“ A fourth reflection is, that if it were necessary for the apostles, after all the advantages they had; and after all they had seen, heard and handled, of the word of life, needed the gift of the Holy Spirit, to enable them to build up the church of God, or to establish the kingdom of God in the world, no others with less advantages can do the work of God, unless they have also received this gift to the same extent that the apostles did. For no less degree of the Spirit than what they received could have enabled them to have established the kingdom of God in the world. ”

“ What a vast of labor, and pains, he must have bestowed upon them, during his stay in the flesh: and then again after his resurrection from the dead, opening their understanding that they might understand the scriptures: and then making known unto them the things pertaining to himself, and to his kingdom, by similitudes, parables, figures, allegories and comparisons! ”

“ So plain and easy of understanding are these teachings of the Savior, that none need mistake them: if there is darkness in our minds, it is owing to our prejudices, and not to any obscurity in the teachings of the Savior. ”