Talk of J. M. Hammon, Salt Lake City, 3 April 1960
3 April 1960
Talk of J. M. Hammon, Salt Lake City, 3 April 1960
A talk by J. M. Hammon at a general meeting at the Fischer home in Salt Lake City. The archive file is labeled J. M. Hammon. The automatic transcript of the opening does not clearly name the speaker. The text is an automatic, unreviewed transcript of the recording, lightly paragraphed for reading. The recording itself is the source.
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It's a pleasure, brothers and sisters, to meet with you and be here, participate in these exercises. This has been a good day. I'm thankful to be remembered with you and participate in this work with you. There's been some things that I've been building up for this time, and I guess I'd better clear the air.
We've been wondering about that tail we've been going to build down here. Brother John's in the building today about it, and they're totally in favor. So you're in for it. Rick and others have gone up Water Canyon, up on top, and thought out a place that we can do it. It isn't going to be the old tail. The people who owned the land adjacent to that old tail that we thought we could clear so easily are dead mixed. They don't want to test us.
I think the Lord is going to bless us with the fact that we'll own land on our own rights. So we'll build a new trail. It'll take a little longer, but it'll make a wonderful recreational area. It'll only be about half as long as the other one, and very near the head. We'll have to raise a little money to buy clothing and so forth to shoot out some of those people out and so forth, but it'll be a good experience. So if you've got them, we'll...
I'm anxious to participate and I hope all of you are. I'll be down there next Saturday morning as early as you want until we begin work. I learned the truth of a little story that a witch told when he got on top of that mountain. I've heard that when a fat man gets crimes or not, when he reaches the top, he always takes off his coat and pants. And I know it's true.
The devil had been reading to you and giving you a little fatherly advice, and I'll give you some. I think it would be a wonderful thing if we would dig out those four hidden revelations and introduce them to our families and tell how they came to be. I stumbled into one today and it brought back some wonderful reflections and sweet memories in relation to the work of God. I suppose...
Seventy-five or eighty percent of this congregation are here because their parents brought them here, or because they were introduced by a friend. In answer to your faith, if you have a sure foundation laid for your conviction and testimony in relation to this particular dispensation that has been committed to our church, this church is meeting in there with our vast members in great pomp and show and glory today. We'll be there.
probably several more days and as the years roll by they're going to become more impressive and our work is going to become more impressive and we've got to know something about our circumstances and the conditions under which we live this morning i had the privilege of revealing to our group the circumstances surrounding the movement of the priesthood into exile into the society of this people. And I went on to a little gem that I thought might be well to repeat in the hearing of this congregation. Tried with considerable diligence to impress upon our young people what the priesthood is and where it came from and how it came in this particular distance. And I think it might be well to lay some foundation for this little gem that I have tonight.
In the days of the Savior and the night of transfiguration, his priesthood and blessings were confirmed. Father Noah and Elijah, Father in Heaven, possibly some others, possibly Moses as I recall, were present from this place on behalf of the Savior. I think John the Beloved was there and some others. In the history of our elder brothers' labors in the medium of time, He gave to Peter, James, and John the keys of the kingdom of God. He said, I commit these keys unto your care. And so it was just as fitting and proper that they should come in the days of the prophet Joseph Smith and bring the keys of the Melchizedek priesthood to him as it was that John the Baptist should come and bring the keys of the Aaronic priesthood, he being the last person to sanction and labor and remission of any lie.
the forerunner of preparatory work in the medium of time, because Peter, James, and John committed to the prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cadley on the banks of the Susquehanna River, probably late in June of 1829, and they were all going to profit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and subsequent to that time, other men were called, including David Whitman, Martin Hare, and others that are...
