Journal of Discourses Volume Twenty-six
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PREFACE
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"To 'multiply,' was the first commandment
given to our first parents. Purity in matrimonial intercourse,
I always believed, should accompany that command, and I have
always endeavored to observe faithfully its practice. I married
because it was commanded of God, and commenced in plural marriage.
I contracted marriage with four women about the same time, and
with a mutual understanding with each that they were to be equal,
neither was to take or assume the status of a first or legal
wife. Two of them were united to me in the sacred bonds of matrimony
at one and the same time, by the same ceremony. The other two
shortly after, also at one and the same time and in like manner."
(Lorenzo Snow, Journal of Discourses, Volume 26:327)
More Interesting quotes
from JD Volume Twenty-six may be found at the end of the index. |
CAUSES
THAT GOVERN US IN SETTLING NEW PLACES-OUR RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION
OF OUR COUNTRY-WE MUST NOT CONCEDE PRINCIPLE FOR THE PRIVILEGE
OF STATE GOVERNMENT-PRACTICAL MEN HAVE HELD OFFICE-THE KINGDOM
OF GOD PROTECTS ALL RELIGIONS-HOLDING THE PRIESTHOOD SHOULD NOT
DISQUALIFY FROM HOLDING CIVIL OFFICE OR GIVING COUNSEL George
Q. Cannon, 26:3
THE PERSONALITY OF
GOD-VAGUENESS OF THE COMMON IDEA OF DEITY-WHO AND WHAT GOD IS-THE
SPIRITS OF MEN THE OFFSPRING OF GOD-SPIRIT NOT IMMATERIAL-THE
TRINITY CREED OF CHRISTENDOM-MAN MAY BECOME LIKE GOD IN HIS GLORY. Charles W. Penrose, 26:18
OBJECT OF GATHERING-OUR
PRINCIPLES AND ORGANIZATION REVEALED FROM GOD-OUR FAITH NOT AFFECTED
BY THE IDEAS OF MEN-OUR DEPENDENCE UPON GOD-ENOCH'S CITY-GOD'S
JUSTICE IN SENDING THE FLOOD-THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE-WE
WILL STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION THOUGH OTHERS IGNORE IT. John Taylor, 26:30
THE SECOND COMING OF
OUR SAVIOR-PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL AND THE SIGNS FOLLOWING-THE
GATHERING-HATRED OF THE WORLD TOWARD THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS-NO
POWER CAN OVERTHROW THE WORK OF GOD-EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS. George Q. Cannon, 26:39
VISIT TO THE SOUTH-TESTIMONY
OBTAINED FROM GOD-NECESSITY AND BENEFITS OF PRAYER. George Teasdale, 26:48
POWER ATTENDING THE
ACTION OF GENERAL CONFERENCES-GOD CONFIRMS THE AUTHORITY OF HIS
SERVANTS BY MANIFESTATIONS OF HIS POWER AND FAVOR-JOSEPH SMITH
CHOSEN AND ORDAINED TO ORGANIZE THE CHURCH OF GOD-THE LORD REVEALED
TO THE SAINTS HIS CHOICE OF PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, AND ALSO
OF PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR-FOLLY AND WICKEDNESS OF WITCHCRAFT. George Q. Cannon, 26:55
THE GATHERING-OUR TERRITORIAL
CONDITION AND ORGANIZATION-THE ETERNAL NATURE OF OUR COVENANTS-THE
LAW OF ANCIENT ISRAEL, WHICH REQUIRED A MAN TO MARRY HIS BROTHER'S
WIDOW-SETTLEMENT OF THE DIFFICULTY CONNECTED WITH THE UTAH LAKE
AND JORDAN RIVER DAM-THE FLOOD-WE MUST NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE
WICKED. John Taylor, 26:66
SIMILARITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUNDING FORMER AND LATTER-DAY SAINTS-GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS-REVELATION TO ENOCH-CHRIST PREACHED TO THE SPIRITS IN
PRISON BETWEEN THE TIMES OF HIS CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION-ALL
MUST HEAR THE GOSPEL, AND BE JUDGED THEREBY-WE MUST PROGRESS OR
RETROGRADE. George Q. Cannon, 26:77
HOSTILITY OF THE WORLD
TO THE GOSPEL-REBELLION OF LUCIFER IN HEAVEN-SETH GIVEN IN PLACE
OF ABEL-WICKEDNESS OF THE ANTEDILUVIANS-ENOCH'S ZION-NECESSITY
OF OPOSING POWERS AND PRINCIPLES, THAT MEN MAY BE TESTED-DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BIGAMY AND PLURAL MARRIAGE-OUR MARRIAGE COVENANTS ARE
ETERNAL-OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE CORRECTLY TAUGHT. John Taylor, 26:87
OUR LABORS ARE INTERESTING
AND PECULIAR-CHARACTER OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS-THE BLESSING AND
PRIVILEGE OF PRIESTHOOD-THE PRIMARY ASSOCIATIONS-OUR WARFARE IS
ONE OF FAITH-WE MUST IMPORTUNE FOR OUR RIGHTS-NECESSITY FOR GOOD
LAWYERS-THE GIFT OF WISDOM-PERSECUTION WILL TEND TO UNITE US.
