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  • James Jesse Strang was a Latter-day Saint leader in Nauvoo who established a breakaway Mormon sect after the mu ...his role as leader and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (''see [[Mormonism and church leadership/Succession in the Presidency of th
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  • ...of geology, Brigham Young University, and stake president, Provo Utah East Stake.''<BR><BR> ...true in the light of greater knowledge. We are assured, however, that the day will come when the Lord "shall reveal all things--<BR><BR>
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  • ...approached him on the truth of his story. Afterwards the man was told by a stake president that he must confess that he lied because he had been essentially "17 Points" is thus a resource that may be interesting to Latter-day Saints in examining the scriptural basis for certain features of the modern Church
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  • ...ontracts or treaties with the surrounding nations. Many Jews in Jeremiah's day likely saw that instruction as further reason to rebel against their vassal ...ictiveness. The polygamy laws, which were being vigorously enforced in the latter part of the 1880s, imposed ample punishment for the women who stubbornly cl
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  • ...his first name, but I shall never forget the first thing he said the first day we met. ...ident sometimes will ask, "Must I sit on the stand in every meeting in the stake? May I not sit with my family?" I tell him, "While you preside, you are to
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  • Many Latter-day Saints (including apostles and members of the 1st Presidency) have expressed opini :The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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  • Latter-day Saints do not choose between the two, any more than they choose between Peter and ...a self-serving interpretation of what makes a prophet, and the Latter-day Saints have a different interpretation.
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  • ...istian cult; nothing must challenge the video's version of what Latter-day Saints "really" believe. ...not discuss these issues with Latter-day Saints, lest they learn that the Saints believe a great many of the same things as they do about Christ. (See discu
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  • ...advances is from God or not; and so that, if necessary, we could go to the stake, and have no doubts on the subject. ''I told the people in Nauvoo . . . that if they were not Saints at that critical juncture, they ought to repent of their sins, and get the
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  • ==The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)== Note the lower case on the word "day" and the use of hyphenation. Also, since the starting "The" is part of the
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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 ;Aaronic Priesthood:This is one of the two Latter-Day Saints priesthoods. It is made up of three offices Deacon, Teacher and Priest each
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  • ...tion for service seems contradictory to strongly held values of the Latter-day Saint community. However, it should be noted that priestcraft as it has bee ...mal training in theology or Church administration. This includes bishops, stake presidents, Area Seventies, Relief Society presidents, priests, teachers, d
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  • ==Question: Was Zarahemla located near present-day Nauvoo?== ...Zarahemla in such works as {{Book:Cannon Cowan Garr:Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History|author=Richard E. Bennett|article=Montrose, Iowa}} or {{BYUS|
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  • ..." to which he responded, "those judgments are left up to local bishops and stake presidents and the particular circumstances involved." <ref>Carrie A. Moor
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  • ...doing as a missionary, this ‘abridgement’ does little but distort the day’s activity.”<ref>{{BYUS|author=James B. Allen|article=[https://byustudi ...Plural marriage simply isn't a normal topic of discussion among Latter-day Saints. It is difficult to understand why those attending modern "LDS gatherings"
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  • ...an episode of the series "Big Love" which dramatized a portion of a Latter-day Saint temple ceremony. The producers of the series insisted that the inclus ...reaches a size or prominence sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should r
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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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  • ...f as "a man of like passions with yourselves." <ref>William Clayton to the Saints at Manchester, 10 Dec. 1840, Clayton Papers; cited in {{TrialsOfDiscipleshi ...the United States....Still, the Mormon prophet was realistic enough not to stake the entire future of the Kingdom of God on this plan.
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  • ...he withdrew from the Church after holding positions in England as bishop, stake president and area executive secretary. He now serves as managing editor of
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  • ...h Smith the Prophet, has presented himself as the leader of the Latter-day Saints. I will take this for my text. In the first place I will say to the saints that I know more about Joseph Smith, the prophet of the last days, and his
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  • ...d 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 individual Saint from the f ...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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  • ...of the High Priests Quorum, and the Presidency and the High Council of the Stake had laid the Stone, April 6, 1853. ...and sisters of this Church, that I am permitted to live to see the present day, and to stand upon this rock, which is the North-west Corner Stone of a Tem
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  • ...of the High Priests' Quorum and the Presidency and the High Council of the Stake had laid the Stone April 6, 1853. ...prepare them to enter into that rest which is prepared and promised to thy Saints. We pray thee to cement this Corner Stone in a bond of indissoluble union w
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  • Twenty-five years ago to-day this Church was organized with six members. More had been baptized by broth ...f possible save their lives. Those who have been faithful can witness this day, that those who have sought to save their lives have lost them, while those
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  • |<=[[../3|Trials of the Saints—Redemption of Zion—Second Coming of Christ—The Word of Wisdom]] ...is right and what is wrong. There is not a little child before me here to-day, that has arrived to years of accountability, but knows what is right to a
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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 ...not trust their eyes, their ears, or their understanding; they are all the day long fearing and trembling lest they should be deceived. And at the same ti
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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 ...the Gospel fruits of righteousness insomuch that they will know how to be Saints indeed.
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  • |H=THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, COMPARED WITH THE DISADVANTAGES UNDER WHICH NOAH LABORED, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 3: THE ADVANTAGES OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, COMPARED WITH THE DISADVANTAGES UNDER WHICH NOAH LABORED, ETC.
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  • ...money from a comparatively prosperous neighbor [[Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)|Martin Harris]]. ...e earliest translation, Smith said he used "[[Urim and Thummim (Latter Day Saints)|Urim and Thummim]]",
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  • After leaving [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], the Saints in Missouri established the town of [[Far West, Missouri|Far West]]. Smith' ...don arrived in Missouri, Far West became the new Mormon [[Zion (Latter Day Saints)|"Zion."]]
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  • #{{Harvtxt|Bushman|2005|p=381}} (Saints gathered near [[Quincy, Illinois]]. Promoting the image of the Saints as an oppressed minority,
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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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  • |H=REFORMATION—A TEST AT HAND TO PROVE THE SAINTS |T=Journal of Discourses 4: REFORMATION—A TEST AT HAND TO PROVE THE SAINTS
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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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  • ...Christ—Parable of the Vine—A Wild Enthusiastic Spirit Not of God—The Saints Should Not Unwisely Expose Each Others’ Follies]] |>=[[../37|Exhortation to Cleanliness—Many of the Saints Spiritually Dead]]
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  • ...sented to my mind by the Holy Ghost. I know that I have the prayers of the Saints and of the faithful servants of the Lord. I realize that their prayers are ...rter to abide with us continually; for I know it is a trying time with the Saints; it is a turning-point; and I know that none but the pure in heart can stan
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  • |>=[[../6|Injustice of the United States Government Towards the Saints, Etc.]] I am happy for the privilege of standing before the Saints. It is a great pleasure to me to associate with those whose feelings are co
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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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  • ...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 ...tore these very glories, but did not obtain them: but they prophesied of a day when this glory would be revealed. Paul spoke of the dispensation of the fu
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  • ...rations have lived and died looking for the blessings and promises of this day, desiring that they might have a part in the great preparatory work of the ...secrate this house unto thee and unto thy cause, for the assembling of thy Saints to worship before thee and to partake of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper
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  • ...iven to enable us to receive revelations to guide and lead us aright every day. ...n the Scriptures to contend for that faith which was once delivered to the Saints, and which inspired them with dreams and visions, tongues and the interpret
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  • |H=PROVIDENCES OF GOD—PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—SPIRITUAL OPERATIONS AND MANIFESTATIONS—THE SPIRIT WORLD, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 7: PROVIDENCES OF GOD—PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—SPIRITUAL OPERATIONS AND MANIFESTATIONS—THE SPIRIT WORLD, &c.
