Joseph said that the
sealing power is always vested in one man, and that there never was and never
would be but one man on the earth at a time to hold the keys of the sealing
power in the church that all sealings must be performed by the man holding the keys
or by his dictation, and that man is the president of the church.
Hyrum held the
patriarchal office legitimately, so do you. Hyrum was counselor, so are you,
but the sealing power was not in Hyrum legitimately, neither did he act on the
sealing principle only as he was dictated by Joseph. In every case this was
proven for Hyrum did in one case undertake to seal without counsel and Joseph
told him if he did not stop it he would go to hell and all those he sealed with
him. (Brigham
Young, Letter to William Smith, August 10, 1845)
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