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  • ...houghts of God are not like our ways and thoughts in every respect. On the day following Elder Turley returned from Birmingham, we counciled [counseled] t ...he origin, rise, and progress of the church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, and like good old Cornelias [Cornelius] the Spirit of God was upon him, an
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  • '''IDOLATRY IN ABRAHAM'S DAY''' ...or he thought it has been Abram; and this was concealed from him from that day, and it was forgotten by the king, as it was the will of Providence not to
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  • ...at those who accuse the LDS of not being Christians then complain that the Saints use images of Christ to remind them of their worship of him. In similar fashion, Latter-day Saints do not bow down and serve/worship images of Moroni and images of past and p
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  • :Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jeru * Jehoiada, priest under King Joash "took for him two wives" ({{b|2|Chronicles|24|3}}). Jehoia
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  • Like all religions, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has terms or expressions which may not be familiar to outsiders. Some of t ...Day Saints priesthoods. It is made up of three offices Deacon, Teacher and Priest each with increasing duties. In the Church it is generally given to young m
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED.===
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED.===
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  • ...t Christians|l1=Did early LDS leaders denounce Christianity?|l2=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}} :I was well acquainted with many of the priests of the day, and I would frequently think to myself that I would get some knowledge fro
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED.===
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  • |L9=TO THE SAINTS SCATTERED ABROAD. |L10=SONG OF THE EXILED SAINTS.
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  • ....—It seems that Satan and his emissaries are determined to bring the saints into notice, and raise an excitement among the people. Although we depreca ...f August 26th. He informs us that peace and tranquility prevails among the saints at Nauvoo, and that the emigration continues with great rapidity; that the
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  • ...itmer said that God told him to separate himself from among the Latter Day Saints |L9=Response to claim: 103 - Latter-day Saint author Richard Anderson was "forced to acknowledge that Martin Harris
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  • ...y shalt thou be with me in Paradise," said Jesus, or, in other words, this day shalt thou be with me in the next sphere of existence—the world of spirit ...sus Christ, on the other hand, departed from the spirit world on the third day, and reentered his fleshly tabernacle, in which he ascended, and was crowne
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  • ...e grand home, this is the home for the gathering of the Saints of the Most High God, the place where the oracles of God dwell, and where the Spirit of God ...them, because God answers my prayers, therefore I feel to rejoice all the day long.
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  • ...arning are much greater, and I will tell you wherein. Let a Bishop, a High Priest, a President of any Stake or Quorum, any who are Elders in Israel, or any i ...serve me, I expect to improve the time. I love to preach at home with the Saints. I love to meet with them, and look upon their happy countenances, lit up w
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  • ...quickly—perhaps we might do all that is necessary in half a day, or in a day at the furthest. ...y, it is upon the same principle that it will continue to-morrow, the next day, the next week, or the next year, and, we might say, the next eternity.
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  • |H=MOTIVES AND FEELINGS OF THE SAINTS—EXPERIENCE NECESSARY—THE STATE OF THE WORLD—INFIDELS—RELIGIONS AND |T=Journal of Discourses 1: MOTIVES AND FEELINGS OF THE SAINTS—EXPERIENCE NECESSARY—THE STATE OF THE WORLD—INFIDELS—RELIGIONS AND
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  • ...n for that day, but not to be considered to have anything to do with every-day affairs. This kind of religion not being sufficient for the happiness and g ...but under which a great majority of mankind still labor. In addressing the Saints, I make no distinction; when I say a religious system, I mean that which un
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  • |<=[[../31|Weakness and Impotence of Men—Condition of the Saints—Dedication to the Lord—The Millennium]] ...ething. What he has said, and what President Young has said before him, to-day, is verily true. I felt a flow of good feelings while he was speaking, and
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  • ...matter in this light is because of what I have learned previously to this day, concerning the real feelings of the majority of the people touching this m ...if you do go there." This is the language of men who sit here before me to-day, and so near me that I could put my hand upon them. They go up in the kanyo
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  • |>=[[../35|Effects and Privileges of the Gospel—The Latter-day Saints and the Christian World]] It rejoices my heart to hear the principles that have been advanced this day by our President, because they have their foundation in truth, are based up
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  • |H=EFFECTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE GOSPEL—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE CHRISTIAN WORLD ...nal of Discourses 1: EFFECTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE GOSPEL—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
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  • ...mercy, from thy celestial courts, and listen to our prayers which we this day offer to thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, thy Son. Although thou art exal ...he face of the serpent or dragon of persecution, red with the blood of the Saints and martyrs of Jesus, thou hast caused the land to be fruitful—the wilder
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  • ...his, and saying "that it seems as though the devils are let loose upon the Saints?" Do you not know that they are liable to temptation? to feel wrath, malice ...y had, if they served the Lord according to all they could obtain from the priest, and other sources, and lived according to that light, are they damned? Yes
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  • ...AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES—RIGHTS AND POLICY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS ...AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES—RIGHTS AND POLICY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS
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  • |>=[[../34|The Judgements of God on the United States—The Saints and the World]] ...aching every Sabbath that we assemble together in this house. In fact, the day and age in which we live, those things connected with the past and present
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  • |<=[[../34|The Judgements of God on the United States—The Saints and the World]] |>=[[../36|Obedience—The Priesthood—Spiritual Communication—The Saints and the World]]
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  • |<=[[../36|Obedience—The Priesthood—Spiritual Communication—The Saints and the World]] ...particularly when I chanced to get among those who supposed the Latter-day Saints, or "Mormons," had a new Bible, and preached a new Gospel. I used to select
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  • ...ve that all the people feel the same, that is, all who feel right, all the Saints, all who live up to the religion they profess. For instance, the blessings you enjoy every day for a week, a month, or a year, you do not prize so highly as you do the bl
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  • |H=ARGUMENTS OF MODERN CHRISTIAN SECTS AGAINST THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS ...f Discourses 2: ARGUMENTS OF MODERN CHRISTIAN SECTS AGAINST THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS
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  • |>=[[../52|Privileges and Duties of the Saints]] ...l pretty much come to the conclusion that whatever we do, whether it is to day or at any other time, should be within the pale of our religion, acting in
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  • ...bject; but if it should actually come off, I have very few friends here to-day in this numerous audience but what know very well how my head looks perfect ...d it too small to accommodate those who wish to attend here on the Sabbath day, or on any important occasion.
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  • ...m Jackson County, and we failed to erect a building big enough to hold the Saints previous to the death of the Prophet. At the time of his death we were stil ...the simplicity of the Gospel, the natural result of his commencing on too high a key—the difficulty and trouble was that he commenced on too grand a sca
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  • ...ake the liberty of making a few remarks. I request those who profess to be Saints to exercise faith, and to endeavor to realize that the worship of God is sa ...just come from England, or some other country, chasten me, but if some one high in authority should do it, I would kiss the rod and reverence the hand that
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  • ...the sacred desk. All "Mormon" desks are sacred. I am no more religious to-day than yesterday. I am equally as religious in the kanyons hauling wood as in ...man's wagon with the choice fruits of the earth. On the contrary, when the Saints from abroad come to Zion, they will find the people so busy that they can s
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  • |<=[[../12|The Vine and Fig Tree—Duties of Saints]] ...e the kingdom of our God, and his Christ, wherefore he maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasses them round about. And we saw a vision of the suffer
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  • |>=[[../16|Necessity of Home Missions—Purification of the Saints—Chastisement—Honesty in Business]] ...g. We never went to any college except the one sustained by the Latter-day Saints, and we have been in that from the beginning. Let me tell you, gentlemen an
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  • |<=[[../17|Iniquity—Saints Living Their Religion—Early Marriages]] ...God; but it is written, and that law, I believe, has never been revoked by high heaven, or by any of its legates to earth; hence it stands immutable, that
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  • ...at they should teach all things whatsoever he commanded, he ascended up on high, and took his seat upon the right hand of God his Father, and he then shed ...r receiving this power they stood forth and preached to the people, on the day of Penticost, the crucified and risen Redeemer, and when the people were co
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  • ...e Care of the Poor—The Failure of the Crops Will Prove a Blessing to the Saints]] ...have heard to-day from brother Brigham; he is our leader, our Prophet, our Priest, and our Governor—the Governor of the Territory of Utah. In him is every
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  • ...OWLEDGE—NECESSITY OF CLEAVING TO EVERY GOOD PRINCIPLE—MEN ARE NOT MADE SAINTS BY MIRACULOUS GIFTS, BUT THROUGH OBEYING THE TRUTH, AND OBTAINING THE WITNE ...OWLEDGE—NECESSITY OF CLEAVING TO EVERY GOOD PRINCIPLE—MEN ARE NOT MADE SAINTS BY MIRACULOUS GIFTS, BUT THROUGH OBEYING THE TRUTH, AND OBTAINING THE WITNE
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  • |H=DIFFICULTIES NOT FOUND AMONG THE SAINTS WHO LIVE THEIR RELIGION-ADVERSITY WILL TEACH THEM THEIR INDEPENDENCE ON GOD |T=Journal of Discourses 3: DIFFICULTIES NOT FOUND AMONG THE SAINTS WHO LIVE THEIR RELIGION-ADVERSITY WILL TEACH THEM THEIR INDEPENDENCE ON GOD
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  • |>=[[../41|Preaching—Necessity of the Saints Having Confidence in Those Over Them—Necessity of Wisdom in Dealing with ...through the power and influence of the Spirit, sufficient for teaching the Saints their duty, and if they do not perform it, if this people do not save thems
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  • ...F MEN TO LEARN THROUGH THE TEACHINGS AND EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS—LATTER-DAY SAINTS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF FORMER DAYS—SACRIFICE-SHEEP AND GOATS—CUSTOMS AN ...F MEN TO LEARN THROUGH THE TEACHINGS AND EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS—LATTER-DAY SAINTS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF FORMER DAYS—SACRIFICE-SHEEP AND GOATS—CUSTOMS AN
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  • ...SHOULD GO THEIR MISSIONS WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIP—THE LORD DEALS WITH THE SAINTS—JESUS THEIR PRESIDENT—SATAN ANGRY ...SHOULD GO THEIR MISSIONS WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIP—THE LORD DEALS WITH THE SAINTS—JESUS THEIR PRESIDENT—SATAN ANGRY
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  • ...I have often reflected upon them, and they are particularly in my mind to-day. ...h Priests' Quorum, and perhaps there were a hundred or a hundred and fifty High Priests present. In that meeting brother Brigham gave permission to the mem
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  • |>=[[../18|The Emigrant Saints—Children More Susceptible of Tuition than Adults]] ...o his yard and milk his cows, and commit numerous other sins, and the next day come here and partake of the sacrament.
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  • |H=TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS NECESSARY TO EXALTATION—IF THE SAINTS PERFORM THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THE LORD WILL NOT FAIL IN HIS—HAND-CART EMIGRA ...l of Discourses 4: TEMPTATIONS AND TRIALS NECESSARY TO EXALTATION—IF THE SAINTS PERFORM THEIR OBLIGATIONS, THE LORD WILL NOT FAIL IN HIS—HAND-CART EMIGRA
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  • {{Epigraph|I'm certain that I hold the high ground here.<br> The importance of the First Vision within the [[Latter Day Saint movement]] evolved over time. There is little evidence that Smith dis
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  • #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=381}} (Saints gathered near [[Quincy, Illinois]]. Smith purchased high-priced swampy woodland in the hamlet of Commerce
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  • ...to bear my testimony to the truth of what we heard in the fore part of the day. It is not for want of truths or testimonies that the people are careless, ...ts of the heart, and makes manifest those dark spots that exist; among the Saints of God.
