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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 fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.
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It is one thing to see the kingdom of God, and another thing to enter into it. We must have a change of heart to see the kingdom of God, and subscribe the articles of adoption to enter therein.
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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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Sectarian priests cry out concerning me, and ask, Why is it this babbler gains so many followers, and retains them? I answer, It is because I possess the principle of love. All I can offer the world is a good heart and a good hand.
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Whatever principle of intelligence we attain in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.
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We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant.
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Whatever happens, the Lord is in it.
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The nearer a person approaches the Lord, a greater power will be manifested by the adversary to prevent the accomplishment of His purposes.
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May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.
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By proving contraries, truth is made manifest.
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When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.
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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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I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.
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The constitution expects every man to do his duty and when he fails the law urges him or should he do too much the same master rebukes him.
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I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.
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Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of “Mormonism” it is designed to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.
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If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.
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Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God.
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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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Eternity is full of thrones, upon which dwell thousands of children reigning on thrones of glory, with not one cubit added to their stature.
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