I have read the Pearl of G. P.
twice. And it is a wonderful book. I think the church uses that book to settle
arguments. You know the B. of Moses was revealed to J. Sm. And of course you
know where he got the rolls of parchment that contained the B. of Abraham. I
like the B. of A. it gives us to understand that the Lord wanted us to
understand and be educated in all the sciences as well as our religion. I think
when the Lord said “that we can’t be saved in ignorance” He meant in the things
pertaining to him. I wish I had some one to study with and talk to. I think I
could remember better. I think our church works are quite fascinating. You know
our church accepts the King James translation of the Bible and there is
fourteen books mentioned in that, that is left out. And I suppose a lot of what
is in it is mistranslated. You know the Lord told J. S. that he would give him
the true translation of the Bible and J. S. started to translate it but it was
never published. The reorganized church got what he had translated, but it was
lost. You know there is lots to be revealed to us as fast as are prepared to
receive it. The Catholic church had a bible with those fourteen books in it I
spoke of. (Leona
Jane Walton Nielson, letter to Ila Francell Nielson, February 2, 1929)
