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KnowdBy Hugh W. Nibley

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Hugh Nibley (orn 1910) was on o t most accompsdl T C J C L-dSants. A radat o UCLA and UC, Brk, N jond t

Hstor Dpartmnt at Bram Yon Unvrst n 1946. For

mor tan or dcads, s wrtns covrd an arra o topcs:

ancnt stor, potcs, casscs, dcaton, scnc, Eptoo,

ar Isra, Crstan orns, Book o Mormon and tmps.

D B d Fd A Rd Mm Sd -pld T Clld W

H N, a mt-vom srs. Za wtot Knowd

orna appard n Dao: A Jorna o Mormon Tot,

smmr 1978, and was atr rprntd n N on t Tm

and t Tmss: Cassc Essas o H N (1978).

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In one o his ascinating scientiic survey books, tm dan wt t atst dscovrs aot t ran, NCld , Tw m l-d

md (1) md d m, d (2) l d

mnd s swtcd o. Bot o ts opratons ar compt

mracos and compt mstros. I wod k to tak aot

t rst o tm. Yo can tnk o on on tn at a tm!

I o pt on a par o asss, on ns n rn, t otr

n rd, o w not s a r son o t two wn o

ook aot o, t a fasn o rd and rn. On momnt

wll , mm wll

d. O m j m

tms as o stn to a Bac , wt qa awarnss o

m, ll jmp w

rconton rst o on and tn anotr. T ar, k t ,

, wd N. S. Sld, lw f .. . . dd mp

pd, d m w l m w w

s and mak a rapd sccsson o mods o t word n or

md. O w w Wllm Jm ll

lm, zz wld, w

strctr or own mann comnaton o mprssons, and

a or vs sct ot o t vast nmr o mprssons crtan w . A N , T

models wat w s and notn s. W od tosands o

mp p j l

mak or cocs and drop tos w dont want. As on xprt

pts t: Tr sms to a knd o tr nsd t ad wc

wakns nwantd snas wtot ockn tm ot. Ot o t

1. N Cadr, T Mnd o Man (London: BBC, 1970), p. 25.

2. Id., p. 169.

3. Loc. Ct.


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ackrond o t mnd constant snas drat cocs.

W t mnd cooss to ocs on on ojct to t xcson

ll m m. B l:

ld- l wd , d wavor ar or drat cocs.

T p p -l w

ntrodcd nto a cav o ncrd trasrs and prmttd to

m p w m w l .

Wat a dt staton! I can tnk o antn I want to

ll ! W p, w I

to ocs m attnton on on ojct, a otr ojcts drop nto

t ackrond. I am on prmttd to tnk o on tn at a

tm, tat s on r o t am.

An qa mportant r s tat I mst kp tnkn! Excpt

dl - pd I d . Lm

pns tojors, sas Maranc: W ar awas tnkn o

something, sctn wat w t nto t word w ar makn l. Sp w : D Wl m

Vll. Ad d I : W wld

l I ld w d w m

onc, I cod s at on and t sam momnt not on wat

s rt or m, t qa w wat s on m t sd, m

d, w m d lw m? I ml

crtant tat somtn s tr and as m s fckr aot, Itnk I can sstantat tat mprsson. Bt as to takn a cam

and drat ook at mor tan on tn at a tm, tat s a

t dnd s at prsnt. I cannot man wat sc a vw o

t word wod k, t t wod mor ra and corrct

tan t on w av now. I rn p ts ovos pont cas

-dml w w

mastra pass jdmnt on God. T smart atst and pos

4. Id., p. 29.

5. Id., pp. 29, 184.


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scooman ak can t s a aot Godwat can do and

w , w m l d w

kon t ass o tr on-dmnsona xprnc o rat.

Toda t astronomrs ar arpn on t od avort tm o - lpd w, p d

t nvrs to consdra arr tan t tot or ad

n tat, mmdat annoncd tat man was a vr mnor

cratr ndd, wod av to rnonc an spca cam to

dvn avor, snc tr ar mc r words tan ors or

God to concrnd aot, and n t nd v p s ntmat

and prvat God atotr.