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  • ...OSE HOLDING THE PRIESTHOOD MUST MAGNIFY THEIR CALLINGS OR BE REMOVED—THE SAINTS TO BE TRIED EVEN UNTO DEATH ...OSE HOLDING THE PRIESTHOOD MUST MAGNIFY THEIR CALLINGS OR BE REMOVED—THE SAINTS TO BE TRIED EVEN UNTO DEATH
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  • |H=THE SAINTS HAVE NOT MAGNIFIED THEIR CALLING AS SAVIORS OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD—ON |T=Journal of Discourses 4: THE SAINTS HAVE NOT MAGNIFIED THEIR CALLING AS SAVIORS OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD—ON
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  • ...MPLICITY—TEMPORAL SALVATION—ADVANTAGES OF UTAH AS A SETTLEMENT FOR THE SAINTS—FALSE REPORTS, ETC. ...MPLICITY—TEMPORAL SALVATION—ADVANTAGES OF UTAH AS A SETTLEMENT FOR THE SAINTS—FALSE REPORTS, ETC.
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  • ...and feeling to renew their obligations, and covenants, and labours day by day, it is satisfying to me,—it is joy and peace. ...{{page break|53|top}} and sayings of designing men, of the priests of the day, and to the laws and customs of individuals. Were it not for this, you woul
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  • ...the First Presidency, and then the Seventies with the Twelve, and then the High Priests and other officers. Ain't we one? ...vine, and we are connected to it; all you men and women, and then all the Saints throughout the world are connected to that vine to which he is connected; a
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  • ...ed with George A.; and whenever he presents himself in the presence of the Saints, and attempts to entertain them or amuse them with his chin-music, they exp ...I have felt that there were many others whose appearance in addressing the Saints would be much more acceptable; and hence I have felt to hold my tongue.
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  • ...h, that any man possessing one spark or particle of the Spirit of the Most High must experience it the moment he breathes the atmosphere and comes in conta ...Where are the patriots? Where are the men of God? I declare before you and high heaven, I have not found them. Sometimes I have thought I had got my hand u
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  • |>=[[../26|Persecution of the Saints—Redemption of Zion, and the Downfall of Her Enemies—A Vision, etc.]] Can we be Saints by having our own will, our own way? Brother Elias has been talking about t
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  • ...HE WORLD.—PAST EXPERIENCE, PRESENT POSITION, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE SAINTS. ...HE WORLD.—PAST EXPERIENCE, PRESENT POSITION, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE SAINTS.
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  • |<=[[../29|Tradition—Duty of the Saints to Live Their Religion—Safety of Zion—Preparation for the Future, etc.] That day was a day wherein the Saints were tested; their integrity was proved; they were put to the test whether
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  • ...N OF THE PRIESTHOOD—SALVATION OF THE AMERICAN NATION—PUNISHMENT OF THE SAINTS' ENEMIES, ETC. ...N OF THE PRIESTHOOD—SALVATION OF THE AMERICAN NATION—PUNISHMENT OF THE SAINTS' ENEMIES, ETC.
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  • |<=[[../38|Movements of the Saints’ Enemies—The Crisis]] ...on of the One Spirit, Blessings Pertaining to the Righteous—Trial of the Saints, etc.]]
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  • ...ON OF THE ONE SPIRIT, BLESSINGS PERTAINING TO THE RIGHTEOUS—TRIAL OF THE SAINTS, ETC. ...ON OF THE ONE SPIRIT, BLESSINGS PERTAINING TO THE RIGHTEOUS—TRIAL OF THE SAINTS, ETC.
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  • ..../54|Wisdom Gained by Experience—The Trials and the Final Triumph of the Saints, etc.]] ...Through Their Leaders—Peace the Result of Obedience—Prosperity of the Saints]]
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  • |<=[[../60|Privileges of the Saints—Trials, etc.]] ...benefit of its effects. So, also, in entering into the kingdom of the Most High God, we enter by a door preparatory; and, to all those who have been tradit
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  • |H=SHEDDING BLOOD—GOD'S PROVISION FOR HIS SAINTS |T=Journal of Discourses 6: SHEDDING BLOOD—GOD'S PROVISION FOR HIS SAINTS
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  • |H=BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 6: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS, ETC.
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  • |<=[[../21|Blessings of the Saints, Etc.]] ...s man can penetrate; and among them all, aside from the revelations in our day, there is not knowledge enough to tell you why God suffered sin to come int
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  • ...mporal Nature of Divine Revelations—Temporal Resources and Duties of the Saints, Etc.]] ...and prospered, and the hand of the Lord has been over us for good all the day long.
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  • I have not been with the people called Latter-day Saints as long as some of my brethren; but I have been with this people twenty-fiv ...past have been a sabbatic year to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—a jubilee—a time of rest.
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  • ...was called of God to this office, and was the Father of all living in his day, and to him was given the dominion. These men held keys first on earth, and ...had it given to them, and they gave it to others. Christ is the Great High Priest; Adam next. Paul speaks of the Church coming to an innumerable company of a
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  • This is understood from the Bible, not only by the Latter-day Saints, but also by the Christian world. Jesus Christ, first-begotten of the Fathe ...was and as it ever will be, worlds without end. This I wish the Latter-day Saints to understand a little better than they have heretofore. I will give you my
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  • |<=[[../62|Human and Divine Government—the Latter-Day Kingdom, &c.]] ...ibed these traditions before they embraced the doctrines of the Latter-day Saints. We were taught strictly, by our parents, by works on theology, by our neig
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  • |H=ELIJAH'S LATTERDAY MISSION |T=Journal of Discourses 7: ELIJAH'S LATTERDAY MISSION
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  • ...[../20|Diligence in Preaching to the World—Providences of God Around the Saints—Charity—God’s Spirit Distributed Among all Mankind—Trials, &c.]] ...ed, and the valleys of the mountains resound with the joyful voices of the Saints. Until then I am perfectly willing that the people do without preaching. I
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  • ...Jesus Christ, it is so great, so extensive, so comprehensive, so deep, so high, and so various, that it is almost impossible for a person to present anyth ...his work upon the earth? And what are we doing to bring about the latter. day glory? Which of our acts tends to this? Do any of them? or do all of them?
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  • ...my life; and I believe there are hundreds, if not thousands, before me to-day, who have the same spirit and feeling, and the same desires. ...many more faithful men and women among them than the Lord did in Elijah's day, when idolatry, wickedness, and corruption of various kinds prevailed.
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  • ...ion given through Joseph Smith teaches that a great many others in Enoch's day obtained the same blessing. ...by the Spirit, that there remained for them a greater change in the great day when all should be changed.
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  • ...s being the fulness of light and intelligence, or the full blaze of Gospel day. These views of the different dispensations generally obtain among professo ...plans, and designs. He is, in short, unchangeable. And I apprehend, if the Saints who had communication with him in ancient days were to appear on this earth
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  • ...especially to those of their leaders. Some of these persons profess to be Saints, some have been cut off from the Church, and some have never been in the Ch ...d me to explain why we built an adobe wall around this city. Are there any Saints who stumble at such things? Oh, slow of heart to understand and believe. I
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  • ...h all the ignorance alleged against them pertaining to the learning of the day, and the professed learned world. I want them still to advance and increase ...s the power of the same God that gives you understanding of the truth. The latter power is inward. My inward eyes see, my inward hands handle, my inward tast
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  • ...d the Priesthood, whether an Apostle, Prophet, High Priest, Elder, Bishop, Priest, or Teacher,—all should live as one man—be of one heart and one mind. I ...n every thing that is good, and then continue the work to-morrow, the next day, and so on.
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  • |>=[[../40|Privileges of the Gathered Saints, &c.]] ...in the mansions which are prepared; and they shall be servants of the Most High: but where God and Christ dwell they cannot come, worlds without end. This
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  • As I mentioned this morning, when the god of this world is hoisted, the priest from the pulpit and the pious deacon and the people worship at its shrine. ...ture and their other productions in the mechanical departments, as to this day exhibited in their works and ruins, and all the boasted knowledge of Christ
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  • |H=THE LATTER-DAY KINGDOM—CONNECTIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: THE LATTER-DAY KINGDOM—CONNECTIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c.
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  • ...ause of the weakness of humanity and the great variety in the minds of the Saints. ...years, the religion of Jesus Christ professed by the Church of Latter-day Saints, which Church I have entered into, and of which I have been a member twenty
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  • ...e, always in grace." Others, "A Saint to day, a sinner to-morrow, and next day again a Saint," &c., &c. "The kingdom of God on the earth?" "Has not this k ...ngs are to be gathered in one, the Lord will gather those things. When the day comes in which Jesus will take possession of the earth, (he will take posse
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  • ...ve been a large congregation outside. I do not know that, this side of the day of rest that we are looking for, we shall ever have a building large enough ...e Gospel there. What were the feelings of the few; thirty-one years ago to-day?
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  • ...ums comprising the authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It has seemed to be a little difficult to get some of the names right, and ..., I should say, the principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and what are called democratic principles. Democracy governs by the people
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  • ...with them there is no integrity; but this will not do among the Latter-day Saints. We must become like the limbs of one tree, filled with the fragrance and n ...about authority. Now, I do not consider the Seventies any better than the High Priests or the Elders; and I can tell you that, when any one of these gets
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  • .../18|Privileges and Responsibilities of the Saints—Building up the Latter-day Kingdom]] ...est of my knowledge, that there is a great improvement in the midst of the Saints: they are increasing in understanding. The little apparent difficulty you s
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  • ...ause of the weakness of humanity and the great variety in the minds of the Saints. ...years, the religion of Jesus Christ professed by the Church of Latter-day Saints, which Church I have entered into, and of which I have been a member twenty
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  • |H=PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 9: PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, &c.
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  • ...at they should teach all things whatsoever he commanded, he ascended up on high and took his seat upon the right hand of God his father, and he then shed f ...er receiving this power they stood forth and preached to the people on the day {{page break|205|top}} of Pentecost the crucified and risen Redeemer, and w
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  • |>=[[../60|Necessity of the Saints Possessing the Spirit of Revelation]] ...ome when the earth and its fulness will be given to the Saints of the Most High, yet, should the Lord hand out a small portion of it now, they cannot endur
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  • |>=[[../65|Contrast Between the Religion of Jesus Christ As Enjoyed By the Saints and that of Professed Christianity]] The plan of salvation cannot be told in one discourse, nor in one day, one month, or one year, for it is from everlasting to everlasting like the
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  • |>=[[../69|The Course the Saints Should Pursue and the Spirit They Should Cultivate]] ...generations of old, thereby showing that he is the same God yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Amen." This is all the reason that I know of.
