Occupation: Founding Figure Birth: June 1, 1801 Death: August 29, 1877
There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our duty. To prepare tabernacles for them; to take a course th….
If we hearken to counsel, we shall be the best people in the world; we shall be as a bright light set upon a hill, that cannot be hid, or like a cand….
What a learned idea! Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father ….
Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven..
The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fil….
Some wise being organized my system, and gave me my capacity, put into my heart and brain something that delights, charms, and fills me with rapture ….
Some would have us believe that God is present everywhere. It is not so.
Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he will d….
Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father.
Let us have compassion upon each other, and let the strong tenderly nurse the weak into strength, and let those who can see guide the blind until the….
The man or woman who lives worthily now is in a state of salvation..
I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government..
We went west willingly--because we had to..
All rational beings have an agency of their own; and according to their own choice they will be saved or damned..
Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State, and at last suffere….
I shall not cease learning while I live, nor when I arrive in the spirit-world… and when I again receive my body, I shall …still continue my research….
Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?.
The difference between God and the Devil, is that God creates and organizes, while the whole study of the Devil is to convince children that light me….
If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to them, lest he should….
You have heard me say, a great many times, that there is not that man or woman in this Church, and there never was and never will be, who turn up the….
If I do not know the will of my Father, and what He requires of me in a certain transaction, if I ask Him to give me wisdom concerning any requiremen….