F. D. Richards, 26:98
THE WORK OF GOD ONLY
PARTIALLY UNDERSTOOD-MANIFESTATIONS OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
TO THE PROPHET JOSEPH-THE PRIESTHOOD CONFERRED UPON HIM-KIRTLAND
TEMPLE, AND THE MINISTRATIONS OF MOSES AND ELIJAH-BENEFITS AND
USES OF TEMPLES-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS ADVOCATED-CHILDREN
SHOULD BE PROPERLY TAUGHT-WIVES SHOULD BE KINDLY TREATED-EXHORTATION
TO VIRTUE AND PURITY. John Taylor,
26:105
COMMUNITIES ARE MADE
UP OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS-THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTED
BY THE ALMIGHTY-DESCENT OF THE HUMAN FAMILY FROM GOD-PLURAL MARRIAGE
SYSTEM OF ANCIENT ISRAEL-POTENCY OF LOVE-ETERNITY OF MARRIAGE
NECESSARILY LEADS TO PLURAL MARRIAGE-POLYGAMIC FORM OF MARRIAGE
MOST PREVALENT IN THE WORLD-FROM WHENCE MONOGAMY IS DERIVED-MONOGAMY
SOMETIMES NECESSARY-FRUITS OF MONOGAMY AND PLURAL MARRIAGE COMPARED-THE
SAINTS SHOULD NOT MARRY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.
H. W. Naisbitt, 26:114
PRIVILEGE OF MEETING
TOGETHER-WE ARE HERE TO DO OUR FATHER'S WILL-ALL DEPENDENT UPON
GOD FOR ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION-THE LORD REVEALED TO
ADAM THE PURPOSE OF SACRIFICE-ADAM, BEFORE HIS DEATH, CALLED HIS
FAMILY TOGETHER AND BLESSED THEM AND PROPHESIED-MANY SPIRITS HAVE
BEEN DESTINED TO HOLD CERTAIN POSITIONS AMONG MEN-WHY WE ARE GATHERED-WE
MUST FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF THE SPIRIT, AND HONOR THE PRIESTHOOD
IN ALL ITS CALLINGS-PREPARE OURSELVES TO ENTER HOLY PLACES-THE
CHURCH MUST BE PURIFIED-CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS. John Taylor, 26:128
IMPORTANCE OF OUR SUNDAY
SCHOOLS AND MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS-NECESSITY OF TEACHING
OUR CHILDREN THE PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUE-THE LORD WILL BUILD UP HIS
KINGDOM IN HIS OWN WAY-SELF PRESERVATION REQUIRES US TO BE UNITED-WE
HAVE TO CONTEND WITH MOBOCRACY IN LEGAL FORM AND GUISE-NO ONE
HAS PROSPERED IN OPPOSING THE WORK OF GOD.
George Q. Cannon, 26:136
VISIT TO THE SOUTH-PERSECUTION
IN ARIZONA-AN AMERICAN SIBERIA-PERSECUTIONS IN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS
NOT THE RESULT OF POLYGAMY-AFFECTING REFERENCE TO THE MARTYRDOM
OF JOSEPH AND HYRUM-JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD-EX POST
FACTO APPLICATION OF THE EDMUNDS LAW-ATTEMPTS OF THE SPEAKER TO
CONFORM TO THE LAW AS FAR AS POSSIBLE-NO ONE EVER PUNISHED, ACCORDING
TO LAW, FOR KILLING A MORMON. John
Taylor, 26:148
THE WORK OF THE LORD
IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, AND IN NEW ZEALAND-THE INHABITANTS OF
THESE ISLANDS PROBABLY OF THE BLOOD OF ISRAEL-THE GENTILE NATIONS
HAVE MEASURABLY REJECTED THE GOSPEL, HENCE THEIR DISUNION AND
SCEPTICISMIN-GOD IS OUR ONLY TRUST-OUR MISSION IS TO DO GOOD-EDUCATION
CAN ONLY MODIFY, BUT THE HOLY GHOST CHANGES THE NATURE OF MAN-THE
PATH OF DUTY IS THE PATH OF SAFETY AND BLESSING. George Reynolds, 26:157
PRESENT CONDITIONS-THE
HATRED OF THE WORLD TOWARD THE SAINTS-WHY THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH
ARE ATTACKED-THE PURPOSE OF PERSECUTION-THE SIFTING PROCESS-THE
EPISTLE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY-THE GOSPEL REVEALED IN THIS DAY
WAS THE GOSPEL THAT WAS REVEALED TO ADAM-MORE REVELATION TO BE
GIVEN-WHEN A NATION PERVERTS JUSTICE, THEN COMMENCES ITS DOWNFALL-THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES-EXHORTATION TO FAITHFULNESS.
