The Power of the Woman
The true God placed in the woman
a power greater than the man
For of all the unseen riches
which lay concealed within the earth,
women are the greatest of all;
being themselves
hidden away in common view;
to be covered beneath
the harsh traditions of common men
which are themselves unknowing
of such treasures as do lay close at hand
3rd Endowment 26:13
Consider Jehovah-Yahweh, and rightly reason
For there is a truth
which even now I shall speak,
for there lies deep in the soul of you
a fear greater than your fear of man,
for it is the woman
which you fear most of all;
knowing full well
that in the heart of the woman
is the salvation of every man found
2nd Endowment 3:50
Yet has God placed in the woman
a power greater than the man,
even a power which would wear away
the hardness of the man altogether;
to leave him
as pliable and susceptible
to the gentle influence of that woman
who would love him
with all manner of goodness and grace
For the woman is like the waters
which move forever to some greater sea;
and though the man in his outward appearance
be hard as the stones of the earth,
yet are they, little by little, worn away
by the constant moving of gentle waters
For consider how the mountains of stone,
though they be great and mighty in themselves,
yet are even these worn all away
by that which is softer still;
for if there should fall the gentle rain,
or blow the softest of breezes,
even then shall the mountain
wear itself away with the passing of time,
having exhausted even all its resistance and strength
Consider then that hidden power
by which the woman is fully fashioned;
for even though she prove small and frail
in the tabernacle of her form,
yet by her beauty and grace
does she humble the mighty
or exalt on high the lowest of men
if it so be that they should love her
For women
are as the wind which comes from above,
causing all things to move before them,
and though men prove stout and mighty
as the greatest of trees,
yet are they most deeply stirred
when there should breathe upon them the softest of winds
2nd Endowment 5:47, 52-55
For I tell you truly
that in the woman
is there surely found
the most beautiful expression
of God’s love for all mankind;
being in her soul gracious and most tender;
revealing through soft touches and delicate kisses
the very heart of that God which loved
even all men from the very beginning
Know therefore,
that in the loving of a woman
is no man made weak or frail,
but rather there is made to rise within him
that very grace and beauty which comes from afar,
which thing will make the man complete and whole every whit
For men, left unto themselves,
are destructive and filled with hurt,
being in their baser passions brutish and unyielding;
being moved by lustful appetites
to seek dominion and control
over those weaker than themselves.
Yet, if it so be
that there should come forth unto them
a woman of grace and beauty,
then are the baser appetites of the man made of no effect;
causing that the man of strength should seek relief
from the fury within for the sake of the woman he loves
Thus did God consider wisely
the means by which he might rescue;
for women by their gentle nature
do woo most tenderly,
and the man, seeing in them no danger,
is drawn little by little away from death altogether;
even until he should embrace the woman
and therein find life and joy together
~ 2nd Endowment 8:25, 28-30, 37
Thus, in the equality of the woman
is the salvation of all mankind made most certain;
for in her beauty and grace
is there come forth unto all men
the seeds of life and joy;
healing and mending through gentle passions,
the wounds which hurt and make afraid;
For in the womb of the woman
are all men most strongly fashioned;
making way in the midst of all their strength,
that softer place where love might grow
and flourish within them,
giving birth in them
of some far more greater vision
than they have ever before known
Let therefore, the man
reverence the woman with all his might,
accepting with all tender regard
the ..equality.. of all her house;
for in the coming together
of the man and the woman
is there brought forth unto each
a great many benefits and joys
2nd Endowment 8:38-40
Know, therefore, Jehovah-Yahweh,
that in the affairs of men
has God determined that the woman
be made a ..full partaker.. in all things;
that she, by her grace and beauty,
might set forth the hand to rescue
even all the children of men
from folly and destruction
For women are made the mothers of life,
bearing in their wombs that living seed
from which all men are made to come forth;
having in their hearts
a tender regard for all things
which live and move about
upon the face of the earth
And if it should be
that women will partake
in the affairs of men most equally,
then shall the children of men, little by little,
refrain from corrupting every whit,
the lands, and seas and airs above;
causing that the earth should become
even as a paradise filled with wonder
2nd Endowment 9:55-57
Why, then, will you think women unworthy
to receive from God a full measure of blessing,
seeing that for the sake of your traditions only
would you keep them ignorant
of the law and the prophets?
For I tell you truly
that of all things
which move round about in the affairs of men,
women are the stronger,
being greater than kings or wine;
for in the womb of the woman
are all men made to come alive
Come now, and answer wisely:
What king shall rule
except that he first be fashioned in the woman's womb?
