Day in the Life

Sep 17, 1854

Journal Entry

September 17, 1854 ~ Sunday

17th President Young preached this afternoon & spoke
upon the Law of consecration & had an interesting
conversation in our prayer circle the subject of
of Elder Orson Pratt publishing the Seer & the doctrin it
contained was brought up in conversation President Young
said He ought not to have published the marriage cerimony
it was sacred & one of the last cerimonies attended to in the
Endowments & ought not to have been given to the world Brother
Pratt said that He thought it was no harm as the Plurality
of wives
& its doctrins was to be published to the world
He said He should not have done it if He had thought ther
had been the least harm in it President Young said He
was satisfied that ^He^ entended no wrong in it He said that
the doctrin tought in the Seer that God had arived at that
state whareby He could not advans any further in knowledge
power & Glory was a fals doctrin & not true, that thare
never will be a time to all Eternity but when all the Gods
of Eternity will sceace advancing in power knowledge
experience & Glory for if this was the case Eternity would
scease to be & the glory of God would come to an end but all
of celestial beings will continue to advance in knowlede
& power worlds without end Joseph would always be a hed
of us we should never ketch up with him in all Eterni[ty]

nor He with his leaders Brother Pratt Also thought tohat
Adam was made of the dust of the Earth could nobt believe
that Adam was our God or the Father of Jesus Christ
President Young said that He was that He came from another
world & made this brought Eve with him partook of the
fruits of the Earth begat children & they were Earthly &
& had mortal bodies & if we were Faithful we should
become Gods as He was. He told Brother Pratt to lay aside his
Philosofical reasoning & get revelation from God to Govern
him & enlighten his mind more & it would be a great
Blessing to him to lay aside his books & go into the canyons as
some of the rest of us was doing & it would be better for him
He said his Phylosophy injured him in a measure many good
things wer said by President Young that we should grow up
in Revelation so that principle would goven evry act of our
lives. He had never found any difficulty in leading this
principle people since Josephs death

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
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Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
In our Prayer Circle on the subject came up in conversation concerning Orson Pratt publishing the "Seer" and the doctrines in it President Young said brother Orson ought not to have published the marriage ceremony. It was sacred and one of the last ceremonies attended to in the endowments and ought not to have been given to the world Brother Pratt said he thought it was no harm as the plurality of wives and its doctrines were to be published to the world and he should not have done it had he thought there had been the least harm in it. President Young said he was satisfied that brother Pratt intended no wrong in it. He also said that the doctrine taught in the Seer that God had arrived at that state where he could not advance any farther in knowledge power and glory was a false doctrine and that there never will be a time to all eternity when all the Gods of eternity will ceacse to advance in power knowledge experience and glory for if this was the case eternity would cease to be and the glory of God would come to an end. Celestial beings will continue to advance in knowledge and power worlds without end Joseph would always be ahead of us. We should never catch up with him in all eternity nor he with his leaders. Brother Pratt also thought that Adam was made out of the dust of the earth and he could not believe that Adam was our God and the Father of Jesus Christ President Young said that he was and that he

Sep 17, 1854