Darrickgate Part 1: Ghazi Brax's Lost Epistle.

[Mario]

Dear Friends,

By now, you probably have read Epistle #9 that was sent to Darrick Evenson, and which mainly had to do with the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

It all started, when on August 24, 2006, I posted a message in which I (claimed pretty much) that the Doctor himself told my brother and I that it was a fabrication.

That letter sent shockwaves leading to Darrick going as far as saying that
If Dr. Dahesh taught that Jesus was born of a sexual relationship between Mary and Joseph, then he was a fraud. See below Darrick's response to Hussein, who had come to my rescue and corroborated my "story."

HUSSEIN:And about the subject itself, may I have some words as I heard from different brothers and all of them have been from the closed brothers to the Beloved Guiding Prophet.

Jesus has been borne from a completely sexual relation, from a spiritual Sayyal for Joseph the father itself recreated for that. And in the Noble Qur’an mentioned that: “And mention in the book Miriam, when she withdrew in seclusion from her family to a place facing east, she placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then we sent to her our spirit and he appeared in front of her in a form of human being”. Sorry for my translation, so I’ll write in Arabic language as it mentioned in the Qur’an itself.

DARRICK: If Dr. DAhesh taught that Jesus was born of a sexual relationship between Mary and Joseph, then HE WAS A FRAUD! In the book Dahesh wrote, Mary asks Jesus about HIs conception, a pretty stupid thing on Mary's part, if she and Joseph had sex, don't you think??? Is Joseph the Holy Spirit? I think not.

Right after that exchange, and I have a very good source that is highly reliable, Brax supposedly had heart trouble, he spoke to the president of the corporation where I was employed and of which I still own 10% stock, and almost immediatley, I was—behind my back and without my knowledge—removed from my position as Vice President and was stripped of my rank. In December, I was fired. A defamatory letter was written about me and sent to my family, in which the president claimed that I got paid for doing nothing... Anyway, this will make a very juicy novel one day.

But, in the meantime, I was cleaning my email data base and I noticed that I kept every communication that Darrick sent me. So, I began going through them... and for example, I saw where in one communication he promises not to mention or reveal the identity of the trustees online... and we all know he would eventually do just that... and so on and so forth...

Then, I got to thinking "hmm, I wonder what happened to those discussions I had with Darrick about proselytizing"... So I did a search for that particular word and found a few "bach and forths" between us... and then, in one of the letters, I noticed a Microsoft Word attachment that I had not opened.

Before I go on, I must reveal the following: Darrick, and up until November 6, 2006, either (and I suppose "often") copied me on letters he sent to Ghazi Brax or he forwarded Ghazi Brax's responses. I was merely an observer. Sometimes, Darrick would ask me to confirm certain things and I would give him the benefit of my (modest) knowledge.

But I was so hurt and perturbed when Brax would declare me to Darrick to be without merit. If you remember, Brax would say to Darrick that only he and a lucky few who merited to know what really happened regarding Jesus' conception, merited to know it, and that I, unfortunately, did not.

So, I double-clicked the Microsoft Word file and this is what I read.
I submit it to you, untouched, as-is.

Please take note of what Brax says about the "Immaculate Conception of Christ."

Please also note that this was sent to Darrick in July. Whereas, I posted my comments about the birth in August.

I am posting the actual email and the exact transcript of the Word File. I am removing the email addresses only...

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Darrick Evenson
Date: July 11, 2006 3:47:15 PM EDT
To:
Subject: Fwd: Dr. Brax' Answers



Note: forwarded message attached.

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From:
Date: July 11, 2006 11:55:06 AM EDT
To:
Subject: Dr. Brax' Answers
Reply-To:



Dear Darrick,

Hope everything is well with you.

We have received your e-mail about Maryam Nour, and we will do what is appropriate.

Attached, please find Dr. Brax' answers to your questions stated on your e-mails of June 13 and July 3, 2006.

Always all the best to you,

Dr. Brax Assistant
N. Brax



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Epistle # 8
7/10/2006



Dear Darrick,

Dr. Brax is pleased with your successive questions; this is a sign that you are eager to get full about Daheshism, and this is good for you if you plan to proselytize.
As for your questions stated on your e-mails of June 13 and July 3, 2006, here are Dr. Brax’ answers:

A. Catholicism
Through Revelation we knew that Jesus Christ did not institute “Sacraments”. All of them were made up by the Catholic Church. They have been aberration from Christ’s Way.