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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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  • |H=CONFIDENCE AND INFLUENCE OF THE SAINTS—KNOWLEDGE, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: CONFIDENCE AND INFLUENCE OF THE SAINTS—KNOWLEDGE, &c.
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  • |H=RELIGION OF THE SAINTS—PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL—CONTENTION, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: RELIGION OF THE SAINTS—PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL—CONTENTION, &c.
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  • |H=BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS—APOSTACY, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS—APOSTACY, &c.
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  • ...the power, they would dethrone Jehovah; had they the power, they would to-day crucify every Saint there is upon the earth; they would not leave upon the ...thers will come, and God will reign King of nations as he now does King of Saints. It is a glorious thought, my brethren,—a thought that should touch the h
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  • |H=PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS—BUILDING UP OF ZION, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS—BUILDING UP OF ZION, &c.
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  • |H=JOURNEYINGS OF THE SAINTS—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c. |T=Journal of Discourses 8: JOURNEYINGS OF THE SAINTS—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c.
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  • |<=[[../76|Counsel to the Saints Settling in Cache Valley]] |>=[[../78|Privileges Enjoyed by the Saints—Confusion Existing in the World]]
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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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  • ...eeling to shout Hosannah for the place that the Lord had preserved for his Saints, for the natural fortresses that he had constructed, and for the principles ...company with Elder Joseph A. Young. Now, I remember the time when all the Saints in Kirtland could have assembled in one of those little school-houses that
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  • |H=GATHERING OF THE SAINTS—HONOURING THE PRIESTHOOD, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 9: GATHERING OF THE SAINTS—HONOURING THE PRIESTHOOD, ETC.
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  • |<=[[../37|Robbing the Dead—Dancing, not a Part of the Saints' Religion—Kindness in Government—More Telegraphic Wires]] ...ter part of them remain firm to the faith of Catholicism until the present day.
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  • ...and adviser of the people of God. Hundreds and thousands of the Latter-day Saints exercise faith for me, and pray for me and my Counsellors, and for the Twel ...of truth and the power of the kingdom of God upon the earth, if our every day life does not accord with our profession, our religious exercises are all i
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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 ...nt a rule and tape-line to draw his line of jurisdiction on the ground and stake it out. Then it would be, Bishop you must toe this line, and President you
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  • ..., I guess some of the brethren have received a pretty good chastisement to-day, but it don't touch me. Don't you know that this is very common? That jacke ...t company that I was gathered with, of which President Young has spoken to-day, and which embraced nearly all the male members there were in the Church, b
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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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  • Much is taught the Saints by the Elders of Israel concerning their religion, the way we should live, ...is not {{page break|290|top}} like what we call sectarianism, religion to-day, and the world tomorrow; next Sabbath a little more religion, and then the
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  • |>=[[../63|The Increase of Faith Among the Saints—More Implicit in Their Obedience Now Than in the Days of Joseph—Compari ...eld in Joseph's house, arose to speak, and took for my text, "ye Saints of Latter days, I would not give you the ashes of a rye straw for every word that is
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  • |H=THE INCREASE OF FAITH AMONG THE SAINTS—MORE IMPLICIT IN THEIR OBEDIENCE NOW THAN IN THE DAYS OF JOSEPH—COMPARI |T=Journal of Discourses 63: THE INCREASE OF FAITH AMONG THE SAINTS—MORE IMPLICIT IN THEIR OBEDIENCE NOW THAN IN THE DAYS OF JOSEPH—COMPARI
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  • ...SODOM AND GOMORRAH—HIS JUDGMENTS WILL COME UPON THOSE WHO PERSECUTE HIS SAINTS—THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE—WE WILL STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION THOUGH ...SODOM AND GOMORRAH—HIS JUDGMENTS WILL COME UPON THOSE WHO PERSECUTE HIS SAINTS—THE LORD WILL BLESS HIS PEOPLE—WE WILL STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION THOUGH
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  • |>=[[../9|Similarity of Circumstances Surrounding Former and Latter-day Saints, etc.]] |S=DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, Delivered in the Stake Meeting House, Provo, Sunday Morning, November 30th, 1884 REPORTED BY JOHN
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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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  • ...ERVATION REQUIRES US TO BE UNITED—ALL REPUTABLE MEN AMONG THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS HOLD THE PRIESTHOOD—WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH MOBOCRACY IN LEGAL FORM AND G ...ERVATION REQUIRES US TO BE UNITED—ALL REPUTABLE MEN AMONG THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS HOLD THE PRIESTHOOD—WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH MOBOCRACY IN LEGAL FORM AND G
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  • ...E OUR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF TRUTH—THE BLESSINGS OF GOD INVOKED UPON THE SAINTS ...E OUR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF TRUTH—THE BLESSINGS OF GOD INVOKED UPON THE SAINTS
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  • ...OF THE SPIRIT—"MORMON" SOCIETY—TROUBLE FOR THE WICKED IN THE FUTURE—SAINTS TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM AND TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION ...OF THE SPIRIT—"MORMON" SOCIETY—TROUBLE FOR THE WICKED IN THE FUTURE—SAINTS TO MAINTAIN FREEDOM AND TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION
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  • ...M FOR THE DEAD—SAVIORS UPON MOUNT ZION—RESPONSIBILITY RESTING UPON THE SAINTS—A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE MISSIONARIES ...M FOR THE DEAD—SAVIORS UPON MOUNT ZION—RESPONSIBILITY RESTING UPON THE SAINTS—A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE MISSIONARIES
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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 IRVINE.)
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  • |<=[[../35|Organization of the First Presidency—Responsibility of the Saints, etc.]] |>=[[../37|The Increase and Future of the Saints—True Education, etc.]]
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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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  • |H=CO-OPERATION AND THE UNITED ORDER—THE SAINTS SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW AND WILL OF GOD—THE APPROACHING CALAMITIES |T=Journal of Discourses 21: CO-OPERATION AND THE UNITED ORDER—THE SAINTS SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW AND WILL OF GOD—THE APPROACHING CALAMITIES
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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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  • |H=PROGRESS OF THE SAINTS TO UNION IN FAITH AND PRACTICE—THE UNITED ORDER |T=Journal of Discourses 21: PROGRESS OF THE SAINTS TO UNION IN FAITH AND PRACTICE—THE UNITED ORDER
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  • ...esthood—Restoration of the Gospel Through Joseph Smith—Failings of the Saints—Corruptions of the Wicked]] ...ance of gold, filled with engravings. He obtained these plates on the 22nd day of September in the year 1827, being then not quite twenty-two years of age
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  • ...cers and for those holding places in the Church and kingdom of God in this stake of Zion. And it is well for us sometimes to understand what we do in relati ...erfect to begin with? No. These various officers are for perfecting of the Saints. What else? For the work of the ministry; that men might be qualified and i
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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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  • ...fice; or if they should be called to be Counselors to the President of the Stake, they could act wisely and efficiently in that position; or if they should ...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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  • |H=TRYING TO BE SAINTS—TREASURES OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS—THE HILL CUMORAH—OBEDIENCE TO TRUE |T=Journal of Discourses 19: TRYING TO BE SAINTS—TREASURES OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS—THE HILL CUMORAH—OBEDIENCE TO TRUE
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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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  • ...anic Majesty's realms to teach the Gospel of life and salvation. From that day to this I have been contending against the powers of evil, according to the ...to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to {{page break|14|top}} be punished." For we are made nigh unt
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  • ...TS OF GOD—NATIONS WILL BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR INIQUITY—NECESSITY OF THE SAINTS LIVING THEIR RELIGION ...TS OF GOD—NATIONS WILL BE PUNISHED FOR THEIR INIQUITY—NECESSITY OF THE SAINTS LIVING THEIR RELIGION
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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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  • |H=DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—OBEDIENCE TO COUNSEL, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 11: DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—OBEDIENCE TO COUNSEL, ETC.
