Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by James Burgess
Source Note
JS, Discourse, [, Hancock Co., IL, 11 June 1843]. Featured version copied [between 11 June 1843 and ca. 1848] in James Burgess, Journal and Notebook, Oct. 1841–Dec. 1848, verso, pp. [9]–[10]; handwriting of ; James Burgess, Journals, 1841–1848, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Discourse, 6 Apr. 1843–B, as Reported by James Burgess.
does not receive revelation for himself must be damned for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophicy for Christ says ask and you shall receive. And if he happens to receive anything I ask will it not be a revelation. And if any man has not the testimony of Jesus or the spirit of God he is none of his <namely> Christ’s And if not his he must be damn’d. What are we to understand by a Prophet It is his character to predict things that are in the future. I ask what right has any man or set of men or preist or set of preists to say if a man will not do so and so he shall be damn’d. Is he not takeing upon himself or assumeing the character of a Prophet consequently he must either be a true or false Prophet. [p. [10]]