A synopsis of Presidet B Youngs remarks Before the 18 ward Jan 11th 1857. ... Their is a doctrin taught from the stand & freequently taught in Public that we should follow Brother Joseph or Brother Brigham or any man who leads & do as they say & Obey them & that is all that is required. But this is a fals doctrin in one sense. For I will say that no man should trust to the testimony of another but he should go to God & get the testimony for himself. This evry man & woman should do. ...
Another woman says my husband abuses me & I want a bill to get away from him and a thousand Complaints Come poreing in upon me none of which I should hear if the people lived by the spirit of God.
You should all obtain the spirit of God & overcome your passions. When you get angry you should put a peace of Indiaruber in your mouth & bite it untill you Could get perfect controll over your passion. Do not speak while you are angry for you will say sumthing that you will be sorry for. But if you will keep your thoughts to yourself when you are angry they will not become the property of another....
I do not know that there is a female in Israel who is worthy of the appellation of a Mother in Israel. For any woman to raise up Children unto the Lord as they should do they should be filled with the Holy Ghost when they Concieve seed & continue filled with the Holy Ghost untill the Child is born & weaned. ...
So the Father should be filled with the Holy Ghost when he begets a Child ...
[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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