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  • ...tiles by birth who are not of Jewish descent. We who are called Latter-day Saints are Gentiles by birth—we are nationally so. The opposition which we have These ideas may be profitable to the Saints and aid them in understanding to some extent why things are as they are.
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  • ...and if I had time, I have many I could say. I would exhort the Latter-day Saints to live in peace, to pursue a course that will effectually preserve the pea ...owship of the Saints. A man who will not pay his honest debts is no Latter-day Saint, if he has the means to pay them. A man who will run into debt, when
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  • ...he house, and the close attention of my hearers. I expect the faith of the Saints even without asking for it. The faithful will exercise faith, and pray alwa ...hast loved me." We should very much dislike not to be acknowledged as the Saints of the Most High God, and the disciples of his Son Jesus Christ. Are we one
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  • ...VED CONDITION OF THE SAINTS—PREPARATION NECESSARY TO BUILD UP THE CENTRE STAKE OF ZION—THE LAW OF MOSES GIVEN IN CONSEQUENCE OF REBELLION—NO TRUE PLEA ...VED CONDITION OF THE SAINTS—PREPARATION NECESSARY TO BUILD UP THE CENTRE STAKE OF ZION—THE LAW OF MOSES GIVEN IN CONSEQUENCE OF REBELLION—NO TRUE PLEA
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  • ...ved Condition of the Saints—Preparation Necessary to Build up the Centre Stake of Zion—The Law of Moses Given in Consequence of Rebellion—No True Plea |>=[[../49|The Complete Difference Between the Saints and the World]]
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  • ...his city that naturally ought to attend meeting be punctual on the Sabbath day we should find it too small, and should wish that we had half a dozen galle ...we should prepare a suitable Tabernacle, that we may be supplied when that day of famine shall arrive. I think that it has existed in the world for a long
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  • |<=[[../23|Condition of Apostates—The Young Men of the Saints—Bible Christians—Mormon Battalion—His Testimony to Strangers—Counci ...of mankind; the earth will be sanctified, and God will glorify it, and the Saints will dwell upon it in the presence of the Father and the Son. We need to ex
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  • ...with the king, nobles, and people of Egypt to store their grain against a day of famine. I have often thought, in reflecting upon this subject, how littl ...rit of solemnity upon me while standing here gazing upon this multitude of Saints. Seeing the difficulties through which we have passed, our present prosperi
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  • |H=EVIDENCES THAT THE SAINTS LOVE AND SERVE GOD—HOW TO BUILD UP ZION—TAKING CARE OF GRAIN |T=Journal of Discourses 12: EVIDENCES THAT THE SAINTS LOVE AND SERVE GOD—HOW TO BUILD UP ZION—TAKING CARE OF GRAIN
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  • |<=[[../51|The Gospel a Perfect System—Evidence that the Latter-day Saints have Received the Holy Spirit—Plural Marriage]] ...monies that were observed by the early Christians. They met on the Sabbath day to worship, receive instruction and to call upon the name of the Lord and t
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  • ...ance to God. These are the questions which present themselves before us to-day. They are important questions, and should be decided carefully and understa ...ves and their God. I know, as I know that I live and am speaking to you to-day, that this is the work of God. I know that He has promised that it shall st
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  • ...dhered to, by the whole of the inhabitants of the earth, we should see, to-day, through all the nations of the earth, that which is witnessed in Utah—on ...them can doubt the truth of the saying, that God is the same yesterday, to-day and for ever.
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  • ...to the people this afternoon. I will commence by saying to the Latter-day Saints and to all the inhabitants of the earth that I am responsible for the doctr ...this congregation—only a few of them—who were driven from the central stake of Zion. Ask them if they had any sorrow or trouble; then let them look at
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  • |<=[[../13|Latter-day Saint Families—Preaching the Gospel—Building up the Kingdom]] ...part of the people is required before they come up to them in their every-day life. It is so with mankind generally. They can comprehend the theory and r
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  • |>=[[../16|The Latter-day Kingdom of God—Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon—External Testi ...ut food during the day, and then given crusts of bread and water. The next day he was taken before magistrates who, after a rigid examination, found no fa
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  • ...e are every Sabbath in the fore part of the day. I think if the Latter-day Saints prized their privileges as they ought to do, there would be more attend mee ...er within—a leader to dictate and guide him. This Spirit reveals, day by day, to every man who has faith, those things which are for his benefit. As Job
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  • ...re in visiting the Saints. It is delightful to see those who profess to be Saints living together in unity and peace, which I am happy to say is the case to ...grow in the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus Christ. If we are not Saints I do not think I ever saw any; but still there is a lack in the faith and w
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  • |<=[[../45|The Latter-day Work—Obeying the Commandments]] ...s of heaven long since revealed by the Lord to His people—the Latter-day Saints. Brethren and sisters, I know that the cause in which we are engaged is the
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  • |H=CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS INFIDELITY—THE ATONEMENT—CELESTIAL MARRIAGE |T=Journal of Discourses 14: CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS INFIDELITY—THE ATONEMENT—CELESTIAL MARRIAGE
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  • It is not very customary for the Latter-day Saints to select a text and to confine their remarks to the subject matter thereof ...y the true Saints. This is a subject of special interest to the Latter-day Saints, and we should look forward with feelings of great joy in anticipation of t
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  • |>=[[../23|Saints Should Sustain Themselves—Keep the Commandments—Abuses—Power of Right ...are all for the benefit of the human family; and as long as the Latter-day Saints have observed this law they have been blessed; and we know by our own exper
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  • |H=SAINTS SHOULD SUSTAIN THEMSELVES—KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS—ABUSES—POWER OF RIGHT |T=Journal of Discourses 15: SAINTS SHOULD SUSTAIN THEMSELVES—KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS—ABUSES—POWER OF RIGHT
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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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  • ...requirements, preparatory to enjoying the glory that the Lord has for the Saints. I will ask, Is there liberty in this obedience? Yes, and the only plan on What will we do through the day? Each one go to his work. Here are the herdsmen—here are those who look a
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  • |H=CHARACTER OF THE DECEASED—MANIFESTATIONS OF THE POWER OF GOD THE SAINTS HAVE NO INTEREST APART FORM THE KINGDOM OF GOD—THE FEAR OF DEATH ...ses 15: CHARACTER OF THE DECEASED—MANIFESTATIONS OF THE POWER OF GOD THE SAINTS HAVE NO INTEREST APART FORM THE KINGDOM OF GOD—THE FEAR OF DEATH
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  • ...o the Knowledge Possessed By, and the Requirements Made of, the Latter-Day Saints, Through the Living Oracles of God]] As this day's services may be considered introductory to our Conference, which will com
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  • ...E ENCOUNTERED AND SACRIFICES TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO PROVE THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS—THE LOVE OF WEALTH ...E ENCOUNTERED AND SACRIFICES TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO PROVE THE FAITH OF THE SAINTS—THE LOVE OF WEALTH
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  • ...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 ...re assembled, having gathered from many climes and nations. The Latter-day Saints did not gather to these valleys for the purpose of knowing this Work to be
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  • |>=[[../40|Distinguishing Characteristics Between the Latter-Day Saints and the Various Religious Denominations of Christendom]] ...accurately they place them in their position, for I hope that every Latter-day Saint feels enough interest in the building of the Temple to lift his heart
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  • "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and ...d brimstone, where the beast and false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever."
