Charles W. Penrose on Revelation

Charles W. Penrose

Charles W. Penrose

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President Wilford Woodruff is a man of wisdom and experience, and we respect him, but we do not believe his personal views or utterances are revelations from God; and when “Thus saith the Lord,” comes from him, the saints investigate it: they do not shut their eyes and take it down like a pill.

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Millennial Star, vol 54, page 191, 1892

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