22nd Sunday President Joseph Smith
deliverd an interesting discourse at the Temple to an inter large congregation among
other things he treated upon the kingdom
of God & the baptism of John. He remarked
some say the kingdom of God was not set
up on earth untill the day of pentecost & that
John did not preach the Baptism of repen
tance for the remission of sins But I say in
the name of the Lord that the kingdom
of God was set up on earth from the days
of Adam to the present time whenever
there has been a righteous man on earth unto
whom God revealed his word & gave power
& authority to administer in his name:
And whare theire is a Priest of God, A minister
who has power & Authority from God to
administer in the ordinances of the Gospel
& officiate in the Priesthood of God, theire
is the kingdom of God & in consequence
of rejecting the gospel of Jesus Christ & the
Prophets whom God hath sent, the judgm-
ents of God hath rested upon people, cities &
nations in various ages of the world, which
was the case with the cities of Sodom & gomo-
roah who were destroyed for rejecting the
Prophets. Now I will give my testimony
I care not for man I speak boldly & faith-
fully & with authority. How is it with the
kingdom of God, whare did the kingdom
of God begin, whare their is no kingdom
of God their is no salvation. What consti-
tutes the kingdom of God
22nd Sunday President Joseph Smith
deliverd an interesting discourse at the
Temple to a large congregation among
other things he treated upon the kingdom
of God & the baptism of John. He remarked
"some say the kingdom of God was not set
up on earth untill the day of pentecost & that
John did not preach the baptism of repen
tance for the remission of sins. But I say in
the name of the Lord that the kingdom
of God was set upon earth from the days
of Adam to the present time whenever
there has been a righteous man on earth unto
whom God revealed his word & gave power
& authority to administer in his name:
And whare theire is a Priest of God, A minister
who has power & Authority from God to
administer in the ordinances of the Gospel
& officiate in the Priesthood of God, theire
is the kingdom of God & in consequence
of rejecting the gospel of Jesus Christ & the
Prophets whom God hath sent, the judgments of God hath rested upon people, cities &
nations in various ages of the world, which
was the case with the cities of Sodom & gomoroah who were destroyed for rejecting the
Prophets. Now I will give my testimony
I care not for man I speak boldly & faithfully & with authority. How is it with the
kingdom of God, whare did the kingdom
of God begin, whare their is no kingdom
of God their is no salvation. What constitutes the kingdom of God
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," January 20, 1843 - January 22, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/KmJ