called upon us and spent the evening. We talked over the days of Kirtland
and other times. I read over several of the old sermons of Joseph not
recorded anywhere only in my Journal. We spent a pleasant evening.
Before they left Sister Whitney sung in tongues in the pure language
which Adam and Eve made use of in the garden of Eden. This gift
was obtained while in Kirtland through the promise of Joseph. He
told her if she would rise upon her feet (while in a meeting) she should
have the pure language. She did so and immediately commenced
singing in tongues. It was as near heavenly music as anything
I ever heard
On the I attended meeting with the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company which adjourned till the first
Monday in March.
I took out of the Library the first Vol. of th[e]
Live of Benjamin Franklin read it through during the day was
highly interested and instructed by its perusal and extracted into
my Daily Journal from his rules of perfection which he endeavoured
to carry out in his life
Views of The Resurrection
Sunday the E. D. Woolley was called upon to preach upon
the resurrection as some of the Saints had advanced some eronious
ideas. When he closed President Young followed and made
many good remarks among which he said:
We should have our same identical bodies which
our Spirits occupied in this life; our graves would literally be opened
and our bodies come forth. The question was asked if children
who died in their infancy lost anything. He said, "No; a person
would not lose anything which they had not got. Children who
died in infancy would be provided for in some way.
He also said, our God was Father Adam
He was the Father of the Saviour Jesus ^Christ^. Our God was
called upon us and spent the evening. We talked over the days of Kirtland
and other times. I read over several of the old sermons of Joseph not
recorded anywhere only in my Journal. We spent a pleasant evening.
Before they left Sister Whitney sung in tongues in the pure language
which Adam and Eve made use of in the garden of Eden. This gift
was obtained while in Kirtland through the promise of Joseph. He
told her if she would rise upon her feet (while in a meeting) she should
have the pure language. She did so and immediately commenced
singing in tongues. It was as near heavenly music as anything
I ever heard
On the I attended meeting with the
Perpetual Emigration Fund Company which adjourned till the first
Monday in March.
I took out of the Library the first Vol. of the
Life of Benjamin Franklin read it through during the day was
highly interested and instructed by its perusal and extracted into
my Daily Journal from his rules of perfection which he endeavoured
to carry out in his life
Views of The Resurrection
Sunday the E. D. Woolley was called upon to preach upon
the resurrection as some of the Saints had advanced some eronious
ideas. When he closed President Young followed and made
many good remarks among which he said:
We should have our same identical bodies which
our Spirits occupied in this life; our graves would literally be opened
and our bodies come forth. The question was asked if children
who died in their infancy lost anything. He said, "No; a person
would not lose anything which they had not got. Children who
died in infancy would be provided for in some way.
He also said, our God was Father Adam
He was the Father of the Saviour Jesus Christ. Our God was