thee and reveal unto thee thy duty yea and give unto the[e] many instructions. 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^ Thou ...

another down he will sink as soon as a peace of pot mettle. Preach faith repentance & Baptism say nothing but repentance to this generation need not go into mysteries preach the same over again when I heard Br Joseph make his proclamation yesterday I thought it was a sweepstakes when he said North & South America was Zion. Any Elder that will be wise when he gets his endowment can go into any city & build up the largest church in the city this prooves the prophet true, that the priesthood is fitted for the condition ...

It was moved and carried that we sustain Elders Charles. C. Rich & Harvy Green in their appointment to preside over the State of Michigan assigned them by the quorum of the Twelve. The day was occupied in giving much importan instruction to the Elders. The assembly was first addressed by the President, who was followed by Elders G. A. Smith, Samuel Bent, C. C. Rich. Z. Coultrin. Harvey Green. David Fulmer Ezekiel Lee ...

kingdom as at the beginning which is according to the order of heaven with seers prophets, Apostles, Elders Priests, Bishops, Teachers, Revelation, Administering of Angels gifts, graces, Knowledge, wisdom, tongues healings &c. &c. Truly the Lord has raised up Joseph the seer of the seed of Abraham out of the loins of ancient Joseph, & is now clothing him with mighty power & wisdom & knowledge which is more clear- ly manifest & felt in the midst of his intimate friends than any other class of mankind. The Lord is ...

knowledge & mysteries of the kingdom of God in order to sin as far as they wish that they may go to the highest pitch. How often men lay down their lives for their country & other purposes, much better then to die for the cause of God. 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 ...

Lord an house whereby he could reveal unto his people the ordinances of his house and glories of his kingdom & teach the peopl the ways of salvation for their are certain ordinances & principles that when they are taught and practized, must be done in a place or house built for that purpose this was purposed in the mind of God before the world was & it was for this purpose that God designed to gather together the Jews oft but they would not it is for the same ...

Sept All the prophesies have aimed at the gathering of the people & saving of them in the last days. But my advise is if you cannot take hold of the work & go through the whole course to stop & go no further, we do not want to deceive you Our traditions have been to be vary religious weare long faces, never tell a story or laugh &c this was the case with the long faced Christians in Mo & they were the first to strike a ...

Wilford Woodruff Patriarchal Blessings At a blessing meeting held at the Lords house in Kirtland Ohio on the 15 day of April AD 1837 Joseph Smith Sen the Patriarch of the Church of Latter Day Saints confered a blessing upon the head of Wilford Woodruff son of Aphek Woodruff born in Farmington Hartford County Connecticut March the 1st 1807 My beloved brother I lay my hands on thy head in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of the living God ...

we shall have a celestial paradice & our spirits return & hunt up our bodies & enter it again with a fulness of celestial spirit. How will the Resurrection be brought to pass & when will be the different times of the resurrection the good ^{and bad}^ will arise before those who die after the Resurrection of Christ the good did arise at the Resurrection of Christ we find mummies in the catacombs of Egypt who died long before christ arose who remain yet some saints in Asia & America did arise & appear unto many.

He unbosomed his feelings in the House of his friends gave much important instruction to the Elders which was not reported he urged upon us ^the absolute necessity of giving strict heed to obey^ to give heed to his teachings and councils ^and the revelations of the Lord to the Church^ and be wise in all things that Zion and her stakes might be redeemed and esstablished ^no more to be thrown down^ in esstablished. He said that the Kings of the Earth would yet come to behold the glory of Zion and great and glorios ...