No John did not baptized you for he did
his work right, & so Paul went & baptized them [Acts 19:1-6]
for He knew what the true doctrin was & he
knew that John Had not Baptised them, & these
principles and is strange to me that men who have red the scriptures of the New Testament are so
far from it. What I want to impress upon your
minds is the difference of power in the different
parts of the Priesthood, so that when any man
comes among you saying I have the spirit of Elias
you can know whether he be true or fals, for
any man that comes having the spirit & power of
Elias he will not transend his bounds. John
did not transend his bound but faithfully performed
that part belonging to his office, and evry portion
of the great building should be prepared right &
assigned to its proper place, & it is necessary
to know who holds the keys of power & who
dont, or we may be likely to be decieved. That
person who holds the keys of Elias hath a prep-
aritory work. But if I spend much more
time in conversing about the spirit of Elias I
shall not have time to do justice to the spirit &
power of Elijah. this is the Elias spoken of in the
last days & here is the rock upon which many
split thinking the time was past in the days of
John & Christ & no more to be, but the spirit of
Elias was revealed to me & I know it is true therefore
I speak with boldness for I know varily my doctrin
is true. Now for Elijah, the spirit power &
calling of Elijah is that ye have power to hold the keys
of the revelations ordinances, oricles powers & endow-
ments of the fulness of the Melchezedek Priesthood
& of the kindgdom of God on the Earth & to receiieve,
obtain & perform all the ordinances belonging to the
kingdom of God even unto the sealing of the hearts
No John did not baptized you for he did
his work right, & so Paul went & baptized them
for he knew what the true doctrin was & he
knew that John had not Baptised them, & these
principles and is strange to me that men who have
red the scriptures of the New Testament are so
far from it. What I want to impress upon your
minds is the difference of power in the different
parts of the Priesthood, so that when any man
comes among you saying I have the spirit of Elias
you can know whether he be true or fals, for
any man that comes having the spirit & power of
Elias he will not transend his bounds. John
did not transend his bound but faithfully performed
that part belonging to his office, and evry portion
of the great building should be prepared right &
assigned to its proper place, & it is necessary
to know who holds the keys of power & who
dont, or we may be likely to be decieved. That
person who holds the keys of Elias hath a preparitory work, But if I spend much more
time in conversing about the spirit of Elias I
shall not have time to do justice to the spirit &
power of Elijah, this is the Elias spoken of in the
last days & here is the rock upon which many
split thinking the time was past in the days of
John & Christ & no more to be, but the spirit of
Elias was revealed to me & I know it is true therefore
I speak with boldness for I know varily my doctrin
is true. Now for Elijah, the spirit power &
calling of Elijah is that ye have power to hold the keys
of the revelations ordinances, oricles powers & endowments of the fulness of the Melchezedek Priesthood
& of the kingdom of God on the Earth & to recieve,
obtain & perform all the ordinances belonging to the
kingdom of God even unto the sealing of the hearts
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," March 10, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 8, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Ax3