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“It is an imperative duty that we owe to God, to angels, with whom we shall be brought to stand, and also to ourselves, to our wives and children…Therefore it is an imperative duty that we owe, not only to our own wives and children, but to the widows and fatherless, whose husbands and fathers have been murdered under its iron hand…And also it is an imperative duty that we owe to all the rising generation, and to all the pure in heart…Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven—These should then be attended to with great earnestness. Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things.” (Scriptural, The Lord used very strong language in relation to the libelous publications, magazines, encyclopedias, histories that were being published about the saints, which were causing “diabolical rascality and nefarious and murderous impositions upon the saints.” The quotes from the prophets on this site constitute “wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven.” Doctrine & Covenants, 123:7-15. March 1839.)

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