Ts jant conocasm rstd on t assmpton tat God

s sjct to t sam mnta mtatons tat w ar; tat

P, dl Pl

sam tm, t aon markn t a o t sparrow. Bt onc

w pl l l m

tan on tn at a tm (and n tor t xprts t s tr w w ld ), w

dm d Gd . L mm

qt pcar to t ns o Mormonsm s t doctrn o

Gd w ld pp ml w l m

: T m, d

nmrd nto man; t t ar nmrd nto m, or t

ar mn. (Moss 1:37.)Pan, w ar dan wt two ordrs o mnds. For m

tots ar not or tots, ntr ar or was m was,

sat t Lord. For as t avns ar r tan t art, so

ar . . . m tots tan or tots. (Isaa 55:8-9.)

B w ppl lm w

ar Gods cdrn? It s prcs ts mtaton wc s t

ssnc o or morta xstnc. I vr coc I mak xprsss

a prrnc; t word I d p s t word I ra ov and

want, tn wt vr coc I am jdn ms, procamn


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ll d l Gd, l d m llwm w m

ra vas , wr m trasr s, t tns to wc I v

sprm mportanc. Hnc, n ts vr momnt provds

a prct and ooproo tst o or ra caractr, makn ts a tm o tstn and proaton.

Ad z pp Mm

p . (I p w

prsnt, and t ar not. Bt od, Jss Crst at sown

o nto m, and I know or don. (Mormon 8:35). H cas

p , B w d p . . . ,

tat ma consm t on or sts (Mormon 9:28); .., tat

o ma s p or consm or proaton tm jst avn a

d m d w l l d ld

mor trr tan tat: Bt woe nto m . . . tat wasteth

t das o s proaton, or awfuls s stat! (2 Np 9:27,

Itacs addd.) It s trown or awa, to tnk o t wron

tns, as w ar tod n t nxt vrs tat t cnnn pano t v on s to t s to do jst tat; trn, n Bram

Y p, d , md

trva tots, on t tns o ts word aanst wc w

av so otn n warnd.

S w. I d w ld

don otr and ttr tns or wc o av t capact.

Hnc, tr ar no nnocnt d tots. Tat s w vnt rtos mst rpnt, constant and prorssv, snc

a a sort o tr capact and can. Proa 99 prcnt

o man at as n wo wastd, wrts Artr Cark,

d w p . . . m m m

macns, and mps t proondr rsorcs o or mnds

l w lm. 6 N d

d m l m ll

and occasona parastc occpatons as aw, advrtsn, and

6. Artr Cark, Pros o t Ftr (N.Y.: Harpr and Row, 1962), p. 197.


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ankn. Tos ocas wom Moron cds cas t

st pon [tr] trons n a stat o totss stpor (Ama

60:7) wr not drat or macos armn anont

w mm . W d ppl l l tv? W w w ? J

a t wondr tns o wc t mnd s capa, avn

t drd n a stat o totss stpor. For t sam rason

a mdocr scoo or tacr s a badscoo or tacr.

L w w d pp l

d w l d dd

l m m ld d

tacrs aktat t man cas o t msc was boredom.

Udpm, j d ll ,

mak o sck: work wc pts rptton and rotn n t

pac o ra work ts a sns o t; mr doodn and

dl mm l, , d

l. Gd pld w ml n mtns: How van and trfn av n or sprts, or

conrncs, or concs, or mtns, or prvat as w as

pl , w Pp Jp m L

Ja, too ow, too man, too var, too condscndn or t

dnd caractrs cad and cosn o God.

T p . I w d

pl d md plojct, w tr to stt or a mdr proram at owr staks and

sar rsks, w ar mmdat sappd and td a powr

tat w not t s rst. Bn r, w mst pa t proaton

am, and w pa an aw ort or vr ort to vad t.

