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As I have received the good and the evil, the fruits of obedience and disobedience, I think I am justified in exhorting all my young friends to always obey the whisperings of the Spirit of God, and they will always be safe. The Spirit of God will rule over and guide all men who will permit it and seek for it, and this is especially necessary for young Elders who are laboring in the vineyard of the Lord. For the Lord knows where the righteous, honest and meek of the earth are, and will lead the Elders to them
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Thou shalt have the spirit of God to instruct thee in thy mission and lead thee into all truth thou shalt be filled with the spirit of God. Thine eyes shall be opened to look within the veil and behold the things of eternity. ^Yea the Lord of glory shall appear unto thee thou shalt put thy hands upon his feet and feel his wounds with thy hands that thou mayest be a special witness of his name^
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As I was forming this determination in my own mind a personage appeared unto me which I considered was the prince of darkess darkness or the Devil, he made war with me and attempted to take my life he laid hold of me like a strong armed man, I felt like the wait of a heavy man lying upon my body and he caught me by the throat with a strong grip and choaked me nearly to death I struggled with him as one man would struggled with another I, felt as though this destroyer would overcom me & that I must die as I saw no way that I could escape his grasp, at that instant the thought came to me why do you not pray, & call upon the Lord for help, I then asked the Lord in the name of Jesus Christ to deliver me from the power of the Devil & preserve my life instantly three personages came throught the door dressed in white with considerable light surrounding them they came up to the bed side while I was lying in the grasp of the Enemy & they laid their hands upon my head & in the twinkling of an eye I was liberated & the spirit of God vibrated my whole body from the crown of my head to the souls of my feet and I was instantly covered all over in a high state of persperation water stood upon ^me^ in drops. As soon as I could speak I spoke to Brother G. A. Smith & I found that he had been labering under the same
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Excerpt:November 30, 1837 ~ Thursday Nov 30th Thanksgiving day I Preached in the schoolhouse & spent the night with Mr William Simonton in com -pany with Mr Earrow a universalest preacher December 1, 1837 ~ Friday Dec 1st walked to Mr Ames & Hopkins preached in their house at night distance 3 miles December 2, 1837 ~ Saturday 2nd Preached at Br Ames at night & walked through the mud to Mr Whitleys 3 ...Dates:November 30, 1837 December 1, 1837 December 2, 1837 December 3, 1837 December 4, 1837 December 5, 1837 December 6, 1837 December 7, 1837 December 8, 1837 December 9, 1837 December 10, 1837 -
Excerpt:December 11, 1837 ~ Monday Dec 11th Wrote a Letter to Elder DON C. SMITH & sent him five subscribers for the Journal and $5 dollars for the same for the following Persons. Elisha Grant $1. David Stone $1. Coburn Tyler $1. John Brown $1. Robert Harsen $1. I also gave an account of three ^3^ Baptized making the church 17 in all Since Nov 20th. I Preached at night in the Mansfield district school house ...Dates:December 11, 1837 December 12, 1837 December 13, 1837 December 14, 1837 December 15, 1837 December 16, 1837 December 17, 1837 December 18, 1837 -
Excerpt:June 13, 1838 ~ Wednesday June 13th I spent the day at my fathers house I herd some most interesting letters read from Brother Asahel H. Woodruff Directed to Fathers family, Eunice &c. O Asahel may the LORD never suffer thy talents to be buried or spent upon the honours wealth glories or vanities of this world, but may they yet be in lively exercise in advocating the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ me thinks the spirit of Inspiration whispers that this will ...Dates:June 13, 1838 June 14, 1838 June 15, 1838 June 16, 1838 June 17, 1838 June 18, 1838 June 19, 1838 June 20, 1838 -
Excerpt:See Journal Vol 1st April 15. 1837. Great and marvelous are thy Works O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY Written upon what came to pass on the first day of July AD 1838 in fulfillment of Revelation O GOD my heart inspire my pen direct while I record this scene of thy mercy this blessing of thy love a blessing promised me by the testimony of JESUS CHRIST. Could I claim it yes by faith all things are possible even that my parents & friends could in the new covenant with me stand. Without shame ... -
Excerpt:made shipwreck of faith and cared for none of these things. We next called upon Br. Jesse Coombs we found them strong in faith we spent the night with them distance of the day 10 miles August 11, 1838 ~ Saturday Aug 11. I took the parting hand with these saints and probably for the last time unless they flee to the land of Zion we bid them farewell & walked to the north end of the Island via Br. Crocketts & Merchants ...Dates:August 11, 1838 August 12, 1838 August 13, 1838 -
Excerpt:The sign of Peter was, to repent & be baptized for the remission of sins, with the promise of the gift of the Holy Ghost & in no other way is the gift of the Holy Ghost obtained. Their is a difference between the Holy Ghost & the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before he was baptized which was the convincing power of God unto him of the truth of the gospel, but he could not receive the gift of the Holy Ghost untill after he ... -
Excerpt:labours & their works do follow them The speaker before closing called upon the vast assembly before him to humble themselves in faith before God, & in mighty Prayer & fasting to call upon his Holy name, untill the elements were purified over our heads & the earth sanctified under our feet that the inhabitants of this city may escape the power of the disease, pestilence & destroyer that rideth upon the face of the earth & that the holy spirit of God may rest upon ... -
Excerpt:the river & baptized all that came unto him & I considered it my privilege to be baptized for the remission of my sins for I had not been since I first Joined the Church in 1833 I was then baptized under the hands of Elder Zerah Pulsipher therefore I went forth into the river & was Baptized under the hands of JOSEPH THE SEER & likewise did Elder J Taylor & many others & Joseph called upon me to ...Dates:March 28, 1842 March 29, 1842 March 30, 1842 March 31, 1842 April 1, 1842 April 2, 1842 -
Excerpt:to the poor widows of the Parish there was 26 Dwellings & a small garden to each, their was An aged widow in each appartment The youngest was 60 years of age & the oldest was 87 years they appeared quite comfort- able. We spent the night with Mr Cottom 10 miles May 7, 1845 ~ Wednesday 7th We walked to Clithero then to Chatburn I walked through the street that the Apostle Heber Kimball walked through with his hat off ...Dates:May 7, 1845 May 8, 1845 -
Excerpt:June 22, 1840 ~ Monday June 22nd Elders Richards & myself spent the morning in aranging the minutes of the Conference at Elder John Ben bows, we confirmed one Blessed 4 children. I then Baptized 5 persons & confirmed them & also 2 others were Baptized by Elder Clark which we confirmed this was Just as we were about to leave of Frooms Hill to start on our Journey for the Conference at Manch ester, & I never before left a field ...Dates:June 22, 1840 June 23, 1840