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A Publication in the spirit & Tradition of TRUTH Magazine
D I D A D A M
LAY
IN HIS GRAVE?
(TRUTH 14:186)
In the “I Want to Know” column of the Church section
of the Deseret News, October 20, 1948, the question is asked: “We read in Genesis that Adam died at the age
of 930 years. Did he have to lie in the
grave until the death and resurrection of the Savior?”
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Did Adam Lay in His
Grave?………………...01
Erroneous Teachings &
Quotes………………03
Additional Notes on
Adamtheism………….…06
Quote from Brigham
Young………………….08
Commentary On………………………………08
The White Horse
Prophecy……………….…..09
Quote from Joseph
Musser…………………...13
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The answer given: “Jesus was the first fruits of the resurrection, as the scriptures so
abundantly teach. No one was resurrected
before him. So even Adam, although the
first man, had to wait for his resurrection until after Jesus had come forth.”
This is a strange
doctrine—that our “Father and our God”, as proclaimed by the Prophet Brigham
Young (J. D. 1:50) should have to lie in his grave some 3000 years until his
son was born, died and was resurrected; and how could Jesus Christ become the
son of Adam, as the Prophet stated, while his Father lay in his grave? And what business had Adam to die, when he
had already lived on a mortal earth, had died and was resurrected?
If the student will
read MICHAEL, OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD, published by TRUTH Publishing Co…he will
have his mind corrected on this point.
Certainly Jesus Christ
was the first fruits of the resurrection, and just as certain Adam did not die,
as death is understood today, and he was not buried. He went through a change from mortality back
to immortality, as he was when he came to earth with his wife Eve, but there
was no occasion for him to die and be resurrected the second time. Listen to the Prophet Joseph Smith on this
question:
“ ‘As the Father hath power in himself, so hath
the Son power.’ To do what? Why what the Father did. The answer is obvious, in a manner, to lay
down his body and take it up again. Do
you believe it? If you do not believe
it, you do not believe the Bible. The
Scriptures tell it, and I defy all the learning and wisdom of all the combined
powers of earth and hell together to refute it.
What did Jesus do? Why, ‘I do the
thing I saw my Father do when worlds came rolling into existence. My Father worked out His Kingdom with fear
and trembling, and I must do the same; and when I get my kingdom I shall
present it to my Father, so that He may obtain kingdom upon kingdom and it will
exalt Him in glory. He will then take a
higher exaltation and I will take His place and thereby become exalted myself;’
so that Jesus treads in the track of his Father and inherits what God did
before.” April 6, 1844
Adam laid down his
mortal body and took upon himself immortality.
The method does not concern us at our present stage. Brigham Young said:
“We say that Father Adam came here and
helped to make the earth. Who is
he? He is Michael, a great Prince, and
it was said to him by Elohim, ‘Go ye and make an earth.’ What is the great mystery about it? He came and formed the earth…The mystery in
this, as with miracles, or anything else, is only to those who are ignorant,
Father Adam came here, and then they brought his wife. ‘Well,’ says one, ‘why was Adam called
Adam?’ He was the first man on the
earth, and its framer and maker. He,
with the help of his brethren, brought it into existence. Then he said, ‘I want my children who are in
the spirit world to come and live here.
I once dwelt upon an earth something like this, in a mortal state. I was faithful. I received my own exaltation. I have the privilege of extending my work,
and to its increase there shall be no end.
I want my children that were born to me in the spirit world to come here
and take tabernacles of flesh that their spirits may have a house, a
tabernacle, or a dwelling place as mine has.’ And where is the mystery? Deseret News, July 14, 1873.
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Erroneous Teachings
&
Quotes From Our
Erudite Contemporary LDS Church General Authorities
(TNC Vol 4, No. 1)
“We claim scriptural authority for the assertion that Jesus
Christ was and is God the Creator, the God who revealed Himself to Adam, Enoch,
and all the antediluvian Patriarchs and prophets down to Noah; the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; the God of Israel as a united people, and the God of
Ephraim and Judah after the disruption of the Hebrew nation; the God who made
Himself known to the Prophets from Moses to Malachi; the God of the Old
Testament record, and the God of the Nephites.
