millions of years before our God was he also had to occupy an Earth
like ourselves and we shall find it out at some period and this
is all the mystery there is about it & if we are faithful we in
our turn shall be Exalted and become Gods, and there will be no
miystery about it when we understand it
O Hyde said I am satisfied that I have used a good deal of philosiphy
whis is not true but that is all done away with, and I did not think
I should meet with the Prejudices of Potawatamie here to night
President Young said if you bring Potawatamie with you you must
expect to meet it O Hyde said that he did not preach in Grants-
ville as Brother Joseph Young reported he did Brother Joseph was
not Present and he has been misinformed concerning it E. T. Benson
Explained the way O Hyde did preach He compaired the reseurrection
to taking a Journey around the world we travel all day stop at a
station at night lie down and sleep at night arise in the morning
& continue our Journey through another day & so on. So at the
end of this life we sleep in the grave till the morning of the resurre-
ction we then arise and continue our Journey" Brother Benson
also said I do not preach things which I do not know I keep
in shallow water I wish to teach the people those things which they
can understand, and those things we cannot understand I do
not trouble myself about. I know it is my duty to sustain the president
of this Church if I do not respect the President of this Church and belie[ve]
his word and I set myself up against him I am under condem
nation I would as lives cut off my right Hand. if he speaks to
us we must believe him and obey him. I mean to do it.
Erastus Snow said President Young has put words in my mouth
so that I can convey what I want. we are apt to say many things
which we do not mean & we injure ourselves I cannot see things
in the same light that Orson Pratt does but when President Young has
taught doctrin it has always tasted good to me I do not wish to
know any more than God wishes me to.
Orson Pratt said I will speak upon this subject I have not
spoaken but once in the Tabernacle since conference I then
spoke upon the revelations in the Doctrins & Covenants concerning the Father
& son & their atributes I spoke upon those attributes of the Father & son
I spoke of the Attributes of the Saints I gave my views upon the attrributes
27th 1860
millions of years before our God was he also had to occupy an Earth
like ourselves and we shall find it out at some period and this
is all the mystery there is about it & if we are faithful we in
our turn shall be Exalted and become Gods, and there will be no
mystery about it when we understand it
O Hyde said I am satisfied that I have used a good deal of Philosiphy
whis is not true but that is all done away with, and I did not think
I should meet with the Prejudices of Potawatamie here to night
President Young said if you bring Potawatamie with you you must
expect to meet it. O Hyde said that he did not preach in Grantsville as Brother Joseph Young reported he did Brother Joseph was
not Present and he has been misinformed concerning it E. T. Benson
Explained the way O Hyde did preach He compaired the resurrection
to taking a Journey around the world we travel all day stop at a
station at night lie down and sleep at night arise in the morning
& continue our Journey through another day & so on. So at the
End of this life we sleep in the grave till the morning of the resurrection we then arise and continue our Journey. Brother Benson
also said I do not preach things which I do not know I keep
in shallow water I wish to teach the people those things which they
can understand, and those things we cannot understand I do
not trouble myself about, I know it is my duty to sustain the president
of this Church if I do not respect the President of this Church and belie
his word and I set my self up against him I am under condem
nation I would as lives cut off my right Hand, if he speaks to
us we must believe him and obey him. I mean to do it.
Erastus Snow said President Young has put words in my mouth
so that I can convey what I want. we are apt to say many things
which we do not mean & we injure ourselves. I cannot see things
in the same light that Orson Pratt does but when President Young has
taught doctrin it has always tasted good to me. I do not wish to
know any more than God wishes me to.
Orson Pratt said I will speak upon this subject I have not
spoaken but once in the Tabernacle since conference I then
spoke upon the revelations in the Doctrins & Covenants concerning the Father
& son & their atributes I spoke upon those attributes of the Father & son
I spoke of the Attributes of the Saints I gave my views upon the attributes
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 27, 1860, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/oY5X