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May 14, 1843 ~ Sunday 14th Sunday The meeting was opened by singing, & Prayer by w woodruff Then Joseph the Seer arose & said It is not wisdom that we should have all knowledge at once presented before us but that we should have a little then we can comprehend it. He then read the second epistle of Peter 1st ch 16 to last vers & dwelt upon the 19: vers with som remarks ad[d] to your faith knowledge &c. The principle of knowledge is the principle of Salvation the Principle can be comprehended, for any one that cannot get knowledge to be saved will be damned. The Principl of Salvation is given to us through the kno- wledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is nothing more or less than to triumph over all our enemies & put them under our feet & when we have power to put all enemies under our feet in this world & a knowledge to triumph over all evil spirits in the world to come then we are saved as in the case of Jesus he was to reign untill he had put all enemies under his feet & the last enemy was death perhaps there are principle here that few men have thought of. No power ^person^ can have this Salvation except through a tabernacle
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Good and righteous men will administer justice & rebuke evil & the church should be clensed from bad men & the Lord will take his own way to clens the Church, we should lift up our voice against wickedness of all kinds, but will the rulers of our land do it no they will not, they will be cowards untill their is no man to fight & then be brave when goverment will not do it some man should take the helm of government that will do it, will it be called treason if the God of heaven should set up a kingdom, may the Lord give you more & more of his spirit light & intelligence untill you are cemented together in union & love Amen
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I ask did I ever exercise any compulsion over any man. did I not give him the liberty of disbelieveing any doctrin I have preached if he saw fit, why do not my enemies strike a blow at the doctrin, they cannot do it, it is truth, And I am as the voice of one crying in the wilderness repent of your sins & prepare the way for the coming of the son of Man, for the kingdom of God has come unto you and henceforth the ax is laid unto the root of the tree, and evry tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, God Almighty (and not Jo Smith) shall hew down & cast it into the fire.)
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If a man gets the fulness of God he has to get [it] in the same way that Jesus Christ obta- ined it & that was by keeping all the ordin- ances of the house of the Lord.
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Men will say I will never forsake you but will stand by you at all times but the moment you teach them some of the mysteries of God that are retained in the heavens and are to be revealed to the children of men when they are prepared, They will be the first to stone you & put you to death. It was the same principle that crusified the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Br Smoot related the news to me from Br Patten which was glorious in the first degree he gave me an account of the endowment at Kirtland Ohio the heavens was opened unto them Angels & Jesus Christ was seen of them sitting at the right hand of the father
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had the keys of the priesthood been retained & handed down from father to son throughout all generations up to the present time then there would have been no nece[ssity] of the law of adoption for we would have all been included in the covenant without it & would have been legal heirs
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The Lord is performing a marvelous ^work^ indeed in this generation & although I sometimes mourn to look upon the a [page torn] earth & see the darkness error & pollution that covers this generation & the destruction that awaits them yet I again rejoice to see the Church of Christ travling out of the wilderness leaning upon her beloved Yea it gives me Joy to know that the little stone cut out of the mountain that hath began to roll forth in these last days will fill the whole earth & the Saints will possess the kingdom
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Phebe I know you have made sacrafices, & great ones to, you have made them for Jesus Christ & his cause, & you have made them for me: some of them have been of such a nature that it hath required all the powers of the soul to pass through them, & those sacrifces still continue, even our seperation is required for a season in order to do the will of God, but I think you are sensible that no worldly honour or Earthly gain would cause this our seperation No nothing but the commandment of God. Notwithstanding the gate is strait & the way is narrow O! do not shun it, walk in it, yes walk in it for my sake, & seek not death, but livie, yes live for me. Our sorrows, our trials, our sacrafices soon will end, & in that rest that remains for the people of God thou shalt be comforted. Stand by me & maintain thine integrity untill we enter those glories that are to be revealed at the comeing of Christ & thy joy shall be full. O! the glories of a celestial Kingdom I long for thee, for thee I pay my sacrafice. O! kind hearer seal my prayer, grant my request, give me an enterence with my rib my child within thy gates, & glorify our souls with Eternal light & truth & united pow- ers inseperable. Ah Phebe I have had to much of a taste of those Eternal & Almighty truths appertaining to the Celestial Kingdom of God, to let go my grasp I have put my hand to the plough I cannot look back, I must finish my work that My father hath given me to do, & I have confidence to believe that I shall have your assistance unto the End.
