Occupation: Founding Figure Birth: June 1, 1801 Death: August 29, 1877
What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth..
I want to say to every man, the Constitution of the United States, as formed by our fathers, was dictated, was revealed, was put into their hearts by….
I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude..
In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the Garden….
I expect, if I am faithful with yourselves, that I shall see the time with yourselves that we shall know how to prepare to organize an earth like thi….
When I look upon the faces of intelligent beings I look upon the image of the God I serve. There are none but what have a certain portion of divinity….
The apostates think that everybody is wrong but themselves..
They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers.
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy.
The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a govern….
Ham will continue to be servant of servants, as the Lord decreed, until the curse is removed. will the present struggle free the slave? No; but they ….
[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul..
At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good Spirit, the children will have the b….
Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enabl….
It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal -- their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal ….
This doctrine of baptism for the dead is a great doctrine, one of the most glorious doctrines that was ever revealed to the human family; and there a….
The Second Way in which a wife can be separated from her husband, while he continues to be faithful to his God and his priesthood, I have not reveale….
... I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the apostles said he did, and begat the Saviour of the world; for he is the ONLY-begotten of the F….
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may even be permitted to come i….
Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice..
When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full b….