The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 (Saints, #1)

by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The revelation had been declared not as a commandment but as a caution.

He continued to drink alcohol occasionally, and he and Emma sometimes drank coffee and tea.28

“As far as we degenerate from God, we descend to the devil and lose knowledge, and without knowledge we cannot be saved.”35