W mst tnk t wat aot? T sstanc o tot s

knowd. T man ran dpnds or ts norma artnss,

ll d fw m

7. Id., p. 96.

8. DHC, 3:295.


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aot t word. . . . t ran cravs or normaton as t od

cravs or ood. Bot ndvdas and socts can com

w ml. I md dd

nctonn to capact, t w tak trr rvn.T pnat w pa or starvn or mnds s a pnomnon

tat s on too conspcos at t byu: Arstot pontd ot

l wld ll

and so t mnd w do antn to scap t; n partcar, t

wll wld . Expm d

tat ack o normaton qck rds nscrt n a staton

w m dd . I

mp, l m f d j

tsts ar ar to stn to and v an sort o prpostros

. W ? W p,

m q m md p. T md

ntnc wc man posssss, sas Josp Smt, s co-qa

wt God ms. Wat ratr crm tan t mnmzn osc capact? T Propt contns: A t mnds and sprts

tat God vr snt nto t word ar sscpt o narmnt.

God ms, ndn was n t mdst o t sprts and or,

w m ll, w pp lw

wr t rst cod av a prv to advanc k ms.

T ratonsp w av wt God pacs s n a staton to

advanc n knowd. Expanson s t tm, and w cannotxpand t ondars nss w rst rac tos ondars,

wc mans xrtn orsvs to t asot mt.

Now w com to a sjct wt wc t Propt Josp

was rat concrnd. To kp t Sants awas racn or t

9. Cadr, p. 33.

10. Cark, p. 83.11. La Watson, Sprnatr (N.Y.: Ancor Prss, 1973), p. 239.

12. Cadr, p. 77.

13. Josp Fdn Smt, comp., Tacns o t Propt Josp Smt, (Sat Lak Ct:Dsrt Book Co., 1967), p. 354. Itacs addd. Hratr ctd as TPJS.


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st and st, t tmost o tr capact, rqrs normos

motvatonand t osp spps t. Notn can xct mn

to acton k t contmpaton o t trnts. T qat n

wc t Sants av awas xcd s za. Za s t nntat drvs t wo vc, wtot t w wod t nowr.

B w l, l, , d wl,

mt nn coms an nstrmnt o dstrcton, and t

m pwl m, m d l

crackp t propr knowd s ackn. Tr s a natra

tndnc to t t mt motor carr s aon, to v t ts

ad, opn p and s wat t can do. W s ts n or soct

toda.

S ll dm lz

dpnds on two tns: (a) t amont o nr at ts dsposa,

and () t amont o normaton at ts dsposa. Toda w

lmd l pw, w ll l

ncssar normaton to contro and tz t. W av t zat not t knowd, so to spak. And ts t Propt Josp

consdrd a vr danros staton n t Crc. Spakn to

t nw R Soct, commndd tm or tr za, t

sad tat somtms tr za was not accordn to knowledge.

H advsd rstrant n an ort to kp tns ndr contro.

T Soct, osrvd, was rown too ast. It sod row

p drs, sad, and . . . ts av a sct soct ot vrtos, and tos wo wod wak crcmspct. Wat

ood s t powr, asks, wtot ra ntnc and sod

knowd?

H vs t xamp o tos Sants wo wr carrd awa

at t tot and prospct o a oros manstaton rom

God. And ds tm ask, a manstaton o wat? Is tr an

ntnc commncatd? . . . A t ntnc tat can

14. Car Saan, T Cosmc Conncton (N.Y.: D, 1973), C. 34.

15. TPJS, p. 201. Itacs addd.

16. Id.


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d m m w , l,

aja, or som ncornt xprsson; t t av ad

t powr. Anotr tm warnd t sstrs aanst n

sjct to overmuchzeal, wc mst vr prov danros, andcas tm to rigid in a religious capacity. Za maks s

