No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.

Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you at some time or place they will do wrong or seem to, and your support be gone.

Every foundation stone that is laid for a Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for his holy Priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness.

Do angels take the Lord's name in vain? The idea is so ridiculous that we scarcely like to ask the question. ... How dare we do that which angels dare not do? Is it possible for us to argue that that which is forbidden in heaven is praiseworthy on earth?

It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a monogamic nation and the numerous evils attending that system early laid the foundation for that ruin which eventually overtook her.

When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.

If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith] if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.

I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of 'the light that shines from Zion's hill.