““If we are not more perfect in our lives, if we are not more righteous than those who are not of our faith we will be behind them in receiving the blessings of our Heavenly Father; but if we obey His commandments, if we keep ourselves clean, pure and unspotted from the sins of the world, His power will rest upon us, and the virtues of the third and fourth generations of the Church will be builded upon by following generations, and the purity of their lives will establish a race that will people the earth.””
![“Those who do not honor the Sabbath and keep it holy displease [God]. Some people appear to think that if they have attended religious meetings, or performed some portion of the service required of them on Sunday, they are then at liberty to go to ball games, picture shows, or resorts of various…” quote by George Albert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/62e/george-albert-smith-27734_ball-game_those-who-do-not-honor-the-sabbath-and-k_284691.jpg)
![“Honor the names that you bear, because someday you will have the privilege and the obligation of reporting to [your ancestors] (and your Father in Heaven) what you have done with their name.” quote by George Albert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/406/george-albert-smith-27734_father-in-heaven_honor-the-names-that-you-bear-because-so_570332.jpg)
![“The Lord himself said that he raised up the very men who framed the Constitution of the United States and directed that membership of this Church should pray for and sustain those who represented the Constitution of this land. “[. . .] You know, and I know, that the Ten Commandments contain the…” quote by George Albert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/32d/george-albert-smith-27734_constitution-of-the_the-lord-himself-said-that-he-raised-up_812412.jpg)
