Joseph urges the Saints to build the temple in Nauvoo so that "a great and mighty power" will "grow out of it— an endowment."

Date
Apr 8, 1844
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Summary
Reference

Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1844, as Reported by William Clayton, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed January 31, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
William Clayton
People
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

He intends to stimulate the brethren want to finish the House this season— finish in the winter to dedicate next 6 April if nothing more than one room—. Will call upon the brethren to do something— cant make a comparison between the house of God & any thing now in existence. Great thing[s] to grow out of it great things contemplated. Language cant make a comparison. A great and mighty power to grow out of it— an endowment, knowledge is power— we want knowledge.

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