Winter of 1859:
18. What are Holy Ghosts? They are men who have once lived upon a mortal earth like unto this. Upon what principles did they, being many, become one? Upon the same principle as that by which the Father and the Son became one. They all obeyed one gospel, were all perfected by the same law, were all counted worthy of a glorious resurrection they all entered into the celestial kingdom of their Father, by whom they were all ordained to the high and holy priesthood, through whom and by whom they were appointed to fill the office of Holy Ghosts, and to be ministering spirits to the heirs of salvation upon this earth. (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], 13)