We affirm that Jesus Christ was and is Jehovah, the Eternal One.” (Jesus the Christ, James Talmage, pp32)
“The cultists use the name of Fundamentalists, which is regarded
by the Church as a misnomer. They are
fundamentalists in the sense of holding to fundamental doctrines of the Church,
for the fundamental doctrines of the Church are now opposed to polygamy. Use of this name has caused confusion in the
public mind and tended to give the impression…that they are old line Mormons,
which they are not.” (Mark E. Peterson)
“Those who peddle the well-worn Adam-God myth, usually charge
Latter-day Saints with believing that:
1)
Our Father in Heaven, the Supreme God to who we pray,
is Adam, the first man.
2)
Adam was the Father of Jesus Christ.
A long series of absurd
and false deductions are made from these propositions.”
(Evidences and Reconciliations,
John A. Widtsoe, Vol. I, pp287)
“The Latter-day Saints were long regarded as a polygamous
people…But that plural marriage is a vital tenet of the Church is not
true. What the Latter-day Saints call
celestial marriage is characteristic of the Church and is in very general
practice; but of celestial marriage plurality of wives, was an incident, never
an essential.” (Story and Philosophy of
Mormonism, James Talmage, pp89)
(Larry King) “Could there someday be a black (LDS) Church
President?”
(Pres. Hinckley) “Oh, it could be; it’s conceivable, yes.” (Remarks
between Larry King and President Gordon B. Hinckley on Larry King Live, 1998)
(Pres. Hinckley) “When our people came west, they permitted it
(plural marriage) on a restricted scale…between two percent and five percent of
our people were involved in it. It was a
very limited practice…In 1890…the
President of the Church…went before the people, said he had, oh, prayed about
it, worked on it, and received from the Lord a revelation that it was time to
stop…That’s 118 years ago. It’s behind us.” (Ibid.)
(Larry King) “But when the word (plural marriage or polygamy)
is mentioned, you think, ‘Mormon,’ right?”
(Pres. Hinckley) “You do it mistakenly. They (Mormon Fundamentalists) have no
connection with us whatsoever. There are
actually no Mormon Fundamentalists.” (Ibid.)
(Larry King) “You condemn it (plural marriage)?”
(Pres. Hinckley) “I condemn it, yes, as a practice, because I think
it is not doctrinal. It is not
legal. And this Church takes that
position that we will abide by the law.”(Ibid.)
"Members should love so called 'gays' and 'lesbians' as
children of God, but if they violate the Church's moral standards, they are
subject to discipline…They have certain inclinations that are powerful and
which may be difficult to control. Most
people have inclinations of some kind or another at various times." (President Gordon B. Hinckley, 168th
Semiannual General Conference)
"The Church makes allowances for abortion when pregnancy is
the result of incest or rape or when the life or health of the mother is judged
by competent medical authority to be in serious jeopardy; or when a fetus is
known by competent medical authority to have severe defects that will not allow
the baby to survive beyond birth."
(Ibid.)
"My role is to be a voice in defense of truth…members
practicing polygamy are excommunicated."
(Ibid.)
A Fundamentalist Mormon’s
Response:
Our position in a nutshell: We believe that the being who walked in the
Garden of Eden, who was known as Adam, walked and talked with his Father,
Jehovah (our Grand-Heavenly Father), not Jesus Christ. We believe that this being, who was known on
earth as Adam, has ascended an taken His throne presiding over His children
(us) as our God. We believe that this
same Being is the Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We do not consider this doctrine absurd, but
holy, and those found ridiculing and mocking the same will one day wish they
had not.
We believe that Celestial Plural Marriage is a marriage system that is
vital and essential for the salvation of the children of God, and is founded in
Scripture. We believe that this law was
instituted by God, through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith, never to be
taken from the earth. We believe that
man simply cannot change nor alter nor diminish nor omit any ordinance,
doctrine or principle God has restored.
We consider this sacred Principle of Celestial Plural Marriage binding
and valid in the eyes of God when sealed by one appointed and anointed by God,
to that authority.
We believe that all the children of Cainite origins do not, and will
not hold the Priesthood until after all of the posterity of Abel has received
the opportunity to receive the blessings of the Priesthood. There never will be a Canaanite President of
the Church that will be recognized by the Lord God.
We are saddened by President Hinckley's lenience in his position with
homosexuals; it is distressing to us when those of us endeavoring to live all
of God's laws are reviled and cast out of the Church, while the real culprits
remain unpunished. God will mete out His
reward unto His true servants, and will castigate those who commit grievous
sins in His sight. We believe that no
aberrant sexual behavior is acceptable in the eyes of God. We believe that no amount of sexual deviance
is tolerant in the sight of God. We
believe in being virtuous, chaste and benevolent in all things.
