of the kingdom of Jehovah. Let us suppose
a case. suppose the great God who dwells in heaven
should reveal himself to Father Cutler here
by the opening heavens and tell him I offer
up a decree that whatsoever you seal on earth
with your decree I will seal it in heaven. you have
power then can it be taken of? No. Then what
you seal on earth by the keys of Elijah is sealed in
heaven & this is the power of Elijah, & this is
the differenc between the spirit & power of Elias
and Elijah for while the spirit of Elias is a fore
runner the power of Elijah is sufficient to make
our calling & Election sure & the same doctrin
whare we are exhorted to go on unto perfection not
laying again the foundation of repentance from
dead works but of laying on of hands, resurrection
of the dead &c [Hebrews 6:1-2] we cannot be perfect without the
fathers, &c we must have revelations then
& we can see that the doctrin of revelation
a^s^ for transcends the doctrin of no revelation as knowlede is above ignorance for one truth revealed
from heaven is worth all the sectarian notions in
exhistance. This spirit of Elijah was manifest in
the days of the Apostles in delivering certain ones
to the buffitings of Satan that they may be saved in
the day of the Lord Jesus [1 Corinthians 5:5] they were sealed by the
spirit of Elijah unto the damnation of Hell untill the
day of the Lord or revelation of Jesus Christ
Here is the doctrin of Election that the world
have quarreled so much about, but they do
not know any thing about it. The doctrin
that the Prysbeterians & Methodist have
quarreled so much about once in grace always in
grace, or falling away from Grace I will say a word
about. they are both wrong. truth takes a road
between them both. for while the Presbyterian
says once in grace you cannot fall the
of the kingdom of Jehovah. Let us suppose
a case. suppose the great God who dwells in heaven
should reveal himself to Father Cutler here
by the opening heavens and tell him I offer
up a decree that whatsoever you seal on earth
with your decree I will seal it in heaven, you have
power then, can it be taken of? No. Then what
you seal on earth by the keys of Elijah is sealed in
heaven & this is the power of Elijah, & this is
the difference between the spirit & power of Elias
and Elijah for while the spirit of Elias is a fore
runner the power of Elijah is sufficient to make
our Calling & Election sure & the same doctrin
whare we are exhorted to go on to perfection not
laying again the foundation of repentance from
dead works but of laying on of hands, resurrection
of the dead &c we cannot be perfect without the
fathers, &c we must have revelations then
& we can see that the doctrin of revelation
as far transcends the doctrin of no revelation as
knowlede is above ignorance for one truth revealed
from heaven is worth all the sectarian notions in
exhistance. This spirit of Elijah was manifest in
the days of the apostles in delivering certain ones
to the buffitings of Satan that they may be saved in
the day of the Lord Jesus, they were sealed by the
spirit of Elijah unto the damnation of Hell untill the
day of the Lord or revelation of Jesus Christ
Here is the doctrin of Election that the world
have quarreled so much about but they do
not know any thing about it. The doctrin
that the Prysbeterians & Methodist have
quarreled so much about once in grace always in
grace, or falling away from grace I will say a word
about, they are both wrong, truth takes a road
between them both. for while the Presbyterian
says once in grace you cannot fall the
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," March 10, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 9, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/DAy