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- ...or Bishop, Elder, Seventy, High Priest, or an Apostle, or one of the First Presidency—every man that does this God will take from him His gifts and His blessin ...to be a message from God—a message from God to us, that is to the First Presidency, and through us to the Church. We read the message, but could see nothing i38 KB (7,136 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...nd come out here to live among the Redskins; for this was a desert when we first came here. It was not full of beautiful farms and houses, orchards and gard ...o Congress from Utah; Bishops Thos. R. Cutler and John E. Booth. After the first session of the council, in consequence of Hon. John T. Caine being required34 KB (6,490 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...among the people that would be calculated to promote the general good the first thing we do is to screw ourselves up and begin to inquire, How is that goin .... What is it? The Zion of God. What does it mean? The pure in heart in the first place. In the second place those who are governed by the law of God—the p29 KB (5,591 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...nts of Stakes, as the case may be, or with the Apostles, or with the First Presidency; no matter which, or how, or when, or where. Now, if these men were walking ...in his position ought to be honored—the Twelve in their place, the First Presidency in their place—each one yielding proper respect and courtesy and kindness25 KB (4,764 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...the prosperity of Zion. Many cases have come to the knowledge of the First Presidency and of the Twelve and of other leading men wherein people have been compell41 KB (7,851 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS—THE SIFTING PROCESS—THE EPISTLE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY—WORK OF GOD ALWAYS MET WITH OPPOSITION—THE GOSPEL REVEALED IN THIS DAY ...PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS—THE SIFTING PROCESS—THE EPISTLE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY—WORK OF GOD ALWAYS MET WITH OPPOSITION—THE GOSPEL REVEALED IN THIS DAY33 KB (6,088 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...that I was really fearful in regard to my health. For five years after my first mission to the British Isles, I had never passed a night in sound and perfe ...n word than had heretofore been done. Communications were addressed to the Presidency of the Church, and by their consent a system of tract distribution was inau28 KB (5,224 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...rch can do to magnify their callings. It is as much as the Apostles or the Presidency of the Church can do to comprehend their positions, and it needs continual ...eat work. We have, however, got a great deal more than that to do. We have first to learn ourselves the way of life; and then to teach others that way. Henc14 KB (2,579 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...rd organization. But times have changed. We approach not now so easily the Presidency of the Church. We receive not their counsels with that facility that we hav29 KB (5,487 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- We lament the absence of our brethren of the First Presidency, and several of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. We would be glad and th ...sive epistle that has been communicated to us by our brethren of the First Presidency, in which they seem to cover many of the circumstances which now attend upo34 KB (6,446 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...lect upon our position, there is something peculiar associated with it. At first the Elders of this Church were told to go forth and preach the Gospel to ev ...ligence we possess in relation to these things. What did we know about the first principles of the Gospel? Nothing. What did we know about the gathering, or31 KB (5,603 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...he Church as a whole. The word of the Lord to the Church comes through its presidency In the various stakes it comes through the authorities appointed there, and ...seekers. As I have said the men whom we voted to sustain this morning, the presidency of the stake, bishops, home missionaries, etc., did not call themselves, bu28 KB (5,419 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...ory, for ever and ever. amen." That is a most comprehensive prayer. In the first place the God of the universe is recognized, our Father who is in the heave ...by that being who is the king and ruler, and the head of that government, first communicating his ideas, his principles, his laws, his government to the pe34 KB (6,482 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...d has had an experience of this character. And it is true that many of the first trials, unless the mother watched very closely, would not be successful, th ...rations which would be familiar to you all. But the Gospel sets out in the first place with these two ideas, twin ideas, that never can be put asunder, the33 KB (6,256 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...present time—that same spirit of revelation rests upon him who holds the presidency as senior apostle in the midst of the people of God. The apostles of this C ...eople of that country. I labored there for four or five years, and was the first to preach the Gospel to them in their language in this generation. During m28 KB (5,080 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- |H=ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY—RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SAINTS, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 21: ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY—RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SAINTS, ETC.10 KB (1,821 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...was delivered, and at a time when the Twelve Apostles were acting as First Presidency of the Church.] ...his quorum under him together and to instruct them as to the duties of the presidency, so that in the event of any being called, say, to occupy the office of one50 KB (9,187 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...ny wagon loads; they were piled up in the corners and along the walls. The first time they went there the sword of Laban hung upon the wall; but when they w ...lve; he was the first man called when the Twelve were called; his name was first, Brigham Young's second, and Heber C. Kimball's third. The testimony that h32 KB (5,972 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...there should not be any of these things in Zion." I agree with you. In the first place, you should not do wrong, or harbor or {{page break|160|top}} sustain ...the welfare of each other, that all may be encouraged and benefitted. The presidency of this Stake ought, and all ought to unite with them, in producing everyth44 KB (8,448 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...s well as our late revelations. As a Conference had been appointed for the first day of September, I thought it wisdom not to do much more than to converse ...r baptism. But the Reformed Baptists held the doctrine which I believe was first preached in Ohio, by Sidney Rigdon, that a man must reform, that repentance38 KB (7,005 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024