Attended Quorum Meeting. Br Edson Barney spoke of the
origin of the Seventies, being Selected by the Prophet Joseph from the Members
of Zions Camp. Said that he heard the Prophet Joseph Smith speak in the
Kirtland Temple, instructing the Seventies and others on the great importance
of the high and holy calling and authority they held. "Being ordained to
the Holy Melchesdec Priesthood All was God's power. And that a God without the
Ail [All?] Power was no more than any other god; hence the word Eloheim makes
it the God power, or the power of plurality of Gods. Hence you Seventies are
agents of God-having this Ail Power committed to you"; the word Eloheim
meant a Plurality of Gods. (Charles Lowell Walker, Journal, May 5, 1888, in Diary
of Charles Lowell Walker, ed. A. Karl Larson and Katherine Milles Larson, 2
vols. [Logan, Utah: Utah State University, 1980], 2:688)
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