Discourse, 27 June 1839, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff–A

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in the form of a personage unto man & reaches out his hand unto him & the man takes hold of his hand & feels no substan[c]e he may know it is for an angel of God (which is an angel of light) is a Saint with his resurrected body & when he appears unto man & offers him his hand & the man feels a substance when he takes hold of it as he would in shaking hands with his neighbour he may know it is a Angel of God. & should a Saint appear unto man whose body is not resurrectd he will never offer him his hand for it would be against the law by which they are governd & by observing this key we may detect Satan that he decieve us not [p. [20]]
in the form of a personage unto man & reaches out his hand unto him & the man takes hold of his hand & feels no substance he may know it is for an angel of God (which is an angel of light) is a Saint with his resurrected body & when he appears unto man & offers him his hand & the man feels a substance when he takes hold of it as he would in shaking hands with his neighbour he may know it is a Angel of God. & should a Saint appear unto man whose body is not resurrectd he will never offer him his hand for it would be against the law by which they are governd & by observing this key we may detect Satan that he decieve us not [p. [20]]
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