17thSunday I attended the meeting in the . Father spoke to the people for a short time & was followed by President
in a vary interesting manner. reported &
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attended prayer meeting in the evening circle. President Young asked
Elder what He thought of his preaching that intelligent
beings would continue to learn to all Eternity. O. Pratt said that He believed
the Gods had a knowledge at the present time of evry thing that ever
did exhist to the endless ages of all Eternity. He believed it as much
as any truth that he had ever learned in or out of this church. President
Young remarked that he had never learned that principle in the Church
for it was not taught in the church for it was not true it was . For the Gods & all intelligent Beings would never scease to learn
except it was the sons of perdition they would continue to decrease
untill they became dissolved back into their native Element & lost
their Identity.
In speaking of this people He said
if they would behave half deesent thiey would not be driven away from
this place
I attended meeting at the in the evening Elder
Preached a good discourse. He told the bishop to cut off all the
Liars thieves, Adulterers, & profane swarers from the church for they
would rot the body if they continued on it. and many wicked men
would stick by the church but they would never repent of their
sins their was a time when men could repent & have the spirit
of God but when that time was past men might pray till their
knees were callaced & they could not get the spirit of God. How long did
the people that were destroyed in the flood have to wait before they could have
the offer of the spirit of God or the gospel, they had to wait more than two
thousand years till after Christ came & was . He then went
& to the spirits in . the gospel was then offered unto
them. And how has it been with the Jews they once saw the day when the