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  • The Latter-day Saints present a strange spectacle to those that enjoy the spirit of revelation. T ...that I chastise the people very severely; but I will say to the Latter-day Saints that I have no chastisement for any unless they deserve it, and if I myself
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  • ...[../4|Saints Should be Whole-hearted—Seek First the Kingdom—The Latter-day Work a Revelation—Joseph Smith Illiterate—Our Agency Accepts or Rejects ...ouncil of the Twelve Apostles, and bless all who preside, not only in this Stake of Zion, when it shall be more fully set in order, but in all the Stakes of
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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— ...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]] I expected to attend a meeting of the Relief Societies of this Stake of Zion to hear reports, and comments from the Presidency, the Secretaries,
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  • ...isciples—The Quorums of the Priesthood will Continue to go Forward—The Saints are Calm and Undisturbed]]
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  • Before dwelling upon this subject, I wish to say to the Latter-day Saints, that I have been permitted by the counsel of the servants of God, to perfo ...s, home manufactures and home industries, and finally having organized the Saints into Stakes, appointing Bishops, and having them ordained, in all parts of
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  • ...leading forth of this people without the Lord's assistance. I would say to-day, if God be not with us, if we are not sustained by the almighty power of Je ...r since the day of its organization was so perfectly organized as it is to-day. What has this been done for? Is it to place some men in positions of honor
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  • ...E BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW, DELIVERED AT THE QUARTERLY CONFERENCE OF THE UTAH STAKE OF ZION, IN THE PROVO MEETING HOUSE, SATURDAY, OCT. 13, 1877. (From the Ter ..., to hold our Conferences with more regularity and in their order, for the Saints to come together to be instructed, that reports may be heard from the vario
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  • ...rning to the remarks of brother Snow, and wish that all the people in this Stake had heard them. We have had a great deal of preaching, and need a great dea ...er was a generation of people who had so much to perform as the Latter-day Saints have. This work is progressing, and it will continue to advance. I have see
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  • ...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 ...e Lord has placed upon them, but they need the faith and confidence of the Saints and the sustenance of the Almighty, for they will not be able to do anythin
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  • ...t the Spirit of the Lord. And the same applies to all who stand before the Saints, to minister in word and doctrine. We are taught by the revelations given u ...of this Stake. Can anybody receive revelations for the government of this Stake? Certainly not. If any person other than the Presidency should profess to r
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  • ...Young, which cast a gloom over the {{page break|238|top}} feelings of the Saints throughout the Territory, and made us all feel sorry. His demise, with that ...od our heavenly Father, and Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant; and to-day they feel interested in the rolling forth of this work, and in the accompli
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  • I will call the attention of this large I assembly to the latter part of a very important and extensive parable, recorded in the Book of Mor ...which more particularly relates to the great work which we, as Latter-day Saints, are now performing in the earth.
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  • ...l of all manner of evil, and do not impart of their substance, as becometh Saints, to the poor and afflicted among them. ...but with the assistance of that comforter which the Lord has promised his Saints, if we are careful to listen to its whisperings, and understand the nature
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  • ...HIS WORLD NOT A BAD ONE; SUITED TO ITS PURPOSE—UNBELIEF OF MANKIND—THE SAINTS WILL LIVE ...HIS WORLD NOT A BAD ONE; SUITED TO ITS PURPOSE—UNBELIEF OF MANKIND—THE SAINTS WILL LIVE
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  • ...TORIAL PROSPERITY—"MORMONISM" NOT FAVORED OF THE GOVERNMENT—LATTER-DAY SAINTS TO SAVE THE GOVERNMENT—GOOD COUNCEL ON MANY POINTS ...TORIAL PROSPERITY—"MORMONISM" NOT FAVORED OF THE GOVERNMENT—LATTER-DAY SAINTS TO SAVE THE GOVERNMENT—GOOD COUNCEL ON MANY POINTS
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  • |<=[[../1|Ideas Held By the Latter-day Saints Winning Their Way, etc.]] ...n; and all the proud, yea, all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leav
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  • ...spire, and the Lord has called upon us to perform a very great work in our day and generation. He has sent forth a revelation of his will; He has restored ...nd the dead of so small importance, that we can not afford time to spend a day once a quarter in attending to the duties of our office, in representing ou
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  • |<=[[../5|Gratifying Political and General Material Condition of the Saints, etc.]] |>=[[../7|The Saints Prospered, etc.]]
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  • ...The promise of the Lord is that when we assemble together as we have this day, and as we are now assembled, he will give unto us that portion of his word ...f these mountains and numbered in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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  • .... Do you believe in covetousness? No, I do not. I think that as Latter-day Saints we ought to have our minds fixed on something else—something more elevati ...before the courts of the world; I believe it with all my heart. Latter-day Saints, we ought to be control[l]ed by correct principles; and if anybody is sinne
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  • ...SURD THEORIES OF LEARNED MEN—ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE SAINTS WILL BE SAINTS WILL BE SAVED IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...SURD THEORIES OF LEARNED MEN—ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS AMONG THE SAINTS WILL BE SAINTS WILL BE SAVED IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
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  • I am pleased to meet with the Saints in this place; and I have been very much interested in the remarks that hav We are living in a very eventful day, in a time that is pregnant with great events; and it is necessary that we
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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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  • |H=DUTIES OF THE SAINTS IN TEMPORALITIES—IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE REQUISITE—CHURCH INTERESTS CAREFULL |T=Journal of Discourses 20: DUTIES OF THE SAINTS IN TEMPORALITIES—IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE REQUISITE—CHURCH INTERESTS CAREFULL
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  • ...G PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE—THE CORRUPTION OF SO-CALLED CHRISTENDOM—HOW THE SAINTS SHOULD LIVE—SUNDAY SCHOOLS, RELIEF AND MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS. ...G PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE—THE CORRUPTION OF SO-CALLED CHRISTENDOM—HOW THE SAINTS SHOULD LIVE—SUNDAY SCHOOLS, RELIEF AND MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.
