- Verses 1-2: adapted from the Fifth Lecture on Faith
- Verse 3: adapted from Joseph Smith’s 1830 revision of Genesis;
- Verses 4-9: adapted from “Key to the Science of Theology” by Parley P. Pratt
1. All members of the Godhead share one mind, which mind is the Holy Spirit.
2. The Holy Spirit is shed forth upon all who believe so that by following its promptings, they may grow from grace to grace and become heirs of God, being transformed into the Divine image and becoming one with God, possessing the same mind as God and being filled with the fullness of God’s glory.
3. Therefore, it is given to abide in us the Record of Heaven, the Comforter, the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, the truth of all things, that which quickens all things – which makes alive all things, that which knows all things, and has all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and judgment.
4. An intelligent being, in the image of God, possesses every organ, attribute, sense, sympathy, affection, will, wisdom, love, power, and gift possessed by God.
5. But we possess these attributes in embryo. They are to be gradually developed. They resemble a bud – a germ, which gradually develops into bloom, and then, by progress, produces the mature fruit after its own kind.
6. The gift of the Holy Spirit adapts itself to all these attributes. It quickens all intellectual faculties. It increases, enlarges, expands, and purifies all the natural passions and affections and adapts them by the gift of wisdom to their lawful use.
7. It inspires, develops, cultivates, and matures all the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings, and affections of our nature.
8. It inspires virtue, kindness, goodness, tenderness, gentleness, and charity.
9. In short, the Holy Spirit is, as it were, marrow to the bone, joy to the heart, light to the eyes, music to the ears, and life to the whole being.