7/25/2017 - Section 55:1-6
July 25, 2017 Section 55:1-6 Contrite Spirit, Eye Single to the Glory of God, Healthy Spiritual Vision, Teach Your Children Well, Gift of the Holy Ghost, Contrite Spirit, Trials and Tribulations Be Ready for Them, William W. Phelps was a newspaper man by profession. He read an announcement that the Book of Mormon was about to come off the press. He later met Parley P Pratt and purchased a Book of Mormon from him. He read the book and then he went to Kirtland where he met Joseph and asked what the Lord desired of him (William). That’s why we have Section 55. William Phelps is told to be baptized with an eye single to the Lord’s glory & receive the Holy Ghost (v1). Bruce R McConkie wrote about that phrase “an eye single to the Lord’s glory”in his Doctrinal New Testament Commentary: “ Through the natural eyes men see the light which guides them in their physical existence, through their spiritual eyes, the spiritual eyes light which leads to eternal life. As long ...