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  • |S=DISCOURSE BY ELDER LORENZO SNOW, DELIVERED AT THE WEBER STAKE CONFERENCE, HELD IN THE TABERNACLE, OGDEN CITY, OCTOBER 19, 1879. (Reported "4. And an account of this stewardship will I require of them in the day of judgment:
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  • ...ISTS—THE TIME COME TO ORGANIZE THE SAINTS—THE TIME AND ENERGIES OF THE SAINTS ALL THAT IS WANTED—GEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES OF PROF. MARSH—SCIENTIFIC DEMO ...ISTS—THE TIME COME TO ORGANIZE THE SAINTS—THE TIME AND ENERGIES OF THE SAINTS ALL THAT IS WANTED—GEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES OF PROF. MARSH—SCIENTIFIC DEMO
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  • ...THE LAW OF CONSECRATION—PERSECUTIONS OF THE SAINTS—A ONENESS AMONG THE SAINTS NECESSARY—THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO BE TURNED TO THE CHILDREN, AND THE ...THE LAW OF CONSECRATION—PERSECUTIONS OF THE SAINTS—A ONENESS AMONG THE SAINTS NECESSARY—THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO BE TURNED TO THE CHILDREN, AND THE
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  • ...POSITION THE SAINTS HAVE OCCUPIED HAS BEEN A PECULIAR ONE-THE UNITY OF THE SAINTS-HOME MANUFACTURE PREFERABLE TO IMPORTATION-ORGANIZATION NECESSARY TO SELF-S ...POSITION THE SAINTS HAVE OCCUPIED HAS BEEN A PECULIAR ONE-THE UNITY OF THE SAINTS-HOME MANUFACTURE PREFERABLE TO IMPORTATION-ORGANIZATION NECESSARY TO SELF-S
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  • ...’s Connection with the Early History of the Church—Persecutions of the Saints—Mormon Battalion—Hardships Experienced in the Settlement of Utah—Plur ...t. So it may be with our children if we do not act before them as becometh Saints; our precepts may be very good, but their effect will not be very powerful
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  • |H=THE BELIEF OF THE SAINTS IN THE MISSION OF THE SAVIOR—PERTAINING TO INHERITANCES UPON THE EARTH TH |T=Journal of Discourses 17: THE BELIEF OF THE SAINTS IN THE MISSION OF THE SAVIOR—PERTAINING TO INHERITANCES UPON THE EARTH TH
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  • |H=FAITH OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN RELATION TO THE RESURRECTION |T=Journal of Discourses 17: FAITH OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN RELATION TO THE RESURRECTION
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  • ...ng in Marriage But That of the Holy Priesthood Possessed by the Latter-day Saints]] |>=[[../36|Saints are Chosen—Eternal Life Worth More Than all Things Else—Works Must Corr
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  • |H=CONGRESS AND THE SAINTS—EFFICACY OF PRAYER—STRENGTH OF CHARACTER NECESSARY—THE TRUE CHURCH— |T=Journal of Discourses 17: CONGRESS AND THE SAINTS—EFFICACY OF PRAYER—STRENGTH OF CHARACTER NECESSARY—THE TRUE CHURCH—
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  • ...g else and all else on this earth? I think I can answer for all Latter-day Saints, and say, "Surely it is." We hope for life, salvation and exaltation; we ha ...dom, the knowledge and the power of God would increase in the midst of the Saints. This is our experience: I, knowing for myself, what the Spirit of the Lord
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  • ...bly a great many of those who are called Latter-day Saints will yet become Saints indeed. ...eases to strive with them, they no longer receive light, having passed the day of grace. Until then every man and every woman is on saving ground, and the
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  • ...THE EARTH—CREATION AND ORGANIZATION—ITS FINAL DESTINY, THE HOME OF THE SAINTS—REVELATIONS BY JOSEPH SMITH IN HARMONY WITH SCRIPTURE ...THE EARTH—CREATION AND ORGANIZATION—ITS FINAL DESTINY, THE HOME OF THE SAINTS—REVELATIONS BY JOSEPH SMITH IN HARMONY WITH SCRIPTURE
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  • ...the Earth—Creation and Organization—Its Final Destiny, the Home of the Saints—Revelations By Joseph Smith in Harmony With Scripture]] ...—Remarks on Conduct—Earth, Heaven, and Hell, Looking at the Latter-Day Saints—Running After Holes in The Ground—Arrangements for the Future]]
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  • ...blishment of the Kingdom of God—The Coming Millennium and Triumph of the Saints]] ...ommunism—Teaching the People How to Live—Independence of Babylon—The Saints Will Continue to Spread—Unity of Purpose and Action, Will Bring Again Zio
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  • ...LDER LORENZO SNOW, DELIVERED AT A TWO DAYS' MEETING HELD BY THE ST. GEORGE STAKE OF ZION, IN THE TEMPLE, AT ST. GEORGE, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1877. (Re ...the first place to call your attention to the fact that we are Latter-day Saints, or at least ought to be, and that as such we are dependent upon the Lord f
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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 ...and Bishops and their Counselors; then we have Presidents of Stakes, each Stake in its form a compact body, with a President and his two Counselors, and Bi
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  • |>=[[../20|Kind of God the Saints Believe In, etc.]] ...nd I must say I feel pleased with the spirit that seems to prevail in this Stake of Zion, which is an evidence that you have been blessed of the Lord, throu
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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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  • ...hich God has revealed and is placed on record. The creed of the Latter-day Saints is not comprised by a certain number of tenets; we are not limited to a cer ...ng it down to a small point, existing between the people called Latter-day Saints and all other bodies of professing Christians is this: That our creed is fo
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  • ...red of me a few days ago. It seems that there have been, somewhere in this Stake, difficulties existing between the Bishop of a Ward and certain members of "3. Before his day it was called the Holy Priesthood, after the order of the Son of God;
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  • ...E SALT LAKE ASSEMBLY HALL, AT THE HALF YEARLY CONFERENCE, OF THE SALT LAKE STAKE OF ZION, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 9TH, 1881 (Reported by John Irvine.) ...of the Lord to the Elders of Israel. And I say the same to the Latter-day Saints. It is no light thing for any people in any age of the world to have a disp
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  • |H=THE PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, ETC. |T=Journal of Discourses 22: THE PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, ETC.
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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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  • |<=[[../44|The Position of the Latter-Day Saints—Morality and Sobriety Required—Transgressors to Be Dealt With, Etc.]] ...he earth through religious principles? They are unrighteous. As Latter-day Saints we claim the same right that we would give to the inhabitants of all the wo
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  • ...ok beyond the trials and persecutions of this life, and they walked to the stake joyfully having that knowledge. ...ility and care, it is a matter of constant wonder to me how the Latter-day Saints in those days sustained themselves, how they could be so cheerful and show
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  • ...—COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—THE IMPENDING JUDGMENTS OF GOD—DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—A WARNING TO THEIR OPPRESSORS—THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD—EXHORTATION ...—COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—THE IMPENDING JUDGMENTS OF GOD—DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—A WARNING TO THEIR OPPRESSORS—THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD—EXHORTATION
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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. ...things are attended to in this way they move along all right. If professed Saints will not obey the law of God, but violate the commands of the Almighty, the
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  • ...F CHRISTENDOM—RIGHTS OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS—THE SAINTS COUNSELED TO BE PURE, HONEST, UPRIGHT, CHARITABLE, LONG—SUFFERING, AND FO ...F CHRISTENDOM—RIGHTS OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS—THE SAINTS COUNSELED TO BE PURE, HONEST, UPRIGHT, CHARITABLE, LONG—SUFFERING, AND FO
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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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  • ...ENEMIES—SUCH THINGS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ASSOCIATION AND ASSIMILATION—THE SAINTS EXHORTED AGAINST BARTERING AWAY THEIR INHERITANCES—THE IDOLATRY OF RICHES ...ENEMIES—SUCH THINGS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ASSOCIATION AND ASSIMILATION—THE SAINTS EXHORTED AGAINST BARTERING AWAY THEIR INHERITANCES—THE IDOLATRY OF RICHES
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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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  • ...ESERVED FROM DECAY—ITS DESCRIPTION—THE WICKED POWERLESS TO PREVENT THE SAINTS FROM FULFILLING THEIR DESTINY ...ESERVED FROM DECAY—ITS DESCRIPTION—THE WICKED POWERLESS TO PREVENT THE SAINTS FROM FULFILLING THEIR DESTINY
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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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  • ...ROWTH-ANCIENT MEN OF GOD—PERSONAL REMINISCENCE—WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE SAINTS—HOW JOSEPH SMITH'S PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED ...ROWTH-ANCIENT MEN OF GOD—PERSONAL REMINISCENCE—WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE SAINTS—HOW JOSEPH SMITH'S PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED
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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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  • ...and sin to the realms of intelligence and glory in His kingdom. Surely all Saints who have been making "first the kingdom of God and His righteousness," thei ...mploy workmen to labor in his vineyard, during the heat and burthen of the day; and also about the eleventh hour, of his employing laborers to go into the
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  • ...GOD IN ALL THINGS—PERFECT ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—NO EXCUSE FOR THE SAINTS WHO SIN—HOW SATAN CAN BE BOUND—EXEMPTION FROM DISEASE AS A REWARD—EXH ...GOD IN ALL THINGS—PERFECT ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—NO EXCUSE FOR THE SAINTS WHO SIN—HOW SATAN CAN BE BOUND—EXEMPTION FROM DISEASE AS A REWARD—EXH
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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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  • ...BE SUSTAINED IN OFFICE—EXAMPLE OF A DARKENED MIND—PROVIDENCE OVER THE SAINTS ...BE SUSTAINED IN OFFICE—EXAMPLE OF A DARKENED MIND—PROVIDENCE OVER THE SAINTS
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  • ...DIVINITY—ITS COMPLETENESS—A POWERLESS CHRISTIANITY—SENTIMENTS OF THE SAINTS IN REGARD TO MORALITYITES ...DIVINITY—ITS COMPLETENESS—A POWERLESS CHRISTIANITY—SENTIMENTS OF THE SAINTS IN REGARD TO MORALITYITES
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  • ...ave been members and who have no knowledge of the character of this latter-day work. Messages from the spirit world, communications from the departed thro ...side of it, as long, at least, as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints exists in its present form on the earth.
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  • ...FREE AGENCY—"LIBERTY" WITH A VENGEANCE—TRIALS NECESSARY—FORMER AND LATTER TRIALS—THE SPIRIT OF GATHERING ILLUSTRATED—JUDGMENTS PREDICTED—ZION A ...FREE AGENCY—"LIBERTY" WITH A VENGEANCE—TRIALS NECESSARY—FORMER AND LATTER TRIALS—THE SPIRIT OF GATHERING ILLUSTRATED—JUDGMENTS PREDICTED—ZION A
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  • ...h He contemplated and planned from before the foundation of the world. The day in which we live has been spoken and prophesied of by all the Prophets that ...now how to build temples. The world would not know what to do with them to-day if they had them. Neither religionists, scientists, politicians, statesmen,
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  • ...HOW HE WAS TRIED—HIS PROGENY—DUTIES OF THE PRIESTHOOD—TRIALS OF THE SAINTS—CHARITY REQUIRED—HOW TRANSGRESSORS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH—EXHORTATION T ...HOW HE WAS TRIED—HIS PROGENY—DUTIES OF THE PRIESTHOOD—TRIALS OF THE SAINTS—CHARITY REQUIRED—HOW TRANSGRESSORS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH—EXHORTATION T
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  • |H=RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE SAINTS—THE WRATH AND SCHEMES OF MEN TURNED TO THE ADVANTAGE OF GOD'S PEOPLE—TH ...rses 24: RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE SAINTS—THE WRATH AND SCHEMES OF MEN TURNED TO THE ADVANTAGE OF GOD'S PEOPLE—TH
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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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  • |H=RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE SAINTS—THE WRATH AND SCHEMES OF MEN TURNED TO THE ADVANTAGE OF GOD'S PEOPLE—TH ...rses 24: RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF THE PROVIDENCES OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE SAINTS—THE WRATH AND SCHEMES OF MEN TURNED TO THE ADVANTAGE OF GOD'S PEOPLE—TH
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  • ...TE PROMISES—ONLY ONE THING TO BE FEARED—THE SAINTS SHALL PREVAIL—THE SAINTS SHALL PREVAIL THROUGH FAITHFULNESS—THE PRAISE OF THE WORLD A SIGNAL FOR S ...TE PROMISES—ONLY ONE THING TO BE FEARED—THE SAINTS SHALL PREVAIL—THE SAINTS SHALL PREVAIL THROUGH FAITHFULNESS—THE PRAISE OF THE WORLD A SIGNAL FOR S
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  • |<=[[../43|Conditions on Which the Saints Shall Prevail, etc.]] ...them, and has extended His power for their preservation and safety all the day long.
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  • ...of Seventies, of Priests, Teachers and Deacons, and of all the Latter-day Saints; for we have all been made partakers of this Priesthood, and the blessings ...ed for them, in receiving the keys and the key-words for them, that in the day when the Elders who have passed behind the veil shall preach to them the Go
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  • ...THE ORDINANCES REQUIRED—DESIGN OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE CHILDREN OF THE SAINTS ...THE ORDINANCES REQUIRED—DESIGN OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE CHILDREN OF THE SAINTS
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  • ...HS REVEALED THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH—ETERNAL ASSOCIATIONS AND DESTINY OF THE SAINTS—HOW TO ATTAIN TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS OF ETERNITY ...HS REVEALED THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH—ETERNAL ASSOCIATIONS AND DESTINY OF THE SAINTS—HOW TO ATTAIN TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS OF ETERNITY
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  • ...SUCCESSOR DIFFERENT—ISAIAH'S PROPHECY FULFILLED—THAT EDMUNDS LAW—THE SAINTS WILL YET CONQUER—THE REAL OBJECT OF ATTACK—THE RESULT PREDICTED ...SUCCESSOR DIFFERENT—ISAIAH'S PROPHECY FULFILLED—THAT EDMUNDS LAW—THE SAINTS WILL YET CONQUER—THE REAL OBJECT OF ATTACK—THE RESULT PREDICTED
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  • AT the request of the Presidency of Davis Stake of Zion, I have delivered two lectures in each of the Wards of that county. ...oyed 483, A. D. From its ruins arose those kingdoms and empires, which, to-day, occupy the western part of Europe.
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  • ...IRACLES NOT DUE TO A SUSPENSION OF LAW—RESULTS OF FAITH EXERCISED BY THE SAINTS—PROVIDENCE IN THEIR FAVOR—IDEAS AS TO THE FORM AND ATTRIBUTES OF HEAVEN ...IRACLES NOT DUE TO A SUSPENSION OF LAW—RESULTS OF FAITH EXERCISED BY THE SAINTS—PROVIDENCE IN THEIR FAVOR—IDEAS AS TO THE FORM AND ATTRIBUTES OF HEAVEN
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  • ...PRESIDENT TAYLOR, IN WHICH ARISES SOME SINGULAR AN SERIOUS QUESTIONS—THE SAINTS OUGHT TO BE PROGRESSING—THEY SHOULD SEEK TO DO THE WILL OF THE GOD—DUTI ...PRESIDENT TAYLOR, IN WHICH ARISES SOME SINGULAR AN SERIOUS QUESTIONS—THE SAINTS OUGHT TO BE PROGRESSING—THEY SHOULD SEEK TO DO THE WILL OF THE GOD—DUTI
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  • ...D—MANY THINGS KNOWN WHICH CAN NOT BE TOLD YET—THE WORK REQUIRED OF THE SAINTS—OTHER AND MORE SPLENDID TEMPLES TO BE BUILT—PERSONS REQUIRED TO LABOR I ...D—MANY THINGS KNOWN WHICH CAN NOT BE TOLD YET—THE WORK REQUIRED OF THE SAINTS—OTHER AND MORE SPLENDID TEMPLES TO BE BUILT—PERSONS REQUIRED TO LABOR I
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  • ...FICACY OF BAPTISM—WHO ARE BENEFITTED BY IT—PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY THE SAINTS—EFFECTS OF PERSECUTION ...FICACY OF BAPTISM—WHO ARE BENEFITTED BY IT—PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY THE SAINTS—EFFECTS OF PERSECUTION
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  • ...Y ALL—OUR FRIENDS ARE THEY WHO AID US IN TIME OF NEED—KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY ...Y ALL—OUR FRIENDS ARE THEY WHO AID US IN TIME OF NEED—KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY
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  • |H=WHY WE GATHER—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE WORLD—ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH IN FORMER DAYS—CONDITION OF TH ...ournal of Discourses 25: WHY WE GATHER—DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE WORLD—ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH IN FORMER DAYS—CONDITION OF TH
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  • |H=RESPECT TO THE DEAD—CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED—INSTRUCTION TO THE SAINTS—RESIGNATION TO THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY—PITY FOR THE MURDERERS—CONDEM ...25: RESPECT TO THE DEAD—CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED—INSTRUCTION TO THE SAINTS—RESIGNATION TO THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY—PITY FOR THE MURDERERS—CONDEM
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  • |H=THE FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PROPHECY—GOD THE FRIEND OF THE SAINTS—PERSONS GUILTY OF ADULTERY HAVING HAD THEIR ENDOWMENTS CANNOT AGAIN BE BA ...25: THE FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN PROPHECY—GOD THE FRIEND OF THE SAINTS—PERSONS GUILTY OF ADULTERY HAVING HAD THEIR ENDOWMENTS CANNOT AGAIN BE BA
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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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  • ...CT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD—EVILS RESULTING FROM MARRIAGES BETWEEN THE SAINTS AND THOSE NOT OF OUR FAITH ...CT FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD—EVILS RESULTING FROM MARRIAGES BETWEEN THE SAINTS AND THOSE NOT OF OUR FAITH
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  • ...t to rewrite the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that so many persons and organizations seized on this episode to attemp ...century. In a circumstance where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could not say much without interfering with the pending criminal investigat
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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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  • {{disinformation|Latter-day Saints recognize that there is truth and good in all religions, and that God works {{:Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe that the scriptural terms "church of the devil," the "great and abo
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  • ...nts a supposition that the Church as a history of ancient America may some day be de-emphasized ...nts a supposition that the Church as a history of ancient America may some day be de-emphasized==
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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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  • |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 2, Number 8 |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 2, Number 8
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  • |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 3, Number 12 |H=Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate: Volume 3, Number 12
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  • ...to be an expose of the role that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints played in the passage of California Proposition 8. Reviews of the film gene |claim=Fred Karger states that Latter-day Saints "didn’t allow blacks in the Church until 1978."
