we do. Peter says I would ye had done it ignorantly
speaking of crucifying the Lord &c He did not say
to them repent & be baptized for the remission
of your sins but he said repent therefore & be
converted that your sins may be blotted out when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord Acts III, 19 this is the case with murderers
they could not be baptized for the remission
of sins for they had shed innocent Blood.
Again the doctrin or sealing power of Elijah is
as follows if you have power to seal on earth & in
heaven then we should be crafty the first
thing you do go & seal on earth your sons & daughters
unto yourself, & yourself unto your fathers in
eternal glory, & go ahead and not go back, but
use a little craftiness & seal all you can; & when
you get to heaven tell your father that what
you seal on earth should be sealed in heaven I will walk through the gate of heaven and claim
what I seal & those that follow me & my council
The Lord once told me that what I asked for
I should have. I have been afraid to aske to
ask God to kill my enemies lest some of them
should rperadventure should repent. I asked a
short time since for the Lord to deliver me
out of the hands of the govornor of Missouri &
if it must needs be to accomplish it to take
him away, & the next news that came pouring
down from their, was Govornor Reynoldshad shothimself, and I would now say beware O earth
how you fight against the Saints of God & shed innocent
Blood, for in the days of Elijah his enemies came
upon him & fire was called down from heaven
& destroyed them. the spirit of Elias is first,
Elijah second, & Masiah last. Elias is a fore runner
to prepare the way, & the spirit & power of Elijah
we do. Peter says I would ye had done it ignorantly
speaking of crucifying the Lord &c He did not say
to them repent & be baptized for the remission
of your sins but he said repent therefore & be
converted that your sins may be blotted out when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord. Acts III, 19 this is the case with murderers
they could not be baptized for the remission
of sins for they had shed innocent Blood.
Again the doctrin or sealing power of Elijah is
as follows if you have power to seal on earth & in
heaven then we should be crafty, the first
thing you do go & seal on earth your sons & daughters
unto yourself & yourself unto your fathers in
eternal glory, & go ahead and not go back, but
use a little craftiness & seal all you can & when
you get to heaven tell your father that what
you seal on earth should be sealed in heaven
I will walk through the gate of heaven and claim
what I seal & those that follow me & my council
The Lord once told me that what I asked for
I should have. I have been afraid to
ask God to kill my enemies lest some of them
should peradventure repent. I asked a
short time since for the Lord to deliver me
out of the hands of the govornor of Missouri &
if it must needs be to accomplish it to take
him away & the next news that came pouring
down from their was Govornor Reynoldshadshothimself, and I would now say beware O earth
how you fight against the saints of God & shed innocent
blood, for in the days of Elijah his enemies came
upon him & fire was called down from heaven
& destroyed them, the spirit of Elias is first,
Elijah second, & Mesiah last. Elias is a fore runner
to prepare the way, & the spirit & power of Elijah
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," March 10, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 10, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/GEL