by Dan Wees | Aug 29, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I think a full, free talk is frequently of great use; we want nothing secret nor underhanded, and for one I want no association with things that cannot be talked about and will not bear investigation.” John Taylor – 2 March 1879, Journal of Discourses –...
by Dan Wees | Aug 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
YOU WON’T HEAR GRATITUDE LIKE THIS ANYMORE… “[C]onvince us of our errors of doctrine, if we have any, by reason, by logical arguments, or by the Word of God, and we will be ever grateful for the information, and you will ever have the pleasing reflection...
by Dan Wees | Aug 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Now those men, or those women, who know no more about the power of God, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, than to be led entirely by another person, suspending their own understanding, and pinning their faith upon another’s sleeve, will never be capable of...
by Dan Wees | Aug 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Unfortunately, this is an obsolete idea in the modern church: “I do not wish any Latter-day Saint in this world, nor in heaven, to be satisfied with anything I do, unless the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, the spirit of revelation, makes them satisfied. I wish them...
by Dan Wees | Aug 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“How easy it would be for your leaders to lead you to destruction, unless you actually know the mind and will of the Spirit yourselves.” Brigham Young – 28 June 1857, Journal of Discourses – Volume 4 (Liverpool, England: S.W. Richards, 1857),...
by Dan Wees | Aug 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I will not be influenced, governed, or controlled, in my temporal interests by any ecclesiastical authority or pretended revelation whatever, contrary to my own judgment.” Oliver Cowdery, Minutes of Letter to church leaders (Far West, MO: The Church of Jesus Christ...