1. Confession
Sins should be confessed to God. No sin is absolved, even by God. The Divine Order implies that each deed, desire, and thought is a seed that is sown. And it is predestined to produce a specific plant or fruit. However, God is merciful, and reincarnation is one of many ways Divine Mercy manifests itself (see Light upon Dr. Dahesh and Daheshism by Dr. Brax, p. 42). You know that absolution of sins was one of several motives which caused the rise of Protestantism.

2. Penance
As Confession is fabricated for taking advantage of the faithful, submission to penalties imposed by Catholic priests or prelates has no spiritual value. It brings out the Catholic authorities’ arrogance.

3. Eucharist
The Lord’s Supper was just a spiritual symbol so that the Early Christians commemorate in their meetings Jesus’ plan for Redemption.

4. Exrteme Unction
It has no spiritual validity.

5. Holy orders or ordination
Except for Peter and Paul who were chosen by Jesus himself, there was no holy ordination.

6. Matrimony
The couple must be loyal to each other, but matrimony is not a holy Sacrament. Intercourse was the capital sin Adam and Eve committed. Because of it they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden. After the Deluge, marriage was allowed in order that the good Sayyals could be separated from the bad ones through progeny, so that the good Sayyal will not bear responsibility for bad deeds committed by an evil sayyal.

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7. Sainthood
Except for the Prophets and great Divine Guides (like Buddha and Gandhi) there is no sainthood on Earth. Sainthood has been a huge financial market for the Catholic Church.

8. Infallibillity
No man is infallible in his behavior, even the Prophets (Solomon and David committed blunders). Prophets’s infallibility is in their revealed teachings.

9. Miracles
Through Revelation Daheshist knew that miracles were suspended after the death of Jesus. After the Crucifixion, miracles were performed by the Divine power Jesus Christ was provided with through Peter and Paul to propagate the new Faith. After his death, no miracle was ever performed by a man until the advent of Dr. Dahesh.
All the miracles attributed to saints are made up. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata (and all stigmatas) are fabricated.
There is no man who lived a mystical, poor and austere life as Buddha and Gandhi, and despite that they did not claim to be men of miracles. The cause? Whatever the degree of “purity” a man can reach, he remains a man, i.e., a creature confined to the physical laws of Earth. These laws cannot be transgressed except by a Spirit (an angel with God’s permission, a Holy Spirit), or a Personality from the highest levels of Paradise, i.e., a Being who is not subject to the physical laws of earth. Jesus Christ and Dr. Dahesh did not perform miracles by their personal powers, but by the power of an angel, a Holy Spirit or one of their Personalities.
The fabricated miracles in the Catholic Church have been for the benefit of the bad clergy.

10. The Immaculate Conception
It is a fabricated issue in order to multiply her statues and icons, and subsequently the funds of the Catholic Church.

11. Virgin Mary’s Apparitions
All of them are fabricated.

12. Icons, Statues and Relics
No sanctity for them.

B. Religious Pastors
In Daheshism, Religious pastors should have some high qualifications, and cannot serve for an entire life. Dr. Dahesh did not specify if pastors should be only men or both sexes, vocational or volunteer, celibate or married, put on special robes or clothing. These issues are left to deal with in the future and according to the number of Daheshists and the new circumstances .

