David Whitmer

“ He should read the Book of Mormon, to which he calls our attention as being the sole standard in the doctrine and organization of the church, more closely before he goes too far."
It grieves me to see that the editors of the Herald are so blind in understanding the Word of God. Of course you know that I was speaking of a majority in the church, and in all your references to the Book of Mormon, it is speaking of a majority of the people of the nation. The vote of the people of the nation is a very different thing from the vote of the people of the church. ”

“ When a man has the Holy Spirit in his heart, he has all prejudice, malice, hatred (towards anyone, even an enemy) cast out of his heart; and his heart is filled with the unbounded love of God, which reaches out and takes in all men. ”

“ When you read the pamphlet, you will not think any longer that I have a desire to lead, or any desire whatever to become conspicuous or great. God, in whom I trust, knows my heart and my motives, and all that man can say about it matters very little to me. I am old, and because I have a brother do my writing for me at my dictation, the Herald has accused me of being led by others, saying of the work that I am doing, that they are "pained to find him (me) in any way compromised with others, in such unchristian, [page 6] wretched work." ”

“ I know it [page 8] is not natural, but the natural man cannot understand some things of the Spirit of God. They are spiritually discerned.
You call me an apostate, and say that an evil spirit has led me to preach repentance and reformation to you before I go down to the grave. In this manner was Abinidi sent alone of God to preach to the church, when they had all gone into error. But his brethren were in blindness and the great majority of them rejected the words of Abinadi, telling him he was an evil spirit. ”

“ I say positively that I remember these things as if it was yesterday, and know positively that W.W. Phelps was then in Independence, attending to the printing office, and so was Oliver Cowdery. My Brother John was then in Hiram, Ohio, but he was not one of the committee who arranged those revelations. Brother Joseph had Brother John to wait there for some time, until he (Joseph) , Sydney Rigdon, Orson Hyde and others got those revelations ready to send to Independence to be printed. They had Brother John take them on horseback to Independence. ”