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John Taylor (1877): "God himself, came to break the long, long silence of ages, revealing through his Son, Jesus Christ"
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John Taylor (1877): "God himself, came to break the long, long silence of ages, revealing through his Son, Jesus Christ"
In General Conference October 1877, President Taylor stated:
The work we are engaged in emanated from God, and what did Joseph Smith know about it until God revealed it? Nothing. What did President Young, or the Twelve, or anybody else, know about it before the heavenly messengers, even God himself, came to break the long, long silence of ages, revealing through his Son, Jesus Christ, and the holy angels, the everlasting Gospel? Nothing at all. We were all alike ignorant until heaven revealed it.[1]
Notes
- ↑ John Taylor, "The Trusteeship, etc.," (7 October 1877) Journal of Discourses 19:123.