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Collection Name | First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877-1918 |
Collection Description | San Luis Stake conference minutes |
Collection Number | CR 1 168 |
Collection Box | Box 1 |
Collection Folder | Folder 45 |
Collection Page | 1-16 |
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I could not find the same Gospel taught in my boyhood, that Jesus taught; but I have lived to hear, & embrace, & work in it near fifty years.
I could not find the same Gospel taught in my boyhood, that Jesus taught; but I have lived to hear, & embrace, & work in it near fifty years." We are here on a mission, We have great reasons to rejoice, We have the Kingdom of God." spoke of the restoration of the Gospel by the ancient Prophets -- of Joseph Smith's mission upon the earth, & in the spirit world. Spoke of the power of the Priesthood unto life, & salvation, of trials, & prosperity of the saints. Encouraged them to faithfulness, & diligence.
In my boyhood I prayed a great deal to God that I might be permitted to live in a day, & age in which ministers could be found who taught the same principles, which we find in the new testa- ment; the Lord heard, & answered my prayer, & has granted me that glorious priviledge
"In my boyhood I prayed a great deal to God that I might be permitted to live in a day, & age in which ministers could be found who taught the same principles, which we find in the new testa- ment; the Lord heard, & answered my prayer, & has granted me that glorious priviledge, spoke of the magnitude of the labor, resting upon the L.D.S.,
"I am with the testimony, & teachings of the brethren who have Spoken, many new things have been presented to my mind." spoke of the labors reques[t]ed for the spread of the gospel, the obligations which the L.D.S. were under to carry it to the nations of the Earth, the labor of the Millennium, the redemption of the dead who never heard the Gospel, the importance of obeying all the commandments of God, which now exist, & which may hereafter be given, said "I have witnessed the fulfillment of numerous propecies given through Joseph Smith." Prayed God to bless his people & preserve them from the hands of their enemies.
"It is impossible for us to receive at one lecture all the wisdom, & knowledge, which God intends