A little about the president
I will start by telling you a little about myself, and my struggle with the Lord and the things of truth. It started when I was a young lad of about ten years of age, when my mother was talking about some very high things as to the things of God, and I desired to know if she was speaking of the truth or not. Now my mother was speaking of a burning that filled her whole body — she even said that her hands were hot. Well, I felt her hands, and they were cold to me, so I really did not know what she was speaking of, but I listened on.
As she continued to speak, a great light appeared surrounding her body. I stopped my mother from speaking and asked her what I was seeing. She then explained that it was an aura, then explained to me that she had heard of others seeing such things, but had never met anyone that could see it. So we continued to talk about things, when in the midst of the room appeared a light in the form of a man. Now this man was pure light, and his light was brighter than the well lit white room we were in. I learned this was an angel of God sent from God to testify of the truth.
Now I won't go into all the different things that happened to me personally, for they can be had in the Book of Terrill. I do, however, want to talk a little more of my background and raising.
I was born and raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I had read many of the scriptures by the time I was about 20 and started getting attacked by many people because of my beliefs, as I was a member of the LDS church. This caused me to pray much to learn the truth of all things. But more than that I wanted to know the things which man taught, to know what was truth and what was not. For on this one doctrine, man taught it in many different ways, and I could not understand that all the different things that man taught could be truth, for many things contradicted themselves. This caused me much concern, and caused me to get on my knees and pray often, to open the scriptures, to read, and to ponder often, and to also fast for a considerable amount of time. After about three weeks had gone by, I heard the voice of God and he unfolded that mystery to me. Again I won't talk about it here, but it is recorded.
Now from this time on, I knew that God could talk with man, for I heard him, I knew it, and no power on earth could take it from me. This started me asking many questions, even all the questions that the scriptures brought up. I gained a great understanding of the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine and Covenants.
Now God in his great understanding of things had already caused me to start a church called the Church of the Firstborn. So when the LDS leaders decided to excommunicate me from the church, things had already progressed to the point that it really did not matter, for the Lord himself came down and laid His hands upon my head and blessed me with all the keys, priesthoods, and gifts, and ordained me as the first elder in the Church of the Firstborn.
Now I will speak a little more about the LDS church, for there is much truth to be had in that church, but because of great truth, they have become like the Jews of old, in that they live by the letter of the law, and not by the spirit of God. Because of this reason, the Jews did not know that Christ the redeemer of all was walking among them.