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A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
Age: 38 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 23
Died: 1844
Died: June 27
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The things of God are of deep import and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out.
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The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
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It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.
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Afflictions, persecutions, imprisonments, and death, we must expect, according to the scriptures, which tell us that the blood of those whose souls were under the altar could not be avenged on them that dwell on the earth, until their brethren should be slain as they were.
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And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.
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Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault.
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If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.
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God sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living.
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The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man righteousness exalteth a nation for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power.
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How precious are the souls of men!
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In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council of the Gods and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and people it.
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Shall we not go on in such great a cause?
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Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution is upon the brink of ruin, this people will be the staff upon which the nation shall lean, and they shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction.
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Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either.
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Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
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Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
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If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.
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We ought at all times to be very careful that high-mindedness shall never have place in our hearts.
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By proving contraries, truth is made manifest.
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Mormons can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for a Mormon If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a Mormon I am bold to declare before heaven that I am just as ready to die for a Presbyterian, a baptist or any other denomination.
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