prominent in the early history of the church they held the apostleship and the history of the church and the early lawyers surrounding the establishment of the priesthood in the book of mormon and these last days is commonly understood and recognized because early men held the apostleship now there is a controversy as you all know between this priesthood and the and this people in the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints and they prefer and probably telling their people that told their people today and we'll tell them tomorrow and others that they have all they is to their congregation the great leadership of president david o'macare which i don't criticize he is a great leader because other things besides being a great leader that's necessary in the lives of other day saints to bring them up to perfection and prepare them
and the work of God for their exaltation. We've had lots of great leaders in this case. Peter J. Grant was a great leader. But there's something else necessary. And it was so important in the eyes of our heavenly Father, I pointed out, that he sent Peter, James, and John as resurrected beings to Father Joseph Smith. And in that exact moment, Joseph and Oliver conferred upon their heads.
All the keys, ties, and authorities that they themselves had seized and were given to them by Jesus Christ and made him a king. Now this priesthood moved on down through the church when two various men, Tom Smith and his father and others, finally sharing in it and found the days to martyrdom of the prophet Joseph Smith in June the 27th, 1844. It's Tom Smith.
His older brother stood next to George, in point of seniority in the piece, and just as George's mother stood next to Brother Bartle, and he, Bessie Kimball, stood next to Brigham Young, and John Taylor next to Wilfred Wibbers, or rather, Wilfred Wibbers next to John Taylor, and as Ron stood next to his father, and as you see the piece at times, as it's arrayed before you today, that thing...
existed in the days of joseph and joseph had ordained oliver by the laying out of hand to be his successor as president of the church and as his successor in the priesthood if you know those resentful days as well as i do in the remarks of harm when joseph tried to send him back he says no because i've been with you in life and will not be parted in death and took the martyr's crown along with his better, and that left Brigham Young standing as the head of the priesthood upon this earth. Not very many men of those days were ambitious as we have them today, and they thought that they should be had the privilege of leading the church, and among them was Sidney Wiggin, a very well-educated and learned man, and he came forth from someplace in the east, either New York or Pennsylvania or someplace, where was it?
six-legged Pennsylvania, and wanted to stand as guardian of the church so something could be done to establish its leadership. Brigham Young stepped up and says, I don't care who leads the church, whether it's Ann Lee, I suppose I was one of those, you know. But he says, I know one thing, because I have the key and the knowledge to obtain the mind and will of God on this earth. And that's what I'm going to do. Brigham and Healy, Orson Pratt and Polly P. Pratt.
Orson Hyde and Willard Richards, Rasha Snow and Annacy M. Lyman, and some others whose names don't come to me, John Taylor, the rest I don't recall right now, George A. Smith, were members of the Council of the 12 Apostles. And the history states that Gilger felt anxious, and the Lord told him and entrusted him that he should take the prize.
and bring them to the place where they should obtain the same keys and authority that he himself had. And so in the winter of 1844, he took these men into the upper room of his store and to tell them, giving them the first and second endowments and the garments of the holy priesthood and all the rights and privileges pertaining to that holy office and calling, and ordained them to the same priesthood that he had obtained from Peter, James, and John.
And here lies the great and difficult consequence. These men had been previously ordained to the office of the 12 apostles, many of them as early as 1838, who recall that they met at Independence, Missouri, by appointment. And I think on that occasion, some who were called had been ordained. Is that right, Alfred? Anyway, it was near that time, and they went on their missions to England.
I only bring this to your attention to establish in your minds that the 12 apostles existed and had existed from the time of 1834. March of 1835. Thomas B. Marsh was their president to the first year. They were the ones that Oliver Cadre delivered his famous charge to. directing them in their office and calling, and they all apostatized except Brigham Young and Hubert C. Kimball. Subsequent to their apostasy, the Lord, by revelation, filled up that poem again until the time that I mentioned, in the winter of 1834 and 44, or 43 and 44. Their labors began in December, and I think, as I recall it, it was around in February.