C. Sex and Sin
1. Through Prophets, Holy Spirits or angels address people according to their minds

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capacity. Through Moses, Divine Commands were, “You shall not commit murder; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal etc. However, in a Greco-Roman civilisation, Jesus Christ’ commands were, “Love your enemies and pray for your persecutors, etc.” After two thousand years of scientific progress, the divine address to the seekers of Truth has changed, for their minds’ capacity has changed.
Daheshism does not teach that God Himself punishes evil-doers, but the Sayyal (Spiritual Fluid) that commits evil punishes itself. The Spiritual laws are the hidden side of the physical laws. Whoever drinks a bottle of whiskey a day will destroy his liver.
Daheshist teachings do not insist on the concept of sin. Sin is relative. Who knows the Spiritual Truth is more responsible than an ignorant one.
God ingrains in each Sayyal a free will, and through the Prophets and Divine Guides shows that the ultimate purpose of life is to return to Him. However, man cannot achieve this supreme goal if he does not stick to spiritual values and lead a pure life. The Second Fall was triggered by a disobedience which led to a sexual relation. Had Adam and Eve overcome the temptation of sex, all their Sayyals —that have been propagated in billions of human beings, animals, plants, minerals or fell down to Hell— have been now reveling in millions of Paradise’s Worlds.
Henceforth, as far a man/woman is from debauchery, lust, promiscuity and any kind of sexual desire or activity, as he/she is closer to transcend Earth Spiritual level.
It is noteworthy to point out that in Paradise there is no sex, no marriage as we understand it on Earth. Even on the first level of Paradise, there is love between male and female, but without copulation. However, in higher levels of Paradise, the concept and existence of male and female disappear.
Instead of the sin concept, Daheshism has introduced the concept of spiritual degradation. Each deed, thought, desire, even word may cause spiritual degradation of a specific Sayyal if it is driven by sexual attraction or hunger (or by any other base drive). Based on this concept and in its light, public nudity (even partial nudity), pornography, masturbation, mean flirtation, etc., cannot stem from anything other than sexual desire.

2. It is up to women to choose their physicians, but it is better to them to go to female physicians in case they have to expose total nudity. However, circumstances and specific specialization may necessicate to see a male physician.

3. Courtship between husband and wife should not be obscene and perverted. The couple have to always remember that God allowed matrimony after the Deluge only to bear children not to indulge in base pleasures. In this light, courtship or intercourse made between unmarried couples will degrade their Sayyals.

4. The age of marriage should be in accord with the civil laws of each country, because after they are bound by a Daheshist marriage through the “Ramz” (see Daheshist Rituals), the couple must have a civil marriage.

D. Organization
Dr. Dahesh gave some clues about that; however, the Trustees have their view in this issue, and a significant number of the Elders and great thinkers in Daheshism have their own view.

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In any case, the organization of Daheshism cannot be so far. The greater the number of American believers in Daheshism becomes, the closer the Daheshists become to be organized, because the Beloved Prophet wanted the United States to be the launching pad of Daheshim.

May the Light of the Beloved Prophet enlight and protect you,
Dr. Brax Assistant
N. Brax

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[zionic]

I am a testosterone-based life form...hear me roar!

Though I am not a Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox I find Dr. Brax's remarks to Darrick Evenson to be a little off-putting. To Dr. Brax I would say that at the very least he has a lot of theological work to do. To Darrick Evenson I would say that if he really wants to build a real bridge between Islam and Christianity (I've been under the impression that he might) he'll have to disregard many of Dr. Brax remarks about Catholicism and its seven sacraments, particularly his remarks about the Eucharist.

A. Catholicism
Through Revelation we knew that Jesus Christ did not institute “Sacraments”. All of them were made up by the Catholic Church. They have been aberration from Christ’s Way.

3. Eucharist
The Lord’s Supper was just a spiritual symbol so that the Early Christians commemorate in their meetings Jesus’ plan for Redemption.

5. Holy orders or ordination
Except for Peter and Paul who were chosen by Jesus himself, there was no holy ordination.

I think I'll begin my response to that cluster of statements with remarks made by Margaret Barker, a scholar of Israel's First Temple religion, Wisdom literature and Jewish apocalyptic literature. Her remarks suggest that the Catholic Church did not make up its sacraments.

On 7 February 1999 I was present for the first time at an episcopal Liturgy of the Orthodox Church. It was a revelation.

For many years I had been trying to reconstruct the world of the Jerusalem temple, especially of the first temple, and as I was writing my first book, The Older Testament (1987), I began to realize that this was where the roots of Christianity lay. How the older faith had survived was not clear. In the Qumran community was one possibility; another was that it had never really disappeared, and that the reconstructions of the second temple period had been inaccurate when they presented the Jerusalem 'establishment' as the norm for both Palestine and the Diaspora....Scholars are now reconstructing a whole variety of 'Judaisms' to try to explain for example, why 1 Enoch does not quote from the Hebrew Scriptures and has, in its earlier strata, no place for Moses.

It is no longer wise to consider one form of Judaism as 'orthodoxy'...it being recognized that there was a huge difference between Rabbinic Judaism and the varieties of the faith in the second temple period. The Sages had not been preserving the older ways but creating a substantially new system after the destruction of the temple in 70 CE. Part of their method was defining the canon, but the books excluded from the Hebrew canon were preserved by Christian scribes. We now know that even the text of the Hebrew Scriptures was different before the advent of Christianity. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Old Testament which should accompany the New Testament is not the one usually included in the Bible....

