I feel obligated to again share my thoughts and feelings about this website: It is not my intent to criticize the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints or Brigham Young for the events that lead to Amasa's excommunication. I firmly believe that the Lord inspires and communicates with man on earth, The Church and the Prophets are the way he has chosen to give us those things we need for our eternal progression and growth. He also communicates through Apostles and other leaders, to help inspire and encourage us. I believe Amasa was an Apostle, and when he spoke under inspiration he did so as a representative of the Lord. I also believe, as Leaders these individuals get a glimpse of heaven, and often the picture they perceive is not the whole picture, and in communicating that image, by words, to us, they are not always "translated correctly". I strongly believe when Amasa spoke words, that would get him excommunicated, he clearly saw the picture of what he was saying, confusion only came when others looked at the words and saw a different picture. I also believe the teachings of the Church today more clearly follows what Amasa was teaching, than the members of the Church believed at the time he was dismissed. We as members of the Church have changed, progressed and been refined, we are different from when the Church first began. I believe it has advanced because of many faithful individuals who were eventually discarded, but we owe an eternal gratitude to, many such as Emma, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Martin Harris, the Whitmers. I hope we don't allow pride, to make us forget all those who have given so much for us to get so far. We are who we are, because we stand on the shoulders of great men that have established the foundations of our past.
That is why I have dedicated this website to remembering Amasa and his family.
That is why I have dedicated this website to remembering Amasa and his family.
AML Quote of the Week: 4-7-63 the property which we own and are stewards over is just what the Lord has placed in our hands. He has stored away property for the benefit of his penniless children, and he will bestow it upon them in due time. It is hard to tell what the anticipations of the people are; but if they will acknowledge the hand of God in all things and live by the truth as it is revealed unto them, they will increase in influence and power with God and all good men.
AML Quote from Last Week: 1-3-62 I desire to say just as many good things as I can while I live - to drop as many things of worth as I can into the hearts of honest men, you included; so that if you travel over my grave when this body shall be mingling with the silent earth, you may travel over it virtuous, God fearing, holy, high-minded, and noble men.
Many people know that apostle, Amasa Mason Lyman, was excommunicated, but few know that his membership was posthumously reinstated because of a dream. You can get the DVD about his life, "A Labor of Love," just go to the store for ordering information.
A clip from the DVD about Amasa...