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The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.
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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If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and truth, in maintaining the laws and Constitution of the United States, if need be, for the general good of mankind.
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My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted.
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We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.
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If men do not comprehend the character of God, they do not comprehend themselves.
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Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.
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The benefits of the constitution and laws are alike for all and the great Elohim has given me the privilege of having the benefits of the constitution and the writ of habeas corpus.
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You don't know me you never knew my heart. No man knows my history. I cannot tell it: I shall never undertake it. I don't blame any one for not believing my history. If I had not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it myself.
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If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.
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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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I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am always ready to die for the protection of the weak and oppressed in their just rights. The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to cover the whole ground.
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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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. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.
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You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost. Baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half-that is, baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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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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Surely I have contemplated the things of God.
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Where doubt is, there faith has no power.
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I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs committed upon the Saints in the state of Missouri and punish the crimes committed by her officers that in a few years the government will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so much as a potsherd left . . .
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