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  • |>=[[../76|Gathering the Poor—Prosperity of the Gathered Saints—Home Manufactures]] ...elievers. In this way they became the Apostles of Jesus Christ, and at the day of his coming they will stand at his right hand in a pillar of fire, being
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  • |H=GATHERING THE POOR—PROSPERITY OF THE GATHERED SAINTS—HOME MANUFACTURES |T=Journal of Discourses 9: GATHERING THE POOR—PROSPERITY OF THE GATHERED SAINTS—HOME MANUFACTURES
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  • |>=[[../4|Never Ending Character of a Saints' Mission. Organization of the Kingdom of God]] ...read, is the word of the Lord to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as to the whole world:—
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  • ...the dividing line between the spiritual and the temporal. We set apart one day in the week for the purpose of meeting together to administer the sacrament ...cts, instead of accomplishing what they desired, have given the Latter-day Saints territory and comparative independence. All the evil they have sought to br
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  • ...after the spiritual welfare of the settlements; he preaches on the Sabbath day, gives counsel to the people, spiritual and temporal; he gives counsel in r ...k there on temporal subjects on the Sabbath day. But we occupied the whole day in telling how to make bread, build cities, make farms, fences, and in fact
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  • ...apart to be a Bishop in this district." After a person is ordained a High Priest he then has authority to act in all the duties of the lesser Priesthood, wh There is no retrograde movement in ordaining a High Priest to the office of a Bishop, for, properly speaking, he is set apart to act i
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  • ...W AND BY WHOM ZION IS TO BY BUILT—SANCTIFICATION—GENERAL DUTIES OF THE SAINTS ...W AND BY WHOM ZION IS TO BY BUILT—SANCTIFICATION—GENERAL DUTIES OF THE SAINTS
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  • ...and By Whom Zion is to Be Built—Sanctification— General Duties of the Saints]] ...of our meetings are such as seem to render short sermons the order of the day; they are texts from which the people may preach their own sermons, and thi
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  • |>=[[../41|Universal Salvation—the Blessings Enjoyed By the Saints in Zion, Etc.]] ...it really a day of rest. According to the revelations given to us, it is a day upon which we are commanded to meet to break bread, to confess our faults t
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  • ...Wealth of Individuals and Nations, and How to Obtain Them—Counsel to the Saints]] ...s remarked, that we love to reflect upon the glories and exaltation of the Saints in a world to come, upon things that are spiritual, as we term them, to the
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  • |>=[[../58|Turning Out the Water of the Weber—the Sufferings of the Saints—the Desires of the Servants of God to Bless the People—the Blessings of ...Lord, but I suppose it was with them as it is with mankind at the present day, there were rich and poor; and they did forget their God who brought them f
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  • |H=TURNING OUT THE WATER OF THE WEBER—THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SAINTS—THE DESIRES OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD TO BLESS THE PEOPLE—THE BLESSINGS OF ...Discourses 58: TURNING OUT THE WATER OF THE WEBER—THE SUFFERINGS OF THE SAINTS—THE DESIRES OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD TO BLESS THE PEOPLE—THE BLESSINGS OF
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  • ...d—the Lack of Wisdom Manifested By the World—Necessity of Teaching the Saints Upon Temporal Affairs, Etc.]] In my remarks this afternoon I wish to address strangers, as well as the Saints; and I desire, with all my heart, that I may have the words of truth to giv
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  • |H=KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAINTS A CAUSE OF CONSOLATION UNDER AFFLICTION—CHILDREN HEIRS TO THE KINGDOM OF |T=Journal of Discourses 67: KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAINTS A CAUSE OF CONSOLATION UNDER AFFLICTION—CHILDREN HEIRS TO THE KINGDOM OF
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  • ...d calculated to lead our minds to reflection upon our duties as Latter-day Saints. ...ence to some of his attributes and of His works. The people of the present day who profess to believe in God, generally speaking, have very little idea in
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  • ...OSEN 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— ...OSEN 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—
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  • |>=[[../9|Similarity of Circumstances Surrounding Former and Latter-day Saints, etc.]] "And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mis
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  • ...comparatively a very few do. It is a work in which not only the Latter-day Saints are interested, but everybody else, if they could understand it; but they d ...ey have never liked revealed truth; and it is as much as a bargain for the Saints even to bear the truth.
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  • ...OMETIMES NECESSARY—FRUITS OF MONOGAMY AND PLURAL MARRIAGE COMPARED—THE SAINTS SHOULD NOT MARRY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH ...OMETIMES NECESSARY—FRUITS OF MONOGAMY AND PLURAL MARRIAGE COMPARED—THE SAINTS SHOULD NOT MARRY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH
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  • ...our Father who sent us. He has placed us here; we have a work to do in our day and generation; and there is nothing of importance connected with any of us Now, there are events to transpire in this day as there have been in other days; and we, the Elders of Israel of the Churc
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  • ...STHOOD—OPPOSITION OF SATAN TO THE PRIESTHOOD—VIRTUES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—CONCLUSION ...STHOOD—OPPOSITION OF SATAN TO THE PRIESTHOOD—VIRTUES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—CONCLUSION
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  • ...D HAS PREPARED A PLACE FOR ALL—PARADISE-SALVATION BEYOND THE GRAVE—THE SAINTS WILL HAVE TO ENDURE PERSECUTION—PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE—CONCLUSION ...D HAS PREPARED A PLACE FOR ALL—PARADISE-SALVATION BEYOND THE GRAVE—THE SAINTS WILL HAVE TO ENDURE PERSECUTION—PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE—CONCLUSION
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  • |>=[[../39|No Prominent Latter-day Saint Who Lives His Religion Need Expect Justice in the Courts, etc.]] |S=Before the High Council of Salt Lake Stake of Zion, February 20th, 1884 (REPORTED BY JOHN I
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  • ...ATION—WE WILL BE MADE PERFECT BY SUFFERING—OUR CHARACTER AS LATTER-DAY SAINTS MUST BE PRESERVED INVIOLATE—VISIT OF JESUS TO KIRTLAND TEMPLE—FAREWELL ...ATION—WE WILL BE MADE PERFECT BY SUFFERING—OUR CHARACTER AS LATTER-DAY SAINTS MUST BE PRESERVED INVIOLATE—VISIT OF JESUS TO KIRTLAND TEMPLE—FAREWELL
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  • |>=[[../5|All Temporal Concerns Need the Attention of the Saints—We Should Prepare for the Evils Coming Upon the Earth—Co-operation and ...eriods or cycles of revolutions of numberless creations in space, which to-day the most profound astronomers of the earth are unable to fathom or mark the
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  • |H=ALL TEMPORAL CONCERNS NEED THE ATTENTION OF THE SAINTS—WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE EVILS COMING UPON THE EARTH—COOPERATION AND T |T=Journal of Discourses 21: ALL TEMPORAL CONCERNS NEED THE ATTENTION OF THE SAINTS—WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE EVILS COMING UPON THE EARTH—COOPERATION AND T
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  • |>=[[../8|Co-operation and the United Order—The Saints Should be Governed by the Law and Will of God—The Approaching Calamities ...it is really enjoyment to me to listen to the instructions imparted to the Saints by the power of the Holy Ghost through the covenants of God. It is not supp
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  • ...—UNCHANGEABLENESS OF GOD—UNIVERSALITY OF THE RIGHT TO REVELATION—THE SAINTS GLORIFY THE GOD OF REVELATION—NECESSITY OF SELF-GOVERNMENT ...—UNCHANGEABLENESS OF GOD—UNIVERSALITY OF THE RIGHT TO REVELATION—THE SAINTS GLORIFY THE GOD OF REVELATION—NECESSITY OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
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  • ...—Unchangeableness of God—Universality of the Right of Revelation—The Saints—Glorify the God of Revelation—Necessity of Self-government]] ...Ancients to Joseph Smith—The Gospel to Departed Spirits—Duties of the Saints to Each Other—The Kind of Men Wanted to go on Missions]]
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  • ...Intelligence—Right of the Creator to Govern the Creature—Duties of the Saints]] ...er. What we have got to do is to build up the kingdom of God. As apostles, high priests, elders, seventies and the lesser priesthood, we are bound together
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  • |H=DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTERDAY SAINTS AND ALL OTHER PROFESSING CHRISTIANS |T=Journal of Discourses 21: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTERDAY SAINTS AND ALL OTHER PROFESSING CHRISTIANS
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  • ...ESTHOOD—RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH—FAILINGS OF THE SAINTS—CORRUPTIONS OF THE WICKED ...ESTHOOD—RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH—FAILINGS OF THE SAINTS—CORRUPTIONS OF THE WICKED
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  • ...importance. What I have said with regard to a teacher, would apply to the priest and the deacon. ...y else. Then when he is dealt with by the Church, whether he be a teacher, priest, deacon, bishop or anybody else, you are free from all responsibility after
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  • ...UTH AS TAUGHT BY REVELATION TO THE ANCIENTS, AND ALSO TO THE SAINTS IN OUR DAY ...UTH AS TAUGHT BY REVELATION TO THE ANCIENTS, AND ALSO TO THE SAINTS IN OUR DAY
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  • ...been declared will fall to be [the] ground unfulfilled, and the Latter-day Saints ought to be prepared for them. I know many of these things look dark when m ...day in the revelations of Jesus Christ. And every seventy, and every high priest, and every man bearing the holy priesthood should live in that way to get r
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  • ...cupy these or any other offices that they might be called to officiate in. High Priests have those duties devolving upon them just as much as it devolves u ...the fulness of these blessings among us, Latter-day Saints, nor could the Saints in any age of the world among any people that ever existed.
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  • ...as destitute of the Spirit of the Lord as any nation ever need be. In our day it seems that the Spirit will actually prompt people to liberal thinking, t ...y, as many persons believed on him as have believed on Joseph Smith in the latter days. Not that Joseph was the Savior, but he was a prophet. As he said once
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  • |>=[[../26|The Saints are a Strange People Because They Practise What They Profess]] ...y the Spirit of the Lord, we can act in consonance with the dignity of our high position as immortal beings possessing the holy Priesthood, and participati
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  • |H=THE SIGNS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN—THE SAINTS' DUTIES |T=Journal of Discourses 15: THE SIGNS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN—THE SAINTS' DUTIES
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  • I am pleased to have the opportunity of meeting with the Saints in this place. I have come to talk with you, and to have a little visit; to ...s we used to understand them in former times, and as we understand them to-day when we reflect and use our judgment dispassionately. Our feelings and idea
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  • ...wer and tempted Joseph. It is written in the book of Job, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan ...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 with
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  • ...urch—Necessity of Obedience to Counsel—Confidence in the Future of the Saints—Duty of Striving to Increase Our Faith]] ...fferent Ideas of Nations in Regard to Government—Views of the Latter-day Saints: Their Philanthropy—Reformation Effected by Them—Liberty of Conscience
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  • ...TO PRACTISE WHAT THEY TEACH—NECESSITY OF FAITHFULNESS ON THE PART OF THE SAINTS—THE YOUNG OUGHT TO LIVE THEIR RELIGION—BLESSINGS RECEIVED THROUGH THE E ...TO PRACTISE WHAT THEY TEACH—NECESSITY OF FAITHFULNESS ON THE PART OF THE SAINTS—THE YOUNG OUGHT TO LIVE THEIR RELIGION—BLESSINGS RECEIVED THROUGH THE E
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  • ...US IDEAS OF THE WORLD CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF THE SAINTS—LOYALTY OF THE SAINTS TO THE CONSTITUTION—PERSECUTIONS THEY HAVE ENDURED—PROPHECY IN THE CHUR ...US IDEAS OF THE WORLD CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF THE SAINTS—LOYALTY OF THE SAINTS TO THE CONSTITUTION—PERSECUTIONS THEY HAVE ENDURED—PROPHECY IN THE CHUR
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  • ...our enemies from our midst, sanctifying ourselves and the earth, that the latter may be finally celestialized to dwell in the presence of our Father and God ...nue to live and serve the Lord until the earth would be sanctified and the saints inherit it for ever and ever.