We believe that abortion of any kind is legal murder. We believe that the only acceptable
birth-control, is self-control. We do
not believe in limiting the number of children per families; Satan's plan has
always been to reduce and destroy, while God's plan has always been to increase
and build up. We have little faith in
the opinion of 'competent medical
authority.'
We are the Fundamentalist Mormons, which Pres. Hinckley suggest do not
exist, and we contend, individually, 'I think, therefore, I am, therefore we
unitedly exist. We invite President
Hinckley to disclaim a movement of more than 70,000 strong and growing through
missionary endeavors. We believe in preserving all degree of truths, for truths
belong to God. We believe that we have
been called by God to perform this work, which began in 1886, under the
direction of John Taylor, who acted under direction of Joseph Smith and the
Lord Jesus Christ. Though we be cast
into prisons, persecuted, reviled, even put to death; though the very jaws of
hell gape wide after us, the perpetuation of the Fulness will go on!!
QADOSH L’ADONAI
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON
aDAMTHEISM
M. Zvi Udley, Th. M., Ph. D.
(TRUTH 13:299-301)
It is sometimes asserted by those who oppose the
Adamtheistic concepts of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other prophets of God
in these latter days, that such teachings are innovations conflicting with all
Scripture and ancient tradition.
However, these antagonists of truth are actually
able to produce but one text: “…and Adam died.”
(GEN 5:5). Upon this they would
build their whole case, though to use such an obscure text, torn from its
source, as proof to oppose such a profound doctrine is, to say the least,
unscholarly. A proper understanding of
the text demands a thorough understanding of the transmission of the original
Biblical manuscripts, as well as a knowledge of ancient tradition regarding the
life and “death” of Adam The First.
That we have today no Biblical manuscripts older
than the seven or eighth century (C. E.) for the Old Testament is well known;
but it is not generally known that the text was actually set nearly 200 B. C.
when a standard version was placed in the Temple for the benefit of
copyists. However, the preparation of
such standard copies as this was a long and laborious process dating back for
centuries, during which the scribes felt very free to make such changes as they
deemed necessary. The scribes often
changed passages which seemed improper, so that the Scriptures would present
fewer difficulties.
On the other hand, early scribes often misread words
and letters which were quite similar, and often an ink blot or a fly spec would
cause a letter to resemble another.
Also, because of the great expense of writing materials, erasures were
not infrequent, and often a new manuscript was written over a scraped
parchment.
If we keep this in mind when w4e examine the
reference to the “death” of Adam, we immediately note that possibilities of a
corruption of the text are very great.
The Hebrew reads, “vayomoth” (…and he died). It will be noted that in Hebrew only consonants
are written: V—(and) YMTH (he died); so a scribe misreading but one letter
could change the whole word, and, if the scribe felt the text to be incorrect,
he might well attempt to correct it, which also might be done with but a change
of a letter (as was done in Isaiah 19:18).
It is highly possible that a change was effected here, intentional or
unintentional; the text originally read, in all probability, not YMTH but YMR:
it will be noted that only a dot would change TH from R. Here rises the interesting part of the
exegesis: the original Hebrew word means “changed”, i. e. he was altered
physically in a manner similar, perhaps, to translation.
That this was once the understanding seems evident
by a careful reading of the ancient traditions regarding Adam. The Vita Adae et Evae (II, xviii),
though upon what authority we are unable to ascertain, seems to preserve
definite traces of some earlier tradition that Adam’s death was in nowise
normal or permanent. While it does
record that Adam died and was lain to rest in a cave, yet it soberly declares
that, on one occasion when the children of Jared prayed to God, Adam’s corpse
verbally answered the petition. Whether
or not this is to be taken as evidence of some ancient knowledge that Adam was
the deity, it certainly is positive proof that Adam’s death was anciently
considered to be unusual. Many other
traditions of ancient times tell of various deeds of Adam after his “death”,
and we may well conclude therefrom that ancients considered his death a change
more than a demise.
It is also worth noting that, while even at the
earliest periods the deaths of Abraham and the other patriarchs were fully
developed traditionally, the “death” of Adam was almost ignored, and it was not
until late Talmudic times that stories were invented regarding the death of
Adam.