And the prophet Joseph Smith got this group of men prepared and conferred upon them the keys of the priesthood. Now, I want to read you this little gem. It doesn't require today that they've got all those keys and privileges. But the 12, a man called the office of the 12 apostles, have all the priesthood there is. Now, let's see if Brother Joseph Fielding Smith always taught that. So, are there any of you who have in your families?
and the social of your friends, a book entitled Scrapbook of Mormon Literature, you try to find Volume 2. And on page 461, you find this statement by Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, the present president of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now he tries to use some emphasis, and he says this. Now mark. Now mark.
The Lord, who knew that Hyrum should receive a martyr's crown at Carthage in the winter of 1843, a martyr's crown at Carthage in the winter of 1843 and 44, commanded the prophet to confer upon the heads of the twelve apostles a body that was already existent, every key, power, and principle that the Lord had sealed upon his head.
The prophet declared that he knew not why, but the Lord commanded him to endow the twelve with these keys and priesthood, and after it was done, he rejoiced very much, saying in substance, Now say, Kill me. You have all the keys and all the audience, and you can confer them upon others, and the power of Satan will not be able to tear the kingdom down.
as fast as you'll be able to build it up. And upon your shoulders will the responsibility of leading this people rest. And there he established a great deception, I presume. It has led this multitude of Latter-day Saints astray and into attack. While that group of men that became instrumental in leading the Latter-day Saints and that great exodus across those plains had all the keys, power and authority that Joseph had. They held the keys to building up the kingdom of God in all the world. As a person, a righteous and prerogative of their calling as 12 apostles. That was the immediate calling that they were called to. But then Joseph brought them in and conferred upon them all the keys and every principle that he himself held. Then he brought them to him to take the eyes of priesthood.
They write the seal in plural marriage and build up the temple to the capstone. He brought them the great high priest apostleship to preside over all the earth, both the church and the kingdom, and to direct themselves as the first presidency and establishment of the church of God upon the earth and all other things. And by tradition, by tradition because of the labors of those illustrious men, the church is always supposed.
that a man called to the calling of the twelve apostles held all their wives to hold. But here Joseph Fielding Smith establishes in his own language the fact that it was not always so, and that those brethren who were called and directed in this labor in 1843 prior to that time had only the calling of the twelve apostles.
directed them to build up the Church of God in all the world. In other words, they were traveling ministers, and they could not perform a plural marriage or steal a man to a woman without a director from a great high priest. But the Church led them to this contraception because of the traditions and labors that those great men had proposed. But this thing is always so. Now, the reason that I suggested to you that you could do me a favor after this, you'd find me the way.
the revelation of 1882 in that book there is i think a responsibility resting upon members of this congregation who are not informed to check out some of this history that particular men's group of men came here and were established in the valley to demand big and young took on place brother john taylor next to President Hubert C. Kimball, and the Council of the Priesthood, because Orson Pratt, Polly P. Pratt, and Orson Hyde had become disaffected in the early days in their calling, and they had to step down and let President John Taylor stand next to Wilford Widders, or next to President Hubert C. Kimball and the Priesthood. Now, those men passed away, and were replaced by others.
before the great transition has taken place. We have this revelation of 1882, calling God's peace there. And he began to the apostleship of the tribe. And in that revelation, the Lord reiterates that it's not meet in his eyes that men who will not obey his law reside over his people. And it makes a specific complaint that those two men They're called to the calling of the twelve apostles and not to the great high priesthood. And there isn't anything in the life of Heber J. Grant to indicate that he ever received that calling. In fact, there's everything to indicate that he didn't, for because of his bitterness, that there were men in the kingdom of God and in the latter-day saints, churchmen here in the valleys of the mountain who held greater power and authority than he did, he became very enraged.
And that's one of the foundation situations that led to the excommunication of John W. Willey, who was president of the Salt Lake Temple, and his son, Lon, because they held more authority than he did their job. And I just want to read here just a little bit from this revelation that was given to President John Taylor October the 13th, 1882. Now, there's four of these that have not been committed to the saints generally.
