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- |>=[[../Chapter 5|Claims made in "Chapter 5: Visions and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon"]]764 bytes (114 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...gument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway" ...gument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway.}}2 KB (346 words) - 00:37, 27 April 2024
- We hear much, of late, about visions, trances, clairvoyance, mediums of communication with the spirit world, wri ...he case, what then do we wish, in communicating with the eternal world, by visions, angels, or ministering spirits? Why, if a person is sick they would like t33 KB (6,039 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...s that this should he given to them in a different manner; and behold, the visions of heaven opened before them. They gazed upon the eternal worlds, and saw t ...lothed upon with His glory, be filled with exceeding great faith; that the visions of eternity may be opened to their minds; that they may be Prophets, Priest45 KB (8,337 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...ouncils of the Church, he would confess that he had lied, in pretending to visions, angels, and revelations, and ask forgiveness. If he was excommunicated, he12 KB (2,168 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...d with angels, have had the power of the Holy Ghost upon them, giving them visions and revelations, than hear any other kind of preaching that ever saluted my ...happiness is here, angels are here, God is here, and we are wrapped in the visions of eternity. But I am not the Lord, and can do nothing more than others of24 KB (4,534 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ey to your minds? None, unless your minds are open, and enlightened by the visions of the Holy Spirit. The principles of truth are eternal. The mind would ask32 KB (5,819 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...sy, and I love to hear him. I scarcely ever say much about revelations, or visions, but suffice it to say, five years ago last July I was here, and saw in the ...to him, he might have {{page break|134|top}} revelations, and see as many visions as you could count; he might have the heavens opened to him, and see the fi23 KB (4,433 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ut when the man comes to reflect, when the Saint of God considers, and the visions of eternity are open to his view, and the unalterable purposes of God are d45 KB (8,266 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...nt, and consequently, to be consistent, we must believe in new revelation, visions, angels, in all the gifts of the Holy Ghost, and all the promises contained ...ay converse with Jesus Christ, have the visitation of angels, have dreams, visions, and revelations, and understand and know God for yourselves. Is it not a s44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...dividuals; or in other words, certain individuals in this age enjoyed open visions. ...e can we read in sacred history of a people of God by whom the doctrine of visions and ministering of angels would be discarded, or be considered erroneous? I42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...erstand and comprehend correct principles, because they do not possess the visions of the Almighty; they understand not the end from the beginning, neither do38 KB (7,058 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...t of the Lord, and in the light of His countenance. Many received heavenly visions, revelations, the ministering of holy angels, and the manifestations of the33 KB (6,326 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ail in their midst and every heart be filled with unutterable joy. Let the visions of eternity be opened unto them, that they may behold things new and precio3 KB (609 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...mmon people, began to advocate the principle of converse with the dead, by visions, divination, clairvoyance, knocking, and writing mediums, &c., &c. This spi ...newed unto us, that all the animal magnetic phenomena, all the trances and visions of clairvoyant states, all the phenomena of spiritual knockings, writing me15 KB (2,550 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ..., unless it is revealed to you by the spirit of prophecy, or in dreams and visions; then you know it. This is the benefit of dreams and visions, although this power is lightly spoken of, and repudiated in the Christian45 KB (8,717 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ould consume too much time, it could not easily be done. So it is with the visions of eternity; we can see and understand, but it is difficult to tell. May Go9 KB (1,722 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...r lived alone; When men, the high born offspring of the sky, Lived but in visions to the Eternal's eye; T'was then that freedom held her bright abode In clo32 KB (6,111 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...is all nonsense to him. To know the truth of my testimony he must have the visions and revelations of God for himself. And when he gets them, and turns aside,31 KB (5,949 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...We understand it, and view it in its true light. We have learned it by the visions of the Almighty—by that spirit of intelligence that searches out all thin ...Prophet stood in his own house when he told several of us of the night the visions of heaven were opened to him, in which he saw the American continent drench16 KB (3,077 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...n controlled, more or less, by priests who deny revelation, believe not in visions, and receive not the ministration of angels. Presidents, Governors, Members ...other words, who is endowed with wisdom from on high, and has revelations, visions, and dreams, giving him understanding to provide for the welfare of every p43 KB (8,245 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ets, no Apostles, no gifts and graces, no healings by the power of God, no visions, no angels, no revelations, {{page break|196|top}} no voice of God. I often ...minds are quick as the vivid lightning of heaven; they are filled with the visions of eternity; they are not asleep, but they comprehend the elements around t40 KB (7,557 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...n of the old Patriarch Jacob was a visionary man, and a great dreamer. His visions and dreams seriously annoyed his elder brethren, and greatly aroused their31 KB (5,668 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...e gift of the Holy Ghost, and with other tongues, and prophesy, and obtain visions, and the gift of healing. The