Conclusion: Questions and Problems, P6 of Ch 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 1

Conclusion: Questions and Problems, P6 of Ch 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 1

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We now live in a day of perfections. Science, literature, commercial industry, and indeed nearly everything is being developed to its best possible capacity. Books, manuals and courses of instruction are available on every conceivable subject. Gone are the old cowboy days of rough, calloused and sloppy habits and customs. Instead we live in a refined society of careful and meticulous functions which are governed by the minute on the clock and the chip in the computer. Just 250 years ago most men were unlearned and uneducated, so only a small portion of the people could read and write. Today a college education is almost a necessity to gain a respectable place in the business world.

Most of the functions of society, including religions, were conducted in a disorganized and risky manner. Unfortunately the method of ordinations to the Priesthood fell under this haphazard and inconsistent way of doing things, especially when it has been admitted that no “form” was available.

In those early days of the Church, many rough and tough farmers and cowhands, unlearned and unschooled, were given the call to preach, teach and ordain. Often their unorthodox expressions in conversation and in their church work were with “good intention,” but may not have been commensurate with the proper procedures in the administration of the Priesthood. Perhaps this casual choice of expression has caused a penalty in the use of the Priesthood.