This revelation of 1880 and this one of 1882 were published in the German, Danish, Scandinavian Docking Covenants, and I have seen them in print. Of course, being unable to read them, but I saw the name of George T. Dale and Hubert J. Grand appearing in Seymour B. Young, appearing as revelations, and I presume that their language is the same as this. They are. But at home, those are authentic.
compared to print. Now this is the language that the Lord used in calling Heber J. Grant. He says, Thus saith the Lord to the twelve, and the priesthood, and the people of my church, Let my servant George T. Dale and Heber J. Grant be appointed to fill the vacancies in the twelve. Now you go to the Doctrine and Covenants, and what does that mean? By the traveling council, those apostles who held the key.
to establishing the kingdom and opening the kingdom of God to all the world. Let them be called to fill the vacancies in the twelve, that you may be fully organized and prepared for the labors revolving upon you, for you have a great work to perform. And then proceed to fill up the presiding quorum of seventy, and assist in organizing that body of priesthood, who are your co-labors in the ministry.
Now, does he only talk about presidency of priesthood and so forth? He doesn't. You've never heard a man call to the high priesthood and the revelation given to the people. That's God speaking. But here he calls these men to the labors of the twelve and tells them to fill up the forms of the seventy who are their co-labors in the ministry. And that's what he was doing, was filling up the form of the twelve for the labor of the ministry.
And then this is what he says. You may appoint Seymour B. Young to fill up the vacancy in the presiding quorum of 70 if he will conform to my law. For it is not me that men who will not abide my law shall preside over my priesthood. Now how many priesthood of the church professing to preside over today will refuse to comply with the law of God?
And if you wanted to take the time, and I'd recommend a few people do it, go home and read this, and the others, and you'll find this particular revelation giving instructions to President Taylor and the organization of the states and ward bishops and high councils throughout the length and depth of time. And better much have told us than others that President Taylor proceeded to fulfill his duties and responsibilities.
And he went out among the states of Zion and released men and instructed those who were retained to obey the law of plural marriage. And the bishops were advised to do it in a high confidence. And he released those who refused to do so. For he understood that it was not meet in the eyes of God that men could preside over the priesthood who would not obey his law. I thought that might be a little refreshing to you.
Because we've got so much glory and prestige facing us here today, and we'll have this week that it almost relegates us to little tiny miles. I'd like to have the brother-in-law and have brother-in-law's cousin, George Fielding Smith, come and repeat what he did and what he didn't. It would be interesting to see the expression on his face. Well, we do know that Peter Jones and John Dunn, Joseph Cole, It was not only delivered to him by Peter, James, and John, but the Lord took such precautions and exercised such diligence that in the temple of Kirkland, Ohio, in late March of 1836, he had Elijah the prophet, and undoubtedly Father Noah, and others of the great dignitaries, including Moses, come and deliver the keys that they had held in their particular dispensation.
to the prophet Joseph Smith that his calling might be full and complete. And for the brethren to assume today that they have all there is because of their calling and the 12 apostles, it borders upon the ridiculous. We have been educated and we are confirmed in our views and feelings about the propriety of men holding the proper authority to set men apart and so forth in their office. It reminds me of Hubert J. Grant's arrangement when he was...
put into the present they didn't have a providing paper and they destroyed every vestige of this that existed in the church president smith he was subjected to lorenzo snow as the last man in the presence of the church to hold this paper and he obtained it from president john taylor in the in the consequence of that 1886 meeting As one of our members, called by revelation, Hitchy often reminded the people. When President Joseph F. Smith died, he ascended to the presidency by the vote of the twelve. And he ordained Anthony B. Land to be the president of the twelve. Anthony H. Land, to be the president of the twelve apostles. He ordained Peter J. Grant to the presidency of the church. A man holding a lesser office.
