Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886

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  1. It will be borne in mind that once on a time, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and on a careful… Orson Hyde, JD 4:257-263
  2. I have not the right to say that a man can enter into the kingdom of God by any other means than this; on the… George Q. Cannon, JD 15:111-120
  3. If we begin to cut off this one and that one, and set their authority aside, we may just as well at once set… Joseph F. Smith, JD 24:187-194
  4. Drummond, and those miserable scoundrels, and some that are now in our midst—how do I feel towards them? Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  5. You never felt such a shock go through any house or company in the world as went through that. George A. Smith, JD 2:211-220
  6. Let me suppose a case. Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of… Brigham Young, JD 3:243-249
  7. Go and ask any of these fallen churches—go to the oldest among them, the Roman Catholic, or the Greek church… Orson Pratt, JD 16:339-353
  8. The first quorum of Apostles were all put to death, except John, and we are informed that he still remains on… Wilford Woodruff, JD 13:318-327
  9. The Lord created you and me for the purpose of becoming Gods like Himself; when we have been proved in our… Brigham Young, JD 3:80-96
  10. Let the penalty of death be attached to your laws, and let it be put in force upon the adulterer and the… Orson Pratt, JD 7:251-266
  11. Will the President that sits in the chair of state be tipped from his seat? Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:129-138
  12. The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his… Jedediah M. Grant, JD 1:341-349
  13. If you are sentenced to prison for marrying more wives than one, round up your shoulders and bear it like men… George Q. Cannon, JD 20:268-277
  14. Our organization is a very glorious one. It is a perfect organization—perfect—because it is divine. Charles W. Penrose, JD 24:302-313
  15. The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in… Brigham Young, JD 11:119-128
  16. We are told that if we cannot abide the law of the celestial kingdom we cannot inherit a celestial glory. John Taylor, JD 26:128-135
  17. Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! Brigham Young, JD 1:46-53
  18. I am willing to exchange all the errors and false notions I have for one truth, and should consider that I had… Wilford Woodruff, JD 18:109-122
  19. We may think that we cannot live up to the perfect law, that the work of perfecting ourselves is too… Lorenzo Snow, JD 20:187-192
  20. If we get our salvation we shall have to pass by him; if we enter into our glory it will be through the… George Q. Cannon, JD 23:357-367
  21. I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture… Orson Hyde, JD 2:202-211
  22. There is high treason in Washington; and if the law was carried out, it would hang up many of them. Brigham Young, JD 5:231-236
  23. Abraham came through Shem, and the Savior came through this lineage; and through this blessing of Noah upon… John Taylor, JD 21:358-372
  24. Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? Brigham Young, JD 10:104-111
  25. If, then, this principle was of such great importance that the Prophet himself was threatened with… Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:24-31
  26. There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay… Brigham Young, JD 3:243-249
  27. “Am I mistaken?” said I, “or is it really the voice of Joseph Smith?” Orson Hyde, JD 13:179-183
  28. I never have hurt any person any other way except with this unruly member, my tongue. Brigham Young, JD 1:103-111
  29. I do not wonder that the world say that the Latter-day Saints do not believe their own revelations. Why? Orson Pratt, JD 17:103-113
  30. If the veil was rent today, and the great God who holds this world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds… Joseph Smith, JD 6:1-11
  31. For a man of God to be confined to one woman is small business; for it is as much as we can do now to keep up… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:18-23
  32. We may talk of men being redeemed by the efficacy of his blood; but the truth is that that blood has no… Amasa M. Lyman, JD 7:296-308
  33. I answer, they are first-rate, and we will prove it too, as you will see if you only live long enough, for… Brigham Young, JD 2:179-191
  34. It is believed in the world that our females are all common women. Heber C. Kimball, JD 7:16-21