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  • |<=[[../24|Prosperity of the Saints]] ...meet here as the representatives of God upon the earth. Yet occupying the high position that we do, blessed as we are with the light of truth, with the Ho
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  • ...e received more or less of a series of lessons that have been given to the Saints, from time to time, through the revelations of God, as they have been commu ...were necessary to the sustaining of human life. They will compliment us to-day for our persevering industry, for the toil that we have endured, and for th
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  • ...from their friends here in Utah. I will now make a public request that the Saints hereafter cease to bring their letters to me, if there are any that have ev ...ofesses to be a Saint would act like a Saint. However, we are trying to be Saints. We have embraced the Gospel of the Son of God; we have embraced a marvello
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  • ...spirit of revelation—by the Holy Ghost—which has been imparted to the Saints by the laying on of hands, and through their obedience to the principles of ..., or otherwise, that enjoy the blessings that we are in possession of this day; for whilst others are groping in the dark and laboring in a state of uncer
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  • There is a great responsibility resting upon any prophet, apostle, high priest, elder, or any messenger or servant of God, who is called to preach the Gos ...children truth and righteousness to establish the kingdom of God in their day and generation. Herein is where I say the Lord commenced and laboured to es
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  • ...in the Kingdom of Heaven. I want influence in the midst of the Latter-day Saints, sufficient to get all men and women to sanctify themselves before the Lord ...r-day Saints increasing. One of these young men or girls around me here to-day, born and brought up in the Church, is worth, as a general thing, far more
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  • ...ords in bearing testimony, to give a few words of counsel to encourage the Saints, to strengthen the weak, to endeavor to confirm those who are wavering, and ...udgment, prudence, and discretion. Ask our Bishops if they drink tea every day, and in most cases they will tell you they do if they can get it. They take
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  • |H=CONDITION OF THE WORLD AND OF THE SAINTS—GOD HAS COMMENCED TO REGENERATE THE WORLD BY REVEALING THE GOSPEL: ITS PU |T=Journal of Discourses 12: CONDITION OF THE WORLD AND OF THE SAINTS—GOD HAS COMMENCED TO REGENERATE THE WORLD BY REVEALING THE GOSPEL: ITS PU
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  • ...utter and every vile sentiment we entertain is a wrong for which we, some day, will have to atone. When I hear men—young or old—talking intemperately ...king of the education of our children, I wish to draw the attention of the Saints particularly to the system of phonetics, or the Deseret alphabet, which has
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  • |H=OBJECT OF THE GATHERING—NECESSITY OF A TEMPLE—TRIALS OF THE SAINTS—SEALING—VISIT TO PROVO ...ourses 12: OBJECT OF THE GATHERING—NECESSITY OF A TEMPLE—TRIALS OF THE SAINTS—SEALING—VISIT TO PROVO
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  • ...d by this people, not only in these mountains, but wherever the Latter-day Saints, as a people exist. Our people are taught to believe in the Lord Jesus Chri ...r raised up in the same manner, this people called "Mormons" or Latter-day Saints, now occupying this mountain territory, would have been dwelling among the
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  • |>=[[../4|Contributions for Emigrating the Saints—Word of Wisdom]] ...riestcraft do this, and they think they are right and that they are on the high road to Heaven. The Christian world, too, feel that it is all right with th
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  • ...see that the seats generally occupied by strangers are held in reserve to-day until the meeting commences; then, if those for whom they are reserved do n ...plan of redemption, and it is a glorious subject upon which to address the Saints.
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  • ...causes me many reflections; and I presume it is the case with every Latter-day Saint present. In the first place I will ask the question, "What position d .... This has been given to us by revelation; and these men were prophets and High Priests.
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  • |H=THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TAUGHT BY THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—CELESTIAL MARRIAGE ...rnal of Discourses 14: THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TAUGHT BY THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—CELESTIAL MARRIAGE
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  • This people called Latter-day Saints are looked upon as a very singular people; in fact, we are regarded as an a ...bread necessary for his wife and children, "I will give you fifty cents a day if you will come and help me harvest, and pay you in Indian meal." Such men
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  • ...ew words. My remarks will be for all, both Saint and sinner; those who are Saints, those who wish to be, and those who wish not to be. I will read the fifth ...nsions," says the Savior; he has prepared places for his children; but the Saints, we who have received the fullness of the Gospel of the Son of God, or the
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  • |>=[[../24|The Day of Pentecost—The Gifts of the Spirit—Cornelius]] ...t the principles and doctrines believed in and practiced by the Latter-day Saints, and the results which have been wrought out by their operation would not h
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  • |<=[[../24|The Day of Pentecost—The Gifts of the Spirit—Cornelius]] ...imes; and this is the position that we occupy to-day. The Apostle says the Saints were heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ; and he says further, t
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  • ...righteousness more than evil. This disposition will not be acquired in one day, week or year; but let parents spend their lives in teaching good, in good ...life from my childhood up, and now I have come to see what you, Latter-day Saints, are doing." And the children and grandchildren of those who apostatized ye
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  • ...ve their prayers answered—a feeling that if they would approach the Most High and call upon his name in faith, he would answer their supplications and gi ...brief indeed, considering the important events that transpired during his day. We are told that he walked with God, had communication with him, and that
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  • ...an of salvation, to the holy Priesthood, that the Lord has revealed in the latter days. I admit at once, without any argument at all, that the whole human fa Sometimes we take the liberty of defining the religions of the day, known under the general name of Christianity. We have heard something of t
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  • |>=[[../23|Saints Should Sustain Themselves—Keep the Commandments—Abuses—Power of Right "And Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, answered him, and said, Since the people began to br
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  • ...ff from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: in the mountain of the height of Israel, will I plant ...event the Territory of Utah is now settled by the people called Latter-day Saints. Owing to the fulfillment of this prophecy this Tabernacle has been built h
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  • |<=[[../28|Gathering—Its Spirit—Its Object—Duties of the Gathered Saints]] I am happy to have the privilege of meeting with and speaking to the Saints on the present occasion. If I were inclined to take a text I would repeat a
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  • It is some time since I had the pleasure of meeting with the Saints in the Fourteenth Ward of Salt Lake City. I only regret, this afternoon, a ...body than we are of the want of food for the mind, but still a lack of the latter preys upon the interior man as much as a lack of the former disqualifies us
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  • ...the Gospel of Christ and the Religions of Men—Evil Would Cease Among the Saints If They Would Live Their Religion—Gathering the Poor—Tithing—Knowledg ...ngdom of God. This kingdom has been given into the hands of the Latter-day Saints to establish on the earth, and unless we labor for its advancement we shall
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  • ...ter of Potiphar, priest of On. Heliopolis is believed to be the On of that day, and was the great college at which all the leading men of Egypt were educa ...have cost us considerable time and expense; but when we reached there the day was pleasant and the sea smooth, and we landed without difficulty.
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  • ...LAWS OF GOD IS NECESSARY TO INSURE A COMPLETE SALVATION TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE DISOBEDIENCE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL IS SHOWN AS A WARNING TO THE PRESENT G ...LAWS OF GOD IS NECESSARY TO INSURE A COMPLETE SALVATION TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE DISOBEDIENCE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL IS SHOWN AS A WARNING TO THE PRESENT G
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED.===
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  • ...Sinful Condition of the World the Result of Disobedience—Counsel to the Saints on the Necessity of Living Exclusively for the Building Up of the Kingdom o ...ings of the World to Confound the Wise—Prophecies Relating to the Latter-Day Work—Joseph Smith's Ministry—Zion to Be Built Up—Baptism for the Dead
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  • |H=DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF CHRISTENDOM ...al of Discourses 16: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF CHRISTENDOM
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  • |<=[[../40|Distinguishing Characteristics Between the Latter-Day Saints and the Various Religious Denominations of Christendom]] ...benefited, but he that doeth it. And Jesus says that many will say in that day, "Lord, have we not spoken in thy name, and prophecied in thy name, and in
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  • ...nts of the Lord, that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the Spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unt ...ants, saith the Lord. And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O
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  • ...han Morality, it Includes Redemption—Difference Between the Ideas of the Saints and the World—The Prophets in Regard to the Increase of Mineral Wealth— ...ests' Quorum, with a President and two Counsellors to preside over all the High Priests in the Stake.
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  • ...ELCHISEDECK—ORGANIZING STAKES OF ZION—TEMPLE BUILDING—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS THE FRIENDS OF THE WORLD ...ELCHISEDECK—ORGANIZING STAKES OF ZION—TEMPLE BUILDING—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS THE FRIENDS OF THE WORLD
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  • |>=[[../26|The Everlasting Gospel—Temple Building—The High Priests and Seventies—To the Bishops to the Sisters]] ...of the former-day Saints, and is applicable to the case of the Latter-day Saints. Through these ordinances come the blessings of the Gospel, and without the
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  • |<=[[../26|The Everlasting Gospel—Temple Building—The High Priests and Seventies—To the Bishops to the Sisters]] ...the face of the earth; and there is a feeling and spirit resting upon the Saints that is not known nor experienced among any other people. The way we have b
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  • ...|Living According to the Light—Temple Work—Good Counsel—What Say the High Priests and Seventies?]] ...Zarahemla, is the man who is commanded to do these things, and who has the high gift from God. And the king said that a Seer is greater than a Prophet. And
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  • ...vealed for the Benefit of the World—Witness of the Spirit—Priesthood—High Priests and Seventies—Energetic Missionaries—Duties of Presidents, Bish ...k|231|top}} was a dreadful shock, for which a great bulk of the Latter-day Saints were unprepared. It is true that many were warned, especially those who wer
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  • ...VEALED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORLD—WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT—PRIESTHOOD,--HIGH PRIESTS AND SEVENTIES—ENERGETIC MISSIONARIES—DUTIES OF PRESIDENTS, BISH ...VEALED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORLD—WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT—PRIESTHOOD,--HIGH PRIESTS AND SEVENTIES—ENERGETIC MISSIONARIES—DUTIES OF PRESIDENTS, BISH
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  • ...n by the divine writings? Did you ever hear of any lay member, minister or priest, having substantiated these ideas and traditions in accordance with Scriptu ...need further instruction from the Almighty; we do not need Prophets in our day to foretell the future; we do not need Revelators to come forth and manifes
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  • ...on high in different periods of the world's history, as well as in our own day; information that is of the greatest importance to the human family; inform ...same should be called—namely, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
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  • |H=PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE—THE RISE OF THE LATTER-DAY WORK—ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—ITS SUBSEQUENT PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT |T=Journal of Discourses 20: PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE—THE RISE OF THE LATTER-DAY WORK—ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—ITS SUBSEQUENT PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT
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  • ...passed, have brought those keys and conferred them upon the Church of the latter-days, through the medium of Joseph Smith. The work that we are engaged in i ...eternal {{page break|257|top}} worlds. This is why we are gathered here to-day, if we can comprehend it.