Regarding the ancient concepts of Adam as the deity
much could be written. A comparison of
all mythological concepts in the world regarding the first man shows a number
of traditions that the first pair was Gods who came down to earth to live;
since it is generally agreed that these religions are perversions of the Gospel
it must be conceded that this was probably taught by Adam to his children, who
as we read an ancient work on Gnosticism by Irenaeus, “gave thanks to the First
Man (not Adam, but a God higher than he!) and disregarded his
fabricators.” There are many traditions
however, in both Hebrew and Christian writings which indicate that the
Adamtheistic concepts of Mormonism were anciently held by the pious; indeed, it
is actually recorded that a sect called after Melchisedec worshipped Adam! The
Talmud for instance, records that Adam was already created when he was placed
in Eden, having been placed there from Heaven by the Lord. It is also recorded that while Adam was yet
in Heaven a command was given that the angels should worship God, whereupon
they all bowed before Adam. (This
tradition, in a slightly changed form, is also found in the Koran). In speaking of Talmudic traditions of Adam,
it might not be too far off the general subject to mention that the garments
worn by Adam were made by God (GENR 20), and the garments, according to
tradition, were handed down through the Patriarchs.
To return to the subject: while further study could
be expected to yield more information regarding Adam, his life and “death”, yet
even a preliminary survey of tradition and Scriptural references, seems to
prove the weakness of the assertions that Adam was not “our Father and our God,
and the only God with whom we have to do.”
There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to
take tabernacles, now what is our duty?—to prepare tabernacles for them; to
take a course that will not tend to drive those spirits into the families of
the wicked, where they will be trained in wickedness, debauchery, and every
species of crime. It is the duty of
every righteous man and woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they
can…this is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed,
that the noble sprits which were waiting for tabernacles might be brought
forth. Brigham Young
—COMMENTARY—
ON
The End of the Mayan Calendar
21 December 2012
Friday, December 21st, 2012.
That is the date when the Mayan calendar ends.
Many speculative works have been authored regarding
this date—some say this is the end of our time—the apocalypse. Others state that it is merely the end of an
era, and the beginning of a new age, however, the “Rosetta Stone” of the Mayan
language was found in the Dresden Codex—Mayan drawings and pictographs which enabled
scientists to decipher the mystery of the Mayan language.
It was determined that the Maya divided their years
into 18 months of 20 days each, and left a short month of five days. This cycle was based on 13 numbers and 20
signs, of which cycle was repeated every 52 years.
What I find of interest is the mention of the Mayan
deity, Kukulkan, whose legend state he was not dark-skinned like the
Maya, but a man with a light complexion, who was bearded and had blue eyes,
with a high forehead. His promise to the
Maya was that he would return again one day.
The Mayan representation of Kukulkan is a feathered serpent—just as the
Aztec deity Quetzalcuatl. Other
South American tribes speak of a light-skinned bearded man preaching peace and
repentance, with a promise to return—like the legend of Viracocha.
It is said the Maya, wanting their children to look like
Kukulkan would bind the foreheads of their infants, thus elongating and
flattening the children’s foreheads to resemble Kukulkan.
Another noteworthy mention is that at that time, 21 December
2012, the Mayan prophet Chilam Balam stated that era will be “a time for
change; a time for uniting for a cause.”
Who but the Lamanite—the house of Israel will unite as a nation born in
a day to build the New Jerusalem?
Although it is said that no man knoweth the hour of
the coming of the Son of Man, every day should be a day spent in preparation
for that great and terrible day—great for the saint and terrible for the
sinner.
The White Horse
Prophecy
by the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr.
(Uttered
in the presence of Edwin Rushton and Theodore Thurley on or about May 6th,
1843)
A grand review of the Nauvoo Legion was held in
Nauvoo. The Prophet Joseph Smith
complimented them for the good discipline and the evolutions performed. The weather being hot he called for a glass
of water. With the glass of water in his
hand, he said:
“I will drink you a toast tot he overthrow of the
mobocrats,” which he did in the following language:
“Here is wishing they were in the middle of the sea
in a stone canoe with iron paddles, and a shark swallow the canoe and the devil
swallow the shark, and himself locked up in the North East corner of Hell, and
the key lost and a blind man hunting for it.”
