The Saints' Herald, the official publication of the Church, was begun 1 Jan. 1860, at Cincinnati, Ohio. It was removed to Plano, Ill., March 1863. Since 1881 it has been pub lished at Lamoni, Iowa. Joseph Smith was its editor-in-chief from 1865 to 1914. The Church held annual and semi-annual conferences un til and including 1882, when the semi-annual were discontinued. The headquarters were at Plano, Ill., from 1863 to 1881; since then at Lamoni, Iowa. The quorums of the reorganiza tion are organized in the same order which ex isted at the death of Joseph Smith. The doc trines are as follows: A belief in God the Eternal Father, his Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.
That men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
That all men may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel, namly, faith in God and the Lord Jams Christ; repentance; baptism by iMMIIIMi0151 for the remission of sins; laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost; the resurrection of the body; that the dead in Christ will rise first; that men shall be Wad, rewarded, qr punished, according to the degree of good or evil they shall have done.
That a man must be called of God, and ordained by the laying on of bands of those who em in authority. to entitle him to preach the Gospel, and administer in the ordinances thereof.
In the same kind of organisation that existed in the primitive Church.
That in the Bible is contained the word of God, so far as it is translated correctly. Tat the canon of Scripture is not full, but that God, by His Spirit, will continue to reveal His word.
In the powers and gifts of the everlasting gospel, namely, the gift of faith, discerning of spirits, prophecy. revelation.
healing, visions, tongues, and the interpretation of tongues, wisdom, charity, brother'y love, etc.
That manage is ordained of God; and that the law of God provides for but one companion in wetilnAr. for either man or woman, eprept where the contract is broken by death r of a plurality and of wives are heresies. The Book of Mormon says: my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lorl: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife, and concubines he shall have none.
That the religion of Jesus Christ, will, if its precepts are accepted and obeyed, make men and women better in the domestic circle, and better citizens, and consequently better fitted for the change that cometh at death.
That men should worship God In "Spirit and in truth;" and that such worship does not require a violation of the constitutional law of the land.
The Church has been more aggressive in its fight against polygamy than any other organiza tion. The local work is divided into the follow ing organizations according to latest reports: Two States, Lamoni, Iowa; and Independence, Mo.,. both organized in 1901; 74 districts; 62 in United nited States, two in Australia, five in Eng land, two in Wales, two in Canada and one in Nova Scotia. The reorganization supports Gracelaud College and a home for the aged, both at Lamoni, Iowa. It is prosecuting mis sionary work throughout the United States, the Canadas, Australia, New Zealand, Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, the British Isles, Scandinavia and other countries. The member ship is about 75,000.