I began to realize that all the major elements of Christianity had been part of the earlier temple tradition: incarnation, atonement, convenant, resurrection and the Messiah. Resurrection, for example had been the apotheosis known to the ancient high priesthood...The Trinitarian faith of the Church had grown from the older Hebrew belief in a pluriform deity, and so the earliest Christian exegetes had not been innovators when they understood the Lord of the Hebrew Scriptures as the Second God, the Son of El Elyon. The One whom they recognized in Jesus had been the Lord, and so they declared 'Jesus is the Lord.'

Until my own experience of the Orthodox Liturgy, I had restricted my own researches to ancient texts. My own confessional background being Bible-based rather than Liturgy-based, it had never occurred to me that Liturgy could be relevant to my quest. My introduction to Liturgy opened up a whole new world, or rather, showed me a world that I already knew very well!

I hope Darrick is paying attention. What Dr. Brax says about the origins of the Eucharistic worship of the earliest Christians and what Margaret Baker is saying are at visible odds, eh? Darrick's own cursory surveys indicates much of what Barker's research indicates, that both Christianity and Islam have their origins in Israel's most ancient expression of the Abrahamic Faith. The earliest Christians and the earliest Islamic faithful were literal decendants of faithful Israelite priests who fled into the Arab wildnerness in the face of the Assyrian and Babylonian invasions. Just as Christianity preserves the essentials of Israel's Holy of Holies in the form of its Divine Liturgy, so does Islam do so in the form of the Ka'aba and the pilgrimage to Mecca.

6. Matrimony
The couple must be loyal to each other, but matrimony is not a holy Sacrament. Intercourse was the capital sin Adam and Eve committed. Because of it they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden. After the Deluge, marriage was allowed in order that the good Sayyals could be separated from the bad ones through progeny, so that the good Sayyal will not bear responsibility for bad deeds committed by an evil sayyal.

I will not quote all that Dr. Brax has said about sexuality as well. I'll spare you all in that way. He gives some generally good advice. I take issue with a few things however.

First of all, the Fall of Adam and Eve is the greatest love story ever told! Anybody remember the passage where Paul tells us that Adam was not deceived by the Devil in the event of the Fall? If he wasn't deceived that why did he make the boneheaded decision for mortal existence that he made?

It wasn't boneheaded. It's a love story y'all! Anybody remember that God commanded Adam and Eve multiply and fill the Earth...together? Sexually perhaps? So Eve responds the half-truths told by the Devil, and Adam discovers it. He knows that Eve has just violated the commandment of the Lord to stay away from a certain tree she wasn't ready for. He knows she's going to be cast out of the Garden of Eden as a consequence. She'll be alone in the 'lone dreary world' while he is alone in the Garden without the woman he loves. Damn! Sad story! oops...not so fast...in a moment of sacrificial self-giving that must approach that of Jesus' own sacrifice in significance, Adam partook of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and joined Eve in the 'lone and dreary' world....all out of love for both Eve and for God and for us! Happy story!

I must confess that I think Dr. Brax is all messed up about sexuality. Your sexuality can debase you, yes it can. Dr. Brax is wise to point this out. It can also exalt you. In the end sex is not something you do, it is something you ARE. We too closely associate sexuality with the driving necessity of reproduction, but if that's all that sexuality is about then why not just stop the course of human biological evolution at that stage where we could multiple like the fishes or have a bi-annual litter like cats?

Our sexuality is to be enjoyed. Dr. Brax damns certain things as appealing to our base sexuality (he seems to consider all sexuality debased at its root). Yes Dr. Brax, if I enjoy viewing the feminine form, I suppose that the form is appealing to me sexually. Is that really a bad thing? Yes, we should avoid things like pornography. But what the h*ck is pornography anyway? I'll argue all day long that Hustler and Penthouse are pornography. No good articles and no good pictures either. Playboy, well I know that years ago the pictures were great...but the articles....the articles and the message they conveyed were generally pornography, the nudity I have no problem with! Maybe Dr. Brax should spend an entire afternoon at domai.com and tell us all what exactly is pornographic about the nudity of beautiful (as well not so beautiful) sexually-appealing human forms.