oa and nfncn, t God wants mor tan tat. In t sam

, Pp d ppl w dpd

t Propt, nc wr darkened in their minds, n consqnc

l d dl p themselves. T

mst do tr own tnkn and dscpn tr mnds. I not,

wll pp w ppd Kld: M,

zl d wld, d Pp,

. . . av, no dot, n t at o ntsasm, tat and sad

man tns wc ar droator to t nn caractr and

prncps o t Crc. Spcca, soon atr t Gosp

was stasd n Krtand . . . man as sprts wr ntrodcd,

man stran vsons wr sn, and wd, ntsastc notonswr ntrtand. . . . man rdcos tns wr ntrd nto,

cacatd to rn dsrac pon t Crc o God. Ts

was t tm wn som o t rtrn n Krtand wr ot

to prov tat t wr smartr tan t Propt and prodcd

-lld Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar, m his

prodcton o t Book o Araam.

T ll p wld ad st. It as ads to an xcss o zato sons o

randr and a dsr to mprss otrs and acv mnnc.

T nvrst s notn mor nor ss tan a pac to sow o:

t casd to tat, t wod cas to xst. Aan, t Propt

Josp s rt on tart wn ts s tat tr knowd

can nvr srv tat nd. Knowd s ndvda, osrvs,

17. TPJS, p. 204.


19. Id. Itacs addd.

20. TPJS, p. 80.

21. TPJS, pp. 213,214.


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and a prson as t, wo wod know t? . . . T ratst, t

st and t most s ts wod known notn aot

an osrvr. . . . Tr ar on two ts tat cod mad

vst t o tons and t t o propc.Or sarc or knowd sod casss, wc mans

tat t s opn-ndd, nvr rstn on ars, drs, or past

m. I w pd p w

m wld, w p p, d

wat s t cr? Corrct knowd s ncssar to cast ot

tat sprt. T cr or nadqat knowd s vr mor

t and knowd.

Bt wo s on to stn patnt to corrct knowd

tnks as t answrs arad? Tr ar a rat man ws

mn and womn too n or mdst wo ar too ws to tat;

tror t mst d n tr noranc. I av trd or

m md S ppd

rcv t tns o God; t w rqnt s som o tm. . . [tat] w f to pcs k ass as soon as antn coms

tat s contrar to tr tradtons: t cannot stand t r at

a . . . . [I I] o nto an nvstaton nto antn, tat s not

contand n t B . . . I tnk tr ar so man ovr-ws

mn r, tat t wod cr trason and pt m to dat.

Bt, asks, w so crtan tat o comprnd t tns

Gd, w ll w ? 7 Tknowd nvr sts t door on mor knowd, t za

otn dos. On tnks o t dctm: W ar not skn or

trt at t byu; w av t trt! So dd Adam and Araam

av t trt, ar ratr and mor trt tan wat w av,

22. TPJS, p. 246.

23. TPJS, p. 287.24. TPJS, p. 309.

25. TPJS, p. 331.

26. TPJS, p. 348.

26. TPJS, p. 348.


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and t t partcar ns o ac was tat was constant

skn or ratr t and knowd.

T , w lmd wld pll

sscpt to xcssv za. W do t t ard wa, t ask att byu, wn God as vn s t answr ook? T answr

to tat s, cas o s t answr ook or or Latn or

or mat, or antn s, o w awas av a as sns

o powr and nvr arn t ra tn. T pop xpct to

s som wondr manstaton, som rat dspa o powr,

sas Josp Smt, or som xtraordnar mrac prormd;

and t s otn t cas tatyoungmmrs o ts Crc, or

w m, l w m ld

notons o tns, and somtms a nto ros rrors.

B car aot sndn os to prac t Gosp to t word,

sad Josp Smt. W? Crtan not cas t ackd za,

tats t on tn t ad. T Propt xpans: Lst t

com pd p, and a ndr condmnaton . . . war oprd . . . . app orsvs dnt tostudy, tat or mnds

ma stord wt a ncssarinformation. Tat s don

t t ard wa.