F. D. Richards, 26:164
LOVE OF HOME-VISIT
TO FRIENDS-SENT TO PRESIDE OVER THE EUROPEAN MISSION-FORMER ILL
HEALTH IN ENGLAND-EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF TRACT DISTRIBUTION INAUGURATED-TRIBUTE
TO THE WORTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE MISSIONARIES-REPORT OF THE
CONDITION OF THE WORK IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES-AMERICA THE
HAVEN OF FREEDOM-TRUTH HAS EVER MET WITH PERSECUTION-NO ONE INJURED
BY OUR PRINCIPLES-PLURAL MARRIAGE-THE SOCIAL EVIL. John Henry Smith, 26:174
THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS
ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION-GOD HAS REVEALED TO US THE PURPOSES OF
OUR EXISTENCE-GOD IS THE FATHER OF OUR SPIRITS-HE HAS GIVEN US
AN AGENCY-GOD FORESEEING THAT ADAM WOULD FALL PREPARED A REDEEMER-THE
CONSCIENCE OF MAN IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD PROMPTING US TO DO RIGHT-GOD
IN HIS WISDOM HIDES FROM US THE GLORIES BEYOND THE VEIL. George Q. Cannon, 26:182
GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL
INTELLIGENCE-MANKIND HIS OFFSPRING AND THE INSTRUMENTS OF HIS
WILL-HE OVERRULES THE RESULTS OF MEN'S ACTIONS-PRE-EXISTENCE OF
MAN AND PLURALITY OF WORLDS-THE GOSPEL ONE AND UNCHANGEABLE-CHARGES
OF EXCLUSIVENESS, ETC., AGAINST THE SAINTS-THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
DENY REVELATION AND REPUDIATE BIBLE -DOCTRINE-THE GOSPEL RESTORED
AND THE LAST DISPENSATION-WHAT "MORMON" TREASON CONSISTS
OF-THE MISSION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC-A FABLE AND ITS APPLICATION-A
PROPHECY-THE PEACEABLE MISSION OF THE SAINTS. Orson F. Whitney, 26:194
THE SPEAKER'S PLEASURE
IN AGAIN MEETING WITH THE SAINTS, AND PARTAKING OF THE SACRAMENT-THE
COMPANIONSHIP OF THE HOLY GHOST IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD-FUTURE
DESTINY OF THE SAINTS-THEIR LOVE FOR THE MOUNTAINS-BLESSINGS ONLY
APPRECIATED BY CONTRAST-NOBILITY AND SCARCITY OF MORAL COURAGE-TYRANNY
OF PUBLIC OPINION-WHAT CONSTITUTES A SON OF PERDITION-TRUTH HAS
EVER BEEN FIERCELY OPPOSED. Moses Thatcher,
26:204
THE CREATION-MALE AND
FEMALE-CALLING OF ENOCH AND NOAH-GOD SELECTED ABRAHAM AND HIS
SEED TO BE A CHOSEN PEOPLE-PLURAL MARRIAGE ENJOINED UPON ABRAHAM
AND HIS SEED TO MAKE THEM A GREAT PEOPLE-THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE
AND ETERNAL INCREASE IS A SPIRITUAL POWER-MODERN CHRISTENDOM OPPOSED
TO LARGE FAMILIES-THE EDMUNDS LAW PASSED WITH THE PRETENCE OF
REPRESSING IMMORALITY AMONG THE MORMONS-THAT MASK OF HYPOCRISY
NOW THROWN OFF-CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS.
