April 10, 1842 ~ Sunday

April 10^th Sunday
[FIGURE] A plesant morning A large congregation
of Saints met at the grove President William Law
addressed the assembly for about 1 hour

[Joseph Smith Papers Document] 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

April 10, 1842 ~ Sunday

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