Gilbert Belnap, writes of "the father of our spirits" eating the fruit in Eden "in order that men might be."
- Type
- Manuscript
- Source
- Gilbert Belnap LDS
- Hearsay
- HolographDirect
- Reference
Gilbert Belnap autobiography, 1856, MS 1633, Church History Library
- Scribe/Publisher
- Gilbert Belnap
- People
- Gilbert Belnap
- Audience
- N/A
- Transcription
"When contrasting the present conditions of the inhabitants of the earth with there Primeval state in the Garden of Eden. The period when the father of our spirits condescended that through the partaking of the fruits of this earth <in order> that man might be. And as far as my limited understanding will admit.
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