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Heber C. Kimball on Eternal Progression

Heber C. Kimball

Heber C. Kimball

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Our God is a natural man . . . where did he get his knowledge from? From his father, just as we get our knowledge from our earthly parents.

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Journal of Discourses, vol 8, page 211, Liverpool, England: Latter-day Saints’ Book Depot, 1861

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