not Believe I will be a free man. President Young condems my doctrin
to be fals I do not believe them to be fals I believe President Young
to be sincere in sayin that my doctrin is fals. I did not Believe
the doctrin fals which I published in the Seer in England. it has
been said we should let those things sleep. But you do not let them sleep
If I had thought while in England that President Young worshiped
a God without attributes I would not have written what I did
((The above remark was an unkind cut in Orson Pratt he should not have said it))
But I do not believe it yet I will not act the Hypocrite it may cost me
my fellowship But I will stick to it if I die to night I would say O
Lord God Almighty I believe what I say.
Elder John Taylor spoke at some length and tried to convince Orson Pratt
of his Error. President Young said Orson Pratt has started out upon
false premises to argue upon his foundation has been a fals one all the
time and I will prove it false you have been like a mad stoubern
Mule, and have taken a fals position in order to accuse me you have
accused me of worshiping a stalk or stone or a dead Body without
life or attributes you never herd such a doctrin taught by me or any
leader of the Church it is as false as Hell and you will not hear the
last of it soon. you know it is false Do we worship those attributes No
we worship God because he has all those Attributes and is the dispensur
of them and because he is our Father & our God. Orson Pratt puts down
a lie to argue upon he has had fals ground all the time to night
Thare never was a time or Eternity but what a God did exist, and
a God that had children upon the same principle that children
are now begotton, and I was begotton by the God I worship
who reigns in the heavens and I shall also in my turn reign as
a God & so will you
O Hyde said to O Pratt, My opinion is not worth as much to me
as my fellowship in this Church
President Young said Michael was a resurrected Being and he
lef[t] Eloheem and kcame to this Earth & crewith an im[mor]tal Body & continued
so till he partook of Earthly food and begat children who were mortal
(keep this to yourselves) then they died. OA Carrington spoke upon
the subject a short time & made some useful remarks
President Young spoke upon the subject of O. Pratt laying dow fals
principle to work upon That principle if carried out would place
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not Believe I will be a free man. President Young condems my doctrin
to be fals I do not believe them to be fals I believe President Young
to be sincere in sayin that my doctrin is fals. I did not Believe
the doctrin fals which I published in the Seer in England. it has
been said we should let those things sleep. But you do not let them sleep
If I had thought while in England that President Young worshiped
a God without attributes I would not have written what I did
((The above remark was an unkind cut in Orson Pratt he should not have said it))
But I do not believe it yet I will not act the Hypocrite it may cost me
my fellowship But I will stick to it if I die to night I would say O
Lord God Almighty I believe what I say.
Elder John Taylor spoke at some length and tried to convince Orson Pratt
of his Error. President Young said Orson Pratt has started out upon
false premises to argue upon his foundation has been a fals one all the
time and I will prove it false you have been like a mad stoubern
Mule, and have taken a fals position in order to accuse me you have
accused me of worshiping a stalk or stone or a dead Body without
life or attributes you never herd such a doctrin taught by me or any
leader of the Church it is as false as Hell and you will not hear the
last of it soon. you know it is false Do we worship those attributes No
we worship God because he has all those Attributes and is the dispensur
of them and because he is our Father & our God. Orson Pratt puts down
a lie to argue upon he has had fals ground all the time to night
Thare never was a time or Eternity but what a God did exist, and
a God that had children upon the same principle that children
are now begotton, and I was begotton by the God I worship
who reigns in the heavens and I shall also in my turn reign as
a God & so will you
O Hyde said to O Pratt, My opinion is not worth as much to me
as my fellowship in this Church
President Young said Michael was a resurrected Being and he
left Eloheem andcame to this Earth &with an immortal Body & continued
so till he partook of Earthly food and begat children who were mortal
(keep this to yourselves) then they died. A Carrington spoke upon
the subject a short time & made some useful remarks
President Young spoke upon the subject of O. Pratt laying dow fals
principle to work upon That principle if carried out would place
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 27, 1860, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 22, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qj3p