 In a 1905 statement, the First Presidency of the LDS Church—composed of Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund—offered two possible interpretations of the prophecy.First, the Presidency stated that Smith's words may have been a prophecy of what would happen "if" the presiding bishop of the church, Edward Partridge, failed to repent and fulfill his calling in the church