The Afrikan [sic] Branches

of the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1. Peter's vision of the sheet, the his visit to Cornelius, Christ's illegible mandatt [sic] to the disciples before his ascension, all modern revelation , ^declare that the gosepl is to be preached to every kindred, tongue, and people, and finally to every man "in his own tongue and in his own language" (DC 90:10-11).

2. The negro has a right to hear the Gospel and embrace it if he will and enjoy the blessings available to him, and we have the obligation to take it to him. The command of Christ was: "Go ye into all the world."

3. But modern revelation ^seems ^to make it clear that those coming of lineage of Ham, were "cursed as pertaining to the Priesthood", for Pharaoh "he could not bair [sic] the right of Priesthood" though he would fain claim it from Noah through illegible Ham"

4. The Prophet Joseph is quoted as saying that "one drop of negro blood" disqualified its possessor from holding the priesthood.

5. Therefor [sic] negroes may not hold the priesthood.

6. Under the principle announced by the Prophet, persons only part negro cannot hold priesthood.

7. Therefore intermarriage between whites and negroes cannot is disapproved by the Church.

9. It follows that all social or religious associations that would lead to illegible intermarriage must be illegible frowned upon.

^^8. The early leaders of the Church declared that eventually the disability would be removed.

10. This principle has nothing whatever to do with the matter of racial inferiority, nor with equality before the law, nor of teh rights of the negro to full civil rights under the Constitution, -- all of which the negro has a civil right to possess and exercise. The sole question is one of [ability?] to rceiv [receive] the Priesthood.

11. Negores are the children of God, spiritually our brothers and sisters. They are entitled to join the Church and to enjoy all the rights and privileges of members not involving the exercise of the Priesthood. They are entitled to [and] may enjoy all the privileges and opportunities of the auxiliary organizations not involving the exercise of the Priesthood. [new paragraph marker] Roughly they stand in the Priesthood in the same position as the sisters of the Church, save that the latter may enjoy privileges of the Priesthood through their husbands.

The negro may receiv [sic] the administration of the Priesthood, such as the benefits of administering by the elders.

They may, when duly authorized, preside and conduct meetings or other membership gatherings, where the Priesthood is not present. They may engage in all the activities of the auxiliaries, not involving Priesthood activities. They may preside ^over and conduct such auxiliary meetings.

They could have Relief Society, Sunday School, Mutuals, Primay [sic]. They could follow roughly the regular activities

Aaronic Priesthood Activities

They could have within the brother [illegible]

Preparatory Deacons Groups

Preparatory Teachers Groups

Preparatory Priests Groups

The are to warn teach expount, exhort, and teach, and invite all to come unto Christ