Dear Brother Reynolds,

Replying to your recent letter, which was undated, I am pleased to advise you as follows in answer to your questions.

None of the early revelations of the Church have been revised, and the Doctrine and Covenants stands as printed including sections 5 and 7. These two sections and some others are addressed directly to certain individuals, but there are lessons in them for all of us, and therefore they have not been delayed.

The Adam-God doctrine is not the doctrine of the Church, and the reports on that subject as published in the Journal of Discourses are not accurate. The godhead consists of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.

There is no doctrine of the Church requiring the shedding of blood for the salvation where certain sins have been committed. We have been accused of such a doctrine, but it is not true.

Sincerely your brother,

H B Brown

Hugh B. Brown