Journal of Discourses 6:180-181; “The next man who came on to the carpet wanted to know how many wives brother Brigham had. I replied… ‘I will guess, if that will do you any good….he has some fifty or sixty.’” – Ezra T. Benson, Great Salt Lake City, January 24, 1858 1...
Journal of Discourses 4:77-78; “ I never preached to the world but what the cry was, “…Joe Smith has done thus and so.” I would tell the people that they did not know him, and I did, and that I knew him to be a good man; and that when they spoke against him, they...
Journal of Discourses 11:269; “I heard the revelation on polygamy, and I believed it with all my heart, and I know it is from God – I know that he revealed it from heaven; I know that it is true, and understand the bearings of it and why it is. “Do you think that we...
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12; “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. New Mormon History database; “Apostle Franklin D....
1 Thessalonians 5:22; “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 18; “We place him [Jesus] on a pedestal as no other group I know of. To us he is not only the Son of God, he is also a God and we are subject to him. And I am sure...
Teachings of The Presidents of the Church, Spencer W. Kimball, pp. 26-27;“This is the message of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. … When Adam intentionally and wisely partook of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, he brought upon all of us, his...
Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, p. 20;“He himself [Jesus] specialized in character engineering, to make men, human masterpieces. He took a Peter and made a Saint. He took a Saul and made a Paul. And he took you and me and he will make of us gods if we will comply and...
Journal of Discourses 12:315; “And you, sisters, cease trading with any man or being in this city or country who does not belong to the church. If you do not, we are going to cut you off from the church, for we are determined not to be driven or broken up again, and...
Journal of Discourses, 3:205-206; “…God never bestows upon His people, or upon an individual, superior blessings without a severe trial to prove they will keep their covenants with Him…For this express purpose the Father withdrew His spirit from His son, at the time...
2 Nephi 31:5-7; “And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water! 6 And now, I would ask of you, my beloved...