Minutes, 8 April 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards
Source Note
Special conference of the church, Minutes, [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 Apr. 1843. Version copied [ca. 8 Apr. 1843] in JS, Journal, 1842–1844, bk. 2, pp. [95]–[109]; handwriting of ; JS Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for JS, Journal, 1842–1844.
was lying in futurity. Rev 1.1.— read <is> key to the whole subject
4. beasts. & 24 Elders which was out of every nation— <it is> great stuffing, to stuff all nations into 4 beasts & 24 Elders things which <he> saw had no allusions to what had been.— but what must shortly come to pass.— Rev is one of the plain[e]st. books god ever caused to be written—
what John saw he saw in heaven— <that which the> the prophet Saw, in vision, <was> on earth, <and> in Hebrew, <it> is a Latitude & Longitude compar[e]d with English version
they saw figurs of beasts.— they why, Dani[e]l did not say <see> a lion & a bear. he saw an image like unto a bear:— in every [p. [98]]