Four revelations from God, through John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff, not published in the Doctrine and Covenants, are given herewith. While these revelations have from time to time and by certain individuals been denied, they have all been fully authenticated by leaders of the Church, and it can be said in truth that each of them is authentic and genuine.

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Another Stake President, claiming membership in the Heber J. Grant prayer circle, meeting in the Temple, stated that upon one occasion President Grant came to his circle meeting with tears in his eyes, saying, "Brethren, I have fasted and prayed most earnestly to the Lord for certain information, but He will not answer me"; and on several occasions President Grant admitted "The heavens were as brass over him."

Now, why did Joseph Smith all at once cease "visiting Wilford Woodruff and the brethren", why did President Smith say, "We have put the matter up to the Lord but He will not answer us upon the question", and why could not President Heber J. Grant get an answer from the Lord, saying, on several occasions, "The heavens are as brass to me?"

The answer is simple. The Lord had given a multitude of revelations upon the subject of plural marriage; two (D.&C. Sections 131, 132) and four after the Saints settled in Utah, 1880, 1882, 1886 and 1889. Each revelation was so clear that a child could understand it. In face of these facts the Church by the Manifesto of 1890, abandoned the principle and elected to stop the practice of plural marriage, trying to sever from the Church, Saints who persisted in the principle. What was there for the Lord to answer further? The Saints, with their leaders, repudiated Him; they gave Him notice that they would no longer obey His laws, thereby shutting out all further communications between them. No divine communication has come to the Church since the issuance of the Manifesto, nor will any come to the Church while following its headstrong course against the Lord.