  35. I am inclined to think, from some things in the revelations, that there is such a being as a personal Holy… Orson Pratt, JD 2:334-347
  36. When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. Brigham Young, JD 1:46-53
  37. Why is it that we are so anxious to build temples? It is that we may attend to ordinances necessary for the… George Q. Cannon, JD 14:310-323
  38. The Latter-day Saints believe the Bible. An agent of the American Bible Society called on me the other day and… George A. Smith, JD 13:37-42
  39. Our religion binds men and women for time and all eternity. John Taylor, JD 13:12-19
  40. Now there was actually a marriage; and if Jesus was not the bridegroom on that occasion, please tell who was. Orson Hyde, JD 2:75-87
  41. The rank, rabid abolitionists, whom I call black-hearted Republicans, have set the whole national fabric on… Brigham Young, JD 10:104-111
  42. Who is Babylon? I have already explained that Babylon is a great power that should be in the earth under the… Orson Pratt, JD 18:169-186
  43. Here I shall have to disagree with you, to begin with; for I believe the Father came down from heaven, as the… Brigham Young, JD 1:233-245
  44. Whenever you see a man rise up claiming to have received direct revelation from the Lord to the Church… Joseph F. Smith, JD 24:187-194
  45. The Lamanites, now a downtrodden people, are a remnant of the house of Israel. Wilford Woodruff, JD 22:169-176
  46. Brethren and sisters, we want you to repent and forsake your sins. Jedediah M. Grant, JD 4:49-51
  47. We taught that men should preach the Gospel without purse or scrip—preach it freely; and a man who depended… George A. Smith, JD 11:176-182
  48. You might as well go and be baptized for a devil as for a man who will not receive the Gospel in the spirit… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  49. Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned… Brigham Young, JD 3:264-268
  50. If you have been pretty good people and have kept the commandments of God as far as you understood them, and… Orson Pratt, JD 18:41-57
  51. If we were to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and… Wilford Woodruff, JD 13:156-169
  52. We shall clean the platter of all such scoundrels; and if men and women will not live their religion, but take… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  53. We do believe it, and we honestly acknowledge that this is that kingdom which the Lord has commenced to… John Taylor, JD 11:51-59
  54. There are poor, miserable curses in our midst; and there is not a thing spoken of but what there are men and… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:27-34
  55. Here, then, is eternal life—to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods… Joseph Smith, JD 6:1-11
  56. I do not wish to say anything in relation to other forms of religion; I do not know that it is necessary that… George Q. Cannon, JD 24:179-186
  57. There are many here that are acquainted with brother Joseph's manner. Brigham Young, JD 8:315-318
  58. Some persons say that Brigham does not give revelations as did Joseph Smith. Orson Hyde, JD 8:232-238
  59. I say now, when they are copied and approved by me they are as good Scripture as is couched in this Bible, and… Brigham Young, JD 13:261-268
  60. Now I come to us, “Mormons.” We are the only true Church, so we say. John Taylor, JD 1:147-159
  61. I know, when you hear my brethren telling about cutting people off from the earth, that you consider it is… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  62. The principle of plurality of wives never will be done away although some sisters have had revelations that… Heber C. Kimball, JD 3:123-125
  63. What a learned idea! Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the… Brigham Young, JD 1:46-53
  64. Consequently if they, in their zeal towards God, say that they have the Gospel, I will admit it so far as the… Orson Pratt, JD 16:339-353
  65. I straightway went into the baptismal font and called upon brother McCallister to baptize me for the signers… Wilford Woodruff, JD 19:223-230
  66. We have the general characteristics of the human form, and we do not look like the original of man according… Orson Pratt, JD 17:24-36
  67. How much soever of holy horror this doctrine may excite in persons not impregnated with the blood of Christ… Orson Hyde, JD 4:257-263
  68. Notwithstanding, the disciples of Jesus, excepting John the Revelator, suffered ignominious deaths, they sowed… Joseph F. Smith, JD 22:42-50
  69. You might as well deny “Mormonism,” and turn away from it, as to oppose the plurality of wives. Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:202-205