Set a man apart to a higher. And that's something I'd like to see. The physical impossibility for a man to give somebody else something that he doesn't have. A thing that you have to trust upon your mind many times as you advance in the kingdom of God. That you first must obtain for yourself before you can give to another. Now that's what the church is being run with today. It's a calling of the 12 apostles.
which has the right and authority and privilege of building up the kingdom of God in all the world, preparing it for the first presidency to come along and organize it in states and wards, and building up the people and the church and kingdom of our Father. And it's long since been called by revelation, because I do not have a man who can say as big and young as this. And when our friend came to ask as guardian of the church, He says, I have the key and knowledge to obtain the mind and will of God. And that's what Brother Roy S. Johnson has to do. It's the key to obtain the mind and will of God. The priesthood that has been conferred upon him is that priesthood that Moses has that can look upon the face of God and live in mortality. And that's something that more of the priesthood can do. And so, my dear brothers and sisters,
Talking about impositives and blasphemy, I suppose it would be hurled against this people before they better get out of their purpose. At least they'll have something in the newspaper before they reach out about it. But let them play their part. Let them decry the lineage of that creature they take on. And they'll rise in authority to function in the kingdom of God. And then let them let the eye stop. Can't conceive of him being very patient with a man for seven years.
told all these things and he doesn't support them. Now these are imperatives I feel in my life because I can't conceive how they can go along and remain enigmatic. And those books were just as available to Brother Bob Shaw and some of these young brethren and all others around here as they were to me. You can take the books that have got this fly leaf well printed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
reiterating every one of these things. President Joseph Mussel gathered up the information that I read to you tonight and compiled it in pasted items, but he gathered every bit of it in the honors of the church literature. President Johnson hands me a little item in continuation of this subject, in the charge to the class, and I presume it was that charge that was delivered by Oliver Cowdery.
Because every heart wishes you peace and prosperity. This is the trial that was decided over by Thomas B. Mack. Every heart wishes you peace and prosperity, but the scene with you will inevitably change. Let no man take your bishopric and beware that you lose not your crown. It will require your whole soul. It will require courage like Enoch.
The time is near when you will be in the midst of congregations who will now set peace upon you. This gospel must roll, and it will roll until it fills the whole universe. Did I say congregations will rise upon you? Yea, I say nations will rise upon you. You will be considered the worst of men. Be not discouraged at this. When God pours out His Spirit, the enemy rages. But God...
Remember is on your right hand and on your left. A man, though he be considered to work, has joy and confidence that he pleases God. The lies of those who proclaim the true gospel will be in danger. This has been the case ever since the days of righteous Abel. The same opposition has manifested whenever men came forward to publish the gospel.
The time is coming when you will be considered the worst by many and by some the best of men. The time is coming when you will be perfectly familiar with the things of God. This testimony will make those who do not believe your testimony speak their lies. But there are whole nations who will receive your testimony. They will call you good men who do not lift it up when you are called good men.
Remember, you are young men, and you shall be fed. Include the other three, being the state peasants. Bear them in mind in your prayers. Carry their case to the throne of grace. Although they are not peasants, yet you and they are equal. This appointment is calculated to create an affection in you, Salikata, stronger than death. You will travel to other nations.
Bear each other in mind. If one or more is cast into prison, let the others pray for him and deliver him by their prayers. Their lives shall be in great jeopardy, but the promise of God is that you shall be delivered. Remember, you are not to go to other nations until you receive your endowment. Pray a person until you are endowed with power from on high. You need a fountain of knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence.
Such as you never had. Relative to the endowment, I make a remark or two that there be no mistake. The world cannot receive the things of God. He can endow you. He can endow you with outwardly pomp or great parade. He can give you that wisdom, that intelligence, and that power which characterized the ancient saints and now characterize the inhabitants of the upper world.
The greatness of your commission consists in this. You are to hold the keys of this ministry. This is speaking to the poor apostles. You are to go to the nations afar off, nations that sit in darkness. The day is coming and the work of God must be done. Israel shall be gathered. The seed of Jacob shall be gathered from the longest version. There will be a seed of Israel, the elect of God.
