Word o’ God

JD 1:133, Brigham Young, April 6, 1853Perhaps it may make some of you stumble, were I to ask you a question - Does a man’s being a Prophet in this Church prove that he shall be the President of it? I answer, no! A man may be a Prophet, Seer, and Revelator, and it may […]

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JD 1:108 - p.109, Brigham Young, May 8, 1853
If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, and never suffer him to commit another iniquity. That is what I expect I shall do, though never, in the days of my life, […]

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JD 4:31 - p.32, Brigham Young, August 17, 1856The moment a person decides to leave this people, he is cut off from every object that is durable for time and eternity, and I have told you the reason why. Everything that is opposed to God and His Son Jesus Christ, to the celestial kingdom and […]

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JD 5:22, Heber C. Kimball, April 6, 1857
I would not be afraid to promise a man who is sixty years of age, if he will take the counsel of brother Brigham and his brethren, that he will renew his age. I have noticed that a man who has but one wife, and is inclined to […]

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JD 5:109, George Albert Smith, August 2, 1857
Men and women are as apt to be tenacious as the old lady was down in the country, where men have but one wife. She got quarrelling with her husband, and called him “cracklouse.” He told her that if she called him that any more, he would drown […]

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JD 5:211, Brigham Young, September 6th, 1857
When brother Thomas thought of returning to the Church, the plurality of wives troubled him a good deal.  Look at him. Do you think it need to? I do not; for I doubt whether he could get one wife. Why it should have troubled an infirm old man like […]

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JD 2:165, Joseph Smith, June 20, 1843But before I will bear this unhallowed persecution any longer - before I will be dragged away again, among my enemies for trial, I will spill the last drop of blood in my veins, and will see all my enemies IN HELL! To bear it any longer would be […]

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JD 2:183, Brigham Young, February 18, 1855As I have already stated, the President of the United States should be a perfect pattern for all the people to walk after; so also should the Vice-President, the members of the Cabinet, and of Congress, the Governors of States and Territories, and in fine, all the officers in […]

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JD 5:27, Heber C. Kimball, July 12, 1857Brother Brigham Young holds those keys; and brother Heber C. Kimball, and Daniel H. Wells, and others, hold those keys in connection with brother Brigham; and not one soul of you has any keys or power of salvation only what is in us; and that is one thing […]

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JD 7:130, Erastus Snow, September 18, 1859
I think if those who keep the shop, who hang out the sign, who gather the poison by the pailful, and keep it to retail out by the dimes’ worth, want that occupation in time, they ought also to have it in eternity, and sell it to Pharaoh and […]

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