“It seems to me that to-day, or I may say this present moment is a moment of trial for this people. I have often heard the President say, in relation to our having been driven from our homes, hated and… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“I lift my voice against these audacious practices and these infamous fashions, and I pray that you who have daughters in Zion will save… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“I hope with all my soul that the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be loyal in their very hearts and souls, to the principles of the Constitution of our country. From them we have derived the liberty that we enjoy. They have been the means of guaranteeing to the foreigner that has come within… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“Compliance with the law of the fast would call attention to the sin of over-eating, place the body in subjection the the spirit, and so promote communion with the Holy Ghost, and insure a spiritual strength and power which the people of the nation so greatly need. As fasting should alwys be accompanied by prayer, this law would bring the… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“Everywhere in nature we are taught the lessons of patience and waiting. We want things a long time before we get them, and the… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“It is extreme folly for any people to send thousands of missionaries out into the world to preach the Gospel to the nations, and… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“We believe in all truth, no matter to what subject it may refer. No sect or religious denomination [or, I may say, no searcher… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that to-day, or I may say this present moment is a moment of trial for this people. I have often heard the President say, in relation to our having been driven from our homes, hated and mistreated by our enemies and the enemies of truth, that we were not then particularly tried. I believe it. I… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“Of what use is it that we know the truth, if we lack its spirit? Our knowledge, in this event, becomes a condemnation to us, failing to bear fruit. It is not sufficient that we know the truth, but we must be humble with this knowledge possess the spirit to actuate us to good deeds. Baptism, as well as all… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“I want to say to our Relief Societies, our Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations and our Primary Associations that I desire and sincerely hope they will set their faces like flint against every immoral thing, including the prevailing habit of card-playing, of unbecoming fashions in dressing, of indecent exposure of the human form divine to the lecherous gaze of men;… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share
“I would not have it understood, for a moment, that I or any of the Elders attend funerals to smother over the weaknesses of… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Marriage is the preserver of the human race. Without it, the purposes of God would be frustrated; virtue would be destroyed to give place… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Men and women who humbly plod along, doing their duty... who help look after the poor; and who honor the holy Priesthood, who do… — Joseph F. Smith Copy Share Image
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