I love all the exalting aspects of sexuality. I love the intimate relationship with the my wife (no, we don't go at it like bunnies). There are a thousand ways to make love, all of them quite sexual without even engaging in sexual intercourse so-called. I love children. I love the things that humans are inspired to do because they have families and because they have biological bonds of kinship. Sexual bonds can help you discover spiritual bonds. Great cultures have their roots in an exalted sexuality as well as in spirituality. It is no accident, Dr. Brax, that the relationship between Israel and God and the Church and her Lord is that of a Lover to His bride. Our sexuality is so close to our spirituality that we often use a common vocabulary to describe both.

[zionic]

Just a little note on the "Immaculate Conception" and Dr. Brax's comment about it. The remark Dr. Brax made is not relevant to the subject of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, and neither Dr. Brax or Darrick need be taken to task because of what Dr. Brax said in that particular epistle. That's not to say they don't need to straighten out their act....they clearly do.

The term 'immaculate conception' refers to the birth of Mary herself rather than of Jesus. It is a rather recent (just a few centuries old) dogma meant to explain how Jesus could be born of a mortal woman and yet not have the taint of 'original sin'. The essense of it is that while Mary came into the world in the usual way her conception was spared whatever turns little innocent babies into immediate hell-bound sinners. The Undivided Catholic Church did NOT teach such a dogma, and to this day the Eastern Orthodox do not teach it either.

[Mario]

Just a little note on the "Immaculate Conception" and Dr. Brax's comment about it. The remark Dr. Brax made is not relevant to the subject of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, and neither Dr. Brax or Darrick need be taken to task because of what Dr. Brax said in that particular epistle. That's not to say they don't need to straighten out their act....they clearly do.

The term 'immaculate conception' refers to the birth of Mary herself rather than of Jesus. It is a rather recent (just a few centuries old) dogma meant to explain how Jesus could be born of a mortal woman and yet not have the taint of 'original sin'. The essense of it is that while Mary came into the world in the usual way her conception was spared whatever turns little innocent babies into immediate hell-bound sinners. The Undivided Catholic Church did NOT teach such a dogma, and to this day the Eastern Orthodox do not teach it either.

Now, this is news to me... See, I was brought up Catholic (I attended Catholic school for 13 years) and to us "Immaculate Conception" always meant that Mary conceived Jesus Christ while still being a virgin.

Oh, and as a point of interest, never, ever, did the Doctor once say to me "you should not attend Catholic School!" (or anything to that effect...) I only add it in case anyone is wondering...

In any case, thank you for that very important bit of information.

[zionic]

Now, this is news to me... See, I was brought up Catholic (I attended Catholic school for 13 years) and to us "Immaculate Conception" always meant that Mary conceived Jesus Christ while still being a virgin.

Oh, and as a point of interest, never, ever, did the Doctor once say to me "you should not attend Catholic School!" (or anything to that effect...)

I'm not surprised. It is my experience that Catholics tend to jumble the Virgin Birth and the Immaculate Conception together in their minds. But strictly speaking while they are related they are two different things.

[Darrick Evenson]

The Epistles to Darrick Evenson

All the Epistles to Darrick Evenson were sent to me by Najwa Brax, in the name of Dr. Ghazi Brax. What is this "Darrickgate" foolishness? Write
to Najwa herself, copy the Epistle, write to her, and see if she wrote it or not.
Her email address is:

[email protected]

[WingedPaladin]

Miracles

9. Miracles
Through Revelation Daheshist knew that miracles were suspended after the death of Jesus. After the Crucifixion, miracles were performed by the Divine power Jesus Christ was provided with through Peter and Paul to propagate the new Faith. After his death, no miracle was ever performed by a man until the advent of Dr. Dahesh.
All the miracles attributed to saints are made up. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata (and all stigmatas) are fabricated.
There is no man who lived a mystical, poor and austere life as Buddha and Gandhi, and despite that they did not claim to be men of miracles. The cause? Whatever the degree of “purity” a man can reach, he remains a man, i.e., a creature confined to the physical laws of Earth. These laws cannot be transgressed except by a Spirit (an angel with God’s permission, a Holy Spirit), or a Personality from the highest levels of Paradise, i.e., a Being who is not subject to the physical laws of earth. Jesus Christ and Dr. Dahesh did not perform miracles by their personal powers, but by the power of an angel, a Holy Spirit or one of their Personalities.

