to the Melchezedek priesthood, as
& teachers do to the are for Presidents
to preside over different Branches & stakes & to administer in all the
ordinances of the Melchezedek Priesthood. The Seventies are or& apostles to go into all the world to unto all
Nations to Build up the , & Esstablish churches in all
the Earth under the direction of the Twelve Apostles they should call upon
the to come & preside over the Branches after they are built up
a Quorum of ^70^ Apostles when united are Equal in authority to the . The Twelve Apostles or traveling council are to be
special witnnessese of the name of Christ in all the world they are Equal in athhority
in there decissions to the Presidency of the Church they are to preside in all
the world whare the three are not. [Doctrine and Covenants 107:23] The three first
Presidency Preside over the whole Church & administer in all the
ordinances of the Church, which consists of a President & his
two the President of the Church holds the of the
sealing powers & his council act in concert with him in all things
should the Presidency die The Twelve could organize another Presidency
& should the Presidency & Twelve all be slain the seventies being
Equal in power & Authority to the Twelve or first Presidency could
organize both Quorums. A Bishop has two councellors there
is no difference in the authority of his councillors the 2nd has as much
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authority as the first. A Bishop should have his councilers with him
on the trial of a case in order to make it Legal as it takes three to make
a Quorum. The could organize the Church in all its
parts if all other Authorities were dead for they have the out of which grow all of the Higher offices of the Church
An Apostle is the highest office in the Church & was a Prophet Seer & Revelator before he was baptized or
ordained, to the or had any Authority to adm-
inister one of the ordinances of the . He was afterwards
ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood then to the Melchezedek priesthood
& Apostleship which is the highest office in the Church & kingdom
of God on Earth. When a man is ordained to the Apostleship &
keys thereoff if he dies in faith He will hold those to all Eternity
all the Prophets & Apostles who ever did or ever will
hold the keys of the Apostleship if faithful unto death will hold
them forever. President was an Elder when he was orda[ine]d
to be one of the Twelve Apostles some asked the Question how He
could officiate as an High Priest not having previously been orda[ine]d
a High Priest Joseph said the Apostleship covered all the offices
of the , the same as a private member orda[ine]d a
High Priest could officiate as a Teacher Priest or Elder
President Young said "I ordained most of the two or three first
Quorums of the Seventies and Joseph gave me vary particular
instructions to ordain them all High Priests which I did when
a man is ordained an High Priest Seventy or one of the Twelve He
can officiate in all the lesser offices of the Church whether He has been
ordained to that office or not. When I met with the in
at the first meeting after Josephs death in defending
the true organization aga[in]st I had it in my mind
all the time that there would have to be a Presidency of three
Appointed but I knew the people could not bear it at the
time and on our return as the pioneers from the valley I
Broached the subject first to Brother Woodruff and afterwords
to the rest of the Quorum they received it & finally sustained it
I spent the afternoon in the Journalizing
