Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 3
In the 18 Ward
It is right that we should meet together often to pray sing preach and
receive instruction in order to assist us to live our religion; but none
of these things or any of the ordinances of the Gospel which we administer
to the children of men or to each other benefit the Lord. Our worshiping
the Lord is no particular benefit to our Father in heaven; but it is all
entirely for our own benefit and in this light we should view it
There is a doctrine taught from the Stand and
frequently taught in public that we should follow Brother Joseph or
Brother Brigham or any man who leads and do as they say and obey
them and that is all that is required; but this is a false doctrine in one
sense. For I will say no man should trust to the testimony
of another but he should go to ^God^ and get the testimony for himself.
This every man and woman should do.
I might have heard Joseph Smith preach and
testify of the truth of the Book of Mormon and this work until he
had been as old as Methuselah and in the end I should have
snaped my fingers at him and said to him you are a foolish
old man and turned upon my heels and walked off if I had
not have had some other testimony besides his; but I went to the
Lord and the Lord revealed to me that it was true and that it was
his work and I received it upon that principle, I have
lived upon that principle from that day to this
It is the right privilege and duty of every man
and woman to get the revelation of Jesus Christ for themselves and
