Account of Meeting and Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Published in Clayton, Revelations
Source Note
Account of Meeting and JS, Discourse, [, Hancock Co., IL], 5 Jan. 1841. Version published [ca. 1857] in [William Clayton], Revelations, no date, 8–10. The copy used for transcription is held at CHL.
would prefer a swine’s body to having none. All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not. The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at any thing which comes from God, the devil takes power.
This earth will be rolled back into the presence of God, and crowned with celestial glory. [p. 10]