Journal of Discourses 12:338 “It was on this land where Noah built his ark, which was blown by the winds of Heaven away to the east, and landed on Ararat.” – Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, December 27, 1868 Genesis 5:28-29 “And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he […]
The Seer, p.159 “One thing is certain, that there were several holy women that greatly loved Jesus –– such as Mary, and Martha her sister, and Mary Magdalene; and Jesus greatly loved them and associated with them much…now it would be very natural for a husband in the resurrection to appear first to his own dear […]
The Seer, p. 205 “Q. What has become of the Apostles’ successors? A. The Apostles had no successors… Q. After the Church of Christ fled from earth to heaven, what was left? A. A set of wicked Apostates, murderers, and idolaters, who, after having made war with the saints, and overcome them, and destroyed them out of- the earth… […]
Journal of Discourses 16:156 “And when the Lord was about to have the Book of Covenants given to the world it was thought wisdom, in consequence of the persecutions of our enemies in Kirtland and some of the regions around, that some of the names should be changed, and Joseph was called Baurak Ale, which was […]
Journal of Discourses 2:285 “The Latter-day Saints that are now sitting before me, and those who inhabit this Territory, are here in fulfillment of prophecy. We inhabit these mountains because the ancient Prophets have predicted that such an event should take place, and we are fulfilling their predictions in this respect. We believe in that sacred […]
Journal of Discourses 12:322; “Has God said anything about temporal riches? Yes. He told this Church, before it was one year old that we should become the richest of all people. His words will be fulfilled. The Lord says we shall not only have the riches of eternity, but we shall have the riches of the […]
The Seer, p. 153; “God loves the children of men according to their works, or according to their good qualities He perceives in them: those who do the best he loves the best: if they do equally well, He loves them equally. Men should be exercised with the same principle…” – Orson Pratt, October 1853 Deuteronomy […]
Journal of Discourses 13:362; “God promised in the year 1832 that we should, before the generation then living had passed away, return and build up the City of Zion in Jackson County.” — Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, May 5, 1870 Ephesians 4:14-15; “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with […]
Proverbs 10:9; “He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.” New Mormon History Database, May 27, 1848; “Today to our utter astonishment, the crickets came by millions, sweeping everything before them.” Seagulls, no strangers to settlers in small numbers, arrive in dense flocks to devour crickets but not in […]
Isaiah 45:6; “That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.” Today we’re doing things a little differently – woo-hoo!! The title of this article is a good example of how LDS doctrines lead people […]
