to come after us they have got a long road to travel we have either
got to Join hands with sin & sinners or we have got to fight them
The subject of Adultery again came up Joseph said a man cannot
commit Adultery with his wife so says the revelation on the Patriarchs
marriage yet a man can do rong in having connexion with his
his wife at times Joseph Young aske said the Ancient Apostle said this
a man should not put away his wife fsave for the cause of fornication
if He did they would both commit Adultery. Brigham Young
said Joseph taught that when a womans affections was entirly
weaned from her husband that was Adultery in spiri her
Affections were Adulterated from his He also said that there
was No law in Heaven or on Earth that would compel a
woman to stay with a man either in time or Eternity this
I think is true (but I do not know) that if a man that is a High
priest takes a woman & she leaves him & goes to one of a lesser
office say the Lesser priesthood or member I think in the
resurrection that that High Priest can claim her "Joseph
what if she should not want to go with him I should not
want a woman under those circumstances. Brigham I will tell
you what you will find that all those evil traditions & affectio[ns]
or passions that Haunt the mind in this life will all be done
away in the resurrection you will find then that any man who
gets a glory & exaltation will be so beautiful that any woman would
be willing to have him if it was right & wharever it is right
for the woman to go there she will be willing to go for all those
evils will vanish to which we are subject in this life. I have
told the people the truth Just as it is but others will at times
get up & tell the people that they will get no heaven ^[FIGURE]^ ownly what
they make in this life and that it will be in the next world as
it is in this now they do not mean whaat they say they do not
explain themselves Hence the people will not understand what is
said to them. Joseph said I wish I knew what my limits
were. Brigham Your limits are endless & you have not got half
way to the end of it yet. Now hwhen I was an Elder I was as
willing to correct an Error in the Brethren as I am now. But
the people do not see it so. Now if you should be with the 12
or any body you would have a right to correct an Error as
well as with a member but you could not correct them
by cutting them off from the Church because they are over
you in the priesthood. many other remarks were made at the time
~ Wednesday
3rd Brother Oliphant grafted some of my trees to day I spent
most of the day with him I bought a yoke of 4 year old yoked
of Durham Oxen deep red paid $125 for them of HooperA Lyman
arived home this evening with the Calafornia mail
~ Thursday
4th I looked over Accounts to day with J. M. Bernhisel
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to the western standard
to come after us they have got a long road to travel we have either
got to Join hands with sin & sinners or we have got to fight them
The subject of Adultery again came up Joseph said a man cannot
commit Adultery with his wife so says the revelation on the Patriarchs
marriage yet a man can do rong in having connexion with his
his wife at times Joseph Young said the Ancient Apostle said this
a man should not put away his wifesave for the cause of fornication
if He did they would both commit Adultery. Brigham Young
said Joseph taught that when a womans affections was entirly
weaned from her husband that was Adultery in spiri her
Affections were Adulterated from his He also said that there
was No law in Heaven or on Earth that would compel a
woman to stay with a man either in time or Eternity this
I think is true (but I do not know) that if a man that is a High
priest takes a woman & she leaves him & goes to one of a lesser
office say the Lesser priesthood or member I think in the
resurrection that that High Priest can claim her "Joseph
what if she should not want to go with him I should not
want a woman under those circumstances. Brigham I will tell
you what you will find that all those evil traditions & affections
or passions that Haunt the mind in this life will all be done
away in the resurrection you will find then that any man who
gets a glory & exaltation will be so beautiful that any woman would
be willing to have him if it was right & wharever it is right
for the woman to go there she will be willing to go for all those
evils will vanish to which we are subject in this life. I have
told the people the truth Just as it is but others will at times
get up & tell the people that they will get no heaven [FIGURE] ownly what
they make in this life and that it will be in the next world as
it is in this now they do not mean whaat they say they do not
explain themselves Hence the people will not understand what is
said to them. Joseph said I wish I knew what my limits
were. Brigham Your limits are endless & you have not got half
way to the end of it yet. Nowwhen I was an Elder I was as
willing to correct an Error in the Brethren as I am now. But
the people do not see it so. Now if you should be with the 12
or any body you would have a right to correct an Error as
well as with a member but you could not correct them
by cutting them off from the Church because they are over
you in the priesthood. many other remarks were made at the time
~ Wednesday
3rd Brother Oliphant grafted some of my trees to day I spent
most of the day with him I bought a yoke of 4 year old yoked
of Durham Oxen deep red paid $125 for them of HooperA Lyman
arived home this evening with the Calafornia mail
~ Thursday
4th I looked over Accounts to day with J. M. Bernhisel
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to the western standard
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," June 3, 1857 - June 7, 1857, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/r0E4