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			\|S=Is they anything special about prophets that set them apart from others, or are they simply "men of their time?" Do modern day prophets actually prophesy of anything?
			\|L1=Question: Are prophets simply "men of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church?
			\|L2=Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis?
			\|L3=Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?
			\|L4=Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events?
			\|L5=Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure"
			\|L6=Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations"
			\|L7=Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me"
			\|L8=Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass"
			\|L9=Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony"
			\|L10=George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him"
			\|L11=Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"
			\|L12=James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it"
			\|L13=Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!"
			\|L14=Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"
			\|L15=Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"
			\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"
			\|L17=George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"
			\|L18=Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"
			\|L19=David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"
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			{{:Question: Are prophets simply "men of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church?}}
			{{:Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis?}}
			{{:Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?}}
			{{:Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events?}}
			{{:Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure"}}
			{{:Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations"}}
			{{:Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me"}}
			{{:Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass"}}
			{{:Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony"}}
			{{:George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him"}}
			{{:Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"}}
			{{:James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it"}}
			{{:Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!"}}
			{{:Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"}}
			{{:Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"}}
			{{:Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"}}
			{{:George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"}}
			{{:Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"}}
			{{:David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"}}

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	~~\|L1=Question: Are prophets simply "men of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church?~~
	~~\|L2=Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis?~~
	~~\|L3=Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after~~ Joseph Smith ~~been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?~~
	~~\|L4=Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events?~~
	\|L5=Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure"
	\|L6=Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations"
	~~\|L7=Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me"~~
	~~\|L8=Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass"~~
	~~\|L9=Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I~~ was ~~in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony"~~
	~~\|L10=George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him"~~
	~~\|L11=Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"~~
	~~\|L12=James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it"~~
	~~\|L13=Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!"~~
	~~\|L14=Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"~~
	~~\|L15=Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"~~
	~~\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"~~
	~~\|L17=George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which~~ to ~~me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"~~
	~~\|L18=Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"~~
	~~\|L19=David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"~~
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	~~{{:Question: Are prophets simply "~~men ~~of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church?}}~~
	~~{{:Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis?}}~~
	~~{{:Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?}}~~
	~~{{:Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don~~'~~t foretell unknown events?}}~~
	{{:Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure"}}
	{{:Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations"}}
	~~{{:Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me"}}~~
	~~{{:Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass"}}~~
	~~{{:Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony"}}~~
	~~{{:George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him"}}~~
	~~{{:Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"}}~~
	~~{{:James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it"}}~~
	~~{{:Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!"}}~~
	~~{{:Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"}}~~
	~~{{:Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"}}~~
	~~{{:Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"}}~~
	~~{{:George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"}}~~
	~~{{:Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"}}~~
	~~{{:David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"}}~~

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	\|L18=Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"		\|L18=Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"
	\|L19=~~Source:~~Haight:~~Ensign:May 1996:~~I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards		\|L19=David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"
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	\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"		\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"
	\|L17=George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"		\|L17=George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"
	\|L18=~~Source:~~Marion G. Romney:~~His Life and Faith:1988:~~I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him}}		\|L18=Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"
	\|L19=Source:Haight:Ensign:May 1996:I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards		\|L19=Source:Haight:Ensign:May 1996:I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards
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	\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"		\|L16=Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"
	\|L17=~~Source:Kimball quoting~~ Richards:~~1974:~~The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar}}		\|L17=George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"
	\|L18=Source:Marion G. Romney:His Life and Faith:1988:I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him}}		\|L18=Source:Marion G. Romney:His Life and Faith:1988:I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him}}
	\|L19=Source:Haight:Ensign:May 1996:I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards		\|L19=Source:Haight:Ensign:May 1996:I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards

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	{{:Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?}}		{{:Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants?}}
	{{:Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events?}}		{{:Question: Are Latter-day Saint prophets not really "prophets" because they don't foretell unknown events?}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Brigham Young:~~JD 7:243:~~have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No}}		{{:Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure"}}
	{{:~~Source:~~Woodruff:~~JD 13:158:~~seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations}}		{{:Wilford Woodruff (1869): "We had the privilege of beholding the face of the prophet...and seeing the workings of the Spirit of God with him, and the revelations of Jesus Christ unto him and the fulfilment of those revelations"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Heber C. Kimball:~~JD 11:82:~~I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me}}		{{:Heber C. Kimball (1865): "I know it by revelation by the Spirit of God, for in this way my Heavenly Father communes with me"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Orson Pratt:~~JD 25:19:~~I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass}}		{{:Orson Pratt (1878): "I have been blessed with some revelations and prophecies, and with dreams of things that have come to pass"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Orson F. Whitney~~:The Divinity of Jesus Christ:Improvement Era:~~1926:One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony}}		{{:Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:George Q. Cannon:1896:I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him}}		{{:George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Henry B. Eyring~~:Witnesses for God:Ensign:November~~ 1996:I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord}}		{{:Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord"}}
	{{:~~Source:~~Faust:~~Heirs of~~ the ~~Kingdom~~ of God~~:Ensign:May 1995:~~I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it}}		{{:James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Harold B. Lee:~~THBL:636:~~I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!}}		{{:Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Oaks~~:CES Fireside:7 May~~ 2000:it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity}}		{{:Oaks (2000): "it is usually inappropriate to recite miraculous circumstances to a general audience that includes people with very different levels of spiritual maturity"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Oaks~~:Ensign:March~~ 1997:rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world}}		{{:Oaks (1997): "rarely speak of them publicly because...because we understand that the channels of revelation will be closed if we show these things before the world"}}
	{{:~~Source:~~Packer~~:A Tribute to the Rank and File of the Church:Ensign:May~~ 1980:We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him}}		{{:Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so"}}
	{{:~~Source:Kimball quoting~~ Richards:~~1974:~~The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar}}		{{:George F. Richards: "The Lord has given me dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Marion G. Romney:~~His Life and Faith:1988:~~I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him}}		{{:Marion G. Romney: "I have never told anybody some of the experiences I have had, not even my wife. I know that God lives. I not only know that he lives, but I know him"}}
	{{:~~Source:~~Haight:~~Ensign:May 1996:~~I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards}}		{{:David B. Haight: "I was there with the outpouring of the Spirit in that room so strong that none of us could speak afterwards"}}

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