pure in heart

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    fools because they have been taught to be fools now have some sens & believe what Brother Carrington has said I now these things are virtueous principles the world are corrupt you have got to be pure in heart or you cannot abide the day that is coming at 2 oclok P. M D H Wells addressed the Saints & bore testimony to the work of God Brother Wm I Appleby made some remarks conce[rnin]g parents & children Brother
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    to do a work & have been hindered by the hands of their enemies & by oppression saith the Lord your God, for I am the Lord your God & will save all those of your Brethren who have been pure in heart & have been slain in the Land of Missouri saith the Lord. And again verily I say unto you I com- mand you again to build a house to my name even in this place that ye may prove your- selves unto me that ye are faithful in ...
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    Dec 24 1861 and so are his associates vary wicked men. I hop we will strive to magnify our lives which God has given us, for we shall either go on to life Everlasting, or descend to Everlasting destruction. if we were all pure in heart as we should be we would have pureower to hold our children & not bury them as we now do. Now go to & dedicate your hearts & your houses and all you have unto God. I feel to bless you in the ...
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    December 24, 1861 December 25, 1861 December 26, 1861 December 27, 1861 December 28, 1861 December 29, 1861 December 30, 1861 December 31, 1861
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    you bring these testimonies before me, let them be presented by name as far as the spirit shall present them unto you,—the presidents of the United States, the Supreme Court, the cabinet, the Senate and Houses of the Congress of the United States, the governors of the States and Territories, the Judges and others sent unto you, and all men and persons who have taken any part in persecuting you or bringing distress upon you or your families or who have sought your ...
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    cleanse their feet in pure water, and bear testimony ^of it^ unto their Father who is in heaven. And then, saith the Lord unto my apostles and mine elders, when ye do these things with purity of heart, I the Lord will hear your prayer and am bound by oath and covenant to defend you and fight your battles. As I have said in a former commandment, it is not my will that mine elders should fight the battles of ...
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    things of this world, who aspire to the honors of men, and do not honor the priesthood, nor seek to build up the Kingdom of God as they should. Neither do they learn and comprehend that the rights of the priesthood are in- separably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be con- trolled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. Such should repent and turn unto the Lord, and seek for the Holy Spirit to ...
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    with the pure in heart and receive my inherit ance there and inheret it again when all things be- come new. I p[r]ay that the mighty God will be with you and lengthen out your days and like moses of old when you see the saints victorious etc you will not have to lay in the grave but that you may have your body to eternal life and go on as he did I have no doubt without seeing corruption. I have prayed for many years for the redemtion of the Center Stake of zion and more recently that the ...
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    Oct. 12 THE DESERET NEWS 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 gives 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 ...
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    4 unto you, mine apostles, I also say unto my servants the seventies, the high priests, the elders, the priests, and all my servants who are pure in heart and who have borne testimony unto the nations. Let them go forth and cleanse their feet in pure water, and bear testimony of it unto their Father who is in heaven. And then, saith the Lord unto mine apostles and mine elders, when ye do these things with purity of heart, I the Lord will hear your prayer and am bound by oath and covenant to defend you and fight ...
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    Oct. 12 THE DESERET NEWS 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 gives 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 ...