Cant t Sprt rr tns p? Notr s no pac or

t cram cors or qck, or aov a t sprca srv

q p Hl Ld, w pl

concrnd. W consdr tat God as cratd man wt a mndpl , d l w m ld

pp d d dl l

commncatd rom avn to t ntct . . . t . . . no man

vr arrvd n a momnt: mst av n nstrctd . . .

proper degrees. T tns o God ar o dp mport; and

m, d xp, d l d pd d lm

28. TPJS, p. 242.




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tots . . . strtc as as t tmost avns. No sort-

cts or as ssons r! Not w tat t Propt maks no

dstncton twn tns o t sprt and tns o t ntct.

Som ars ao, wn t was pontd ot tat byu radatswr t owst n t naton n a cators o t radat

d xm, ll m

ll l xm. I w d

d dd l m q

sprtat. W takd xtnsv aot t dcaton o t

wo man, and dpord tat dcatona maanc tat coms

wn stdnts ads ar mr std wt actsas tr

was an danr o tat r! Bt acta, sros maanc s

mpl pl m l: zl d

wld, wld x w zl. B

ar sprta qats. A knowd s t osp, t tr

mst a prort, propr drs, as sas, n t tmn

and mpass o or arnn, st k t doctors o t Jws,w stran at a nat and swaow a cam. Frtrmor, snc

on prson dos not rcv rvaton or anotr, w wod

x wld, w m wll

wld d. T d d zl M. Ol w

dsowsppd, cas wod not av s wrtns tested

by the word of God, accordn to Josp Smt.

Not nrqnt, Lattr-da Sants t m tat t avld x pd , ld

arcaooca dscovr as a drct answr to prar, and tat

or m to qston or tst t rsts s to qston t rat

l; d I m d pp

dscovr wc I nd nconvncn, cas t as n t

m ppl C. S p

m zl dq

31. TPJS, p. 137.



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wld, l B Ol,

wld d. T, d l , d

v s knowd o t tns o God, t on t ard

w xp : I wdm wsod av a knowd at onc prsntd or s; t tat

w sod av tt at a tm; tn w can comprehendt. W

mst know wat w ar don, ndrstand t prom, v wt

t, a a propr ondatonow man a Lattr-da Sant as

tod m tat can ndrstand t scrptrs pr rvaton

and dos not nd to to at Grk or Hrw as t Propt

and t Brtrn dd n t Scoo o t Propts at Krtand

and Navoo? Evn Ovr Cowdr nto tat trap and was

d . (D&C 9.) T ppl wld

prncp o savaton. Ts prncp can comprndd

t at and dnt, sas t Propt Josp.

Nw convrts otn t t da tat, avn accptd t

osp, t av arrvd at adqat knowd. Otrs sa tat m

and ond t kndom o avn; t tr mnds o rt on

w j m, d d p w

and tsta knowd, t w assrd mrac tos wd,

w Kld. N

w d pd Jp Sm p: [T]

Cm Hl G pntnc [t s not a ot, motona sr]. It s mor powr

xpd md, l dd, d

storn t ntct wt prsnt knowd, o a man wo s o

t tra sd o Araam, tan on wo s a Gnt. For

as t Ho Gost as pon on o t tra sd o Araam,

lm d ; d wl l d d l

33. TPJS, p. 217.

34. TPJS, p. 297.

35. Id.

36. TPJS, p. 149.


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xd p p ll. 37 T Sp

Rvaton s n conncton wt ts ssns. A prson ma

prot notcn t rst ntmaton o t sprt o rvaton;

or nstanc, wn o pr ntnc fown nto o, m dd d . . . , l

Sp Gd d dd , m w

t prncp o rvaton. Ts s rmarka k t nw

traptc dscpn cad odack.

T mp ll , ,

onst acqston o knowd. Ts admonton to sort

d dl l w Pp p

mmd Jw d pl m d

dnc or tns o t mnd. I tr s antn cacatd

to ntrst t mnd o t Sants, to awakn n tm t nst

snsts, and aros tm to ntrprs and xrton, sr

d p pm . . . Am d . . .

Jda . . . and nasmc as o ntrstd or t covnantpop o t Lord, t God o tr atrs sa ss o. . . .

