Date: 7 April 1844 Source: Thomas Bullock Report Background: King Follett Discourse This statement was made during Joseph’s Sunday morning talk of the April 1844 General Conference of the Church. This talk is often also referred to as the King Follett Discourse because a beloved Church member named King Follett had recently died and Joseph…
Date: 15 September 1843 Source: Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette Where I Found this Quote I first heard this quote during a FAIR Mormon conference talk in 2017 by Gerrit Dirkmaat called Lost Teachings of the Prophets: Recently Uncovered Teachings of Joseph Smith and Others from the Council of Fifty Record. I immediately wanted to use it…
Date: 18 June 1844 Source: William Clayton Diary, as quoted in The Words of Joseph Smith page 384 About this Quote This is one of the last known public discourses of Joseph Smith. He would die at the hands of a mob a little more than a week after this, on June 27, 1844. Tensions…
Date: 5 December 1839 Source: Joseph Smith Papers, a letter to Hyrum Smith and the Nauvoo, Illinois, High Council More About this Quote This quote was taken from a letter signed by Joseph Smith and Elias Higbee. In parts of the letter, Joseph Smith is spoken of in the third person, so technically, these could…