Addresses Quote by Ernest L. Wilkinson
“In my commencement address I gave the language and sources of the prophetic utterance made by the Prophet Joseph that the Constitution of the United States would hang by a single thread, but be saved by the elders of Israel. I hope you will read those sources so you will be well-informed as to this prophecy and be prepared to do your part in its fulfillment.”
![“It's a very common belief [among Mormons] that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Church will save it.” quote by Jan Shipps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/237/jan-shipps-106805_belief_it-s-a-very-common-belief-among-mormons_1732667.jpg)
![“[Joseph Smith] foresaw the time when the destiny of the nation would be in danger and would hang as by a thread. Thank God he did not see the thread break. He also indicated the important part that this people should yet play in standing for the principles embodied in these sacred documents - the…” quote by Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36e/ezra-taft-benson-443_break_joseph-smith-foresaw-the-time-when-the-d_251877.jpg)
![“It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular time when the Constitution should be in danger, and rescue it, and save it. This may be so; but I do not recollect that he said exactly so. I believe he [Joseph] said something…” quote by Joseph Smith, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d8b/joseph-smith-jr-1647_america_it-is-said-that-brother-joseph-in-his-li_3126338.jpg)
![“One of the great reasons, I am sure, why [David O.] McKay has lived to such a good, ripe, and vigorous old age has been the fact that as a young man he developed habits of retiring to bed early, arising early, generally before sun up, when his mind was clear and his body vigorous, to do the day's…” quote by Ernest L. Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2a0/ernest-l-wilkinson-76950_age_one-of-the-great-reasons-i-am-sure-why-d_2857259.jpg)
![“[T]he appropriate form of address between man and man ought to be, not monsieur, sir, but fellow sufferer, compagnon de miseres.” quote by Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be6/arthur-schopenhauer-226_addresses_t-he-appropriate-form-of-address-between_32897.jpg)