H w ndow o wt powr, wsdom, mt and ntnc,

and vr qacaton ncssar: w or mnds w xpand

wdr and wdr, nt o can . . . contmpat t mt acts

o Jova n a tr vart and or.

I Il d, w

pop and od rom a parts o t word dspa tr knowd p d ll m, , mm, .,

l mp. T d d

rac o nsra arroant, conctd tt sow-os and

m pm. T d l Jw ld,

w ld dd,

ookn ond t mark, and nc an on tr acs: t

nds mst a. (Jaco 4:14.) Yt Josp Smt commnds tr

37. TPJS, pp. 149, 150.

38. TPJS, p. 151.

39. TPJS, p. 163.


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ntcta orts as a corrctv to t Lattr-da Sants, wo

an too ar n t otr drcton, vn tr on pop and

od awards or za aon, za wtot knowdor sttn

dl m, ddd m, d lmdcapact or srn ordom. W tnk t mor commnda

p 5:00 .m. w d p

nn ocock to wrt a ood ontat s pr za tat tnds

to rd a rac o nsra, s-rtos prs and arrn

md. O l d p p

nspratona ooks n t Crc wc rn tt nw n t

w wld: m, d pld, , d l

av com or vrda dt. T Propt wod nvr stt

or tat. I advs o to o on to prcton and sarc dpr

and dpr nto t mstrs o Godnss . . . . It as awas

m p d p dd m, new things,

m arrs. It acta appns at t byu, and tat not rar,

tat stdnts com to a tacr, sa at t nnn o atrm, wt t sncr rqst tat rran rom tacn tm

antn nw. T av no dsr, t xpan, to ar wat

t do not know arad! I cannot man tat appnn at

an otr scoo, t ma t dos. Unss w o on to otr

nw tns, w ar stfn or powrs.

In or mtd tm r, wat ar w on to tnk aot?

Tat s t a mportant qston. Wv n assrd tat ts not too ar to start tnkn aot tns o t trnts.

In act, Lattr-da Sants sod takn rapd strds toward

sttn p tat trna csta ordr wc t Crc mst

md pl Gd. Al, w pdl

nstrctd rardn tns w sod not tnk aot. I wod

pass ts natv tn t, t t scrptrs ar xpct,

otspokn, and mpatc n ts mattr; and wnvr anon

l m byu, l



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somon sas, I wod k to spnd m tm tnkn aot

sc tns and stdn tm, t I cannot aord t xr. I

av to tnk aot t ra mportant snss o , wc s

makn a vn. Ts s t wtrn ct o t ntmdatnll w ll m ldd: D

av an mon? Wt ts asot dcaraton o poc and

prncp: Yo can av antn n ts word or mon! and

ts parazn coroar: Wtot t, o can av notn! I do

not av to t o wr tat posop cam rom. Somod

s ot to dco or mnds, to s Bram Yons xprsson,

rom t tns w sod tnkn aot to tos wc w

sod not car aot at a.

T most ot-rpatd command n t scrptrs, rpatd

m Sp Gpl, B Mm, d

D d C 4 T

mw, w ll , w ll d,

wrwta sa cotd. For consdr t s o td . . . . W cannot o r nto t on catao o scrptr o

commandmnts tn s to sk or knowd n on drcton

t not n anotr. Sknotor rcs, t or wsdom; anot

p trasrs on art, t n avn, or wr or trasr

s, tr w or art aso. Yo cannotsrv two mastrs,

o mst coos on and oow m aon: Watsovr s n

t word s noto t Fatr t s o t word, (1 Jon 2:16;tacs addd)

W tak comort n crtan paras; or xamp, Wc

o o, ntndn to d a towr, sttt not down rst, and

contt t cost . . . . (Lk 14:28. ), as t jstd or

prsnt cors. Bt t Lord s not nstrctn pop to tak

m m ld d :

W d not? Ld. H p

ppl l l d pd w

41. Mattw 6:25, Mark 13:11, Lk 12:11, 3 np 13:25, D&C 84:81.


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thisword ar concrnd and sas, to tr sam: I or so

zaos n sc mattrs, w cant o tak or trna tr

l? Ad d pl w dm:

