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The Word of Wisdom: the Forgotten Verses
Author’s note:
I make no claim to represent the official position of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Any truths contained herein have been expressed previously by others. Any errors are my property and my responsibility.
Most of the quotes by LDS leaders appear in longer citations recorded in Dr. Kenneth Johnson’s wonderful book, Mormon Wisdom and Health formerly titled The Word of Wisdom Food Plan.
This talk was originally presented at the Northern Utah Health and Nutrition Conference on November 8, 1997 in Ogden, Utah.
Word of Wisdom: Commentary on D&C 89 – Hugh W. Nibley
The Word of Wisdom is so familiar that we can get through this in a hurry, except for a few neglected patches. First, it’s a greeting, not by commandment or constraint, but a word of wisdom, the order and will of God for the temporal salvation for all Saints in these last days. The covenants you make are eternal, but you’re not going to be worried about tea, coffee and tobacco in the world hereafter. In the ages to come I don’t think smoking will be a serious problem with any of us. In fact, it isn’t even now, as far as that goes. It’s a temporal law to supply us during this life, and this is the way it was taken.
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