[2]. Ib. 20:38-64.
[3]. Ib. vv. 65-67. Note.
[4]. Hist. Ch. Vol. 1, pp. 40, 41, 77, 78.
[5]. D. & C. 21:1.
[6]. David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, in a pamphlet published after his excommunication from the Church, put forth such a plea. He also found fault with the Prophet for receiving revelations without the aid of a seer-stone, previously used by him, but laid aside after he had fully mastered his gift, which David seems to have regarded as of less consequence than the stone, which was no longer needed.—"Address to All True Believers in Christ," by David Whitmer, 1881.
[7]. D. & C. 68:14-21; 107:16, 17, 69-76.
[8]. Ib. 107:82.
[9]. For further information on Priesthood and Church Government, the reader is referred to Sections 20, 68, 84, 107, 112 and 114, Doctrine and Covenants; also to Volume 3, p. 385 and Vol. 4, p. 207, History of the Church.
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The Law of Obedience.