Erastus Snow, 26:213
IGNORANCE OF THE WORLD
REGARDING THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS-OUR DOCTRINES ARE CHRISTIAN AND
ARE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE SCRIPTURES-NECESSITY OF PRESENT REVELATION-FIRST
PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL-ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST-"MORMONISM"
IS A RESTORATION OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY-JOSEPH SMITH A TRUE PROPHET-PLURAL
MARRIAGE PRACTICED BY MEN OF GOD IN MISCALLED DARK AGES. Henry W. Naisbitt, 26:228
PRIESTHOOD-ITS AUTHORITY
NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER IN THE ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL-JESUS
OFFICIATED BY VIRTUE OF THE MELCHISEDEC PRIESTHOOD-DESCENT OF
THE PRIESTHOOD FROM ADAM-NECESSITY OF TEMPLES IN WHICH THE POWER
OF THE PRIESTHOOD CAN BE EXERCISED FOR THOSE WHO DIED WITHOUT
THE GOSPEL-RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD IN THESE LAST DAYS-BINDING
POWER OF THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD-OPPOSITION OF SATAN TO THE PRIESTHOOD-VIRTUES
OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. George Q.
Cannon, 26:241
PROSPEROUS CONDITION
OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN THE VALLEYS OF THE MOUNTAINS-THE KINGDOM
OF GOD IS ONE OF PEACE, WHILE THOSE OF THE WORLD ARE KINGDOMS
OF WAR AND OPPRESSION-EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS-THE SAINTS
ARE NOT USING CARNAL WEAPONS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THE
INDIANS, NOR AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES-THE BLESSINGS OF GOD INVOKED
UPON THE SAINTS. F. D. Richards, 26:253
PROPHECY OF JOHN THE
REVELATOR-MISSION OF THE ANCIENT APOSTLES-THEIR RECEPTION AND
FATE-THE GREAT APOSTACY-PRESERVATION OF THE APOSTLE JOHN-HIS REVELATION-RESTORATION
OF THE GOSPEL-THE EARTH TO BE BAPTIZED BY FIRE AS IT WAS ONCE
BAPTIZED BY WATER-WE ARE SENT TO THE WORLD WITH A WARNING MESSAGE-TESTIMONY
TO THE TRUTH OF "MORMONISM." Orson
F. Whitney, 26:260
REFUSAL OF SO-CALLED
CHRISTIANS TO RECEIVE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST-THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS
DESIRE INVESTIGATION OF THEIR PRINCIPLES-THE TRUTH CANNOT BE DESTROYED-WE
HAVE EVERY REQUISITE FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT-WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR
FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH-RARITY OF CRIME AMONG THE "MORMONS"-PURITY
OF "MORMON" HOMES-CHARACTER OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. Junius F. Wells, 26:269
VALUE OF LIBERTY-PERSECUTION
AND OTHERS WERE AT FIRST DESPISED-GOD OVERRULES FOR GOOD-FAITH
AND WORKS-REPENTANCE AND BAPTISM-REVELATION-WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT-MISSION
OF JOSEPH SMITH-NO MALICE TO MEN, BUT HATRED OF THEIR WICKED ACTS-PLURAL
MARRIAGE. John Henry Smith, 26:276
THE WAY TO FIND OUT
GOD-TESTIMONY OF THE ELDERS"-WHOSO RECEIVETH YOU RECEIVETH
ME"-THE MISSIONARY LEARNS TO KNOW GOD IS HIS FRIEND-WE MUST
SUFFER PERSECUTION-FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-"MORMON" SOCIETY-SAINTS
TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM AND TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION. George Q. Cannon, 26:281
DEVOTION TO GOD HOW
IT IS MADE MANIFEST DIVERS OPINIONS LIBERTY TO WORSHIP GOD JESUS
CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD HIS APOSTLES WERE UNLEARNED MEN
THEY WERE REJECTED BY THE MASSES WRITINGS OF THE PROPHETS PERSECUTION
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE SELFISHNESS COMPROMISE OF PRINCIPLE GOD
MUST BE OBEYED RATHER THAN MAN. George
G. Bywater, 26:287
PARABLE OF THE TEN
VIRGINS RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES THE LORD HASTENING
HIS WORK IN ITS TIME THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY
NATION AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO ONE SPIRIT THE LAW OF
TITHING GIVING TO THE POOR-JEHOVAH-JESUS CHRIST-HIS MINISTRY-HIS
FOLLOWERS-THEIR MISSION-PREACHING TO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON-BAPTISM
FOR THE DEAD-SAVIORS UPON MOUNT ZION-A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO
THE MISSIONARIES. F. D. Richards, 26:296
THE SPEAKER'S DEPENDENCE
UPON THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY GHOST-COMPREHENSIVE AND EXALTED
