165 years ago today - Apr 9, 1852

[General Conference]
[Joseph Young:] I dreamed the Devil Had a looking glass. By looking into it you could see all the faults of your Neighbors but Could not see any of your own. I also Dreamed A woman went into Bishop Hunter & stole sister Hunters dress & came out into the street. I followed her to get the dress. When I looked into her face I saw she was a Black Negro wench. I asked her name. She said it was Mesmerism. You who have the priesthood should be careful to do the will of God....

... President Kimball ... Some have said that I was vary presumptuous to say that Brother Brigham was my God & Saviour. Brother Joseph was his God. The one that gave Joseph the keys of the kingdom was his God which was Peter. Jesus Christ was his God & the God & Father of Jesus Christ was Adam. ...

One of the Command[ments] of God require us to multiply & replenish the Earth. When a young man gets married to a good young woman & the Hunny moon is over and a foundation laid for posterity then the man begins to scold his wife. The wife gets the same spirit & this goes to the Child. This is an Evil & follows the Child through life. The Blood nurses the embrio & as the child grows the Evil increases with the child. The Hunny moon should last always ...

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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