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Joseph Smith, Jr

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[Wikipedia] Joseph Smith Jr. was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thousands of followers by the time of his death fourteen years later. The religious movement he foun

Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr

According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained…

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America

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All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty…

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Almighty

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A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into…

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Captivity

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I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.

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Errors

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[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have…

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Hands

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If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back…

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Back

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I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is…

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Eternity

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One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

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May

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I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too…

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Believe

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The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.

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Dirty

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When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.

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Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I…

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Heaven

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Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient…

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Ancient

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Let the Saints remember that great things depend on their individual exertion, and that they are called to be co-workers with us…

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Co worker

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Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism

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Friendship

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I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.

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Believe

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An angel of God never has wings.

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Angel

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Shall we longer bear these cruelties which have been heaped upon us for the last ten years in the face of heaven,…

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America

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The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.

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Masonry

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No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.

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Ghost

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Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country;…

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America

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If I revealed all that has been made known to me, scarcely a man on this stand would stay with me.' and…

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Brethren

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You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the…

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Arise

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Truth revealed from heaven is worth more than all the notions of men.

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Heaven

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We believe in enjoying the constitutional privilege and right of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences.

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Almighty

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