The soul the mind of man, whare did it
come from. The learned says God made it
in the beginning, but it is not so. I know better
God has told me so. If you dont believe it, it wont
make the truth without effect God was a self
exhisting being. man exhist upon the same prin-
ciple. God made a tabernacle & put a spirit in it
and it became a Human soul. man exhisted in
spirit & mind coequal with God himself. you
who mourn the loss of friends are ownly seper-
ted for a moment. the spirit is seperated for
a little time. they are now conversant with
each other as we are on the earth. I am dwel-
ling on the immutibility of the spirit of man. is
it logic to say the spirit of man had a begining
& yet had no end. it does not have a begining
or end. my ring is like the bexhistanc of man
it has no begining or end. if cut into their
would be a begining & end, so with man
if it had a begining it will have an end. if
I am right I might say God never had power
to create the spirit of man. God himself could
not create himself. Intelligence is Eternal
& it is self exhisting. All mind that is susseptible
of improvement. the relationship we have
with God places us in a situation to advance in
knowledge. God has power to institute laws
to instruct the weaker intelligences that they
may be exhalted with himself this is good d
doctrin. it taste good. I can taste the principles
of eternal life, so can you. they are given
to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ and I nknow you believe it. All things ^that^ God sees fit
to reveal to us in relation to us, reveals his comma-
ndments to our spirits, and in saving our spirits
we save the body, (the same as though we had no Body
The soul the mind of man, whare did it
come from. The learned says God made it
in the beginning, but it is not so, I know better
God has told me so. If you dont believe it, it wont
make the truth without effect God was a self
exhisting being, man exhist upon the same principle. God made a tabernacle & put a spirit in it
and it became a Human soul, man exhisted in
spirit & mind coequal with God himself, you
who mourn the loss of friends are ownly seperted for a moment, the spirit is seperated for
a little time, they are now conversant with
each other as we are on the earth. I am dwelling on the immutibility of the spirit of man, is
it logic to say the spirit of man had a begining
& yet had no end, it does not have a begining
or end, my ring is like the exhistanc of man
it has no begining or end, if cut into their
would be a begining & end, so with man
if it had a begining it will have an end if
I am right I might say God never had power
to create the spirit of man, God himself could
not create himself. Intelligence is Eternal
& it is self exhisting. All mind is susseptible
of improvement, the relationship we have
with God places us in a situation to advance in
knowledge. God has power to institute laws
to instruct the weaker intelligences that they
may be exhalted with himself this is good
doctrin, it taste good. I can taste the principles
of eternal life, so can you, they are given
to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ and I
know you believe it. All things that God sees fit
to reveal to us in relation to us, reveals his commandments to our spirits, and in saving our spirits
we save the body, (the same as though we had no (Body
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," April 7, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 9, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/31M