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  • We are living in a peculiar day and age of the world, in a time that has been spoken of by prophets, seers, ...ed in prophetic vision gazing upon the events that should transpire in the latter-days, saw, among other things, "another angel fly in the midst of heaven, h
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  • ...ntemplating the condition of the work of the Lord as it is on the earth to-day, and as we have had to contemplate it from the light of history in its exis ...ecorded in Mark, i, 8. This had a political effect upon the rulers of that day, and when John was followed by Jesus and his wonderful works, they began to
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  • We find recorded in the revelations of the Most High, called the Bible, as well as in the Book of Mormon and the various modern ...ated before the flood. We read that a great and mighty Prophet of the Most High God was sent forth in the days {{page break|147|top}} of Adam, namely Enoch
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  • ...A JUST INSTRUMENT—SAINTS MUST BE PATIENT AND LONG-SUFFERING—LATTER-DAY SAINTS PREPARE BY GOOD WORKS TO MEET THE SAVIOR ...A JUST INSTRUMENT—SAINTS MUST BE PATIENT AND LONG-SUFFERING—LATTER-DAY SAINTS PREPARE BY GOOD WORKS TO MEET THE SAVIOR
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  • ...RECEIVED BY IMMEDIATE REVELATION—CO-OPERATION IN TEMPORAL AFFAIRS—THE SAINTS ARE HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST ...RECEIVED BY IMMEDIATE REVELATION—CO-OPERATION IN TEMPORAL AFFAIRS—THE SAINTS ARE HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST
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  • ...D—TEMPLES—INTELLIGENCE COMES FROM GOD—THE LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SAINTS—ANGELS OPERATING WITH MEN IN THE WORK OF HUMAN REDEMPTION ...D—TEMPLES—INTELLIGENCE COMES FROM GOD—THE LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE SAINTS—ANGELS OPERATING WITH MEN IN THE WORK OF HUMAN REDEMPTION
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  • ...NG IN MARRIAGE BUT THAT OF THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD POSSESSED BY THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS ...NG IN MARRIAGE BUT THAT OF THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD POSSESSED BY THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS
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  • ...ah—Preparatory Work—Return of the Jews to Jerusalem—Gathering of the Saints to Zion—Christ’s Personal Reign]] ...the subject of marriage, and to show wherein the people called Latter-day Saints differ in their views from other Christian denominations in relation to thi
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  • ...ment to Purchase Freedom for Their Slaves—Reformation Necessary that the Saints May Progress Faster—Salvation Comes By Faithfulness and Endurance in Chri ...Y-SIXTH SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, ON WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 1875. (Report
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  • ...postles—Baptism of Nearly Six Hundred of the “United Brethren”—The Saints Hold the Keys of Salvation for All Israel—Judgments Await the Wicked—Fo ...han he never dwelt in Judea or Jerusalem, from the day of his birth to the day of his death, when he gave up the ghost on the cross, and went home to glor
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  • |H=THE PURPOSES OF GOD—DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SAINTS ...of Discourses 18: THE PURPOSES OF GOD—DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SAINTS
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  • ...present occasion, will be found in the first verse that I read—"In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book." ...he assistance of the Spirit of God, endeavor to lay before you, Latter-day Saints, and strangers who may be present, some of the evidences that we have conce
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  • .../22|Infidelity of the Christian World—Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints—Necessity of a Temple, and Works in Behalf of the Dead]] ...udgment into execution and put him to death, Jesus rose again on the third day, and appeared, not openly to the world, but to a few chosen witnesses; and
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  • |>=[[../35|Position of the Latter-Day Saints—Protestantism Makes No Claim to Revelation—Priesthood, How Restored, It ...FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1876.
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  • ...ome here to-day who were not here yesterday, and there may be some here to-day who do not read the Doctrine and Covenants, and who are not acquainted with ...s operating in their place and presiding over their various Wards, and the High Councils operating in their place, with the Priests, Teachers and Deacons o
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  • ...up one point which may perhaps trouble the minds of some of the Latter-day Saints. You have read in the revelation given on the 22d day of September, 1832, that without the Priesthood and the ordinances thereof,
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  • ...we will prefer the Kingdom of God as He has set it up on the earth in the latter days above all other things; that we will place in our estimation first the ...instruction. We have our public meetings in our settlements on the Sabbath day, where the people come together to worship the Father in the name of the So
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  • ...dent Peery sent a telegram desiring my answer to the question—"Whether a High Council had authority to try a Bishop." I could have answered yes, and I co "And again, no Bishop or High Priest who shall be set apart for this ministry, shall be tried or condemned for a
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  • |>=[[../30|The Work of the Saints in this Generation, Etc.]] ...s all things, and is always present in the assemblies of good and faithful Saints.
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  • |H=REVELATION—THE PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 22: REVELATION—THE PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, ETC.
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  • |<=[[../31|Revelation—The Privileges of the Saints, Etc.]] ...them as we ought to. If we did we would not sin; if we did we would every day of our lives seek to know the mind and will of the Father; to have His Spir
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  • |H=DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—THE ATONEMENT, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 22: DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—THE ATONEMENT, ETC.
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  • |<=[[../40|Duties of the Saints—The Atonement, Etc.]] |>=[[../42|The Saints a Peculiar People—Their Religion Practical—Sustaining Each Other—Hone
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  • |<=[[../42|The Saints a Peculiar People—Their Religion Practical—Sustaining Each Other—Hone |>=[[../44|The Position of the Latter-Day Saints—Morality and Sobriety Required—Transgressors to Be Dealt With, Etc.]]
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  • |H=THE POSITION OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—MORALITY AND SOBRIETY REQUIRED—TRANSGRESSORS TO BE DEALT WITH, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 22: THE POSITION OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—MORALITY AND SOBRIETY REQUIRED—TRANSGRESSORS TO BE DEALT WITH, ETC.
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  • ...DOWED—THE MELCHISEDEK AND AARONIC PRIESTHOODS—THEIR RESTORATION IN THE LATTER-DAYS—THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL—EPHRAIM AND MANASSAH—THE LINEAGE OF ...DOWED—THE MELCHISEDEK AND AARONIC PRIESTHOODS—THEIR RESTORATION IN THE LATTER-DAYS—THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL—EPHRAIM AND MANASSAH—THE LINEAGE OF
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  • ...the people of God; and we may act not in name only, but in reality as the Saints of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. ...ualifications necessary to fill this calling. And if upon an appeal to the High Council on any of these matters (of course including drunkenness), they fin
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  • ...S PENALTIES MORE ENDURABLE THAN GOD'S—THE TRUE SAVIORS OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—BETTER TO DISOBEY MAN THAN GOD—THE DANGER OF DISOBEDIENCE, OF DIVERSE T ...S PENALTIES MORE ENDURABLE THAN GOD'S—THE TRUE SAVIORS OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—BETTER TO DISOBEY MAN THAN GOD—THE DANGER OF DISOBEDIENCE, OF DIVERSE T
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  • ...GS—CONSECRATIONS AND STEWARDSHIP—THE LAW OF THE LORD TO THE LATTER DAY SAINTS—THE MEANING OF "SURPLUS PROPERTY"—TITHES AND OFFERINGS IN ANCIENT TIMES ...GS—CONSECRATIONS AND STEWARDSHIP—THE LAW OF THE LORD TO THE LATTER DAY SAINTS—THE MEANING OF "SURPLUS PROPERTY"—TITHES AND OFFERINGS IN ANCIENT TIMES
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  • |>=[[../43|Why the Saints Meet Together, etc.]] ...At no time have we been left to ourselves. At no time have the Latter-day Saints been at a loss to learn and to find out the mind and will and counsel of Go
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  • ...OSITION OF PRESIDENTS CANNON AND SMITH IF PRESIDENT TAYLOR SHOULD RESIGN—SAINTS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE RELIGION OF OTHERS ...OSITION OF PRESIDENTS CANNON AND SMITH IF PRESIDENT TAYLOR SHOULD RESIGN—SAINTS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH THE RELIGION OF OTHERS
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  • ...OUR ENEMIES TURNED TO OUR ADVANTAGE—LIGHT AND LIBERTY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE WORK OF THE LORD AMONG THE NATIONS—JUDICIAL FOLLY AND INJUSTICE—F ...OUR ENEMIES TURNED TO OUR ADVANTAGE—LIGHT AND LIBERTY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE WORK OF THE LORD AMONG THE NATIONS—JUDICIAL FOLLY AND INJUSTICE—F
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  • ...belonging to this Church, that we become the people of the Lord Jesus, the Saints of the Lord, members of the Church of Christ, not members of any church mad ...d books, and it is of much more importance to the people called Latter-day Saints, because it comes direct to them from our living head. It does not come in
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  • ...CE—STARTLING STATISTICS—DRINK THE CAUSE OF OTHER EVILS—APPEAL TO THE SAINTS ...CE—STARTLING STATISTICS—DRINK THE CAUSE OF OTHER EVILS—APPEAL TO THE SAINTS
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  • ...TION—TESTIMONY IN REGARD TO PLURAL MARRIAGE—POLITICAL CRISIS—WHY THE SAINTS ARE OPPOSED ...TION—TESTIMONY IN REGARD TO PLURAL MARRIAGE—POLITICAL CRISIS—WHY THE SAINTS ARE OPPOSED
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  • ...EPH SMITH-INDICATION OF AN IMPOSTOR-PRIVATE ANTIPATHY TO BE CURBED AND THE PRIEST-HOOD TO BE SUSTAINED-ONLY ONE MAN APPOINTED TO HOLD THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM ...EPH SMITH-INDICATION OF AN IMPOSTOR-PRIVATE ANTIPATHY TO BE CURBED AND THE PRIEST-HOOD TO BE SUSTAINED-ONLY ONE MAN APPOINTED TO HOLD THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM
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  • ...AN UNDERSTAND THE THINGS OF GOD—THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE GOSPEL THE SAME IN ALL DISPENSATIONS—HOW THE GOSPEL WAS RESTORED— ...AN UNDERSTAND THE THINGS OF GOD—THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS—THE GOSPEL THE SAME IN ALL DISPENSATIONS—HOW THE GOSPEL WAS RESTORED—
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  • |<=[[../35|A Few Questions Every Latter-Day Saint Can Answer for Himself, etc.]] ...ervants of God, to do anything they can to help build up this great latter-day work, which God has commenced in the earth.
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  • |H=OCCASION FOR GRATITUDE—THE RISING GENERATION—LATTER-DAY SAINTS SHOULD SANCTIFY THEMSELVES—GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD—PROSPERITY OF L ...Discourses 24: OCCASION FOR GRATITUDE—THE RISING GENERATION—LATTER-DAY SAINTS SHOULD SANCTIFY THEMSELVES—GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD—PROSPERITY OF L
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  • ...FORETOLD—HOW THE APOSTLES WERE SENT OUT—AUTHORITY REQUIRED—WHAT THE SAINTS SHOULD DO—OPPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL, ANCIENT AND MODERN—TESTIMONY ...FORETOLD—HOW THE APOSTLES WERE SENT OUT—AUTHORITY REQUIRED—WHAT THE SAINTS SHOULD DO—OPPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL, ANCIENT AND MODERN—TESTIMONY
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  • ...N OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IS PERFECT—PROPER TRAINING OF THE CHILDREN OF THE SAINTS ...N OF THE CHURCH OF GOD IS PERFECT—PROPER TRAINING OF THE CHILDREN OF THE SAINTS
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  • ...IT WAS RESTORED-ANCIENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE LATTER-DAY WORK-WHY THE SAINTS ARE HATED-PERSECUTION PREDICTED-POLITICAL ASPECT-REVELATION NECESSARY-DISTI ...IT WAS RESTORED-ANCIENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE LATTER-DAY WORK-WHY THE SAINTS ARE HATED-PERSECUTION PREDICTED-POLITICAL ASPECT-REVELATION NECESSARY-DISTI
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  • ...UE—JOSEPH'S PREDICTIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ARRAYED AGAINST THE SAINTS, FULFILLED—INTERNAL STRIFE TO DISMEMBER THE GOVERNMENT—GOD THE FRIEND O ...UE—JOSEPH'S PREDICTIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ARRAYED AGAINST THE SAINTS, FULFILLED—INTERNAL STRIFE TO DISMEMBER THE GOVERNMENT—GOD THE FRIEND O
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  • The Latter-day Saints occupy a very peculiar position in the world, but I do not know that we hav As Latter-day Saints we have listened to these things from time to time. We have talked about th
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  • ...e faith. Paul explained to his protégé that this would take place in the latter times. Peter told his readers in 2 Peter 2:1-3 that many would follow the p ...ist in modern times. After being mobbed and forced out of four states, the Saints relocated to the Great Basin desert, where no one but a few native American
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  • ...he ability to call his wife from the grave by her new name on resurrection day" ...he ability to call his wife from the grave by her new name on resurrection day"==
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  • ...thored by Christ and accepted by Peter, James and John and all the ancient saints.<ref>Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: ...s pure and only stable expression."<ref>Benjamin B. Warfield, "The Present Day Attitude Toward Calvinism," Calvin and Augustine (Philadelphia: Presbyteria
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  • ...rm of capital punishment. This was virtually unknown during Joseph Smith's day. He could only have learned this information from revelation. ...s a distinction between "human sacrifice" and "capital punishment." Latter-day Saint scholars have responded that they were one and the same.</ref>
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  • ...or minute history of the rise and progress of the church of the Latter Day Saints; and publish for the benefit of enquirers [inquirers], and all who are disp ...said to the Emperor when writing in defence [defense] of the saints in his day:" Whoever looked well into our religion that did not embrace it?"
