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- ...the side of Mahomet, for on this point he is on the side of truth, and the Christian world on the side of idolatry and heathenism. ...h all my education in favor of Christian nations and Christian powers, and Christian institutions, so called, with all my prejudices of early youth, and habits17 KB (3,008 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...nd all those good gifts that are spoken of in the Scriptures of truth. The Apostle says, if all these good gifts abound in you, "ye shall neither be barren no ...can understand the principles of, or enter the kingdom of heaven, and the Christian world are not willing to humble themselves, and become as little children;17 KB (3,231 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...ook into some portions of it, as it comes to me in the 19th century of the Christian era. ...ou will find the mother, and grandmother, and great-grandmother of all the Christian denominations upon the face of the earth—though these are but a scanty pr60 KB (11,377 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...heathen nations alone—as we denominate them in contradistinction to the, christian world—that are groveling in darkness, that are worshiping they know not w ...lects its light there. Does it wear away? No, it is there continually. The Apostle chose that as a figure, that was as near something immutable and without ch46 KB (8,886 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...place everything where it belongs. That is the only way to be a scientific Christian; there is no other method or process which will actually school a person so ...d part of the 15th verses of the 5th chapter of the general epistle of the Apostle James, "If any are sick, &c." But why not say to the sick, be made well; ju27 KB (5,207 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...n the earth, or that had lived upon it, neither a reformer nor a professed Christian, from the time the Priesthood was taken from the earth until Joseph Smith c ...Write it down, and write it back to your friends in the east, that I am an Apostle of Joseph Smith. He was a man of God and had the revelations of Jesus Chris39 KB (7,617 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...bsence of the testimony of his friends, I do not know but that the present Christian world would all be Jews, so far as their belief that Jesus Christ was an im ...ghty. He is still an Apostle, still a Prophet, and is doing the work of an Apostle and Prophet; he has gone one step beyond us and gained a victory that you a48 KB (9,359 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...nd set it in order, and to ordain proper officers to execute the law. This Apostle of {{page break|17|top}} Jesus Christ told the people that if they would ob Some, in the so called Christian world, contend that the spirit is the word, and that word, they argue, will18 KB (3,311 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...of [[Saint Peter|Peter]], [[James, son of Zebedee|James]], and [[John the Apostle|John]] who he said gave Smith and Cowdery an apostolic authority. ...] area and converted [[Sidney Rigdon]] and over a hundred members of his [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]] congregation,75 KB (11,096 words) - 01:08, 31 May 2024
- Prior to conversion, the congregation had also been practicing a form of [[Christian communism]], and Smith adopted a communal system within his own church, cal ...(The five equal councils were "the [[First Presidency|presidency]], the [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|apostles]], the [[Seventy (Latter Day Saints)|seventies51 KB (7,348 words) - 01:05, 31 May 2024
- ...l the knowledge they possess, and that is required by the parents. But the Christian nations with whom we have been associated, boast of their intelligence, sup ...fathers who shall endure, and whose posterity shall never end; though the Apostle turned the point very quick, because the people were not prepared to receiv45 KB (8,630 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...as of a great many characters that they call God. With the majority of the Christian world there are three Gods in one. With them that one God is three persons, ...ty, He attributes that to the delusion and ignorance which His professedly Christian people have spread so generally in the minds of the people, and holds them24 KB (4,674 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...o me, surely within me and all around me I could see very plainly what the Apostle meant in the words, "When the commandment came, sin revived, and I died." ...sted to blow them. When the light came to me, I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness.23 KB (4,264 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...is letter bore testimony of the wickedness and the fallen condition of the Christian world. My father read the letter, and I well remember the remark he made ab ...ntance and baptism for the remission of sins, precisely as preached by the Apostle Peter and by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. These doctrines I was pleas38 KB (7,244 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...heart were ever touched with the fire of truth, into any kind of orthodox Christian, would require as much faith and skill as it ever did to turn water into wi24 KB (4,534 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- It was a very correct figure that the Apostle made use of formerly, when he spoke of men being as ignorant as brute beast ...of the forest; we had to seek that mercy from the hands of the savage that Christian civilization denied us.47 KB (8,783 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...t they were not originally used in the Catholic churches nor in any of the Christian churches previous to their becoming mixed with Romanism. ...ome saint or personage, imaginary or real; thus completely co-mingling the Christian religion with idolatry. Then men started up to assign reasons for this, and31 KB (5,845 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...ng can harm them. But I can tell you what the Devil is doing. It is as the Apostle said—"We are not altogether ignorant of the devices of Satan." ...e no need to open it, and the devils won't get in at your ears. James, the Apostle, said that the tongue was an unruly member, and {{page break|374|top}} that30 KB (5,883 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- Since William Smith apostatized and was not true to his calling as an apostle, any promise made to him is arguably forfeit. However, one can be "preserve Unlike many Christian theologies, the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints4 KB (716 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- ...is not any man inspired to rise up and teach them the way to be saved—no Apostle to teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, had there been an Apostle there to have said, "Go and repent, be baptised for the remission of your s23 KB (4,467 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024