Elders Quorum

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  • Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 75

Elders have no authority to regulate Zion.

"Every Elder that can, after providing for his family (if he has any) and paying his debts, must go forth and clear his skirts from the blood of this generation. While they are in that region, instead of trying members for transgressions, or offenses, let every one labor to prepare himself for the vineyard, sparing a little time to comfort the mourners; to bind up the broken-hearted; to reclaim the backslider; to bring back the wanderer; to re-invite into the kingdom such as have been cut off, by encouraging them to lay to while the day lasts, and to work righteousness, and, with one heart and one mind , prepare to help redeem Zion, that goodly land of promise, where the willing and obedient will be blessed"

All of this is said to be true of Zion in her unorganized condition. (Uncertain as to what scope that entails for these injunctions.)

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