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  • |L3=Response to claim: 144 - Martin Harris was brought to trial before the High Council because he claimed the Joseph Smith had "drunk too much liquor" whi ...eph Smith, that he would follow Joseph even if he were to get "drunk every day of his life, sleep with his neighbor's wife every night"
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  • |L4=Response to claim: 162 - The Kirtland High Council complained that the Apostles had too much power ==Response to claim: 162 - The Kirtland High Council complained that the Apostles had too much power==
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L4=TO THE SAINTS ABROAD.
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI.===
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  • ..., by the will and commandments of God in the fourth month and on the sixth day of the month, which is called April: Which commandments were given to Josep ...e all whiteness, and gave unto him commandments which inspired him from on high, and gave unto him power, by the means which were prepared, that he should
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  • ...et to view a few of the curses and mischiefs which follow an abuse of this high privilege. While we behold what a great matter a little fire kindles, let u ...blessings which he gave them, and not abuse them. For this reason, if the saints abide in the faith wherewith they have been called, the land shall yield he
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  • ...is elect from every country where they were scattered in a dark and cloudy day. ...ll the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have mad
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  • ...ants, saith the Lord. And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O ...ers shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us g
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  • ...mbarrassment under which thousands had labored for years, to learn how the saints would know where to gather, that all nations might come to Zion, with songs ...l field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall
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  • ...of God, and says:-"And I opened my mouth and began to talk before the Most High and said, O Lord, thou that shewest [showest] thyself unto us, thou wast sh ...gh I had a husband thirty years. And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night, and every hour, but make my prayer to the Highest. After thirty
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  • ...was the first member of the church of Christ on earth, and the first high priest after the order of the Son of God. ...d blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.
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  • And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which bore record of the Father and the Son, And in that day Adam blessed God and was filled, and began to prophesy concerning all the f
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  • ..., by the will and commandments of God in the fourth month and on the sixth day of the month, which is called April: ...above all whiteness, and gave unto commandments which inspired him from on high, and gave unto him power, by the means which were before prepared, that he
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  • Our object in quoting this caution of our blessed Savior, is to give the saints and the world, inasmuch as the inhabitants thereof wish to enter in at the ...or Christ's sake, contending earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints, we may behold some, supported by large salaries, striving shrewdly to main
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  • ...unt of the Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," ''The Mormon'' [edited by John Taylor from February 17, 1855 to September ...our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and in his resurrection and ascension on high, and in the Holy Ghost, which is given to all who obey the gospel, and is o
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  • ...of our community cannot enjoy the liberties of our constitution, then the day is near when the most powerful party will obtain the ascendancy over our go ...nd from this fact arose some of the most shocking persecutions against the saints which are recorded in history. When the professors of christianity have obt
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  • ...they do not possess one single peculiarity of the religion of the ancient saints-and are equal with them (as they say) in all the privileges of the eternal ...cient prophets opposed to the schemes of modern times, and modern would be saints, whether their religion be of the reformed or nonreformed. The direct proof
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  • ...o the second coming of Christ is, that in the 5 verse, he says, "Gather my saints together unto me; those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." Pau ...rve, that the prophets speak of things to be accomplished long after their day, as though they had been accomplished at the time they wrote, because they
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  • ...nd 3 verses, he declares, "that the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, an ...ent, fierce, dispisers [despised] of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; having a form of godlin
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  • ...ets and apostles, let us compare the people of the apostasy, with the pure saints of God, and the societies of the last days, with the societies which were b ...its had continued with the Jews, that they would have continued until this day as the people of God? for who could have overthrown them? for if God was fo
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  • ...the beginning and the end, whose course is one eternal round, the same to-day as yesterday and forever. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was crusif ...r my voice, and shall see me, and shall not be asleep, and shall abide the day of my coming, for they shall be purified, even as I am pure. And now I say
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  • |L9=From Priest's American Antiquities ...ing to the human family, and the salvation, temporal and spiritual, of his saints; and that man who wantonly departs from any of the revelations of Jehovah,
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  • |L4=DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BAPTISTS & LATTER-DAY SAINTS. ...ollowing words in the book of Alma:-'And now it was only the distance of a day and half's journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful, and the land Desol
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  • ...nding of Baldwin Welton, Aaron Smith, and - Hays, elders; and James Braden priest; and decided that their ordinations were illegal, and that the churches sho ...t a sketch of scenes gone-by, from the Journal of Elder H. C. Kimball. The saints, when regailing [regaling] on such samples of brotherly love, &C., can asce
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  • The same day I received the following ...he Lord of Sabbaoth, which is, by interpretation, the Creator of the first day; the beginning and the end.
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  • The same day we wrote to Brother W. W. Phelps, and others in Zion, from Kirtland as foll ...s counsellors [counselors]: let Brother Hezekiah, also, be ordained to the high priesthood.
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  • ...an ever be given by law, to any sect or mode of worship:" yet, because the saints believed and taught differently from their neighbors, and according to the ...irtland. As for myself, I intend, if possible, to attend the school at the latter Jerusalem, to which, I am confident, it is my privilege to go, as often as
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  • ...dark mantle over the unblushing scenery, as if to hide it from the gaze of day; men, women and children, who had been driven or frightened from their home On the same day, while the brethren in Missouri were preparing to leave the county, through
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  • |L3=THE SAINTS MAKE NAUVOO. On the 2nd instant, the same day of the publication of the mob in the "Monitor," I received the following
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  • ...ickerson, and arrived the same day at Lamb's tavern, in Ashtabula; and the day following, the Sabbath, we arrived at Springfield, whilst the brethren were October 8th. Elders Phelps and Hyde presented the petition of the saints in Jackson county to the Governor of Missouri, who gave them for answer tha
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  • In this critical situation about one hundred of the saints, from different branches, volunteered for the protection of their brethren ...iles, Abner Staples, and Lewis Franklin, who have not ceased to pursue the saints, from the first to the last, with feelings of the most hostile kind. These
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  • ...nsternation that must necessarily prevail among most of our people at this day, from the unparalleled usage they have received, and many of them wandering The next day I wrote to Bishop Partridge, Liberty, Clay county, Missouri, the following:
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  • .... W. Phelps, J. Whitmer, A. S. Gilbert, J. Corrill, I. Morley, and all the saints whom it may concern: ...d been slain, and our daily prayers are, that the Lord will not suffer his saints, who have gone up to his land to keep his commandments, to stain his holy m
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  • ...ommit one sin, and some another, (I speak of the rebellious, for there are saints that are as immoveable [immovable] as the everlasting hills,) and what can ...their transgressions; yet, I will own them, and they shall be mine in that day when I shall come to make up my jewels.
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  • ...e affairs of the kingdom of God, which has been committed unto us in these latter times, by the will and testament of our Mediator, whose intercessions in ou ...endure persecution and stand in the day of affliction, cannot stand in the day when the Son of God shall burst the veil, and appear in all the glory of hi
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  • On the 22nd, the presidency of the High Priesthood wrote from Kirtland to the brethren in Christ Jesus, scattered f ...he gospel, or, if they would not repent, that the Lord would send faithful saints, to purchase their farms, that this stake may be strengthened, and its bord
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  • |L7=FOR THE SAINTS IN THE EASTERN COUNTRY. At a council of the high priest and elders at my house, in Kirtland on the evening of the 12th of February,
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  • |L14=MINUTES OF A CONFERENCE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, HELD IN BURK'S GARDEN TAZWELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA ON THE 31st OF AUGUST, 1845 ...s of the worlds are subdued under my feet, and the earth is given unto the saints, to possess it for ever and ever.
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  • |L7=IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE SAINTS. ...ommunity feel a deep interest, for that which is the case of the Mormon to-day, may be the case of the Catholics to-morrow, and after them any other sect
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  • |L8=A CIRCULAR OF THE HIGH COUNCIL. ...red a discharge of the same at target by platoons, drilled us about half a day and returned to the bank of the river.
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  • ...n it was said by Joel, seemingly to strengthen the faith of the Latter-day Saints in the above, "that whosoever should call on the name of the Lord should be ...he rich and the learned, the wise and the noble; and after that cometh the day of his power; but the inhabitants of Jackson county arrayed themselves agai
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  • ...into your hands by the power of my spirit: and ye are to be taught from on high. Sanctify yourselves and ye shall be endowed with power, that ye may give e ...ars of all tingle, that hear, saying these words: Repent ye, for the great day of the Lord is come?
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  • ...ised that my old friends should wonder at my change of views. Even to this day, it is marvellous [marvelous] in my own eyes how I should be separated form ...hed an uncharitable and exclusive spirit towards the existing sects of the day; still he was a revelator and seer approved of God.