  70. The God whom the “Christians” worship is a being of their own creation—if, indeed, there can be such a being… Charles W. Penrose, JD 23:343-356
  71. Believe in God, believe in Jesus, and believe in Joseph his Prophet, and in Brigham his successor. Joseph Young, JD 6:226-229
  72. We defy the world to produce a true copy of the original of any book of the Bible, and prove it to be such. Orson Pratt, JD 7:22-38
  73. How long is that race to endure the dreadful curse that is upon them? Brigham Young, JD 7:282-291
  74. Someone may say, “If this work of the last days be true, why did not the Savior come himself to communicate… Orson Hyde, JD 6:334-342
  75. There has been some agitation in years past respecting plural marriage, and some people, calling themselves… George Q. Cannon, JD 26:3-17
  76. When the United States have done their best, then other nations will tackle us, and so things will go on… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:271-279
  77. I do know that there are sins committed, of such a nature that if the people did understand the doctrine of… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  78. I look upon this portion of our ministry as a mission of as much importance as preaching to the living; the… Wilford Woodruff, JD 19:223-230
  79. We are the best looking and finest set of people on the face of the earth, and they may begin any game they… Brigham Young, JD 4:75-80
  80. Was the kingdom that the Prophets talked about, that should be set up in the latter times, going to be a… John Taylor, JD 6:18-27
  81. There is a great deal of quarrelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second… Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:164-181
  82. If there was a point where man in his progression could not proceed any further, the very idea would throw a… Wilford Woodruff, JD 6:115-121
  83. What I mean by this is: if a man apostatizes and breaks covenants and loses his standing in the Church of… George Q. Cannon, JD 25:360-371
  84. I want the crocodile, the hyena, that would destroy the reputation of our females to feel that the mark is… George A. Smith, JD 1:95-100
  85. The President of the United States and his coadjutors that have caused this thing shall never rest again, for… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  86. Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation… Brigham Young, JD 9:318-323
  87. Polygamy is a principle revealed from heaven with a commandment to enter into it practically. Orson Hyde, JD 20:97-101
  88. Myself and hundreds of the Elders around me have seen its pomp, parade, and glory; and what is it? John Taylor, JD 6:162-169
  89. Woe, woe to those men who come here to unlawfully meddle with me and this people. Brigham Young, JD 5:72-78
  90. Jesus made his appearance on the earth in the meridian of time, and he established his kingdom on the earth. Orson Pratt, JD 13:124-138
  91. You believe Adam was made of the dust of this earth. This I do not believe, though it is supposed that it is… Brigham Young, JD 2:1-10
  92. When brother Joseph Smith lived, he was our Prophet, our Seer, and Revelator; he was our dictator in the… Heber C. Kimball, JD 2:105-111
  93. We breathe the free air, we have the best looking men and handsomest women, and if they envy us our position… George A. Smith, JD 3:280-291
  94. There are sins that men commit for which they cannot receive forgiveness in this world, or in that which is to… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  95. I believe in plural marriage as a part of the Gospel, just as much as I believe in baptism by immersion for… George Teasdale, JD 25:13-22
  96. I understand the law of celestial marriage to mean that every man in this Church, who has the ability to obey… Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:24-31
  97. The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Brigham Young, JD 11:266-272
  98. I shall say here, that before the Savior died, he looked upon his own natural children, as we look upon ours… Orson Hyde, JD 2:75-87
  99. The ancient doctrine and power will unlock the mysteries of heaven and pour forth that Gospel light… Wilford Woodruff, JD 2:191-202
  100. The moment a man says he will not submit to legally constituted authority of the Church, whether it be the… Joseph F. Smith, JD 24:187-194
  101. It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  102. The Book of Mormon, therefore, is the only record (professing to be Divine) which condemns plurality of wives… Orson Pratt, JD 6:349-364
