Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton

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Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton
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, Hancock Co., IL, 5 Jan. 1841. Featured version from
William Clayton
17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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report copied [1880] in L. John Nuttall, Notebook, pp. 4–8; handwriting of L. John Nuttall; L. John Nuttall, Papers, BYU. For more complete source information, see the source note for Discourse, Dec. 1840, as Reported by William Clayton.

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See Historical Introduction to Account of Meeting and Discourse, as Reported by William P. McIntire.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. *Account of Meeting and Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire Account of Meeting and Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Published in Clayton, Revelations *Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William P. McIntire Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by Unidentified Scribe *Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton
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a body. The Devil has no body, and herein is his punishment. He is pleased when he can obtain the tabernacle of man and when cast out by the Savior he asked to go into the herd of swine showing that he would prefer a swines body to having none.
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See Matthew 8:30–32.
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 anything 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. 8]
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Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton
ID #
591
Total Pages
5
Print Volume Location
JSP, D7:490–495
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L. John Nuttall
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See Matthew 8:30–32.