NATURE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION-SATAN'S COERCIVE SCHEME-THE SONS
OF PERDITION-THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS-PHYSICAL AND MORAL COURAGE-TRUE
RELIGION IS PRACTICAL-ONE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE-TRUE
FAITH IS INSEPARABLY CONNECTED WITH WORKS-APOSTLES, PROPHETS,
ETC., PLACED IN THE CHURCH-TESTIMONY OBTAINED BY OBEDIENCE-ALL
WILL BE SAVED EXCEPT THE SONS OF PERDITION-PARADISE-SALVATION
BEYOND THE GRAVE-PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE. Moses
Thatcher, 26:303
GROWTH OF THE LATTER-DAY
SAINTS-NECESSITY OF THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION-CONDITIONAL PROMISES-THE
LORD DESIGNED ISRAEL TO BE A PECULIAR AND HOLY PEOPLE, AND HE
HAS THE SAME DESIGN CONCERNING US-WE SHOULD NOT INTERMARRY WITH
THOSE NOT OF THAT IS OPPOSED TO ZION-THE FAVOR OF GOD IS BETTER
THAN EARTHLY RICHES-EXHORTATIONS TO FAITHFULNESS. George Q. Cannon, 26:316
NATURE OF THE GOSPEL,
AND OF OUR POSITION AND CALLING-RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LATTER-DAY
SAINTS-THE RIGHT OF ALL MEN TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-HONORABLE MEN
OF THE EARTH-WE AIM AT A HIGHER EXALTATION THAN THE REST OF THE
WORLD. John Taylor, 26:322
THE LORD IS TEACHING
US VALUABLE LESSONS IN OUR PRESENT EXPERIENCE-NATURE OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES-PHYSICAL AND MORAL COURAGE-THE JUDGE OF THE
THIRD DISTRICT COURT NOT A CHRISTIAN-THE CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM
VINDICATED-WHEN THE SAINTS LEARN TO BE STRICTLY IMPARTIAL, JUDGEMENT
AND RULE WILL BE GIVEN THEM-POWER OF SECRET SOCIETIES-ZION TO
BE A PLACE OF REFUGE AND SAFETY-WE MUST PURIFY OURSELVES THAT
LIBERTY MAY COME. Moses Thatcher, 26:327
OUR EFFORTS TO INFORM
THE WORLD OF OUR DOCTRINES-WE MUST EXPECT PERSECUTION-MAN HAS
NO RIGHT TO MAKE LAWS CONTRARY TO THE LAW OF GOD-PLURAL MARRIAGE
IS NO CRIME-BIGAMY A CRIME-THERE ARE MORE FOR US THAN AGAINST
US-THE BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS IS UPON THE AMERICAN NATION-GOD WILL
TEST US. F. D. Richards, 26:336
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT
JOHN TAYLOR John Taylor, 26:346
NO PROMINENT LATTER-DAY
SAINT WHO LIVES HIS RELIGION NEED EXPECT JUSTICE IN THE COURTS-THE
SAME SACRIFICES MAY BE REQUIRED OF MODERN AS OF ANCIENT APOSTLES-THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS ESTABLISHED BY DIVINE
REVELATION-WE WILL BE MADE PERFECT BY SUFFERING-OUR CHARACTER
AS LATTER-DAY SAINTS MUST BE PRESERVED INVIOLATE-VISIT OF JESUS
TO KIRTLAND TEMPLE-FAREWELL. Lorenzo
Snow, 26:364
THE GOSPEL IT BRINGS
TEMPORAL AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL SALVATION-THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH-PERSECUTION-OUR
RELIGION CANNOT BE DESTROYED. Lorenzo
Snow, 26:369
-End of Volume 26 Titles-
Other Interesting Quotes from Volume Twenty-six of
the Journal of Discourses:
So it is with the Prophet Joseph Smith. He has gone before
with the keys of this dispensation, after having lived and conferred
them upon the authorities of the church, even all that was necessary
until he shall come again to build up this kingdom preparatory
to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Franklin D.Richards,
30 August 1885, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 26:302.)
"It will be recollected that this Gospel message proposed
to give us divine manifestations through our doing certain specified
acts; we have performed those acts in precisely the manner indicated.
None but ourselves have attempted to conform to this arrangement;
consequently, no other people are prepared to be witnesses either
for or against this system." (Lorenzo Snow, Journal of
Discourses, Volume 26:378)
Thus is the work of our Father made perpetual, and as fast
as one world and its inhabitants are disposed of, He will roll
another into existence, He will create another earth, He will
people it with His offspring, the offspring of the Gods in eternity,
and they will pass through probations such as we are now passing
through, that they may prove their integrity by their works; that
they may given an assurance to the Almighty that they are worthy
to be exalted through obedience to those principles, that unchangeable
plan of salvation which has been revealed to us. (Orson F.
Whitney,19 April 1885. JD 26:199)
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