"Behold, I do not bring it to destroy that which they have received, but to build it up.
And for this cause have I said:
If this generation harden not their hearts,
I will establish my church among them.
Now I do not say this to destroy my church,
but I say this to build up my church;
Therefore, whosoever belongeth to my church need not fear, for such shall inherit the kingdom of heaven."
"And the woman fled to the wilderness,
where she had a place prepared by God
where she would be sustained... "
how long did she linger there,
their in the wilderness
nestled by the fire,
of his writers and poets.
concealed was she, there, nourished.
when to come forth,
and replenish the earth?
Milton unearthed her,
concealed among the poets.
"Say Heav'nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein [ 15 ]
Afford a present to the Infant God?
Hast thou no vers, no hymn, or solemn strein,
To welcom him to this his new abode,"
The Devils built a city in Hell,
called it Pandemonium.
Did they arrive in Hell,
or bring it with them.
Let no one wonder,
the truth they uncovered, their.
The truth of their own damnation.
"And dig'd out ribs of Gold. Let none admire [ 690 ]
That riches grow in Hell; "
"That underneath had veins of liquid fire [ 701 ] ...
Severing each kind, and scum'd the Bullion dross:"
Let no man question, then,
How he reached his church,
and nourished her, in the wilderness
till revealed again,
in the wilderness, she remained,
to be brought forth .
in all her restoration, and glory.
(The Doctrine and Covenants, Section 10:50-55)
(Revelations 12:6)
(John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity) Compos'd 1629
(John Milton, Paradise Lost Book i)
