Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 11 What does Joseph Smith mean by the building up of Zion? For Latter-day Saints (Mormons), there are a couple of different meanings to the word Zion. Zion is the pure in heart who are of one mind with…
Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 11 Why I Like this Quote? This quote is as true today as the day Joseph Smith uttered it. In 1839, it was vitally important that the Latter-day Saints look to the First Presidency of the Church, Joseph Smith…
Date: Before 8 August 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 12
Date: 2 July 1839 Source: Wilford Woodruff Journal The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 7 Why I picked this quote? This statement was made to some early traveling missionaries for the Church. It is a good reminder to current and future missionaries that they don’t need to be great orators to be effective instruments in…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I like this quote? I love this quote because I have experienced it in my own life–sudden strokes of ideas, pure intelligence flowing into my mind, that I know were revelation from God through his Holy Spirit. It’s…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I choose this Quote? It’s a great definition of the Second or Last Comforter. It’s also interesting to note that when I person receives the Second Comforter, Joseph Smith says that person is then in a position to have…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 5 Why I like this quote? I love this quote because it gets right to the heart of the purpose of this life: to prove that we are determined to serve God at all cost. Or, as the Lord put…
Date: 27 June 1839 Source: Willard Richards Pocket Companion The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 4 Why I picked this quote? I like the description here of the Holy Ghost as “pure intelligence.” I have experienced that expanding of the mind and enlightening of the understanding through the Spirit of God, and pure intelligence flowing to…
Date: 6 August 1843 Source: Joseph Smith Diary by Willard Richards The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 237 Why I picked this quote? I like this quote for a couple of reasons. One, it is a follow up to the quote that Faith Comes by Hearing the Word of God. Secondly, I’m fascinated by the statement…