It is a sorrowful tale that the gospel must be preached and God's ministry be rejected. But where can Israel be found and receive your testimony and not be judged? And certainly that is the truth. Where is there a saint of God, a man with the true blood of Israel in him, that doesn't reject the sound of the gospel? Nowhere. The prophecies are full of great things that are to take place in the last days.
After the elect are gathered out, deception shall come on the inhabitants of the earth. And that's only today, isn't it? All nations shall feel the wrath of God after they have been warned by the saints of the Most High. If you will not warn them, others will, and you shall lose your time. You must prepare your minds to bid a long farewell to heaven, even till a great day comes. You shall see what...
You never expected to see. You would need the mind of Enoch, or Elijah, and the faith of the brother of Jared. You must be prepared to walk by faith, however appalling to the human view. And each of you shall feel the force of the imperious mandate, Son, go later in my vineyard, and cheerfully receive what comes. But in the end you will stand while others fall.
You have led in the revelations concerning all the nations. Be careful how you ordain. For all nations are not like this nation. They will willingly receive the audiences at your hand to put you out of the way. They will willingly receive the audiences at your hand to put you out of the way. There will be times when nothing but the angels of God can deliver you out of their hands. We appeal to your intelligence.
We appeal to your understanding that we have so far disguised our duty to you. We consider it one of the greatest condescensions of our Heavenly Father in turning you out to us. You will be stirred over this ministry. You have a work to do that no other man can do. You must proclaim the gospel in its simplicity and purity, and we commend you to God and the world as his gate.
You have our best wishes. You have our most fervent prayers. That you may be able to bear this testimony. That you have seen the face of God. That I call upon him in faith and mighty power to lead you there. That it goes as much as it gives us in commission to do. It is your duty and your privilege to bear this testimony for us all. And I invite you to be faithful. There must be no lack here. You must be faithful in all things.
And permit us to repeat, our nations have a claim on you. You are bound together as the three witnesses were. You, not the same, can part and meet and part again, till your heads are silvered over with age. He then took them separately by the hand and said, Do you with full purpose of heart take part in this ministry to proclaim the gospel with our diligence?
With ease, O brethren, according to the tenor and intent of the charge you have received. Each of them answered in the same way. I was the charge of Oliver County to the charge. When he spoke of the other three, he meant the other three men who had been called to the same calling and had not yet been outbound. Now, my brothers and sisters, I fear to give way, but I rejoice with you in the circumstances we find ourselves in. I fear to rejoice with Brigham Young.
that we have the key and the power and the knowledge to obtain the mind and will of God. And I'm sure that by the grace of God, if we're willing and diligent in performing our duties and doing the best we can, that we'll be able to obtain His mind and will while we do it from time to time. I testify to you that revelation has not ceased, but we do receive it. And I want the people to take care of it. To let it on to you after I tell you about it.
overcoming our faults and failings, taking upon ourselves better characters and services, from which we are not released. But it may take you a good many years, it's taken our heavenly Father a long time, to acquire all the graces and attributes of his character. And I think that we can rest assured that God will be glad to own and bless us, that he finds us kind and laden, and that we take him in holy responsibility.
After thinking I have said, and I would not for one moment want to see this congregation of people become sad-faced and discouraged because of the ageless labor that has caused us all. For I know the Lord will give us strength and will fortify us and bless us, and will not come anything. Upon this, people, I promise you, that first you will be forewarned by the servants of God that you might be prepared against it. That you can rest assured.
If we can just justify our heavenly father in performing the covenants and promises that he has promised on behalf of his people. He says he will fight the battles of the saints. And I know he will. Those four revelations that I have referred to are the truth. And his promises that he will fight the battles of his people. And I hope that we justify his people. His people are great.
