Pentecost
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Tongues Were given for the purpose of preach- ing among those whose language is not understood as on the day of pen- tecost &c, & it is not necessary for tongues to be taught to the Church particularly, for any man that has the Holy Ghost can speak of the things of God in his own tongue as well as to speak in another. for faith comes not by signs but by hearing the word of God.
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the first Elders of the Church were commanded of God by revelation to assemble & tarry at Kirtland Ohio untill they were endowed with Power from on high (as the ancient) were on the day of Pentecost their was five hundred Elders (or about that number present besides a multitude of other Saints at the time of the endowment their blessings that they receieved were great & probably as much so as on the day of Pentecost cons dering the number Present the holy ghost sat upon them as cloven tongues & they had much of the spirit of prophesy revelations of angels visions &ce God hath chosen 12 Apostles by revelation to bear his name to the nations of the earth as did the ancients
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On the 4th of June 1831, a conference was held at Kirtland ^Ohio^ represented by all the above named branches; Joseph Smih our modern Prophet presided; and here I again saw the visible manifestations of the power of God as plain as could have been on the day of pentecost, and here for the first time I saw the Melchisidec priesthood introduced into the church of Jesus Christ as anciently; whereunto I was ordained under the hands of Joseph Smith, and I then ordainded Joseph and Sidney and sixteen others such as he chose unto the same priesthood. The spirit of God was made manifest to the heeling of the sick, cast^ing^ out devils, speaking in unknown tongues, discerning of spirits, and prophesying
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Excerpt:God while nature was hushed in silenced by the sable shades of night. After spending the night in prayer we returned to our homes in the morning intending to spend the day in prayer & fasting for still greater blessings this being upon April 5, 1837 ~ Wednesday April 5th I spent a part of the day in attending the high council the remainder in writing, prayer & fasting I again repaired to the upper ^lower^ part of the house of the Lord at 5 oclock PM. with the quorum ... -
Excerpt:January 20, 1843 ~ Friday to January 21, 1843 ~ Saturday Jan 20, 21, I spent the time in the Printing office January 22, 1843 ~ Sunday 22nd Sunday President Joseph Smith deliverd an interesting discourse at the Temple to an inter large congregation among other things he treated upon the kingdom of God & the baptism of John. He remarked ["]some say the kingdom of God was not set up on earth untill the day of pentecost & that John ... -
Excerpt:for a season seemed to rest be with John alone. The Lord promised Zecheriah that he should have a son, which was a desendant of Aaron & the Lord promised that the priesthood should continue with Aaron & his seed throughout their generations. Let No man take this honour upon himself except he be called of God as was Aaron, & Aaron received his Call by Revelation. An angel of God Also appeared unto Zecheriah while in the Temple [and said] that he should have a son whose ... -
Excerpt:that all Jerrusalem went out unto Johns Baptism Here was a legal administrator, & those that were baptized were subjects for a king & also the laws & oracles of God were there therefore the king- dom of God was there, for no man could have better authority to Administer than John & our Savior submitted to that authority himself by being baptized By John therefore the kingdom of God was set up upon the earth even in the days of John their is a difference between the kingdom of ... -
Excerpt:be persecuted if they endured to the end they should be saved. This generation speak much about the clouds and weather they disern the face of the sky but why can they not disern the signs of the times. The fig trees are leaving and all things indicate the second advent of Christ. Elder B Young arose and said he felt disposed to add his testimony, be of good cheer, the testiment is not in force while the Testator liveth when he died it was in force so it is ... -
Excerpt:make or translators make it out to say Paradise but what is Paradise it is a modern word it does not answer at all to the original that Jesus made use of, their is nothing in the original in any language that signif- ies Paradise. But it was this day I will be with thee in the world of spirits & will teach thee or answer thy inquiries. The thief on the cross was to be with Jesus Christ in the world of spirits he did not say Paradise or heaven ... -
Excerpt:cannot be recieved through the medium of any other principle than the principle of righteousness for if the proposals are not complyied with it is of no use but withdraws Tongues Were given for the purpose of preach- ing among those whose language is not understood as on the day of pen- tecost &c, & it is not necessary for tongues to be taught to the Church particularly, for any man that has the Holy Ghost can speak of the things of God in his own tongue as well as to ...
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Excerpt:22nd we then sunag come let us Anew our Journey persue O. Hyde Prayed in the spirit of the Lord and asked for evry blessi- ng upon the Church & Kingdom of God which the free spirit of the Lord dictated unto him Erastus Snow spoke concerning the feelings of many of the people against seeing the Twelve prosper in Temperal things He thought if the Lord did not sanction this, He permited it to be & he thought perhaps it was not the will of God that we ... -
Excerpt:Quorum in the Church. I 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 Joseph Smith the prophet. If you had ... -
Excerpt:I cannot but believe but ^that^ what my relatives in the east will receieve the gospel when they have the privilege of investigating the subject for themselves yea I have confidence to believe to believe they will & I expect that most of them will have the privileg the ensuing season the endowment hath taken place I do not know whether you have all understanding of the endowment & state of the church or not but the first Elders of the Church were commanded of God by revelation to assemble & tarry at Kirtland Ohio untill ...