http://www.mormonfundamentalism.com/10PSindex.htmJohn Taylor left this testimony that the Prophet Joseph Smith guided Brigham Young across the plains as a resurrected being. His remains were not brought here in a wagon and buried under the tabernacle. Pres. Young's statement in 1854 (sic), stating that Joseph Smith was not yet resurrected, was apparently given to mislead the people. (12)
12. Cited in the minutes of a Fundamentalist meeting of June 29, 1952, p. 2. Copy in possession of the author. The above remarks of Brigham Young came as a result of a comment of Heber C. Kimball that President Young feared might be misinterpreted by the Saints, so he spoke to dispel any speculation or false doctrine. President Young logically would have left the subject untouched rather than purposely deceive.
Also:
http://www.reliefmine.com/articles/prophecy/181-the-resurrected-joseph-smithhttp://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,38097,38125http://mormonfundamentalism.org/critics/joseph-smith-is-resurrected/Apart from the testimony of Lorin Woolley, two other men who had John Taylor stay at their home left their witness that the Prophet Joseph had been visiting President John Taylor during the time he was in hiding. The first was whilst he was at the William Hill home, during part of 1885, when “he was visited at least once by Joseph Smith” according to two Hill and Barbara O. Kelsch. (8)»
Hill manuscript collection, LDS Church Archives.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.4The second occasion was in the summer of 1886, when Taylor “had been conversing with the Prophet Joseph Smith” at the Alfred Carlisle home, according to Carlisle himself, (9)»
Alfred Carlisle, submitted to LDS Archives, April 1978.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.4Philo Dibble (who confirmed Joseph had come “in his body”), (10)»
John Moon Clements journal, 31 July 1886.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.4and Marriner W. Merrill, (11)»
Abraham H. Cannon Journal, July 7th, 1891.
Powered by Hackadelic Sliding Notes 1.6.4who was told of it by John Taylor himself.
8. Hill manuscript collection, LDS Church Archives.
9. Alfred Carlisle, submitted to LDS Archives, April 1978.
10. John Moon Clements journal, 31 July 1886.
11. Abraham H. Cannon Journal, July 7th, 1891
--------------------------
And why is this so important?
"No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are"
- Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, v. 7, p. 289
---------------------
"He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ"
- Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, v. 9, p. 312
-----------------------------
"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"
- Apostle George Q. Cannon, Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, 1988, p. 142
------------------------
"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God.. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, ‘Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;’ if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."
- Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, v. 6, p. 154
-------------------
“[There is] no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"
- Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, v. 1, p. 190