  103. How many Gods there are, I do not know. But there never was a time when there were not Gods and worlds, and… Brigham Young, JD 7:331-334
  104. We will not have them in this valley, unless they repent; for, so help me God, while I live, I will lend my… Heber C. Kimball, JD 7:16-21
  105. I did hope there was more intelligence among the Latter-day Saints, and a greater understanding of principle… Orson Pratt, JD 17:214-229
  106. WAKE UP, YE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, AND LIVE TO GOD and none else; and learn to do as you are told, both old and… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  107. Let me here observe that the Book of Mormon, which has been published for forty-one years, gives an account of… Orson Pratt, JD 14:7-12
  108. I said, We have been outrageously imposed upon by United States' officials. John Taylor, JD 5:112-123
  109. I heard the revelation on polygamy, and I believed it with all my heart, and I know it is from God—I know that… Brigham Young, JD 11:266-272
  110. We used to have a difference between Church and State, but it is all one now. John Taylor, JD 5:259-266
  111. The Prophet translated the part of these writings which, as I have said is contained in the Pearl of Great… Orson Pratt, JD 20:62-77
  112. Under the system of Patriarchal Marriage, the offspring, besides being equally as bright and brighter… George Q. Cannon, JD 13:197-209
  113. Brother George A. Smith has been reading a little out of the revelation concerning celestial marriage, and I… Brigham Young, JD 17:154-160
  114. I have known a great many men who have left this Church for whom there is no chance whatever for exaltation… Brigham Young, JD 4:215-221
  115. I have noticed that a man who has but one wife, and is inclined to that doctrine, soon begins to wither and… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:18-23
  116. Any of you who understand the principles of eternity, if you have sinned a sin requiring the shedding of… Brigham Young, JD 4:215-221
  117. Nothing but obedience to his law, obedience in families, obedience to Bishops and to the Priesthood in all its… John Taylor, JD 5:259-266
  118. When a man begins to find fault, inquiring in regard to this, that, and the other, saying, “Does this or that… Brigham Young, JD 8:11-19
  119. Now, whatever I might have obtained in the shape of learning, by searching and study respecting the arts and… Wilford Woodruff, JD 5:82-86
  120. We close the door on one side, and say that whoredoms, seductions and adulteries must not be committed amongst… George Q. Cannon, JD 14:45-58
  121. If you will lay a bowie knife or a loaded revolver under your pillow every night, you will not have many… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:158-165
  122. Will all the people be damned who are not Latter-day Saints? Brigham Young, JD 1:334-341
  123. The whole term means Valley of God, where Adam dwelt. It is in the original language spoken by Adam, as… Orson Pratt, JD 18:335-348
  124. Why are so many of the inhabitants of the earth cursed with a sin of blackness? Brigham Young, JD 11:266-272
  125. Are there men in our midst who will court other men's wives? Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:164-181
  126. If there is an Elder here, or any member of this Church, called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day… Brigham Young, JD 16:160-171
  127. There is a poor curse who has written the bigger part of those lies which have been printed in the States; and… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:27-34
  128. There are sins that can be atoned for by an offering upon an altar, as in ancient days; and there are sins… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  129. I bear my solemn testimony that plural marriage is as true as any principle that has been revealed from the… George Teasdale, JD 25:13-22
  130. When they receive their crowns, their dominions, they then will be prepared to frame earth's like unto ours… Brigham Young, JD 18:257-264
  131. Men have supposed that because the Ark rested on Ararat that the flood commenced there, or rather that it was… George Q. Cannon, JD 11:330-339
  132. All these principles that I have treated upon, pertaining to eternal marriage, the very moment that they are… Orson Pratt, JD 21:286-296
  133. What is it that maddens the devils? Simply that we are determined to do right, and to set at defiance… Jedediah M. Grant, JD 3:232-236
  134. I doubt whether it can be found, from the revelations that are given and the facts as they exist, that there… Brigham Young, JD 8:222-226
