22nd Sunday President Young addressed the saints as
follows. If I can see the motives of the heart of man & know
Eternal things by the spirit of God it is far more beautiful
than to hear their words of men. should an Angel come
& convers with any man in the congregation No other one might
know it. He would think the person spoke to him as one speaks to
another face to face when he would not be seen at all ownly by
the spirit of God or by vision. we may know by the spirit of
God what is in a mans heart before he speaks, at all times listen
to the still small voice of the spirit of God and it will save the saints
from many snares. If you get angry dont sin nor let the sun
go down upon your wrath I do not expect perfection in men
not what the world calls perfection I have seen a perfect prophet
and perfect Apostles, that is perfect in their calling. But not the
perfection the world looks for. If Joseph had been as perfect as
the people wished him to be he could not have lived with the people
nor stayed this side of the veil as long as he did, we co[u]ld not have
herd his voice nor seen his face. He would have had to been veiled
Israel could not endure the face of Moses at times. The Lord exp-
ects us to be in the path of Duty when we get in Eternity we
shall be Angels or Goods we shall their advance to the God head
if we do right.
In speaking of the Law what a simple thing it is
what is the Law to those who do right. It is not made for any
body but the transgresser & lawless & wicked. If we do not infringe
upon the rights of others all things are ours in Heaven & Earth time
& Eternity Life & Death Heaven Earth & Hell & all that is therein
is ours if we do not infringe upon the rights of any other being
we shall become Gods & fill immensity as our Father in Heaven
does I can weigh all the sleepers philosophers, & Learned men
of the Earth in the scale & know just what they weigh & can cir
cumscribe them all. All is mine Heaven Earth, Hell wives children
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let us do right & keep the commandments of God in all things.
Our knowledge comes by experi[ence] it is Necessary that we should have crosses & trials of all kinds in order to gain knowledge by experience if we overcome we get a great victory continue to do so untill we arive at our high stations to become Gods Organize worlds & controle them. All our passions God gave us but we must controll them & make a right use of them. Our spirits were pure from Eternity but condescended to take a body in its impure state was married to it will continue with it through time in mortality through Eternity in Immortality.
In speaking of the married state sayes if man & wife become alliniated from each other it is in one sens the spirit of adultery
we may know by the spirit of God what is in a mans heart before he speaks, at all times listen to the still small voice of the spirit of God and it will save the saints from many snares.
If you get angry dont sin nor let the sun go down upon your wrath
I do not expect perfection in men not what the world calls perfection I have seen a perfect prophet and perfect Apostles, that is perfect in their calling. But not the perfection the world looks for. If Joseph had been as perfect as the people wished him to be he could not have lived with the people nor stayed this side of the veil as long as he did, we co[u]ld not have herd his voice nor seen his face. He would have had to been veiled Israel could not endure the face of Moses at times. The Lord exp- ects us to be in the path of Duty when we get in Eternity we shall be Angels or Goods we shall their advance to the God head if we do right.
If we do not infringe upon the rights of others all things are ours in Heaven & Earth time & Eternity Life & Death Heaven Earth & Hell & all that is therein is ours if we do not infringe upon the rights of any other being we shall become Gods & fill immensity as our Father in Heaven does
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