W ll , m dpl. T same d, wll

osrv, tat av to t rc on man. T Lord ra

mans wat sas wn commands s notto tnk aot

; d w d d

opss mpractca or or tms (not tat t rc on

man ond t jst as mpractca or s tms!), t trasrs o

knowd av n wtd rom s. God [as] otn sad

p , d Jp Sm, covetousness

n t Crc. Yo mst coos twn on rot or t

. I w l l

, sas Bram Yon, w rman xd wt a vr mtd

amont o knowd, k a door pon ts ns, movn to

and ro rom ar to ar wtot an vs advancmnt ormprovmnt . . . . Man s mad n t ma o God, t wat

do w know o Hm or o orsvs wn w sr orsvs to

ov and worsp t God o ts wordrcs? I dsr to

s vrod on t track o mprovmnt . . . t wn o so

ov or proprt as to a or actons wr pacd on

t cann, adn tns o art, t s mposs to ncras

n knowd o t trt.Wat tns sod w tnk aot tn, and ow? Hr t

Propt s vr p. In t rst pac, tat qston ts s

wat w sod tnk aot. W wont t vr ar on or wa

l w d p . B w l

tnkn aot tat, w nd orsvs covrd wt conson,

ovrwmd or ns o t and nadqacn otr

words, rpntn or or past dnqnc. In ts condton, w


43. Bram Yon n Jorna o Dscorss, 26 vos. (London: Lattr-da Sants Book Dpot,


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ca pon t Lord or ad and ars s. W n to know

wat t Propt Josp mant aot t constant sarcn,

stad storn or mnds wt knowd and normaton

t mor w t o t, t ttr w ar a to jd t proprprorts as w or wa orward, as w com ncrasn

art to t promptns o t Sprt wc com vr mor

l d m q, llw d Hl

Gost: and as w o orward, w arn to cop wt t ost

word wt wc or wa s sr to rn s nto coson n

m. T ll , w ? El l

not cap ot.

Ts ma sond vr mpractca to som, t ow otn do

w av to rmndd o t sor and mmora natr o

w ? E w

powrs o dstrcton tat ar ann ovr or ads at ts

mm, m pl d wld, w

wod s tm vansn or or s. Sc pnomna aspmrazaton and rpcaton, onc drams o t scnc-

cton wrtrs, ar rapd comn rats. Spakn o t

pmlz, ll l, A. R. Cl

wrts, Wtn t orsa tr a t most powr and

cratv cans n or word w xst no mor. Bcas o nw

procss o sntszn, oranzn, prorammn asc matras

o nmtd spp nto t ncssts o , w sa soon st nd o a actors and praps o a transportaton o raw

matras and a armn. T ntr strctr o ndstr and

commrc . . . wod cas to xst. . . . a matra possssons

wod tra as cap as drt. . . . Tn wn matra ojcts

ar ntrnsca wortss, praps on tn w a ra sns

o vas ars.

Y, , mm, w m l wld

p. M w? M ppl p

44. Cark, p. 16.


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aon wtot t nstttons wc w tnk, or t momnt,

ndspnsa. And w ar xprss commandd to t ot o

tat snss. No on spposs or on momnt, sas Bram

Yon, tat n avn t ans ar spcatn, tat t ardn raroads and actors, takn advanta o on anotr,

atrn p t sstanc n avn to arandz tmsvs,

and tat t v on t sam prncp tat w ar n t at

o don. . . . No sctaran Crstan n t word vs ts;

t v tat t natants o avn v as a am, tat

, , d p d w

l Gd d w l, m

mor and mor. . . . W a v ts, and sppos w o to

work and mtat tm as ar as w can.

