that he controls all things? No, they do not. The lessons you have been taught tend to instruct you upon these points.
JD 7:237 - p.238, Brigham Young, September 1, 1859
Can this people understand that the Lord - that Being we call our Father, as also the Gods and all heavenly beings, lives upon the principles that pertain to eternity? Can the people comprehend that there is not, has not been, and never can be any method, scheme, or plan devised by any being in this world for intelligence to eternally exist and obtain an exaltation, without knowing the good and the evil - without tasting the bitter and the sweet? Can the people understand that it is actually necessary for opposite principles to be placed before them, or this state of being would be no probation, and we should have no opportunity for exercising the agency given us? Can they understand that we cannot obtain eternal life unless we actually know and comprehend by our experience the principle of good and the principle of evil, the light and the darkness, truth, virtue, and holiness, - also vice, wickedness, and corruption? We must discern and acknowledge that the providences of the Lord are over all the works of his hands - that when he produces intelligent beings he watches over them for their good. He has given human beings an intelligence designed to become eternal, self-existent, independent, and as Godlike as any being in the heavens.
JD 7:238, Brigham Young, September 1, 1859
To answer such design, we are given our agency - the control of our belief, and must know the darkness from the light and the light from the darkness, and must taste the bitter as well as the sweet.
JD 7:238, Brigham Young, Sept