Woodruff attributes priesthood restriction to Cain's murder of Abel.

Date
Oct 16, 1894
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Wilford Woodruff journal, October 16, 1894, MS 1352, CHL

Scribe/Publisher
Church History Library
People
Wilford Woodruff, Jane Manning James, Hiram B. Clawson
Audience
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Transcription

16 I had several meetings with H. B. Clawson Concerning some of our Affairs in Calafornia. We had Meeting with several individuals among the rest Black Jane wanted to know if I would not let her have her Endowments in the Temple. This I Could not do as it was against the Law of God. As Cain killed Abel All the seed of Cain would have to wait for Redemption untill all the seed that Abel would have had that may Come through other men Can be redeemed.

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