GURLEY'S DOUBTS FOLLOW HIS FAMILY.
Zenos H. Gurley ("an apostle") had been able to convert many to this organization, yet he was not satisfied in his own mind. In connection with Jason W. Briggs (founder of the "Reorganization), he forsook the Church they claimed had been built upon "revelations" from divers persons, ("Saints Herald" Vol. 33, Pages 248-249.) The reasons why these men withdrew from the "Reorganization" were as follows: That they could not believe in:
1st—"The literal gathering of the Church into Jackson and the adjoining counties in the State of Missouri (or any one or more places) known as a local Zion."
2d—"Temple building and ceremonial endowments therein."
3d—"Baptism for the dead."
4th—"Tithing as a law applicable to the Church."
5th—"The law of consecration by which individuals are made legal heirs to the Kingdom of Zion."
6th—"A sole mouthpiece of God to the Church."
7th—"The plenary inspiration of and consequent absolute authority of what are called the sacred books."
8th—"The doctrine of 'cursing our enemies,' and of 'avenging God upon them to the third and fourth generations.'"
9th—"To the foregoing may be added the revelation of January 19, 1841, Section 107 D. & C. (124, our edition), which enjoins upon the Church the building of a hotel, called the 'Lord's boarding-house,' for Joseph Smith and posterity to dwell in from generation to generation, as also the promise contained therein, viz.: 'And as I said unto Abraham concerning the kindreds of the earth, even so I say to my servant Joseph, in thee and in thy seed shall the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'"
"This, coupled with the provisions in Section 43, that 'none else should or could receive revelation for the Church, and the provision of Section 19, that the Church shall receive Joseph's words and commands the same as if from God's own mouth,—establish in our judgment a lineal descent of authority equivalent to an imperial dynasty, which is foreign to the spirit and genius of the Gospel of Christ.'"