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Should it be our lot to enjoy a long Eternity together in that society whare tears are wiped from all faces & sorrow & sighing are known no more, we should not regret having passed through trials here in the flesh. All the ancient Saints & Jesus Christ not excepted had their trials to pass through but they are now glorified, & as it is now our turn & we are living in this last dispensat ion & have a great work to do, then should we not act nobly, walk by faith & do our work in patience untill we can say it is finished. We are not alone in this great cause, the Heavens are deeply interested in our welfare, our cause, & our work.
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Excerpt:L. D. S. Historian's Office, P. O. Box 321, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 3, 1887 [written in pink ink] I will now say according to my view it is of but Little use to baptize the Lamanites and then go and Leave them without any guide They should be organized and some judicious Elder apointed to Labor with them and teach them both by precept & Example, before they can be qualified to Live as Latter Day Saints, and we shall have to adopt that ... -
Excerpt:Elders Ezra F. Richards and Sondra Sanders for with his assistance have just finished the revision of the first and second Books of Nephi, and we are most thankful to state, that the (Henari Potae) pronounces the trans- lation as being very good indeed, far better then he thought it could have been done and if this is the case of the first part of their work, it will be still better as they get further along, as they feel, that by the blessings of God, they ... -
Excerpt:if a few thousand tracts could by any means be furnished they could be used to good advantage. Any suggestions from you as to the best plan to adopt to sup- ly this want will be highly ap- preciated. This has been a fruitful sea son in this land except in those localities where the crops were greatly damaged or totally de- stroyed by floods which ocurred during the heavy rains which fell in the months of January and February. The natives are now busily engaged in garnering the products of the soil, the prin- cipal crops ... -
Excerpt:PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, P. O. BOX B. Salt Lake City, U. T. May 9th, 1889. Elder John Steele, Toquerville. Dear Brother: Your letter of May 5th has been received, in which you set forth the expressed wishes of your sister, made before her death and after your explaining to her the true order of marriage and of adoption of her children, to be sealed to you for eternity, instead ... -
Excerpt:copy Toquerville Washington Co UT May 5 1889 Pres Wilford Woodruff Dear Brother having returned from working in the St George Temple for my Dead I asked Brother McCallister a question that he did not feel at liberty to answer But wished me to state the question to you, just as I had stated it to him, which is a follows I went back to England on a mission in the year 1877 and while there preached the Gosple to my Sister and her ... -
Excerpt:TO THE SAINTS: To the officers and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, in General Conference assembled: Dear Brethren and Sisters– Every Latter-day Saint will recognize the value of union, not only in action but in the matters of faith and discipline. As to the rights and authority of the Priesthood of the Son of God, it is of the highest importance of opinion among the officers and members of the Church of Jesus Chr[i]st of Latter-day Saints. Feeling the necessity if a cor- rect understanding of this prin- ciple, we deem ... -
Excerpt:School organization can not be over-estimated, and in order that the Church Historian be in a position to keep an accurate record of our educational movement, the General Superintendent is required to furnish him annually a summary from the special reports of the various Church Schools. The special report of each institution should be drawn up by the Principal thereof, and, after being endorsed by the President and Secretary of the respective Boards, should be sent to the General Superintendent on or before July 15, every year. Lady Teachers. We ... -
Excerpt:pride and become covetous, and for- get their God. Those, however, who remember constantly the teachings of the Lord concerning the earth and its inhabitants, and who contribute of the means which the Lord [g]ives them to assist the poor and help carry forward the work of God, exercise a check upon themselves and give Satan less power to lead them astray. Under the pres- ent system of affairs, those who ac- cumulate wealth and are able to sup- ply themselves and their families with luxuries and advantages that are de- nied their neighbors, are in danger of becoming separated ... -
Excerpt:OFFICE OF The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints P.O. Box, B. Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 13th, 1891. Prest. David K. Udall St. John's Stake of Zion. Dear Brother: We hear that the Constitutional Convention of your Ter- ritory has adopted a Constitution which, without being free from objections, is probably as good a Constitution as is likely to be adopted ^at any time^ in the nears future. The advantages of living in a State ought to ... -
Excerpt:Articles of Incorporation Whereas the undersigned residents of the Territory of Utah desire to form a corporation for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, we do hereby mutually agree to and adopt the following articles of association. Article 1. Title and Object This Association shall be known under the name and style of the Deseret Historical Association and its object shall be to gather, compile, preserve and publish, ^and print^ general historical, statistical, biograph- ical and chronological matters, both ecclesiastical and secular, and more particularly such as pertain to ...