[Minutes of the Quorum of Twelve] ... Emma told Jos[eph]. she could not stand the brethren spitting & smoking in the small room where [the] school /of p[r]ophets w/ was held in Kirtland. B. Y.[: C]oming home from Miss., /my/ Bre[thren]., Jos. said, I mean to have a patriarchal blessing from [my] father, [then he] got home [and his] father got [the] familytogether. Jos[eph] said [he] want[s] bro Jos. S. present. Jos. S. ordained father as patriarch. [F]irst Jos. S. thought of it, [and] Jos S said Now I will have my family together, [then he] set his father apart. Then he got revelation to appoint [a] patriarch over [the] whole church. Bro Joel Johnson said when patriarch Jos Sen. went to /give patriarchal/ blessings after they would have bread baked /& [a] glass of/ wine. Pres[iden]t. B. Y. said [it] wont do here. [P]eople get /would/ drink too much'-
[Source: Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]
wine, in a large crystal glass, has always been used for sacrament in The Church of Jesus Christ (WHQ: Monongahela, Pennsylvania), the true succession of the restored gospel. The wine is always made from fermented red grapes only.
ReplyDeletethe use of wine only per Jesus' commandments in 3rd Nephi of the BOM.
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