Revelations and miracles do not keep men from falling.
“I recollect, in the upper room of the Temple in Kirtland, Ohio, when we were assembled there, a very noted man, Sylvester Smith, bore testimony of what he had seen of the Prophet of God, of angels, etc. He said ‘…I have spoken by what you call the Holy Ghost; the eyes of my understanding have been touched, and I have seen convoy after convoy of angels; I have laid hands on the lame, and they have leaped like a hart; I have spoken with tongues and had the interpretation thereof; but let me tell you, everything I have seen, and everything you have seen, is the height of idiotism.’ This was Sylvester Smith, after he had apostatized” (Jedediah M. Grant, Journal of Discourses, Vol. VI., p. 254).
Doctrine and Covenants Commentary by Hyrum M. Smith and Janne M. Sjodahl. Deseret Book. 1965. p.127
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