Willard Richard's Reports on Joseph Smith's Discourse from May 1, 1842.
Discourse by Joseph Smith, May 1, 1842, as Reported by Willard Richards, Joseph Smith Papers, accessed July 27, 2023
preached in the grove on the keys of the kingdom charity1 &c.— The keys are certain signs & words2 by which false spirits & personages may be detected from true.— which cannot be revealed to the Elders till the Temple is completed.—3 The rich can only get them in the Temple. The poor may get them on the Mountain top as did moses.4 The rich cannot be saved without cha[r]ity. giving to feed the poor. when & how God requires as well as building. There are signs in heaven earth & hell.5 the elders must know them all to be endued with power.6 to finish their work & prevent imposition. The devil knows many signs.7 but does not know the sign of the son of man. or Jesus.8 No one can truly say he knows God until he has handled something.9 & these this can only be in the holiest of Holies.10 [p. 94]