I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet I have heard now and then (I am very glad to say that only a low such… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
If a person trains his mind to walk in the spirit, and brings his whole mind to bear upon its operations, and upon the… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
If, after a rigid examination, it be found an imposition, it should be extensively published to the world as such; the evidences and arguments on which the imposture was detected, should be clearly and logically stated, that those who have been sincerely yet unfortunately deceived, may perceive the nature of the deception and be reclaimed, and that those who continue… — Orson Pratt Copy Share
Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws,… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more Gods than there… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being. — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