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  • ...wanted. Her mission called her to Fort Royal. But some vessels arrived to-day from those places of desolation have told us all! We know but too much!! Ou ...ome to the aid of that population without an asylum-rich yesterday, and to-day ruined, without bread, without clothing. Sire, God has preserved your image
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  • Much conjecture and conversation frequently occurred among the saints, concerning the books mentioned, and referred to in various places in the O ...d blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish. And the Lord called his people Zion,
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  • The next day after the above was received, I also received the following revelation, rel The same day that I received the foregoing
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  • Not long after the foregoing was received, and the saints from the state of New York began to come on, and it seemed necessary to set ...ide for them otherwise, and command them to go hence; and the hour and the day is not given unto them: wherefore let them act upon this land as for years;
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  • ...s was the most important subject which then engrossed the attention of the saints, I will here insert the copy of a letter received about this time, from tha ...t that I am daily remembered in your prayers before the throne of the Most High, by all of my brethren, as well by those who have not seen my face in the f
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  • ...] of the gospel. During this week the Colesville branch referred to in the latter part of the last revelation, and Sidney Rigdon and wife, and elders Morley ...blessings. For after much tribulation cometh the blessings. Wherefore, the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory, the hour is not yet but is
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  • ...ent wild turkey for supper. Nothing very important occurred till the third day, when many of the dangers of the western waters, manifested themselves, and ...d I revoke not the decree: I the Lord was angry with you yesterday, but to-day mine anger is turned away. Wherefore let those concerning whom I have spoke
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  • |L7=A PATTERN FOR THE SAINTS. ...ill not overthrow the wicked, that thereby I may save some; and after that day, I the Lord will not hold any guilty, that shall go, with an open heart, up
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  • ...cept he be a literal descendant and the first born of Aaron; but as a high priest of the Melchizedek priesthood, has authority to officiate in all lesser off And again, no bishop or high priest, who shall be set apart for this ministry, shall be tried or condemned for
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  • ...unto them and an account of this stewardship will I require of them in the day of judgment: wherefore I have appointed unto them, and this is their busine ...ook a journey to Kirtland, in company with elder Sidney Rigdon, on the 3rd day of December, to fulfil [fulfill] the above revelation. On the 4th, several
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  • ...ies contain so much hyperbole that they will greatly amuse most Latter-day Saints. Nevertheless, we respond to each of these "facts" here. ...is wrong, your Christian creeds are abomination to God, and your pastor or Priest is a hireling of Satan"
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  • ...ize that Izapa Stela 5 is not a representation of Lehi's dream. Latter-day Saints should be discouraged from promoting the stela as evidence for the Book of ...-4BarkerHighPriest-b93f00e4-9ee2-42ce-ae3d-3b9ac5444600.pdf The Great High Priest]|vol=42|num=3-4|pages=65-80|date=2003}}
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  • |L4=Response to claim: "Tithing as the Catholic priest said above should be a gift, but the LDS Church makes it an obligation" |L5=Response to claim: "The guilt placed upon Latter-day Saints can be considerable"
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  • |quote=In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day, often sitting at the table close by him, he sitting with his face buried i ...oks?id=FTMEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA423&lpg=PA423&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star'', Vol 43, p. 423.] (Google Books)
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  • ...l&mdash;half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity. The latter is awkward and constrained; the former natural, but grotesque by the contra ...l&mdash;half modern glibness, and half ancient simplicity and gravity. The latter is awkward and constrained; the former natural, but grotesque by the contra
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  • | colspan="3" style="font-size:150%" | OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS To Joseph Smith Jr. and the Church Of Latter Day Saints in Kirtland greeting:
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  • | colspan="3" style="font-size:150%" | OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS Minutes of a conference, of the authorities of the church of Latter Day Saints assembled in the house of the Lord in Kirtland, Sept. 17th, 1837.
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  • | colspan="3" style="font-size:150%" | OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ...f the press in Kirtland; and another establishment by the exertions of the Saints in Far West, has been obtained, sufficiently large to print the Journal; an
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  • | colspan="3" style="font-size:150%" | OF THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS ...ause, it is the express declaration of holy, writ, that he who came a high priest of a royal, everlasting and unchangeable priesthood, placed order in his ki
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  • ...y of the first vision to its readers. Nor do the pages of the ''Latter-day Saints Messenger and Advocate'', printed in Kirtland, Ohio, from October, 1834, to ...he children of men, what was to be done next? Behold, the gathering of the Saints begins.
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  • Second: ''The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. '' Third: ''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ''
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  • ...nce in a Rehearsal of my Grounds for Separating Myself from the Latter Day Saints ...nce in a Rehearsal of my Grounds for Separating Myself from the Latter Day Saints"
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  • ...ny doctrines, as the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, without first submitting them for examination and approval to the First Pr ...or and BYU professor, gave a presentation outlining five points Latter-day Saints can use to avoid doctrinal deception in the Church. He said that red flags
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  • ...ished might have characterized the "Acts of the apostles," and the ancient saints. But such facts as are within my knowledged [knowledge], will be given, wit ...was a thing so foreign from his feelings, that his spirit was not at rest day or night. To unite with a society professing to be built upon the only sure
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  • *[[Question: Have edits to the revelations been discussed in the present day?]] ...And we preached, baptized and ordained some as Elders, And upon the Sixth day of April 1830, six Elders together with some fifty or sixty (as near as I r
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  • ...and any of the martyr accounts of the New Testament or the early Christian saints. Jesus’s story could be told in the same way=== ...and any of the martyr accounts of the New Testament or the early Christian saints. Jesus’s story could be told in the same way – he comes into the city (
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  • ...o an end with the death of Christ and that Christ is our only eternal High Priest ‘after the order of Melchizedek’” ...ed “The Church of Christ,” followed by “The Church of the Latter Day Saints"
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  • ...d by the people who inhabit the earth in the last days, and we (Latter Day Saints) who say, we are living in those days; why are we not in the enjoyment of t ...ilt unto me for the salvation of Zion: for a place of thanksgiving for all Saints, and for a place of instruction for all those who are called to the work of
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  • ...esthood authority planted nearly everywhere. We have quorums of elders and high priests worldwide. But distributing the authority of the priesthood has rac ...urch,” declares ''PTHG'', “it can do nothing for the individual Latter-day Saint. We must all find salvation for ourselves” (305). Yet, in contrast,
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  • ...church, even the Holy Spirit of promise, whereby ye are sealed up unto the day of redemption” (D&C 124:124). This blessing was given on 19 January 1841, .../ref> Public teaching about such things would make little sense until the Saints were ready to participate in the ordinances. One wonders if even Joseph und
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  • |<=[[../Saints_at_Nauvoo_were_punished_for_slothfulness|Claims that the Saints in Nauvoo were punished because they were slothful in building the temple]] |L1=High road to apostasy
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  • ...fied state, even as exalted man shall stand, priest and king unto the Most High God. Mortal eye cannot see nor mind comprehend the beauty, glory, and majes ...and act like men. More and more men dress, groom, and act like women. The high purposes of life are damaged and destroyed by the growing unisex theory. Go
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  • ...HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. ...onference, held at Commerce, Hancock County, Illinois, on Saturday the 5th day of October, 1839.
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  • ...oly intercourse with Almighty God. The family of Smiths held Joseph Jr. in high estimation on account of some supernatural power, which he was supposed to ...r 1832, another Protestant minister wrote to a friend about the Latter-day Saints in his area: "They profess to hold frequent converse with angels; some go,
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  • ...1833,” Historical Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.</ref> ...d before the bishop of my church and his counselors, two of the elders, or high priests, such as he shall appoint or has appointed and set apart for that p
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  • ...hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by Dimick B. Huntington, a High-Priest in Said Church, according to the laws of the Same regulating Marriage; in t
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  • ...urch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, by Dimick B. Huntington, a High Priest in Said Church, according to the laws of the same; regulating marriage; In
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  • ...tential cosmological significance. The opening words to the beloved Latter-day Saint hymn “If You Could Hie to Kolob” written by W. W. Phelps was, of ...mising discoveries in Egyptology and Near Eastern archaeology, some Latter-day Saint scholars have sought to situate Kolob in the ancient world. Although
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  • ...a doctrine that will save us, if we will abide it. He may get drunk every day of his life, sleep with his neighbor's wife every night, run horses and gam At a 1894 gathering of Latter-day Saints who personally knew Joseph Smith, Joseph F. Smith (his nephew) arose and ma
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  • Critics charge that the Bible condemns genealogy, and therefore the Latter-day Saint practice of compiling family histories is anti-Biblical, often citing ===Latter-day Saints engage in genealogical work so that they can continue the Biblical practice
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  • ...ble. Paul's statement makes no sense unless the practice was valid and the saints in Corinth knew it. This is easily demonstrated if we just imagine a young ...about four hundred years after Christ by the church councils. Latter-day Saints would see this as an excellent example of the [[apostasy]]&mdash;church cou
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  • ...icial act terminating the practice of plural marriage among the Latter-day Saints was the adoption by the Church, in conference assembled, of a manifesto pro ...as given, to which fact we have the sworn statements of the members of the High Council. As inquiries on this subject are becoming very frequent, the publi
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  • 7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jeru * Jehoiada, priest under king Joash had two wives ({{b|2|Chronicles|3|}}) and is described at
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  • ...r Adam and Eve, the Israelite temple garments were designed to "cover [the priest's] nakedness." ...Exodus 28, the ancient temple garments of Israel needed to be worn if the priest wanted to be protected from a lethal degree of harm.
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  • ...e of this Society a kingdom of priests an in Enoch’s day— as in Pauls day<ref name="minutes">{{Book:Nauvoo RS Minute Book|link=http://josephsmithpape ...ety to the work of temple ordinances that he was working to present to the Saints at Nauvoo:
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  • ...s office, and who performed the functions of it in the absence of the high priest. See Calmet's Dict, vox Sagan.'" ...r, by those ancient Hebrew names of a man of God, and a deputy of the high priest. How could these events have occurred, had not those natives been Hebrew, a
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  • ...wenty miles distant from Palmyra a source?"|Response to claim: "Was Josiah Priest's book "The Wonders of Nature and Providence", copyrighted by him June 2nd, ...ions on the text. It puts their journey into a context that we, Latter-day Saints in the 21st century, can easily understand. But the text doesn't require th
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  • ===The Bible supports the Latter-day Saint position that the Priesthood is the authority God has given man to pe The Bible supports that Latter-day Saints position that the Priesthood is the authority God has given man to perform
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  • Not all Latter-day Saints accept the ideas which suggest a regression of divine beings. Mormon doctri ...art=z}} Reprinted in {{CD1 |author=Lorenzo Snow|article=Glory Awaiting the Saints|date=6 October 1894 [main text gives date in error as 5 October]|vol=4|star
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  • The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was first organized in the Town of Manchester, Ontario County, State of New ...s, the faith, and the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.]</ref> The pamphlet was reprinted again in 1852.
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  • |L13=A POEM ON THE SUFFERING OF THE SAINTS IN MISSOURI, ...ether with its context, by some who have lately embraced the faith of the "saints:" and who fancy that it applies to the prophet whom God hath raised up in t
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  • ...act of the men comprising said Legion, especially the chief officer of the day, Maj. General Bennett. We doubt whether the like can be presented in any ci ...aying the corner stones of houses to be erected in honor of the God of the Saints-various scenes had transpired since the first was laid-he, with some who we
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  • ...re deposited:" the first promise I have fulfilled, and must proceed to the latter: ...he visions of heaven during the night, and also seeing and hearing in open day; but the mind of man is easily turned, if it is not held by the power of Go
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  • ...of the earth, that they might keep the statutes and judgments of the Most High, and be a light and an example to all surrounding nations. To the saints of the last days, especially, who through obedience to the gospel, claim a
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  • |L1=To The Saints ===To The Saints===
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  • ...anding their poverty, had accomplished so much; and we feel assured if the saints abroad, with their wealth, would make a corresponding effort, that another ...or that is done has been accomplished by the citizens devoting every tenth day gratuitously to that purpose.
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  • ...the laborers are but few. If the Lord's people be a willing people in the day of his power, then every obstacle can be overcome, every difficulty can be ...to avoid the too frequent repetition of the name of the Supreme Being. The latter was called the Aaronic priesthood, because it was confered [conferred] upon
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  • ...afflicted some time, but nothing serious was apprehended, and, not until a day or two before his death was he thought to be dangerous. It was then ascerta "Lo! at day 'twas sudden night."
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  • ...last, written, in apparent good health. Just 20 days from the death of the latter, he departs this life in the triumphs of faith, bearing testimony, in his d ...his was in Upper Canada. We next find him in the State of Missouri, in the day when the enemy was upon our people; shrinks he in that hour of danger! No!
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  • ...resented by two of the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints. ...ation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized, and the same day were added unto them three thousand souls."
