Without Disclosing My True Identity
(^33) See D&C, section 42.
(^34) Matthew 23:15.
(^35) Compare with D&C, section 88 heading, which says 27–28 Dec 1832 and 3 Jan 1833. See also
D&C, 88:127, 136–7; 90:7.
(^36) See n. 31 above.
(^37) TSP, 18:38.
(^38) “Brother Ezra Landon preached in Avon and Genesee, baptized eighteen or twenty...[H]e
requested [that I] confirm them, which I did according to the best of my knowledge, pronouncing but a
few words on the head of each one, and invariably saying, ‘receive ye the Holy Ghost in the name of
Jesus Christ.’ Immediately the Holy Ghost fell upon them and several commenced speaking in tongues
before they arose from their knees, and we had a joyful time; some ten or twelve spoke in tongues,
neither of whom had ever heard any person speak in tongues, they being the first baptized in that
place.” (Heber C. Kimball, “History of Brigham Young,” Millennial Star 26 [Aug. 13, 1864]: 520.)
“A few weeks after my baptism [April 14, 1832] I was at brother Kimball’s house one
morning, and while family prayer was being offered up, brother Alpheus Gifford commenced
speaking in tongues. Soon the Spirit came on me, and I spoke in tongues, and we thought only of the
day of Pentecost, when the Apostles were clothed upon with cloven tongues of fire. In September,
1832, ...[we] started for Kirtland to see the Prophet Joseph. We visited many friends on the way, and
some Branches of the Church. We exhorted them and prayed with them, and I spoke in tongues.
Some pronounced it genuine and from the Lord, and others pronounced it of the Devil.” (Brigham
Young, “History of Brigham Young,” Millennial Star 25 [Jul. 11, 1863]: 439.)
See also “Speaking in Tongues,” SaintsWithoutHalos.com, 2011, Saints Without Halos, 1 Jun.
2011 http://saintswithouthalos.com/n/tongues.phtml.
(^39) Compare D&C, 55:3, 46:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:8.
(^40) “We saw brother Joseph Smith and had a glorious time; during which brother Brigham
spoke in tongues before brother Joseph, it being the first time he had heard any one [sic] speak in
tongues; he testified that the gift was from God, and spoke in tongues himself. Soon the gift of
tongues became general in the Church in Kirtland. We had a precious season and returned with a
blessing in our souls.” (Heber C. Kimball, “History of Brigham Young,” Millennial Star 26 [Aug. 20,
1864]: 535.)
“[C]ame to Kirtland to Brother Joseph Smith and heard him speak with Tongues and sing in
Tongues also.” (Zebedee Coltrin diary, Church Archives, MS 1443 item 1, as quoted from
SaintsWithoutHalos.com in n. 38 above.) See also Howe, 132–3.
(^41) SNS, 115.
(^42) “Joseph, Jr. ... was nearly intoxicated at the time of the...conversation.” (Howe, 258. Quote
given by Joshua Stafford);
“Old Joseph Smith was a drunkard and a liar and much in the habit of gambling. He and his
boys were truly a lazy set of fellows[,] and more particularly Joseph, who very aptly followed his
father’s example and in some respects was worse. When intoxicated he was very quarrelsome.” —
David Stafford “...One day while at work in my father’s field, Joseph got quite drunk and fell to
scuffling with one of the workmen.” —Barton Stafford “I saw [Joseph Smith] three times intoxicated
while he was composing the Book of Mormon and heard him use language of the greatest profanity.”
—Levi Lewis (All 3 “testimonies” found in W. Wyl, Joseph Smith, the Prophet, His Family and His Friends:
A Study Based on Facts and Documents [Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Pub., 1886] 231–2, 234.)
(^43) Compare BOM, 1 Nephi 13:7–8; Alma 4:6.
(^44) BOM, 1 Nephi 13:6, 8, 26, 28; 14:3, 9, 15, 17; 22:13–14; 2 Nephi 6:12; 28:18. See also D&C, 29:21.
(^45) According to the D&C, the only “revelation” that Joseph gave in December 1833 occurred
on the 16th, as set forth in D&C, section 101, which makes no mention of this event. In fact, the DHC
does not say exactly when this event occurred and the index is silent on that point. This should say
something about the NON-importance of Patriarchal Blessings given by the modern LDS/Mormon
church, predicated on that office.