The Lord Gave Us Power

There Is A Difference Between The Holy Ghost And The Gift Of The Holy Ghost. Cornelius Received The Holy Ghost Before He Was Baptized, Which Was The Convincing Power Of God Unto Him Of The Truth Of The Gospel, But He Could Not Receive The Gift Of The Holy Ghost Until After He Was Baptized. Had He Not [been Baptized], The Holy Ghost Which Convinced Him Of The Truth Of God, Would Have Left Him.

The Old Catholic Church Traditions Are Worth More Than All You Have Said. Here Is A Principle Of Logic That Most Men Have No More Sense Than To Adopt. I Will Illustrate It By An Old Apple Tree. Here Jumps Off A Branch And Says, I Am The True Tree, And You Are Corrupt. If The Whole Tree Is Corrupt, Are Not Its Branches Corrupt? If The Catholic Religion Is A False Religion, How Can Any True Religion Come Out Of It? If The Catholic Church Is Bad, How Can Any Good Thing Come Out Of It?

The Constitution Of Our Country [was] Formed By The Fathers Of Liberty... Exalt The Standard Of Democracy! Down With That Of Priestcraft, And Let All The People Say Amen! That The Blood Of Our Fathers May Not Cry From The Ground Against Us. Sacred Is The Memory Of That Blood Which Bought For Us Our Liberty.

God Himself Was Once As We Are Now, And Is An Exalted Man, And Sits Enthroned In Yonder Heavens! That Is The Great Secret.... It Is The First Principle Of The Gospel To Know For A Certainty The Character Of God, And To Know... That He Was Once A Man Like Us.... Here, Then, Is Eternal Life - To Know The Only Wise And True God; And You Have Got To Learn How To Be Gods Yourselves... The Same As All Gods Have Done Before You.

I Never Feel To Force My Doctrine Upon Any Person; I Rejoice To See Prejudice Give Way To Truth, And The Traditions Of Men Dispersed By The Pure Principles Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ.