“Sister Eliza R. Snow was given a charge from the prophet Brigham Young to help lift and teach the sisters of the Church. She “taught that individual women could receive inspiration to guide them in their personal lives, their families, and their Church responsibilities. She said: ‘Tell the sisters to go forth and discharge their duties, in humility and faithfulness and the Spirit of God will rest upon them and they will be blest in their labors. Let them seek for wisdom instead of power and they will have all the power they have wisdom to exercise.’”
![“He [Joseph Smith] said if one member becomes corrupt and you know it; you must immediately put it away. The sympathies of the heads of the church have induc'd them to bear with those that were corrupt; in consequence of which all become contaminated--you must put down iniquity and by your good…” quote by Eliza R. Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fcd/eliza-r-snow-38914_quote_he-joseph-smith-said-if-one-member-becom_1711256.jpg)
![“Let [us] seek for wisdom instead of power and [we] will have all the power [we] have wisdom to exercise.” quote by Eliza R. Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cd6/eliza-r-snow-38914_exercise_let-us-seek-for-wisdom-instead-of-power_2801730.jpg)
![“T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people - the new covenant, blood-bought people of God. That's why Paul said, 'Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (Eph. 5:25). He didn't give himself up for a…” quote by Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a4/mark-dever-3175_blood_t-he-church-is-not-a-place-it-s-not-a-bu_3297.jpg)