The next morning a man, who heard the prophet give
the toast, returned to visit the mansion of the Prophet and so abused him with
bad language that he was ordered out by the Prophet.
It was while the two were out that my attention was
attracted to them, and hearing the man speaking in a loud voice, I went toward
them, the man finally leaving. There
were then present the Prophet Joseph Smith, Theodore Thurley and myself. The prophet began talking to us of the
mobbings and drivings and the persecutions we as a people had endured. “But,” he said, “we will have worse things to
see. Our persecutors will have all the
mobbings they want. Don’t wish them any
harm, for when you see their sufferings, you will shed bitter tears for them.” While this conversation was going on we stood
near his south wicket gate in a triangle.
Turning to me he said, “I want to tell you something. I will speak in a parable like unto John the
Revelator.” (Little did I think that the
Prophet of the Lord would so soon be slain in cold blood.)
Continuing he said, “You will go to the Rocky
Mountains and you will be a great and a mighty people established there which I
will call the ‘White Horse’ of Peace and Safety.”
When the Prophet said, “You will see,” I asked him
where he would be at that time. He
answered, “I shall never go there.”
“Your enemies will continue to follow you with
persecutions and they will make obnoxious laws against you in Congress to
destroy the White Horse; but you will have a friend or two to defend you and
throw out the worst part of the laws so they will not hurt you much. You must continue to petition Congress all
the time; but they will treat you like strangers and aliens; and they will not
give you your rights but will govern you with strangers and commissioners.
“You will see the Constitution of the United States
almost destroyed. It will hang by a
thread and that thread as fine as the finest silk fibre.”
At this point, the Prophet’s countenance became
sad. “Because,” as he said, “I love the
Constitution; it was made by the Inspiration of God, and it will be preserved
and saved by the efforts of the White Horse and the Red Horse, who will combine
in its defense. The White Horse will
raise an ensign on the tops of the mountains of peace and safety, where all
nations may flee unto for peace and safety.
The White Horse will find the mountains full of mineral and they will
become very rich. You will see silver
piled up in the streets (at this time it will be remembered, it was not known
that the precious metals existed then in the Rocky Mountains or
California). You will see gold piled up
like sand. Gold will be of little value
even in a mercantile capacity, for the people of the world will have something
else to do in seeking for salvation.
“The time will come when the banks of every nation
will fail and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold
and treasure. The places will be with
the White Horse and in England’s vaults.
“A terrible revolution will take place in the land
of America, such as has never been seen before; for the land will be left
without a supreme government and every species of wickedness will run
rampant. It will be so terrible that
father will be against son and son against father; mother against daughter and
daughter against mother. The most
terrible scenes of murder and bloodshed and rapine that has ever been looked
upon will take place. Peace will be
taken from the earth and there will be no peace only in the Rocky
Mountains. This will cause many hundreds
and thousands of the honest in heart of the world to gather there, not because
they would be saints, but for safety and because they would not take up the
sword against their neighbors. You will
be so numerous that you will be in danger of famine, but not for want of seed
time and harvest, but so many will have to be fed. Many will come with bundles under their arms
to escape the calamities and there will be no escape only by fleeing to
Zion. Those who come to you will try to
keep the laws and be one with you, for they will see your unity and the
greatness of your organization.
“The Turkish empire or the Crescent will be one of
the first powers that will be disrupted as a power, for freedom must be given
for the Gospel to be preached in the Holy Land.
“The Lord took the best blood of the nations and
planted them on the small islands now called England or Great Britain, and gave
them great power in the nations for a thousand years. Their power will continue with them that they
may keep the balance of power, that they may keep Russia from sweeping her
power over all the world. England and
France are now bitter enemies, but they will be allied together in order to
keep Russia from conquering the world.
The two Popes, Greek and Catholic, will come together and be united.
“The Protestant Religions do not know how much they
are indebted to Henry VIII for throwing off the Pope’s bull and establishing
the Protestant faith. He was the only
monarch who could do so at that time, and he did it because his nation was at
his back to sustain him.
“One of the peculiar features in England is the
established red coat, a uniform making so remarkable a mark to shoot at; and
yet they have conquered wherever they have gone. The reason for this will be known by some of
them some day. The Lion and the Unicorn
of England is the ensign of Israel. The
wisdom and statesmanship of England come from there being so much of the blood
of Israel in the nation.
