W. W. Phelps teaches that Adam brought his "pure language" from Kolob to the Garden of Eden.
- Type
- Periodical
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
W. W. Phelps, Deseret Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1853 (Salt Lake City: W. Richards, 1853), 14
- Scribe/Publisher
- W. Richards
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
LANGUAGE.
The English language is used by nearly 60,000,000 of people; that of China by 600,000,000. The Chinese must be the oldest known language spoken on the globe. The English is about as young as any, but as the Lord has seen fit to "reveal" the Book of Mormon, and the fullness of the everlasting gospel in English, the day is not far distant, when every saint must learn to speak English, in order to understand the keys of the holy priesthood. In this light, the English bids fair to become the great, last, and best, till the Lord restores a "pure language," even the one that Adam brought from Kolob, or the celestial garden, when he came to this globe and gave names to all,—according to the council of the Gods in the "elder world."
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