Since neither woman had yet been confirmed, they agreed to perform the ordinance and have the sacrament together.

Joseph set out to buy some wine for the occasion when after he had traveled only a short distance,

he was met by a heavenly messenger with a new instruction.

The church was rolling forth with understanding coming, line upon line.

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That just makes our day.

It does. It makes our day. We think, okay, we can go another day. The angel told Joseph,

for behold, I say unto you that it mattereth not what ye shall eat or what you shall drink

when you partake of the sacrament. If it so be that ye do it with an eye single to my glory,

remembering unto the Father my body which was laid down for you, and my blood which was shed for

the remission of your sins. Wherefore a commandment I give unto you that you shall not purchase wine, neither strong drink

of your enemies. Now, remember, Joseph was persecuted from his earliest days, and he did have enemies.

Brigham Young said of this, consequently we use water as though it were wine, for we are commanded

to drink, not of wine for this sacred

purpose except to be made by our own hands. Yet in this section the Lord also says of the

sacrament, Marvel not for the hour cometh, that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you

on the earth. This ties in with what he told

the Apostles that the Last Supper is recorded in JST Mark 1425. Of this ye shall bear record, for I will

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