And these all sustain the throne of God & He sustains them
He & all righteous men love the truth for the truth sake
& embrace it & maintain it because it is just & true
not because it gives them power to rule with a rod of
Iron Some men want women sealed to them at the
same time they will steel my property I want such
men to go to Calafornia as soon as possible for they will
go to Hell any how who should have women sealed to
them those men who have proved to God Angels & man
that they are willing to do any thing that God requires of them
at the sacrafice of all their own private interest or
feelings & have been faithful all the day long such should
have women sealed to them for they will be saved. I ha[v]e
told the brethren that all good men might have this privilge
but they must be their own Judges if men ask for this
privilege & abuse it they sell their birth right like Esau they
cannot never regain it in all eternity men that have wom[en]
sealed to them & abuse them & turn them out doors & treat
lightly those sacred things given unto them it will prove a
curse unto them then beware O ye people how ye treat the thi[n]gs
of God that are committed unto you. for many will wake up
from an awful dream & find themselves wifeless & childless
in the morning of the resurrection who thought they had
possessions, for they will sceace to increase & when they
scease to increase they will decrease the diff[ere]n[c]e between Christ
& the devil is Christ will increase & the devil will decrese
untill Christ will have power to destroy death & him that
hath the power of death which is the devil yes the devil
will finally be destroyed & disorganized & will scease
to exhist as a devil & the elements of which he is composed will
go back into its mother element & the Devil will scease to be
& so will his Angels & evry thing that does not increase will
decreas untill it will be disorganzd & he expressed it as his
opinions that there were many who had a tabernacle on
Earth that would never have a resurrection many other
interesting remarks were made by the speaker
March 1st 1853 This is my birth day I am 46 years
of Age this day this birthday finds me having charge of
the tithing hands in commencg to prepare for the building of ano[t]h[er] Temple to the Name of the most high God may the Lord enable us
to finish it
6th Sunday I attended Meeting. J. M. Grant Preached to the people
compared this people to the chequer board that they would rush
the men on to the king row they could then jump any way he asked
the brethren to make their ditches fences guardins &c & said m[an]y good
things brother Kimball followed & took up the clay upon the wheel
in the hands of the potter & dwelt lengthy upon that subject &
taught many excellent principle He was followed by P. P Pratt
followed & made mayny good remks & g[a]ve good council &
W Woodruff spoke concer[nin]g the Temple
And these all sustain the throne of God & He sustains them
He & all righteous men love the truth for the truth sake
& embrace it & maintain it because it is just & true
not because it gives them power to rule with a rod of
Iron Some men want women sealed to them at the
same time they will steel my property I want such
men to go to Calafornia as soon as possible for they will
go to Hell any how who should have women sealed to
them those men who have proved to God Angels & man
that they are willing to do any thing that God requires of them
at the sacrafice of all their own private interest or
feelings & have been faithful all the day long such should
have women sealed to them for they will be saved. I have
told the brethren that all good men might have this privilge
but they must be their own Judges if men ask for this
privilege & abuse it they sell their birth right like Esau they
cannot never regain it in all Eternity men that have women
sealed to them & abuse them & turn them out doors & treat
lightly those sacred things given unto them it will prove a
curse unto them then beware O ye people how ye treat the things
of God that are committed unto you. for many will wake up
from an awful dream & find themselves wifeless & childless
in the morning of the resurrection who thought they had
possessions, for they will sceace to increase & when they
scease to increase they will decrease the difference between Christ
& the devil is Christ will increase & the devil will decrese
untill Christ will have power to destroy death & him that
hath the power of death which is the devil yes the devil
will finally be destroyed & disorganized & will scease
to exhist as a devil & the Elements of which he is composed will
go back into its mother Element & the Devil will scease to be
& so will his Angels & evry thing that does not increase will
decreas untill it will be disorganzd & he expressed it as his
opinions that there were many who had a tabernacle on
Earth that would never have a resurrection many other
interesting remarks were made by the speaker
March 1st 1853 This is my birth day I am 46 years
of Age this day this birthday finds me having charge of
the tithing hands in commencg to prepare for the building of [illegible]Temple to the Name of the most high God may the Lord enable us
to finish it
6th Sunday I attended Meeting. J. M. Grant Preached to the people
compared this people to the chequer board that they would rush
the men on to the King row they could then jump any way he asked
the brethren to make their ditches fences guardins &c & said many good
things brother Kimball followed & took up the clay upon the wheel
in the hands of the potter & dwelt lengthy upon that subject &
taught many excellent principle He was followed by P. P Pratt
followed & made many good remks & gave good council &
W Woodruff spoke concerning the Temple
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," February 27, 1853 - March 6, 1853, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 23, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/NkB2
