Show NOT NOl ALWAYS 1 S A Many people Including wm nonie of ot the ho grout groat men of ot tho the nation do not seem to comprehend how a man crux can 1 he 0 u n 1 Prophet I He Seer r and by hy divine bud and and yet yot yeton 01 un on ordinary occasions bo be u II corn com men man fInn with human Imi Imperfections and fallings They Tho seem lI em not 1101 to tu tens the tho of ancient scripture For br the prophecy came not of ot old time thine by tho the will of oC Ulan titan but Italy holY men flea or of Ool 00 1 pulla H as I they wort 1101 moved upon by the thc Holy Ghost It Peter leter 1 I In 21 n I Tho Prophet Joseph Smith had oc frequently to set net people right righton on thin point Their notions about the appearance II manners and deportment of a fI prophet were Imbibed from tradition tion lion and pictures drawn from imagine like those which represent angels tin us beings with half halt woman hull bird both nonsensical and untrue The Iho following extract from hip hl dully dally jour journal journal nal touches the tho matter directly Wednesday Keb leb eb 8 1843 morning I 1 read German and visited with a I brother and sister from Michigan who thought that u 1 Pro Iru Prophet phet Is IR always n a prophet but I told 1011 them that Hint u a l Prophet wa wak u Il prophet l only when he was acting as ns such uch suchA uchA A little reflection 1 fI and un on ordinary understanding of ot doctrine would show that men of or lod lad were In Inspired InspIred inspired to speak nOlI write lil his word when the th Spirit of the Lord came camo fUll upon them It t h Is I declared of ot them Ilko Ilke It Is in 1111 of Elias was wan a man subject to like pus pan alone n an ue e 0 are ure and ho he prayed earnest earnet ly Iy that It might not rein rAin and It twin rain rained twined ed not on the earth eurth by the tho spree space of or three years yearn und and six months And ha ho prayed again and 1011 the heavens gave gle rain ruin cord and the earth brought forth forta her v 17 18 U People who think tho the Saints Sainte regard overy every word uttered by leaders on any occasion as liS tho rho tord ord of at sod are aro entirely mistaken It Is only when they speak under the power and of ot tho ho Holy 1101 Ghost that lint the word nord and will of or the Lord are manifested and It U is the tho he privilege of ot every man IORII and woman who obeys tho thu Lords commands to receive of or the same lImo spirit and know knoll of at ho tho whether It bo he of God lod or ar of ot man tuna See Bee John lolin 11 17 Doc Doo and Cot Cov CO Sec 03 63 I |