Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards

3¼ P.M.— Joseph commenced speaking on the subject of the Dead— relative to the death of elder to who who was crushed in a well. by the falling of a tub of rock on him.—

If men do not compreh[e]nd the character of God they do not comprehe[n]d themselves. what kind of a being is God?— Eternal life is to know God.— if man does not know God. has not Eternal life.— if I am so fortunate as to comprehe[n]d and explain the— [blank] let eve[r]y one sit in silenc[e] and never lift your voice again[s]t the servants of God again.

Every man has a right to be a false prophet. as well as a true prophet.—

in the beginning. befor the world was.— Is a man like one of yourselves— sh[o]uld you see him to day, you would see a man in fashion and in form. Adam was formd in his likeness.——

refute the Idea that God was God from all eternity— Jesus said as the father Had power in himself even so hath the son power to do what the fathr did.— Lay down his body. & take it up again.—— you have got to learn how to make you[r]selves Gods Kings. Prie[s]ts.— &— by going from a small to g[r]eat capacity. . . Till they are able to dwell in evelastig [everlasting] burni[n]g & everlasti[n]g power.—

how consoling when calld to part with a dear frie[n]ds. to know their ve[r]y being will rise to dwell in everlasti[n]g bunig [burning].— heirs of God. [p. [67]]