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 in heaven.— God will gratify himself with all these animals. . . .
says one I cannot beleive in salvati[o]n of bea[s]ts.— I suppose God could underst[a]nd the beasts &c, in certain worlds— the 4 beasts, were angels there. dont know where they came from; <they were inteligent> inteligent.—
<but my> Darling religion, says, <they> meant something beside beast.— then the 24 elders must mean something else:— 4 beasts meant Buonpart [Bonaparte] & Cyrus. &c— then the 24 elders ment the kingdoms of the Beasts.— It is all as flat as a pancake
what do <you> use such flat & vulger <expressions. for> being a prophet? because the old women understa[n]d it, they make [p. [100]]