It s not too soon to n rt now. Wat ar t tns

o t trnts tat w sod consdr vn now? T ar

t tns tat no on vr trs o don, tns n tmsvs

ll d dl. Spl, w ppd

ddcatd. In t Zon o God, n t csta and trna ordr,

wr tr s no dat tr w no mortcans, wr tr

s no scknss tr no mor doctors, wr tr s no dca

tr w no dntsts, wr tr s no taton tr w

no awrs, wr tr s no n and sn tr w

m, w , wll no nsranc, wr tr s no mon tr w no anks,

wr tr s no crm tr w no jas, no poc; wr

tr ar no xcss oods tr w no advrtsn, no wars,

no arms, and so on and so on.

B pp d lmd ll lm

o t tr; t acta as n acvd morta mn on

ts art a nmr o tms, and rprsnts t on stat o

soct o wc God approvs. A t tns tat ar passn

45. JD 17:117.


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awa toda ar t vr ssnc o t conom, t t w

mssn n Zon. T ar arad ososcnt, vr on o

tm s mad work o a tmporar and artca natr or wc

an artca dmand mst cratd. Morovr, w pop arll ddd m, m qd

spr- qota o powr and an, cts ot and avs t scn

mp, w m l

word as pd crat-prra to Tat. T rac as

sown s otn ts capact to do wtot ts tns w now

nd ndspnsa. T Dv as t mastr o t art:

as corrptd t, and as corrptd t cdrn o mn. H as

d tm n v nt t ar amost ntr rnd, and ar

so ar rom God tat t ntr know Hm nor s nfnc,

and av amost ost st o vrtn tat prtans to trnt.

Ts darknss s mor prvant, mor dns, amon t pop

o Crstndom tat t s amon t atn.

T av ost st o a tat s rat and oroso aprncps tat prtan to trna. Sppos tat or Fatr

n avn, or dr rotr, t rsn Rdmr, t Savor o

t word, or an o t Gods o trnt sod act pon ts

prncp, to ov trt, knowd, and wsdom, cas t

ar a-powr, sas Bram Yon, t wod cas to

Gods; . . . t xtnson o tr kndom wod cas, and tr

God-ad com to an nd.A w wld d

w t s aad n t word? On o t oros nts and

promss o t osp vn t Sants n ts attr das tat

nasmc as tsoughtwsdom t mt nstrctd; And

nasmc as t wr m t mt mad stron, and

ssd rom on , and rcv knowledge rom tm to tm.

(D&C 1:26, 28. Itacs addd.) Bt t ad to want t and sk

46. JD 8:209.

47. JD 1:117.


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or t. Wat s tat stat o tns? T at Prsdnt Josp

Fdn Smt wrot: W ar normd tat man mportant

wld m d

arts and t nwnnss as mmrs o t Crc to ad d d wld. O l

ld, d Jp Sm, pp d

and dnc vn to t t commncatd rom avn to

t ntct. I [a man] dos not t knowd, w

rot nto captvt som v powr n t otr word,

l p wll m wld, d ql

mor powr tan man mn wo ar on t art. [W nd]

rvaton to assst s, and v s knowd o t tns o

Gd.4 T dd d p. T

God com rst, and t skr vr trs to com awar o

p. All , Kl Ppp, l,

d dmll w q l. T

most mportant qston o a s tat o or trna savaton.I d l d Cll

Commrc or a cop o ars. Most o ts stdnts wr

napp aot on nto snss and admttd tat Satan rs

d l dl, w ld d ,

pontd ot t ntmdatn crcmstanc tat o cannot av

mon wtot pan s am cas owns t trasrs

o t art. T cod s owns tm as oot, and vrt ll w w , Jp Sm m,

rvtd t crds o t atrs, t st t stdnts wod

ask m n dspar, I w av s mpo, wat w com o

s? T answr s smp. Dont o trst t Lord? I o do,

w v o t danc o t Ho Sprt and o w

not nd p don t tns tat as xprss commandd

s not to do.

48. Josp Fdn Smt, Answrs to Gosp Qstons, Mczdk Prstood Mana,1972-

49. TPJS, p. 217.


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Ma God p s a n t das o or proaton to sk t

knowdHe wants s to sk.

hugh nibley - zeal without knowledge

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