Discourse, between circa 26 June and circa 4 August 1839–A, as Reported by William Clayton
Source Note
JS, Discourse, [, Lee Co., Iowa Territory, or , Hancock Co., IL], [between ca. 26 June and ca. 4 Aug. 1839]. Version from report copied [1880] in L. John Nuttall, Notebook, pp. 11–25; handwriting of L. John Nuttall; L. John Nuttall, Papers, BYU.
peace, No! I will lift up my voice and testify of them. How long you will have good crops and the famine be kept I do not know. When the fig trees lean know then that the summer is nigh at hand. We may look for angels &c, but we are to try the spirits and prove them. It is often the case that men make a mistake in regard to these things. God has so ordained that when he has communicated no vision to be taken but what you see by the seeing of the eye, or what you hear by the hearing of the ear. When you see a vision &c pray for the interpretation, if you get not this shut it up. There must be certainty. An open vision will manifest which is more important. Lying spirits are going forth in the earth. There will be great manifestations of spirits [p. 23]