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  • |L3=1926: "The day will come when the Lamanites here will get the chance. The South American M |L8=1930: "South America. Then we saw the day when it would go to the fifteen million of Father Lehi's children who are i
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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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  • ...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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  • ...on homosexual sexual behavior in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? ...ith these matters should seek counsel from their bishop, branch president, stake or district president. We encourage Church leaders and members to reach out
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  • ...fundamental question&mdash;does God speak to prophets and apostles in our day? And, if so, has he spoken to them about what all would agree is a vital m ...is faithful shall overcome all things, and shall be lifted up at the last day.
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  • ...of laying out and preparing a beginning and foundation of the city of the stake of Zion, here in the land of Kirtland, beginning at my house: and behold it ...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 ...emies look at her, they wag their heads and march along. We anticipate the day when the enemies will have fled away and be far from us. You will remember
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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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  • ...at the Lord would send faithful saints, to purchase their farms, that this stake may be strengthened, and its borders enlarged, O lord, grant it for Christ' ...mmunity feel a deep interest, for that which is the case of the Mormons to day, may be the case of the Catholics to-morrow, and after them any other
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  • |L2=GREAT PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN ILLINOIS. ...onference, which was ever held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the House of the Lord in the City of Joseph, commencing on Monday Octob
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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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  • Latter-day Saints have long believed that men and women were designed to be together in marri Thus, for Latter-day Saints, gender is binary, men and women were designed to be together sexually and
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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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  • President Wilford Woodruff made the following statement: "The day will come when all that race will be redeemed and possess all the blessings ...aints, August 17, 1949, Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City.</ref>
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  • ...], ''General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'' (accessed 2 March 2023).</ref> ...tithes into His restored kingdom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."<ref>Neil L. Andersen, [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-
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  • ...nd that is the New York location. I talked with him on the phone the other day and told him of the questions that were coming to us. He responded that the ...ical value of the Book of Mormon, not its geography. While some Latter-day Saints have looked for possible locations and explanations [for Book of Mormon geo
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  • ...from the heavens, and told me to separate myself from among the Latter-day Saints, for as they sought to do unto me, so should it be done unto them. 1. On the thirteenth day of September, 1845, we, Aaron Smith, Jirah B. Wheelan, James M. Van Nostran
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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 ...rch history and others who are the adherents of the popular systems of the day, similar to the following, viz., that when Christ established His kingdom u
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  • ...ms of the unrighteous acts of others are not guilty of any sin. Latter-day Saints believe that the atonement of Christ can heal all suffering, injustices, an ...ffice of the First Presidency if necessary. If a minor commits incest, the stake president contacts the Office of the First Presidency for direction.
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  • ...e Flood, and despite the supposed lack of geologic evidence, we Latter-day Saints believe that Noah was an actual man, a prophet of God, who preached repenta Consequently, Latter-day Saints and other Christians sometimes find the apparent conflict between their fai
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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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  • ...l and doctrinal problems mentioned above but has chosen to remain a Latter-day Saint, and vigorously laud its culture.” <ref>Payne, “Purposeful Strang ...Dehlin says and does is necessary if one wishes to appreciate the present-day NOM/leavetaker approach that the Internet has facilitated. The accounts pro
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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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  • ...eed to offer physical sacrifices. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not claim to be following the "Old Testament pattern" in all things. T 22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us
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  • ...may you. But I overlook your weaknesses, and I know by experience that the Saints lift their hearts to God that I may be led right. If I am thus borne off by ...that faults and weaknesses should appear in high places in order that His Saints may learn to trust in Him and not in any man or men. Therefore, my brethren
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  • |publication=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Organization on LDS.org ...Area Seventy, Area Authority Seventy, regional representative, twice as a stake president, and as a bishop.
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  • ...the power of God. This is my testimony; these are my declarations unto the Saints—unto the members of the kingdom of God in the last days, and to all peopl ...chs, in your patriarchal blessings; we do not live up to our privileges as saints of God and elders of Israel; for though we receive many blessings that are
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  • And so on the third day following His burial, He came forth from the tomb alive and showed Himself ...g Church'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1973), 119; also in ''Teachings of Harold B. Lee'', 11 and portion in ''Ye
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  • ...herefores of Church Discipline in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, our FAQ has the answer. ...s a predator and thus a danger to others<!--<ref>''Handbook 1: Bishops and Stake Presidents'' (2010), 6.7.3.</ref>-->
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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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  • {{Epigraph|“…the Latter-day Saint church was predicted to fail, and in all likelihood has failed to sec ...bruary 2012).</ref> A convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is the author of eight books.<ref>Denver C. Snuffer, Jr., ''Passing the
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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]] * “the Nauvoo saints and their proud descendants would necessarily diminish. This view is unlike
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  • ==Question: Have Latter-day Saint (Mormon) Church leaders lost priesthood authority?== {{Epigraph|The course of events makes it clear that the Stake, the Seventy and the Twelve have all been involved and bear some responsibi
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  • One critic of the Church, Denver Snuffer, told his stake president and the First Presidency:: Snuffer claims that his stake president agree with this after he 'explained' it to him:
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  • ...ent, the Lord ended all claims of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" ...ent, the Lord ended all claims of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"==
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  • ...audience is believing members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These authors are: ...set his hand at the present time to establish his kingdom. But unless the Saints will so live and so exert themselves that they can preserve the purity of
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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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  • ...en he said that the Book of Mormon was the "most correct book". Latter-day Saints and others interested in the Book of Mormon are (or, perhaps, ''should be'' ...on online] and see for themselves. The more modern 1769 KJV used in Latter-day Saint scriptures [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures?lang
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  • ...Collections from the Archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'', 2 vols., DVD (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2002), 1:18.</ref> ...aucasian girl by the name of Lucy Stanton who was the daughter of a former stake president. This was a great example of playing with fire. William McCary, b
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  • ...ed our labors. And in all our labors and persecutions, with lives often at stake, we have had to work and live by faith.<ref>{{JDfairwiki|author=Wilford Woo
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  • Generally, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not respond to criticism levied against its work. But in light of exte ...nd again, we would suggest for your consideration the propriety of all the saints gathering up a knowledge of all the facts, and sufferings and abuses put up
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  • ...ust 1838, Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, microfilm no. 840025.</ref> ...teh appearance of the plates from which it was translated."<ref>Salt Lake Stake Historical Record, 25 January 1888; cited in {{Book:Anderson:Investigating
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  • ===Latter-day Saints do not believe that prophets and apostles are incapable of error, despite b ...1892: Elder Charles W. Penrose, at the time a counselor in the Salt Lake Stake Presidency: "At the head of this Church stands a man who is a Prophet . . .