  135. Be careful, O, ye mothers in Israel, and do not teach your daughters in future, as many of them have been… Brigham Young, JD 12:93-98
  136. Gold and silver grow, and so does every other kind of metal, the same as the hair upon my head, or the wheat… Brigham Young, JD 1:209-220
  137. The opposers of Celestial Marriage sometimes quote a passage in the seventh chapter of Romans, second and… George A. Smith, JD 13:37-42
  138. Brother Penrose said it would be better for them if they believed in the doctrine of polygamy. Brigham Young, JD 12:308-316
  139. John, the Apostle, in writing the history of Jesus, speaks in the same way; that Jesus was in the likeness of… Erastus Snow, JD 19:266-279
  140. Yes, I love them insomuch that I wish they were in hell, that is, a great many of them, for that is the best… Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:221-226
  141. I said their baptisms are illegal. Now let me go a little farther, and say that the ordinance of marriage is… Orson Pratt, JD 16:171-185
  142. The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the celestial… Brigham Young, JD 4:215-221
  143. The people called Christians are shrouded in ignorance, and read the Scriptures with darkened understandings. Brigham Young, JD 7:331-334
  144. Now, I want to say for myself personally, if I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage… George Q. Cannon, JD 23:271-282
  145. Every intelligent person under the heavens that does not, when informed, acknowledge that Joseph Smith, Jun.… Brigham Young, JD 8:222-226
  146. I believe that God Almighty reserved a certain class of men to carry on his word. Wilford Woodruff, JD 22:204-210
  147. Some have grumbled because I believe our God to be so near to us as Father Adam. Brigham Young, JD 5:327-333
  148. I stated in the beginning of my remarks, that polygamy, or any other institution that was given at one age… Orson Pratt, JD 17:214-229
  149. Many of us have been taught the doctrine of total depravity—that man is not naturally inclined to do good. Brigham Young, JD 9:246-250
  150. Christians—those poor, miserable priests brother Brigham was speaking about—some of them are the biggest… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  151. This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits which are… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  152. Judas lost that saving principle, and they took him and killed him. Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:122-129
  153. Everybody knows that in this respect there is a difference between the male and the female. Orson Pratt, JD 18:41-57
  154. I am a witness that those are the revelations of the Lord through Joseph Smith, in this the last dispensation… Brigham Young, JD 3:202-213
  155. Intelligent beings are organized to become Gods, even the sons of God, to dwell in the presence of the Gods… Brigham Young, JD 8:158-162
  156. Has God joined them together? No, a civil magistrate has done it; and it is legal so far as the laws of the… Orson Pratt, JD 17:214-229
  157. I am neither an abolitionist nor a pro-slavery man. If I could have been influenced by private injury to… Brigham Young, JD 10:104-111
  158. You may ask the question: Has no one Elder in Israel ever taught false doctrine? Brigham Young, JD 12:308-316
  159. I wish they would go this fall: it might relieve us from much trouble; for if men turn traitors to God and His… Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:374-376
  160. If men come here and do not behave themselves, they will not only find the Danites, whom they talk so much… Brigham Young, JD 5:1-6
  161. Does not everything that is consistent and reasonable, and everything that agrees with the Bible show that… Orson Pratt, JD 14:233-245
  162. I have sometimes had feelings of this kind—“Draw your swords, ye Elders of Israel, and never sheathe them so… Brigham Young, JD 8:149-151
  163. What does the Christian world know about God? Nothing; yet these very men assume the right and power to tell… John Taylor, JD 13:221-233
  164. Take a family of ten children, for instance, and you may find nine of them purely of the Gentile stock, and… Brigham Young, JD 2:266-271
  165. If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more… Orson Pratt, JD 2:334-347
  166. Here let me state to all philosophers of every class upon the earth, When you tell me that father Adam was… Brigham Young, JD 7:282-291
  167. We declare it to all the inhabitants of the earth from the valleys in the tops of these mountains that we are… Brigham Young, JD 12:167-174
