There is a light that illumines, in greater or less degree, every soul that cometh into the world; but the Gift of the Holy Ghost, imparted by the laying on of hands of one divinely authorized to bestow it, is a special endowment, and only those having membership in the Church of Christ can possess it.
— from Saturday Night Thoughts A Series of Dissertations on Spiritual, Historical, and Philosophic Themes by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney
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