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Aug 15, 1847

Journal Entry

August 15, 1847 ~ Sunday

[1]5th [FIGURES] Sunday The camp of Israel met as usal at 10 oclok
& was addressed by President Young in an interesting
manner upon an interesting subject much to our edifycation.
The following are some of the remarks made by President Young. I am
going to day sto speak upon the subject of the Patriarchal Priesthood &
by request of Br Crow say sumthing upon the death of his child that
was drowned the other day. I hope to speak so as to be understood
There is a reality in eternal things as much as in the things of time
which we daily see with our eyes when A man has A dream or
[v]ision of eternal things it is an evidence of its truth as much as
[t]hough He saw it with his own eyes in one sens of the word. The
Lord has hid from man the things that He knew before He
came in the flesh that He might walk by faith & prove himself
[w]hile here. The Lord converses with men on the earth in the
[f]orm of A servent & by visions & dreams &c but He never appea[rs to]
man in the flesh in the fulness of his glory, for He is as a
[c]onsuming fire & a mortal body would perish in an instant
The Priesthood is again restored on the earth to bring back [illegible] [text faded]
[w]hich [2 illegible words] [page torn] we do not recieve all at once but [2 illegible words] [page torn]

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There is a reality in eternal things as much as in the things of time which we daily see with our eyes when a man has a dream or [v]ision of eternal things it is an evidence of its truth as much as [t]hough he saw it with his own eyes in one sens of the word. The Lord has hid from man the things that He knew before He [c]ame in the flesh that he might walk by faith & prove himself [w]hile here. The Lord converses with men on the earth in the [f]orm of a servent & by visions & dreams &c but He never appea[rs to] man in the flesh in the fulness of his glory, for He is as a [c]onsuming fire & a mortal body would perish in an instant
~ Brigham Young

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Aug 15, 1847