“While the terrible revolutions of which mention has
been made is going on, England will be naturally neutral until it becomes so
inhuman that she will interfere to stop the shedding of blood. England and France will then unite and come
with the intention of making peace—not to subdue the nation. They will find the nation so broken up, and
so many claiming government, till there will be no responsible government. Then it will seem to other nations or powers
as though England had taken possession of the Country. The Black Horse will flee to the invaders and
join with them for they will have fear of becoming slaves again, knowing
England did not believe in slavery.
Fleeing to them they believe would make them safe. Armed with British bayonets, the doings of
the Black Horse will be terrible.”
So the Prophet said he could not bear to look longer
upon the scenes as shown to him in vision, that he asked the Lord to close the
scene.
Continuing he said, “During this time the great
White Horse will have gathered strength, sending out Elders to gather the
honest in heart among the Pale Horse or people of the United States to stand by
the Constitution of the United States as it was given by inspiration of the
Lord.
“In these days God will set up a kingdom never more
to be thrown down, for other kingdoms to come unto, and those kingdoms hat will
not let the Gospel be preached will be humbled until they will. England, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden,
Switzerland, Holland and Belgium have a considerable amount of the blood of
Israel among their people, which must be gathered. These nations will submit to the Kingdom of
God. England will be the last of these
kingdoms to surrender; but when she does, she will do so as a whole in
comparison as she threw off the Catholic yoke.
The nobility of the Gospel is true, but it has not enough pomp and
grandeur and influence for them to embrace it.
They are proud and will not acknowledge the kingdom of God or come unto
it until they see the power which it will have.
“Peace and safety in the Rocky Mountains will be
protected by a cordon band of the White Horse.
The coming of the Messiah among this people will be so natural that only
those who see him will know that he has come.
But He will come and give His laws unto Zion and minister unto His
people. This will not be His coming in
the clouds of Heaven to take vengeance on the wicked of the world.
The Temple in Jackson County will be built in this
generation. The Saints will think that there will not be time to build it; but
with all the great help you will receive you can put up a great Temple
quickly. You will have all the gold and
silver and precious stones for these things only will be used for the
beautifying of the Temple. All the
skilled mechanics you want and the Ten Tribes of Israel to help you build
it. When you see this land banded with
iron you may look toward Jackson County.”
He made a pause and looking up as through the vision
was still in view, he said: “There is a land beyond the Rocky Mountains that
will be invaded by the heathen Chinese unless great care and protection is
given.” Speaking of the heathen nations,
said he, “Where there is no law there is no condemnation.” This will apply to them. Power will be given to the White Horse to
rebuke the nations from afar off and they will be one with the White Horse, but
when the law goes forth, they will obey it, for the law will go forth from
Zion.
The last great struggle Zion will have to contend
with, will be when the whole of America will be made the Zion of our God. Those opposing will be called Gog and
Magog. Some of the nations of the world
will be led by the Russian Czar,, and their power will be great; but all
opposition will be overcome, and this land will be the Zion of our God.”
These words of the Prophet made a strange impression
upon me which I never have forgotten. In
about two weeks later I was at a meeting where he preached a sermon which he
said would be the greatest of his life; and on that occasion he related the
matter which I have now written, so that the subject became firmly rooted in my
memory and I know them to be true.
Now, therefore, I testify these are the inspired
words of the Prophet Joseph Smith as he stood looking up into Heaven. His countenance became white and
transparent. He looked as if he had as
much of the Heavenly influence as he could bear and stay with the Saints. His voice was powerful and his words cut like
a two-edged sword.
(Signed) EDWIN RUSHTON
(Witness): A. G. Giauque
Section near Lees Ferry, in Arizona, is
the hub of this intermountain country between Yucatan and Canada, and was set
apart under the direction of Brigham Young by John W. Woolley for the gathering
of the Saints. It is a choice land. One acre will prove as productive as five
acres in other parts of Utah. One well
will develop enough water for 1000 acres.
Here is one place water will bubble up in the desert as spoken of by
Isaiah. Prayer circles of the Priesthood
will be scattered from Yucatan in Mexico, through that section to Canada, to
keep the Asiatics and Europeans from overrunning this country (Utah and
surroundings).
Joseph W. Musser, Items from the Book
of Remembrance of J. W. M., pp. 06, 17 February 1932
Holiness
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To The Lord
TRUTH NEVER CHANGES
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 01
JANUARY 2007
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