  168. We will comprehend everything we learned when we dwelt in the flesh; and we will be clothed upon with the… Charles W. Penrose, JD 26:18-29
  169. Now, brother Brigham has said all is right, and he is the representative of the Almighty upon the earth, and… John Taylor, JD 5:182-192
  170. You may get a Methodist priest to pour water on you, or sprinkle it on you, and baptize you face foremost, or… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  171. When all the other children of Adam have had the privilege of receiving the Priesthood, and of coming into the… Brigham Young, JD 2:136-145
  172. Teach them to keep your commandments, and you will learn them to keep the commandments of your husbands. Brigham Young, JD 1:66-71
  173. We ask where Christ's Church is. My conclusive answer is, if the Latter-day Saints do not constitute the… Brigham Young, JD 2:179-191
  174. You must know that I love my friends, and God Almighty knows that I do hate my enemies. George A. Smith, JD 5:101-111
  175. More imbecility has been manifested in the management of public affairs, of late, than ought to be manifested… Brigham Young, JD 7:63-67
  176. Remember that God, our heavenly Father, was perhaps once a child, and mortal like we ourselves, and rose step… Orson Hyde, JD 1:121-130
  177. “Mormonism” embraces all truth that is revealed and that is unrevealed, whether religious, political… Brigham Young, JD 9:147-150
  178. God intends to make us saviors not only of many that now dwell on the earth, but of many in the spirit world. Lorenzo Snow, JD 23:338-342
  179. Prepare yourselves for two weeks from tomorrow; and I will tell you now, that if you will tarry with your… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  180. I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture. Brigham Young, JD 13:87-95
  181. The time is coming when justice will be laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet; when we shall take… Brigham Young, JD 3:221-226
  182. We would find, were we to carry this subject from world to world, from our world to another, even to the… Orson Pratt, JD 18:286-297
  183. The Christian world, I discovered, was like the captain and crew of a vessel on the ocean without a compass… Brigham Young, JD 5:72-78
  184. What! Are Christians ignorant? Yes, as ignorant of the things of God as the brute beast. John Taylor, JD 6:18-27
  185. When we view its face we may see what is termed “the man in the moon,” and what some philosophers declare are… Brigham Young, JD 13:268-274
  186. Some of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, who handled the plates and conversed with the angels of God, were… Brigham Young, JD 7:160-166
  187. 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… Brigham Young, JD 1:103-111
  188. You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  189. To call a person a poor miserable apostate may seem like a harsh word; but what shall we call a man who talks… Brigham Young, JD 16:15-23
  190. Consequently every earth has its redeemer, and every earth has its tempter; and every earth, and the people… Brigham Young, JD 14:70-73
  191. The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary the wife of… Brigham Young, JD 11:266-272
  192. What the world calls “Mormonism” will rule every nation. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young will be the head. Orson Hyde, JD 7:48-53
  193. We have had trouble with men who refused to pay their Tithing, but the time has now come when a man that will… Brigham Young, JD 10:307-314
  194. As man now is, God once was—even the babe of Bethlehem, advancing to childhood—thence to boyhood, manhood… Lorenzo Snow, JD 26:364-369
  195. The moment a young man leaves the Church, he is then a traitor to the law of laws. Heber C. Kimball, JD 8:212-215
  196. The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; I do not know who they were… Brigham Young, JD 13:300-309
  197. Take the Bible, then, as it is. If it is not translated correctly, wait until it is. Brigham Young, JD 13:242-253
  198. Well, let me tell you, the Holy Ghost is a man; he is one of the sons of our Father and our God; and he is… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:171-181
  199. The punishment of God is Godlike. It endures forever, because there never will be a time when people ought not… Brigham Young, JD 9:147-150
  200. The words contained in this Bible are merely a history of what is gone by; it was never given to guide the… Orson Hyde, JD 2:75-87
  201. We are going to possess the earth. Why? Because it belongs to Jesus Christ, and he belongs to us, and we to… John Taylor, JD 1:221-233