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  • |L6=Minutes of a Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held in Nauvoo, Ill, Commencing Oct. 1st, 1841. ...ed [hindered] but that all may understand their privilege and duty in this day of glorious events, so that by exercising themselves therein, they may atta
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  • ...His people into bondage-all, all conspire to make it doubly binding on the saints to publish to the world, a Periodical, through the medium of which, they ca ...rch in this place, from time to time, as occasion may require, so that the saints at a distance can be early apprised of all important moves, or instruction,
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  • ..., and his faith in the mythological works of the Babylonians, and also the high pretentions [pretensions] of the magicians, wise men, to the supernatural p ...h secrets and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter-days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are: (As for the
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  • 1 Hearken, O ye people of my church, saith the voice of him who dwells on high, and whose eyes are upon all men; yea, verily I say, hearken ye people from ...he wrath of God shall be poured out upon the wicked with measure; unto the day when the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man acccording [according
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  • ...h thousand years will be the seventh day with the Lord; hence, the regular day to be hallowed and kept holy. The foregoing are in short some of our reason ...atan at this time will be bound, so that he cannot have any power over the saints to tempt them.
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  • |L8=THE HIGH COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, TO THE SAINTS OF NAUVOO, GREETING:- ...eople will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her th
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  • |L6=THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 3. The Idolatrous Priest of Elkenah attempting to offer up Abraham as a sacrifice.
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  • ...ts times and seasons in the Revolutions thereof, that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand accordi ...standest, and the set time of the greater light, which is set to rule the day, and the set time of the lesser light, which is set to rule the night.
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  • To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in its various Branches and Conferences in Europe, Greeting: ...f those who are strugling [struggling] with poverty, and distress, in this day when the usual means of support seem to be cut short, to the laboring class
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  • A large assembly of Saints gathered together at the place of meeting at an early hour, to hear a disco ...better chance to do good, to be believed and received, than at the present day; but in these days such a man is much opposed and persecuted by most of the
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  • To the Saints in America Greeting: ...ngratulate you at the present time, as we have the opportunity from day to day to witness the progress of the building of the Temple of the Lord in this c
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  • |L13=LATTER DAY SAINTS AGAIN. ...The long fiery tail seemed to separate from the nucleus, or head, and the latter rushed on, emitting a dark blue flame; but there was no division of its bod
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  • ...[inquire] of them what they have against the principles of the Latter Day Saints, the answer is, "They are deluded because they admit of new revelation." ...red the priesthood and apostleship, and hence has arisen the church of the saints;* new in priesthood, new in ordinances, new in spirit gifts, ands blessings
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  • |L4=LATTER DAY SAINTS, OR MORMONS. |L7=TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS,
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  • ...ppy new year;" and through you allow me to extend the same wish to all the saints, both in England and America; but particularly to my wife, and her dear lit ...th sowed his seed, waiteth patiently until it hath received the former and latter rains; and, as the days of miracles are past, we cannot expect men to act n
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  • Or the first Foreign Mission of the Latter Day Saints. ...ing been absent several months, on a long journey, and having returned the day previous,) was called and set apart for the same mission.
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  • |L5=MORMONS, OR "LATTER DAY SAINTS." To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Isle of Man, Greeting:-
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  • |L9=TO THE SAINTS ABROAD. ...dition. It stands on an artificial elevation of an oblong form, forty feet high, three hundred and ten feet in front and rear, and two hundred and sixty fe
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  • Afterwards on the same day, the Sheriff of Sangamon county returned upon the said Habeas corpus, that ...s, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that on the night of the 6th day of May 1842, while sitting in his dwelling in the town of Independendence [
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  • Go with me, will you go to the saints that have died,- 1. I will go, I will go, to the home of the Saints, 17. I beheld round the throne, holy angels and hosts,
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  • |L3=The Mormoms or Latter Day Saints, with their Persecutions. ...u please, I will disignate [designate] them, the lions of the forest. This latter cognomen sir, I consider to be more appropriate, because of the dignity of
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  • ...at while vice sinks them down to darkness and wo, virtue exalts me and the saints to light and immortality. ..., yet we may know the year. His rule for calculating prophetic time is one day to a thousand years, and vice versa. If this is correct in all cases it may
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  • As the young gentleman is now nearly a year old, we propose on this birth day to put him on a new dress, and to make him double the size, that he may beg ...re, Agriculture, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce and the general news of the day.
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  • As the young gentleman is now nearly a year old, we propose on his birth day to put him on a new dress, and to make him double the size, that he may beg ...re, Agriculture, Manufactures, Trade, Commerce and the general news of the day.
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  • ...ws are intrusted [entrusted], with as much sanctity, as the prayers of the saints are treated in heaven, that love, confidence and union, like the sun, moon ...es of this beloved country committed to the issue and the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of
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  • ...a candidate for the presidency at the next election; and as the Latter Day Saints, (sometimes called Mormons, who now constitute a numerous class in the scho In behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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  • |L7=TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. ...with one united voice resolved to trust to the law for a remedy of such a high handed assassination, and when that failed to call upon God to avenge us of
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  • |L5=TO THE SAINTS ABROAD. ...g forth the truth, vindicating the cause of our Redeemer; showing that the day of vengance [vengeance] was coming upon this generation like a thief in the
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  • ...ding to the deeds done in the body, the term "heaven," as intended for the saints eternal home, must include more kingdoms than one. Accordingly on the 16th ...who rebelled against God, and his Christ; wherefore he maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasses
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  • ...es together, and listen to the counsel of him who has ordained you from on high, who shall speak in your ears the words of wisdom, that salvation may be un ...my servant Gazelam, or Enoch, and my servant Pelagoram, sit in council the saints which are in Zion: otherwise satan seeketh to to turn their hearts away fro
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  • |L5=TO THE SAINTS. ...ing; and proceeding onward; we arrived at Wellsville the next day, and the day following at Stubenville, where we left the waggon [wagon]; and on Wednesda
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  • ...rel [Israel], the parents, says, And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy child ...from such prophesies as point out the events that shall take place in our day and age: of these there are many, both in the Old and New Testament. They s
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  • ...us thousand years, when satan was loosed for a little season; they saw the day of judgment when all men received according to their works, and they saw th ...s he has spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon mount Zion, which shall be the city New Jerusalem; which city
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  • ...et to view a few of the curses and mischiefs which follow an abuse of this high privilege. While we behold what a great matter a little fire kindles, let u ...blessings which he gave them, and not abuse them. For this reason, if the saints abide in the faith wherewith they have been called, the earth shall yield h
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  • ...tender, behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fiel ...endent nation; and appointed Thursday, the 31st day of January, 1833, as a day of humiliation and prayer; to implore Almighty God to vouchsafe his blessin
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  • ...after it is rolled up, and the face of the Lord shall be unveiled; and the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened, and be caught u ...g, these are found among those who are to remain until that great and last day, even the end, who shall remain filthy still.
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  • ...her suffer us to speak plainly, for God has respect to the feelings of his saints, and he will not suffer them to be tantalized with impunity. Tell Brother G ...he heart is not right, the Lord will expose it to the view of his faithful saints. We wish you to render the Star as interesting as possible, by setting fort
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  • ...pacity of the weak and the weakest of all saints, who are or can be called saints. ...y for all useful animals and for mild drinks; as also other grain. And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the comm
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  • April 2d. F. G. Williams was appointed, by a council of High Priests, an agent, to superintend and employ men to labor in the brick yard ...hem. This was the first attempt made by the church, to celebrate her birth day, and those who professed not our faith talked about it as a strange thing.
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  • |L8=Minutes of a conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at Augusta, Iowa Territory, April 1st and 2d, A. D. 1843. As the young gentleman is now nearly a year old, we propose on his birth day to put him on a new dress, and to make him double the size, that he may beg
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  • |L6=MORMONS, OR LATTER DAY SAINTS ...as to what they should do who were pricked in their hearts. "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. An
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  • ...once, we purpose to answer this oft asked question in writing; so that the saints may learn doctrine, and all who will, may understand that such election and ...to be made an high priest, but he that said unto him thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
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  • |L5=To the Saints Among all Nations. ...nd the gift of the Holy Ghost, according to the teachings of Peter, on the day of Pentecost, exhorting his hearers in the mean time, to throw away their c
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  • ...ut upon the ungodly, prior to that event, and the reign of Christ with his saints on the earth, in the millenium [millennium]. ...condemnation of those characters whose names he has quoted, because in the day in which they lived, we recognize no people having the authority of God as
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  • ...great mass of mankind, unnoticed and unawares. But never has there been a day when time has been so plentifully supplied, and that with so prominent even ...e most excruciating agony of both body and mind, while from the throne, or high exalted pulpit, we hear this exclamation: this year is the end of God's
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  • ...Smith, during the persecutions of our people in Missouri. That during the latter part of the summer and fall of the year 1838, there were large bodies of th ...oasted of.-They related the circumstance in detail of having, the previous day, disarmed a certain man in his own house, and took him prisoner, and afterw
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  • In a day or two afterwards, General Parks of Ray county, also came to Far West, and ...hort time; the time not precisely recollected; but I think it was the next day by ten o'clock, but of this I am not certain. He said they were setting fir
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  • ...n, and provide for his wants, and place him in a situation suitable to the high and important office which he sustained in the church. They resolved upon e ...ntroduced to Joseph :Smith, Junior, and others of the church of Latter Day Saints. After listening to the testimony of the "witnesses," and reading the "Book
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  • ...first preaching of his brother Parley P. Pratt, September 19th, (his birth day) about six weeks previous, in Canaan, N. Y. came to enquire [inquire] of th ...that I shall come in a cloud with power and great glory, and it shall be a day at the time of my coming, for all nations shall tremble.
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  • ...e wicked have I kept in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day, which shall come at the end of the earth: and even so will I cause the wic ...rkness shall soon be rent, and he that is not purified shall not abide the day; wherefore gird up your loins and be prepared. Behold the kingdom is yours
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  • |L4=TO THE SAINTS. |L10=TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
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  • Book of Mormon prophets describe for latter-day readers the responsibilities that rest upon those who inherit the land of p ...’s words parallel similar promises in both the Book of Mormon and latter-day revelation:
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  • ...ence there are twelve tribes, twelve stones on the breastplate of the high priest, twelve foundations and gates into the heavenly city, twelve priesthood-hol ...5b0-e50f-49cb-921b-8910443ea8ef/0/0?lang=eng "Letter No. 9,"] ''Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate'', 1:10 (July 1835), 145).</ref> Thus, in the Twelv
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  • One Latter-day Saint writer, Greg Kearney, wrote a blogpost responding to a critic of the ...d's ability to see all things (see D&C 88:41, 130:7)...According to latter-day revelation, heavenly eyes are said to represent one who is filled with 'lig
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  • One Latter-day Saint writer, Greg Kearney, wrote a blogpost responding to a critic of the ...d's ability to see all things (see D&C 88:41, 130:7)...According to latter-day revelation, heavenly eyes are said to represent one who is filled with 'lig
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  • ...ts] of [https://archive.bookofmormoncentral.org/node/451 Joseph Smith’s] day. Palmer quotes critic Brent Metcalfe: Latter-day Saint scholar and apologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley Hugh
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  • ==Question: What evidence can The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints give for their possession of God’s priesthood?== ...on the basis of their possession of this unique authority that Latter-day Saints claim to be “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole e
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  • |H=An analysis of the Wikipedia article "Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)" |title=Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)
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