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Discourse, 30 July 1840

 
and the Elders

An administrative and ecclesiastical office not associated with age. The Book of Mormon explained that elders ordained priests and teachers and administered “the flesh and blood of Christ unto the church.” The articles and covenants of the church directed...

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 do not prevail every family should [get] Power by fasting  and prayer and annointing with oil

Following a biblical pattern, JS on 21 January 1836 instituted the ordinance of anointing with oil on the head or body as a sign of sanctification and consecration in preparation for the endowment of “power from on high.” This anointing was combined with ...

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 and continue So to Do their  their sick shall all be healed this also is the voice of the Spirit [p. [3]]

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Discourse, 30 July 1840
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