For no man cometh forth of himself
For it is in the womb
that men are fashioned,
whether king or slave,
priest or prophet, lord or beggar;
all are come from the woman,
and without the woman
is no man come unto the earth
I tell you truly
that for the sake of a woman
will a man surrender both wealth and power,
or forget altogether his parents and friends;
For even the mighty, being kings,
if they would be greater still,
make themselves subject unto their wives
and will give unto them anything which they should ask
Yeshua 11:30-35
Consider then the strength
wherein the woman is fashioned;
for she, being frail and comely,
yet by her beauty and grace
does she humble the mighty,
or exalt on high the lowest of men
if it so be that they should love her
For women
are as the wind which comes from above,
causing all things to move before them
And men,
though stout and mighty as yonder tree,
yet are they moved
when there should breathe upon them some small wind
Thus in the affairs of men
are women made the stronger;
for if a woman be good
and an evil man love her,
then by her love
does she make the man good also;
for he desires to please her above all else
But if a woman be evil
and a good man love her,
who then can save him?
Contend no more because of women,
whether they be worthy
to receive from God a portion equal to men;
for I will elect whom I will
And neither pray you unto God, saying:
I thank you, O God,
that I am not a woman,
for it is an offense unto him
For in the beginning
did God create both male and female,
that you may be as one flesh before the Lord
Therefore,
when you enter the woman to cast forth seed,
be you filled with reverence and deep affection,
for she is the temple wherein God
has fashioned the life of man
Yeshua 11:46-54
But in the women of the earth
[does God] see most clearly
the birth seed of man’s salvation;
for though the woman, in her several parts,
prove but soft and yielding,
still did she bear in both form and movement,
a fullness of grace and beauty
For you know yourselves,
that water, being soft and yielding in itself,
still does it wear away the hardest stone;
and the wind, though it move about unseen upon the earth,
still would it break in pieces the mightiest of trees;
or cause to wear away the mountains which stand most firmly
For through the movements of time
will even that which is soft and pliable
wear away that which is hard and unyielding;
for the softest winds do move forever;
while the mountains,
being bound most firmly in space and time, will not forever stand
Thus in the grace and beauty of the woman
is the eternal most surely found;
but in the ways of brutish man
is there found the bindings of space and time;
which space and time do cause
that all things mortal should pass away,
while grace and beauty must continue forever on
~ 3rd Endowment 3:5-8
Hear then, and I will make known to you
the things which would reveal themselves in goodness;
being incorruptible of men;
being in themselves both pure and untainted by the ways of men
For all those things which contain in themselves,
or which promote in the affairs of men
both life and love, grace and beauty, hope and joy,
are good and worthy of emulation and devotion
For life is preferable to death,
and love is greater than hate;
in like manner also
is grace and beauty more to be desired
than the brutishness of common men;
while hope and joy together
more to be sought than darkness and despair
But where, my son, are all these things together found;
being contained in single likeness and form,
whereby you might embrace the whole as one,
to be in yourself most benefited within and without
by the touching and the living of all these things?
Such were the words which Areta (Heavenly Mother)
spoke most gently to her son;
and the child answered the mother, saying:
I know not where all these things are found in one
And the mother smiled upon her son,
and taking him to a window nearby,
she pointed to those women
which were made to labor in the gardens of the house;
and she spoke again, saying:
There, my child, is found the sum of all good things in one;
being revealed in the softness of the woman;
for women in themselves bring forth life in place of death;
having in her form and movements a fullness of grace and beauty
And if it should be
that a man will love her,
to treat her with most kind regard,
then does there leap from out of the very heart of her,
a fullness of love and fire together mixed;
to clothe in most gentle kisses and tender touches,
the warmth of all her hope and joy together
For this truth would I speak most firmly unto you, my son,
that in the woman is there seen the only hope for all mankind;
for the salvation of every man is found
in the grace and beauty of the woman, and in no other
~ 3rd Endowment 6:14-22
For the woman is the temple where a man ought to worship;
embracing to his weary heart
the hope and joy of life and love together;
drinking through the senses of the heart and flesh,
a fullness of grace and beauty
Seeking through the gentle touch and softest kiss
the fulfillment of the self;
for the man without the woman is but half complete;
being empty of that goodness
which would enrich his life throughout
For in the man and the woman together
is there found that sure completeness which each would seek;
pouring into each the other,
a fullness of tender dreams filled with passion;
to make as one the hearts and minds of each forever
Know then, my son,
that in the elevation of the woman shall all men be edified,
being led through tender passions
out from the ways of darkness
and into that light which would fill the world with life
To lift above the base passions of brutish men,
the whole of all mankind;
imbuing the world of men with such goodness
as does flow out most gently
through the heart and mind of the woman
3rd Endowment 6:33-37
Why then will you hesitate
to change forever the ways of men?
For I tell you truly,
that in the uplifting of every woman
is there found life in place of death,
joy in place of fear, and hope in place of blind despair
3rd Endowment 19:49