Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton

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17 July 1814–4 Dec. 1879. Bookkeeper, clerk. Born at Charnock Moss, Penwortham, Lancashire, England. Son of Thomas Clayton and Ann Critchley. Married Ruth Moon, 9 Oct. 1836, at Penwortham. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Heber...
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report copied [1880] in L. John Nuttall, Notebook, pp. 4–8; handwriting of L. John Nuttall; L. John Nuttall, Papers, BYU. For more complete source information, see the source note for Discourse, Dec. 1840, as Reported by William Clayton.
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By Joseph, January 5th, 1841. Answer to the question, was the taken away when Moses died.

All priesthood is Melchizedeck; but there are different portions or degrees of it. That portion which brought Moses to speak with God face to face was taken away; but that which brought the ministry of angels remained. All the Prophets had the Melchizedeck Priesthood and was ordained by God himself.

The world and earth are not synonymous terms. The world is the human family. This earth was organized or formed out of other planets which were broke up and remodelled and made into the one on which we live. The elements are eternal. That which has a beginning [p. 5]

By Joseph, January 5th, 1841. Answer to the question, was the taken away when Moses died.

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Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton
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591
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5
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- L. John Nuttall
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1. 3
  Sometime between 1 March and 4 May 1835, JS prepared an instruction on the nature of the Melchizedek Priesthood, describing its relation to the “Aaronic” or “Levitical” lesser priesthood and to the offices within these divisions of priesthood. (Instruction on Priesthood, between ca. 1 Mar. and ca. 4 May 1835 [D&C 107].)
2. 4
  See Exodus 33:11.
3. 5
  A September 1832 revelation stated that after the children of Israel fell away, God “took Moses out of there midst and the holy Priesthood also, and the lesser Priesthood continued, which Priesthood holdeth the keys of the ministring of Angels.” (Revelation, 22–23 Sept. 1832 [D&C 84:25–26].)

Discourse, 5 January 1841, as Reported by William Clayton

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