to give upon the subject. I Believe in the great variety in the vast creations
of God. I do not Believe that the Lord ever made two worlds alike or things
alike in any world. I do not believe that the Human family have been
alike in stature in the various ages of this world. The Lord has power
to give a soul or spirit as miuch intelligence in a tabernacle 2 or 3 feet high
as in a gient 8 or 10 feet high as we find Evidences that in some ages of
this world men have lived to that hight. My doctrin or belief is that
we shall find all children & People at the resurrection as they lie down
with the same stature. that is the way I want to receive my children
if I bury a child that is two years old. I dont want him or her to come
to me in a tabernacle 80 or 100 years old or at any other age ownly the
age it left me and that is the way I believe it will be. we shall see
there spirits before we see there bodies. whare shall we go to find them
in the spirit world but whare is that right here on the Earth whare they
lived & whare we live. I have desired to see the spirit of a Friend & to convers
with it as I would with you, but I have never yet had this privilege
I want to know how they live in the spirit world what for a place they
have as I would come & look of Brother Littles House. But I believe all
spirits live here after Death and no whare Els, at least those who have taberna-
cled in the flesh on the Earth, whether they be good or bad. Satan has no power
over those who have overcome him in the flesh after they are dead but he has
power over those who all their lives have been subject to him in the flesh.
I will now ask how does any one present know what I say my words
have a shape to them as much as this chair and the shape of my words
go to the drum of your Ear so that you get an understanding of what I
say Now in speaking in the Tabernacle if I turn to the north the shape
of my words strike the drum of the Ear & they understand it perfectly
the words strike the wall break the shape to peaces & the sound strikes the
Ear of those in the south as mouch as in the North but they do not
understand what is said Now if I had force of Lungs & power to throw
the shape of my words to China they would understand what I say
as well as you do in the further part of this room they would hear it as
well. You know when you have a vision you can see as well all over
your Body as out of your Eye. When Joseph had a revelation he had the Eyes
of the Lord He saw as the Lord sees how did I know what was going on
in Washington. I have known what was going on there all the time
to give upon the subject. I Believe in the great variety in the vast creations
of God. I do not Believe that the Lord ever made two worlds alike or things
alike in any world, I do not believe that the Human family have been
alike in stature in the various ages of this world. The Lord has power
to give a soul or spirit as much intelligence in a tabernacle 2 or 3 feet high
as in a gient 8 or 10 feet high as we find Evidences that in some ages of
this world men have lived to that hight. My doctrin or belief is that
we shall find all children & People at the resurrection as they lie down
with the same stature, that is the way I want to receive my children
if I bury a child that is two years old, I dont want him or her to come
to me in a tabernacle 80 or 100 years old or at any other age ownly the
age it left me and that is the way I believe it will be. We shall see
there spirits before we see there bodies. Whare shall we go to find them
in the spirit world but whare is that right here on the Earth whare they
lived & whare we live. I have desired to see the spirit of a Friend & to convers
with it as I would with you, but I have never yet had this privilege
I want to know how they live in the spirit world what for a place they
have as I would come & look at Brother Littles House. But I believe all
spirits live here after Death and no whare Els, at least those who have tabernacled in the flesh on the Earth, whether they be good or bad, Satan has no power
over those who have overcome him in the flesh after they are dead but he has
power over those who all their lives have been subject to him in the flesh.
I will now ask how does any one present know what I say my words
have a shape to them as much as this chair and the shape of my words
go to the drum of your Ear so that you get an understanding of what I
say Now in speaking in the Tabernacle if I turn to the north the shape
of my words strike the drum of the Ear & they understand it perfectly
the words strike the wall break the shape to peaces & the sound strikes the
Ear of those in the South as much as in the North but they do not
understand what is said. Now if I had force of Lungs & power to throw
the shape of my words to China they would understand what I say
as well as you do in the further part of this room they would hear it as
well. You know when you have a vision you can see as well all over
your Body as out of your Eye. When Joseph had a revelation he had the Eyes
of the Lord He saw as the Lord sees how did I know what was going on
in Washington. I have known what was going on there all the time
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 31, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 17, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/RgAE