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  • ==Question: How do Latter-day Saints understand the significance of the blood shed by Christ?== ...saints."<ref>Conference Report (April 1917), 70–71, in Doxey, The Latter-day Prophets and the Doctrine and Covenants, 1:379. For a recent comment on the
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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 ...he doctrine of plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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  • ...xhorted the Saints to live the law, but seemed to realize that not all the Saints of the time had the capacity: ...welve Meeting, Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” May 5, 1898, Church Archives; cited in {{Dialogue|author=Thomas G. Alex
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  • It is not clear that the early Saints contemplated any exceptions to this command in their own case, until ''afte ...s,<ref>Joseph Smith, ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints'', ed. Brigham H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Comp
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  • ...psilon;&rho;&omicron;ς''' (''stauros'') used in the NT means a "pole" or "stake" driven into the ground, and not specifically a cross. Calling the upright ...which would then be placed over the permanently entrenched ''stauros'' or stake.
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  • ==Question: Can Latter-day Saints be divided into two distinct groups called "Internet Mormons" and "Chapel M ...ch for truth. Personal revelation plays a significant role in every Latter-day Saint's life. Ironically, many of the same critics who complain about not b
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  • ...o free with it. With the tumbler still in his hand, he prophesied that the Saints would yet go to the Rocky Mountains, and said he, 'This water tastes much l Or, the story could have started after the Saints reached the valley, and simply grown in the telling with members "rememberi
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  • ...r savior. This is probably the understanding of the majority of Latter-day Saints. ...ame ideas, indicating that it is by far the majority position among Latter-day Saint leaders:
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  • * "It was a clear, open beautiful day, far from any inhabitants, in a remote field, at the time we saw the record ...sh him [sic] arm; and we know that the devil is to have great power in the latter days to deceive if possible the very elect; and I don't know that you are o
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  • ...herever my lot had been cast."<ref>{{TS1|author=Hyrum Smith|article=To the Saints scattered abroad|vol=1|date=November 1839|start=20, 23}}</ref> ...ust 1838, Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, microfilm no. 840025.</ref>
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  • ...asculation and paraphrased a statement made by Jesus by saying that “the day would come when thousands would be made Eunuchs for them to be saved in the ...evidently requested Brigham Young to write an “Epistle” to the Sanpete Saints to explain the action of the Bishop and and his counselors. Brigham decline
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  • ...llions" who will be touched by the work, and that this will "embolden" the saints to open their mouths and declare anew the truthfulness of the gospel of Jes ...er to prayer because of weak testimonies and questions that some Bishops & Stake Presidents can't answer—this will assist them. The children are asking qu
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  • ...ything to fear or hide. Nor does the Church ban literature, but Latter-day Saints should be wise in choosing what to read. Latter-day Saints should be sufficiently grounded in their testimonies and knowledge of Churc
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  • ===The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints observes all the Biblical principles taught about priesthood=== ...t is contained in the scriptures. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints observes all the Biblical principles taught about priesthood, including:
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  • It is not clear that the early Saints contemplated any exceptions to this command in their own case, until ''afte ..., <ref>Joseph Smith, ''History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints'', ed. Brigham H. Roberts, 7 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Comp
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  • ...(a bishop or branch president) and the second with your regional leader (a Stake President or Mission President or their counselors). #Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?
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  • ...s led to the murder of Joseph and Hyrum, and the eventual departure of the Saints from Illinois, and the United States. ;20 April 1839: completion of evacuation of Saints from Missouri to Illinois.
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  • ...what would become California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as parts of modern-day Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming.) ...population continued to grow, and settlement expanded outward into present-day Idaho, Canada, Nevada, California, Arizona, Wyoming, and Northern Mexico.
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  • ...was great political, legal, and even military pressure brought against the Saints because of plural marriage. The members endured great privations for their ...ontracts or treaties with the surrounding nations. Many Jews in Jeremiah's day likely saw that instruction as further reason to rebel against their vassal
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  • ...lies to extending that privilege outward. Since many, if not most, of the saints would have family outside the church, there was an understandable anxiety t This expanded understanding, however, was decades in the future. In Joseph's day, the necessity of sealing was clear, and most members did not anticipate ha
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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 is none whose history is more interesting, or which ought to occupy the saints more, than that of the house of Israel. Descended from an ancient and honor To the saints of the last days, especially, who through obedience to the gospel, claim a
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  • |L7=To The Saints Abroad ...ave passed away since the rise of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and although it has had to meet with difficulties from almost every source
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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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  • ...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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  • To the Authorities and Members of the church of the saints in Nauvoo and vicinity, and to my old friends and associates in the kingdom ...out fifty member in all, were then the only people connected as Latter Day Saints. I was one of those who took the first mission to the western states, in wh
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  • ...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 ...habitants of the earth; and the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh, that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voic
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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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  • ...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 ...house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheaitances [inheritances] of the saints, whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their childr
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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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  • ...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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  • ...y an affidavit of Ex-Governor Boggs, stating in substance, that on the 6th day of May last he was shot while sitting in his house, with intent to kill, an ...Temple, and the Nauvoo House, which would be done by the gathering of the saints, and the tithings and consecrations of the Lord's people.
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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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  • ...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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  • |L4=TO THE SAINTS. |L10=TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
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  • ...it and, in others, may not. It may become the responsibility of Latter-day Saints from time to time to defend the high authority of scripture. ====1. Latter-day Saints should defend scripture as much as possible====
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  • ...earth, there should be a patriarch for the benefit of the posterity of the Saints as it was with Jacob. [sic] in giving his patriarchal blessing unto his Son :12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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  • ...on: How does official teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints view those that receive revelation that contradicts that of the Prophet?== ...ent given by God to the Church, and can sometimes indicate what Latter-day Saints believe to be eternal, unchanging truths.
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  • ...churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] believe in the concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_revelation {{Main|Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate t
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  • |S=Church leaders have consistently invited Latter-day Saints to do away with racial prejudice. ...11 As citizens and as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we must do better to help root out racism. . . .
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  • ...churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] believe in the power of prophecy: a form of predicting the future and/or o ...ep a basic principle in mind that applies to all prophecies for Latter-day Saints:
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  • ...t|The current First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Russell M. Nelson as President (center), Dallin H. Oaks as First Counselor ...churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] has a large and well-established organization of leadership. This video ou
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  • ==Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful?== ...churchofjesuschrist.org/?lang=eng The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] views the practice of masturbation to be sinful.<ref>Wikipedia has an [htt
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  • ==Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have rules for facial hair?== Beginning in the 1960s and 70s, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has imposed certain restrictions on facial hair for male students at church
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  • ...high likelihood of a Satanic cult existing in Utah or among the Latter-day Saints. Bishop Pace quoted several scriptures to show that the rise of Satanic cul ...rly 1990, a 10 year old boy in southern Idaho whose family were Latter-day Saints claimed that he had been abused and tortured as part of Satanic rituals. Bo
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  • On February 21, 2020, progressive Latter-day Saint scholar of gender studies and early Christianity Taylor G. Petrey pub On Feb. 19, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publicly released a new “[https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/02/19/lds-
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  • The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, then consisting of President Spencer W. Kimball, President N. Eldon Tanner We may predict that with so many billions of dollars at stake we will hear much talk designed to minimize the problems that might be expe
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  • ...rum of the Twelve, Brigham Young was a leading figure among the Latter-day Saints, and had been so since the Twelve's mission to England in 1840.<ref>Ronald ...844, Sidney had fallen out of favor with Joseph and many of the Latter-day Saints.<ref>D. Michael Quinn, [https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-mormon-succe
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  • ...is 150th anniversary of the Church, to certify to you that I know that the day of miracles has not ceased. I know that angels minister unto men. I am a wi ...Lake] Temple & of the dedication services, & that the Lord forgave us His Saints who had assisted in any manner towards the erection and completion of the T
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