Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the I met with President Young at his office
with George A. Smith and Thomas Bullock and read Church History
to him. I was getting initiated into my office as Assistant Church
Historian to take charge of the Historian's office and business in
the absence of George A. Smith
In reading the revelation upon Patriarchal marriage
and while upon the paragraph relating to the sheding of innocent blood
President Young remarked that it was a very nice point to distinguish
between i^n^nocent blood and that which is not innocent. Were we now
commanded to go and avenge the blood of the Prophets where it would
reach infants from the cradle to the third and fourth generation
should we know what to do in such case? We should not. But
there is one thing that is a consolation to me and that is that I am
satisfied that the Lord will not require it of this people until they
become sanctified and are led by the Spirit of God so as not to
shed innocent blood
Again what does the saying mean that all
shall be damned who do not keep this law unto whom it is
revealled? Does it mean that they shall take more wives than
one? I think that it includes the whole law with its
covenants. I think that many who come into this world will
be damned or disorganized and I think that this is the ^second^ death
which is referred to that ^as^ the broad road leads to ^death^ while few will
enter through the straight gate into the fulness of eternal life
President Young had brother Cannon take
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^revise diction^
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