April 10th Sunday [FIGURE] A plesant morning A large congregation
of Saints met at the grove President William Law
addressed the assembly for about 1 hour
tThen Joseph the Seer arose in the power of
God reproved & rebuked wickedness inbefore the
people in the name of the Lord God. He wished
to say a few words to suit the condition of the general
mass. And I shall speak with authority of the
priesthood in the name of the Lord God, which
shall prove a savior of life unto life or of death
unto death. [2 Corinthians 2:16]
Notwithstanding this congregation profess to be
Saints yet I stand in the midst of all characters
and classes of men. If you wish to go whare God
is you must be like God or possess the principles which
God possesses for if we are not drawing towards God
in principle we are going from him & drawing towa-
rds the devil. yes I am standing in the midst of
all kinds of people. Search your hearts & see if
you are like God. I have searched mine & feel to
repent of all my sins. We have theives among us
Adulterers, liars, hypocritts. if God should speak
from Heaven he would command usyou not to
steal, not to commit Adultery, nor to covet, nor
deceive but be faithful over a few things
As far as we degenerate from God we desend
to the devil & looses knowledge & without knowle-
dge we cannot be saved & while our hertarts are filled
with evil & we are studying evil their is no room
in our hearts for good or studying good. is not
God good, theyea then you be good. if he is faithful
then you be faithful. Add to your faith virtue, to
virtue, knowledge, & seek for evry good thing [2 Peter 1:5]
the Church must be cleansed & I proclaim
against all iniquity. A man is saved no faster
than he gets knowledge for if he does not get
knowledge he will be brought into captivity by
some evil power in the other world as evil
spirits will have more knowlede & consequent
ly more power than many men who are
~ Sunday
April 10th Sunday
[FIGURE] A plesant morning A large congregation
of Saints met at the grove President William Law
addressed the assembly for about 1 hour
Then Joseph the Seer arose in the power
of God reproved & rebuked wickedness before the
people in the name of the Lord God. He wished
to say a few words to suit the condition of the general
mass. "And I shall speak with authority of the
priesthood in the name of the Lord God, which
shall prove a savior of life unto life or of death
unto death.
Notwithstanding this congregation profess to be
Saints yet I stand in the midst of all characters
and classes of men. If you wish to go whare God
is you must be like God or possess the principles which
God possesses for if we are not drawing towards God
in principle we are going from him & drawing towa
rds the devil, yes I am standing in the midst of
all kinds of people. Search your hearts & see if
you are like God. I have searched mine & feel to
repent of all my sins. We have theives among us
Adulterers, liars, hypocritts, if God should speak
from Heaven he would command you not to
steal, not to commit Adultery, nor to covet, nor
deceive but be faithful over a few things
As far as we degenerate from God we desend
to the devil & looses knowledge & without knowledge we cannot be saved & while our hearts are filled
with evil & we are studying evil their is no room
in our hearts for good or studying good, is not
God good, yea then you be good, if he is faithful
then you be faithful. Add to your faith virtue, to
virtue knowledge, & seek for evry good thing
the Church must be cleansed & I proclaim
against all iniquity. A man is saved no faster
than he gets knowledge for it he does not get
knowledge he will be brought into captivity by
some evil power in the other world as evil
spirits will have more knowlede & consequent
ly more power than many men who are
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," April 10, 1842, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/5r8