October 15, 1861:
3. Do the angels in heaven grow up from childhood to maturity? Yes. How long are they in growing up from childhood to maturity? But a few years according to the time which regulates mortal beings. They grow up to maturity much sooner than those who are clothed with mortality; and they are trained by their parents to abide every celestial law; and they have a perfect knowledge of all things. They have no disposition to rebel. The principle of good is the prevailing principle there. They never die; but they always retain the freshness of youth. They know no pain, for they have the power over disease, and, consequently, they never fall victim to it. (The Spirit Prevails: Containing the Revelations, Articles and Letters Written by Joseph Morris, ed. George S. Dove [San Francisco: J. A. Dove and Co., Printers, 1886], 166)