Perception says, sufficiently. I'm not so concerned about the proficiency of perception. It's our labor of it, proficiency. And if that's diligence and sincerity, and full purpose of heart, I know God will fire out that. If it's patient, as we're gazing upon today, except here in labor with our might, and every man, and young man, and boy, To have a testimony of this work will add to it by his diligence and his faith, and his perseverance will be built up day after day, until he'll have a knowledge of specificity, to see him through the trials and specificities of the dispensations which he leads. I know, I know that there's corruption in high places, and I don't care that he hopes there is. It's like the conduct that's going on in the world. It's like a kind of weapon.
But it's common knowledge that some of us have risen high enough in our society and in our associations to know the corruption that exists. And our native intelligence teaches us because of our years of experience. We are cursed and justified in testifying under our father in heaven of the corruption and disgraceful conduct of this nation and this church and this people. Take faith and take care and not become worried and well-being.
Well, I tell you, there's no time to stumble on our oars. There's no time to stumble. But if you brothers and sisters have got a testimony of this, let's add to it. Don't wait and ask the Lord to give you a new one, hoping it'll be a little funnier and a little better than the one you've got. Because it's impossible to accomplish such a thing. Take what you have and load it with. And add to it by knowledge. I don't know why some of us should study the scriptures and qualify ourselves for you.
Conscience that will justify us and sustain the course that we're pursuing. And some of you go stop free and feel that you're exempt from this responsibility. I had a few years, possibly, on me that some of you had, but I certainly didn't have any more capacity, intelligence, or education. But I didn't have as many. As I'm telling Carl's father here about us again, a few dinners of this course, we thought we had the most priceless thing of this day and age in our hands.
And I used to carry those things about with me and my person before they might fall into the hands of the children or one way or another and become damaged. I took them to work with me and brought them home with me. And I kept them under lock and key. And that's the way I treated those two dinners, that I could get a hold of them. And what did they do together, Herman? They substantiated the things that I've been told by Joseph W. Martin. That's the most gracious and wonderful thing they did to me. The signs in them matter.
But they were imparted. But I gathered from Brother Kimball and Brother Young. They substantiated the things that I longed to have substantiated. And Joseph Mucker was a man of God. How could I tell it? Right by the fishery later. The things that he taught. And through those records I found the things that he referred to, printed in the church book. Now they're still there. It would be a good thing for some of you to prove it. And to go big up those things.
except under his weapons, is maybe to save you a little bit of time. Go read those things, and learn something about this people, because times of exchange are not whole. If your knowledge and understanding might be more complete, if you might be fair with their diligence and zeal in the performance of the abuse, the blessings of God are going to attend this people, and confidence is one in our time, and the confidence of God is going to take and expand.
and largest people to the extent that they'll have the opportunity of assimilating their life and knowledge and confidence in the taste of God. In fact, in consequence of it, we'll be able to grow and expand and be enlightened and build up in this work in these last days. Now, as all the time, I think that we ought to begin to practice what we've been told us now. Let's try to get harmony in our homes. Let's try to have a woman.
The same I told her husband, besides this society of people is concerned, I'm sure all the rascals are gone. And you women are not going to be justified any longer in stopping us again. Now let's try to have peace here. Women should learn to follow her leader. I know this congregation of women, except her husband, who obeyed Brother Johnson's and this council's directive, and is there to always kill them. They're special. Now it'll be just a wonderful thing.
If they would follow the dictates of their husbands just as diligently as they expect their husbands to follow the dictates, it's a good day. When we get family, when we get family unity, it can emanate the spirit of God, the spirit of unity, the spirit of obedience, and understanding. It only takes Brother Johnson a half a day to send forth the car that he wanted to drive him to gather together. When they can count on the confidence of their families behind them, We're going to see good times. I know the grace of God continues with us. I know we can find our energy. And so the seeds of despair in our hearts, the seeds of disunity and contentment are the most deadly things that are found in us. I know they are. We thank them not and go to them. With my humble wish for them in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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- From the Historical Short Creek archive, 1960 documents. Duration 49:06. Automatic transcript (unreviewed). Speaker identification is from the archive file name, checked against the opening of the recording where it names or introduces the speaker.
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