Quorum in the Church. did think that what I wrote to you before was plain enough
for almost any one to understand, but at this time, I shall try to write still plainer to you,
so that you ^may^ have a better understanding conserning the things that will come to pass.
I am sorry that the Church was in such a lamentable condition of unbelief, at the time you
testify that you and the Twelve got your endowments, keys, blessings, and powers, from
the prophet. If you had been faithful to God as you should have been, instead of
receiveing your endowments from man, you could have a greater blessing from God, even
the gifts of the Holy Ghost, as they did on the day of Pentecost at ; you could
have the promise of the Savior made good to you, so well as them; see the last chapter of
Mark as follows: "And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover." xx [Mark 16:17-18] "And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working
with them, and confirming the word with signs following." [Mark 16:20] See also the teaching
of the apostle in first Corinthians and 12th chapter on spiritual gifts.
I call your attention to these things because you appear as if you had forgotten
them, in your great zeal to establish an other order of things in the Church. Through
your transgressions you have lost much of the powers of heaven, you have exchanged
the blessings of heaven for the things of the earth, instead of being spiritually minded,
you have become carnally minded, and have addopted a law of carnal com-
mandments, instead of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What has become of the spirit-
ual gifts that was given by the God of heaven, with the Everlasting Gospel in the
beginning, when it was restored in its fullness to man on the earth? Did you and the
Twelve Apostles all agree and join together, to stop the Saints that had these gifts to
use them? If you did have a voice or vote to that effect, you are under condemnation.
Quorum in the Church. did think that what I wrote to you before was plain enough
for almost any one to understand, but at this time, I shall try to write still plainer to you,
so that you may have a better understanding conserning the things that will come to pass.
I am sorry that the Chuch was in such a lamentable condition of unbelief, at the time you
testify that you and the Twelve got your endowments, keys, blessings, and powers, from
the prophet. If you had been faithful to God as you should have been, instead of
receiveing your endowments from man, you could have a greater blessing from God, even
the gifts of the Holy Ghost, as they did on the day of at ; you could
have the promise of the Savior made good to you, so well as them; See the last chapter of
as follows: "And these signs shall follow them that believe: In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they
drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they
shall recover." xx Mark 16:17-18 "And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working
with them, and confirming the word with signs following." See also the teaching
of the apostle in first Corinthians and 12th chapter on spiritual Gifts. I Corinthians 12
I call your attention to these things because you appear as if you had forgotten
them, in your great zeal to establish an other order of things in the Church. Through
your transgressions you have lost much of the powers of heaven, you have exchanged
the blessings of heaven for the things of the earth, instead of being spiritually minded,
you have become carnally minded, and have addopted a law of carnal commandments, instead of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What has become of the spiritual Gifts that was given by the God of heaven, with the Everlasting Gospel in the
beginning, when it was restored in its fullness to man on the earth? Did you and the
Twelve Apostles all agree and join together, to stop the Saints that had these gifts to
use them? If you did have a voice or vote to that effect, you are under condemnation.