Thanks,
JD
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:41:55 EDT
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Hill Cumorah
In a message dated 6/13/2005 5:43:39 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't follow along with this thread as much as I should. Is Oliver Granger a real character or is he someone who will receive the name "Oliver Granger?" I am not sure (emphasis on "not sure") that you have answered Perry's question. Perhaps you did -- and the answer is bound to the questions I raise as I preview your response.JD
Doctrine and Covenants, section 117:12 JS wrote the following
"prophecy":
"And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger; behold,
verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from
generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord."
"prophecy":
"And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger; behold,
verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from
generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord."
Blaine: The above passage from the D&C is being quoted, and questioned if it was ever fulfilled. Oliver Granger was a real person, who lived in JS's time, and was apparently a faithful member of the LDS Church, and was obviously one who impressed Joseph Smith. I simply pointed out that since his name was included in the D&C, a book read by millions, the prophecy was fulfilled. My gggrandfather baptized over a thousand people into the LDS Church, but did not get mentioned in the D&C. Such was the case with many early members/missionaries. So, OG must have been somebody, otherwise his name would not have been mentioned--and held in remembrance, in a church standard works publication!!!