I don't believe this is entirely accurate. Joseph Smith, Jr. performed miracles through the Melchizedek Priesthood which was given him via the angels Peter, James and John. Most of the miracles he performed were healing the sick. He also cast out devils and spoke in other languages as needed. Once he produced water via digging in the ground for a troop of thirsty men. Often when he was giving a revelation, his face shone and became almost transparent. He could do nothing except according to the Holy Spirit and when he was obedient to the Lord. I will give a few accounts here.


"My father, William P. McIntire, lived in Nauvoo, on the corner of Main and Parley Streets. He was a near neighbor to the Prophet, and a true and loving watch-guard for him in times of trouble.
The Prophet Joseph was often at my father's house. Some incidents which I recollect of him made deep impressions on my child-mind. One morning when he called at our house, I had a very sore throat. It was much swollen and gave me great pain. He took me up in his lap, and gently anointed my throat with consecrated oil and administered to me, and I was healed. I had no more pain nor soreness."

Margarette Burgess, "Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith," Juvenile Instructor 27, no. 2 (15 January 1892): 66-67.


"About this time [June, 1831] there was some displays of the power of God in miraculously in the Church in Thomson, by the instrumentality of Brother Joseph, the seer, one in my own family which took place as follows:
It was my youngest child that was distressingly sick, at which time Joseph came to my house and I told him that I had faith that the babe might be healed. He then spoke in the name of the Lord that it should be according to my faith. The child was healed immediately. The same day there was one of our sisters healed from blindness by his instrumentality."

"Journal of Jared Carter," typescript copy, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah.


"Brother Samuel Rolfe being present, and being seriously afflicted with a felon on one hand. President Joseph instructed him to wash in the font, and told him he would be healed, although the doctors had told him it would not be well before spring, and advised him to have it cut. He washed his hands in the font and in one week afterwards his hand was perfectly healed. After this time baptisms were continued in the font, and many realized great blessings, both spiritually and bodily."

William Clayton, History of the Nauvoo Temple, LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, 21.


"There was a woman living in the town of Hiram, forty miles from Kirtland, who had a crooked arm, which she had not been able to use for a long period. She persuaded her husband, whose name was [John] Johnson, to take her to Kirtland to get her arm healed.
I saw them as they passed my house on their way. She [Elsa Johnson] went to Joseph and requested him to heal her. Joseph asked her if she believed the Lord was able to make him an instrument in healing her arm. She said she believed the Lord was able to heal her arm.
Joseph put her off till the next morning, when he met her at Brother [Newel K.] Whitney's house. There were eight persons present, one a Methodist preacher, and one a doctor. Joseph took her [Elsa Johnson] by the hand, prayed in silence a moment, pronounced her arm whole, in the name of Jesus Christ, and turned and left the room.
The preacher asked her if her arm was whole, and she straightened it out and replied: "It is as good as the other." The question was then asked if it would remain whole. Joseph hearing this, answered and said: "It is as good as the other, and as liable to accident as the other."

"Philo Dibble Autobiography (1806-c. 1843)," in "Early Scenes in Church History," Four Faith Promoting Classics (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968), 79.


"In Montrose, near Nauvoo, hundreds of families were sick nigh unto death, and some were given up to die. The Prophet Joseph Smith took some of the Elders with him, and went over there, and said to the sick, "I command you, in the name of the Lord God, to rise up and walk." And he went from house to house, and made every man, woman, and child to walk, and they followed him to the next sick family, and they are witnesses here to testify to it."

Journal of Discourses, 2:232 (December 17, 1854); see also Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses, 2:233-34.


"When he had healed all the sick by the power given unto him he went down to the ferry boat, when a stranger rode up almost breathless, and said that he had heard that Joseph Smith was raising the dead, and healing all of the sick, and his wife begged him to ride up and get Mr. Smith to go down and heal her twin children, about three months old. Joseph replied, "I cannot go, but will send someone." In a few minutes he said to Elder Woodruff, "You go and heal those children, and take this pocket handkerchief, and when you administer to them, wipe their faces with it, and they shall recover." Brother Woodruff did as he was commanded, and the children were healed."

Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball (Salt Lake City, Utah: Stevens and Wallis, Inc., 1945), 262-64.


The Melchizedek Priesthood along with the healing of the sick, gift of tongues, etc. continues in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints today, I myself being a recipient and witness of these blessings.