Apostle says, If there be any sick among you ...o testify to it. There are men now upon the face of the earth, that by the visions of the Almighty have seen convoy after convoy of angels. Can you find these28 KB (5,269 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...but it has constantly increased. And to my certain knowledge, through the visions of the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, I did know, I did see, I did unders38 KB (7,119 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...evealed it in the revelations, and so far as the Spirit of truth opens the visions of our minds to contemplate these things; I say, when I reflect upon these27 KB (5,128 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...f they wish to see the hand of God made manifest, if they wish to have the visions and revelations of Jesus Christ given in profusion, perhaps the Lord is now19 KB (3,665 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...t without Prophets and inspired men, without the Urim and Thummim, without visions and angels from heaven, and without the powers and manifestations of the gl50 KB (9,359 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...or instance, let a man or woman who has received much of the power of God, visions and revelations, turn away from the holy commandments of the Lord; and it s ...told how the Lord has blessed them and forgiven their sins, what glorious visions they have had, and have declared that the Lord was present, and that they h37 KB (6,982 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ing to it? Nothing but a shadow, when the Lord opened our minds and by the visions of His Spirit revealed to us a few of the things He had in reserve for the32 KB (5,984 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...e is to be no more revelation, there is to be no more prophesying, no more visions, no more ministering of angels." Hard as it is to believe, and strange as i39 KB (7,221 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...s as a people in this present age, whether by the dreams of the night, the visions of the day, or the revelations of God's Holy Spirit, and to follow after ri8 KB (1,470 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ings of the future are revealed; and we may know many things by dreams and visions, but when it comes to principles, and to what the Lord will do with this pe26 KB (4,882 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- That nation has been compared to a nation of iron in the visions of the Prophet Daniel; it has been considered, by most commentators upon th32 KB (5,826 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...but when we have the Holy Spirit, all is right, and we feel satisfied; the visions of the Almighty and of the heavens are before us night and day, and we have49 KB (9,285 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...ry one of them shall see for themselves, and prophesy for themselves, have visions to themselves, but be made acquainted with all the principles and laws nece ...they will not depart from it. It is your privilege and mine, to enjoy the visions of the Spirit of the Lord, every one in his own order, just as the Lord has60 KB (11,377 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...suppose that man was something, it was Moses; but yet in the midst of the visions of the Almighty, and the vast field of knowledge that was opened to his min ...by the ministration of angels, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and by the visions of the Almighty, calculated to impart still greater joy and happiness to th31 KB (5,776 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...ands? Are you faithful to your vows? If you are, you will have dreams, and visions, and revelations from the world of light, and you will be comforted by nigh33 KB (6,284 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...my counsel, and that is, to seek unto the Lord your God until He opens the visions of your minds, and lets the rays of eternity shine within you.27 KB (5,207 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- We have not faith sufficient to have revelation, to have the visions of eternity opened unto us so clearly that we may see things as they are, c20 KB (3,887 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ..., saying, "I have had a vision, an angel came and told me thus and so; the visions of eternity were opened, and I saw thus and so; I saw my destiny; I saw wha ...more constantly and more powerfully, to the power of the enemy, by having visions than by not having them? There is and it is simply this—God never bestows39 KB (7,617 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...of God concerning them, and to be filled with the Holy Ghost, and have the visions of eternity opened to them. Then my soul would be satisfied; that is all I20 KB (3,922 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...ill allow those subjects which they do not understand, to remain until the visions of their minds become open. This is the course which I {{page break|267|top15 KB (2,909 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...It was my intention to have spoken upon the spiritual gifts, upon tongues, visions, and revelations, and to have shown the necessity and importance of seeking26 KB (4,834 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...concerning this our day, and the coming forth of this work to us, and the visions that should appear and be given at the opening up of this dispensation; all34 KB (6,336 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../49|The Faith and Visions of the Ancient Saints, etc.]]37 KB (7,136 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |H=THE FAITH AND VISIONS OF THE ANCIENT SAINTS—THE SAME GREAT BLESSINGS TO BE ENJOYED BY THE LATTE |T=Journal of Discourses 3: THE FAITH AND VISIONS OF THE ANCIENT SAINTS—THE SAME GREAT BLESSINGS TO BE ENJOYED BY THE LATTE35 KB (6,599 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../49|The Faith and Visions of the Ancient Saints, etc.]]27 KB (5,187 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...f the building were no obstruction to my seeing, for I saw nothing but the visions that presented themselves. Why did not the walls obstruct my view? Because22 KB (4,320 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- It is lamentable to any person who understands by the visions of eternity the plan of salvation, the providences of God to His creatures, ...say that the visions of your minds have been opened, that you have had the visions of eternity opened to your understanding, so that you do know that there is21 KB (4,047 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024