can reach & manage & tell what ought to be done you ought
to cease from taking the liberty of any person but do unto all as you
would wish them to do unto you infringe upon the rights of no
one Borrow no tool but what you will return according to promise
take no wood nor any thing els but what belongs to you and if you
find any thing that is not your own do not Hide it away but
report it that the owner may be found. If I had some stones
Here in my hand I could cast them & hit twor or three in this
congregation in the Head who are guilty of these acts you may say
why dont you tell who they are why you poor Devil are you not
going to repent of it by & By. If not when the day of clensing & santi
fying of Israels comes you will have to be sacraficed & your Blood
spilt upon the ground for the day will come when iniquity must
scease in Zion And the profane man who takes the Name of God
in vain will be slain.
In the days of Ancient Israel Justice
was dealt out in a manner that showed they understood principle &
revered the commandos of God. it was a mercy to many to have
Justice & Judgment executed upon them on the Earth even to
be slain & have their Blood poured out upon the Earth that it
might be tolerable for them God made a covenant with Abraham & his seed that He would save them when they
commit sin He slew them that He might save them by
their spililing their Blood as an offering. Had they have lived
in sin they might have sinned so as not to have Been forgiven
or saved. it was a mercy to slay them. Now Brother if
you sin against God go to God to get forgiveness if that sin is
not unto death their is a sin unto death which we were told we
need not pray for. [1 John 5:16] if you sin against your Brother go to him
to get forgiveness ask forgiveness at the Hands of the inocent
if you sin against your family your parents your Husband your
wife your childrn seek forgiveness at their hands But what
is done in secret should be forgiven in secret & go no further
that sins may be hid. But if sins are committed openly they
should ask forgiveness & be forgiven openly these are true
principles & let them be rememberd forever [Doctrine and Covenants 42:88-92]
Govornor B. Youngs address Before the legislaetive
assembly of the Territory of Utah upon slavery
He remarked that the whole world were slaves Eve partook
of the forbidden fruit & also Adam & it brought slavery
upon all their posteriy in some way or other & thi[s] will
continue untill we become righteous enough to drive
the devil & evil from the Earth. Adam had two
sons Kane & Abel. KCain was more given to evil than
Abel Adam was called to offer secrifice also his sons the
sacrifice of Abel was more acceptable than Canes & Cane
took it into his heart to put Abel out of the way so he
killed Abel the Lord said I will not kill Cane But I
will put a mark upon him [Genesis 4:1-15] and it is seen in the fac[e]
of every Negro on the Earth and it is the decree of
god that that mark shall remain upon the seed of Cane
& the curse untill all the seed of Abel should be redeemed
and Cane will not receive the priesthood untill or
salvation untill all the seed of Abel are Redeemed
any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him
can reach & manage & tell what ought to be done you ought
to cease from taking the liberty of any person but do unto all as you
would wish them to do unto you infringe upon the rights of no
one Borrow no tool but what you will return according to promise
take no wood nor any thing els but what belongs to you and if you
find any thing that is not your own do not hide it away but
report it that the owner may be found. If I had some stones
here in my hand I could cast them & hit twor or three in this
congregation in the head who are guilty of these acts you may say
why dont you tell who they are why you poor Devil are you not
going to repent of it by & by. If not when the day of clensing & santi
fying of Israels comes you will have to be sacraficed & your blood
spilt upon the ground for the day will come when iniquity must
scease in Zion and the Profane man who takes the Name of God
in vain will be slain.
In the days of Ancient Israel Justice
was dealt out in a manner that showed they understood principle &
revered the commands of God. it was a mercy to many to have
Justice & Judgment executed upon them on the Earth even to
be slain & have their blood poured out upon the Earth that it
might be tolerable for them God made a Covenant with
Abraham & his seed that He would save them when they
commit sin He slew them that He might save them by
their spilling their blood as an offering. Had they have lived
in sin they might have sinned so as not to have been forgiven
or saved. it was a mercy to slay them. Now Brethren if
you sin against God go to God to get forgiveness if that sin is
not unto death their is a sin unto death which we were told we
need not pray for. if you sin against your Brother go to him
to get forgivness ask forgiveness at the hands of the inocent
if you sin against your family your parents your husband your
wife your childrn seek forgiveness at their hands but what
is done in secret should be forgiven in secret & go no further
that sins may be hid. But if sins are committed openly they
should ask forgiveness & be forgiven openly these are true
principles & let them be rememberd forever
Govornor B. Youngs address before the legislative
assembly of the Territory of Utah upon slavery
He remarked that the whole world were slaves Eve partook
of the forbidden fruit & also Adam & it brought slavery
upon all their posteriy in some way or other & this will
continue untill we become righteous enough to drive
the devil & evil from the Earth. Adam had two
sons Kane & Abel.Cain was more given to evil than
Abel Adam was called to offer secrifice also his sons the
sacrifice of Abel was more acceptable than Canes & Cane
took it into his heart to put Abel out of the way so he
killed Abel the Lord said I will not kill Cane but I
will put a mark upon him and it is seen in the face
of every Negro on the Earth and it is the decree of
God that that mark shall remain upon the seed of Cane
& the Curse untill all the seed of Abel should be redeemed
and Cane will not receive the priesthood or
salvation untill all the seed of Abel are redeemed
any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," January 4, 1852, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/W6Ro