  202. What an uproar it would make in the Christian world to say, I am an Apostle of Joseph. Brigham Young, JD 3:202-213
  203. If you will cause all those whom you know to be thieves, to be placed in a line before the mouth of one of our… Brigham Young, JD 1:103-111
  204. We are now upon our second estate, and our eternal destiny depends upon the few years we spend in the flesh. Wilford Woodruff, JD 22:204-210
  205. Elders, never love your wives one hair's breadth further than they adorn the Gospel, never love them so but… Brigham Young, JD 3:354-361
  206. God has given us a revelation in regard to celestial marriage. I did not make it. John Taylor, JD 25:303-317
  207. I say, rather than that apostates should flourish here, I will unsheath my bowie knife, and conquer or die. Brigham Young, JD 1:81-84
  208. When the time came that His firstborn, the Savior, should come into the world and take a tabernacle, the… Brigham Young, JD 4:215-221
  209. In other words, some of the Saints have said, and believe, that a man with one wife, sealed to him by the… Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:24-31
  210. The brethren testify that brother Brigham is brother Joseph's legal successor. You never heard me say so. Brigham Young, JD 8:64-70
  211. Who is it that is at the head of this? It is the Devil, the mighty Lucifer, the great prince of the angels… Joseph Young, JD 6:206-210
  212. I want to cuff you Bishops back and forth until you get your brains turned right side up. Brigham Young, JD 16:15-23
  213. I want to prophesy that all men and women who oppose the revelation which God has given in relation to… Orson Pratt, JD 17:214-229
  214. James Buchanan now occupies the chair of state. He and his counselors, his coadjutors, his cabinet, and… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:248-255
  215. Some of these my brethren know what my feelings were at the time Joseph revealed the doctrine; I was not… Brigham Young, JD 3:264-268
  216. I know just as well what to teach this people and just what to say to them and what to do in order to bring… Brigham Young, JD 13:87-95
  217. Men have to be rewarded according to their works; if a man ceases to work, there is no more blessings for him.… Jedediah M. Grant, JD 4:122-129
  218. The first thing I mean to take is the State of Missouri, and then I shall not be satisfied. Brigham Young, JD 9:154-158
  219. God designed this in the beginning. We are the children of God. Joseph F. Smith, JD 25:51-60
  220. Brother Taylor has just said that the religions of the day were hatched in hell. Brigham Young, JD 6:169-176
  221. Not only those that now dwell on the earth, but all people who dwelt aforetime; all people who ever lived upon… Charles W. Penrose, JD 26:18-29
  222. Treat the slaves kindly and let them live, for Ham must be the servant of servants until the curse is removed.… Brigham Young, JD 10:248-250
  223. Now ask the Father in the name of Jesus whether I am telling you the truth about temporal things or not, and… Brigham Young, JD 11:291-305
  224. We expect our children will acknowledge us as their fathers and mothers in eternity. Joseph F. Smith, JD 25:51-60
  225. Will it be over in six months or in three years? No; it will take years and years, and will never cease until… Brigham Young, JD 9:137-144
  226. Well, then, where did you get this authority from—from the world? John Taylor, JD 21:155-167
  227. Though Jesus had appeared on the earth as a personage having a body, parts and passions, and declared Himself… George Q. Cannon, JD 24:368-376
  228. The sectarian doctrine of final rewards and punishments is as strange to me as their bodiless, partless, and… Brigham Young, JD 11:119-128
  229. In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called… Brigham Young, JD 8:194-200
  230. The principle, the only one that beats and throbs through the heart of the entire inhabitants of this… George A. Smith, JD 1:95-100
  231. The world has been apostate for generations past: it has been under the dominion of the prince and power of… John Taylor, JD 6:162-169
  232. I felt pretty well in Nauvoo, at the time brother Brigham was speaking of; though I did regret—perhaps I did… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:333-335
  233. When the Lord has a people, he makes covenants with them and gives unto them promises: then, if they… Brigham Young, JD 7:335-338
  234. Sisters, you begin to say before your husbands, or husbands you begin to say before your wives, “I do not… Orson Pratt, JD 17:214-229
  235. I do not know that anybody complained in Nauvoo, except brother Kimball; and he was only sorry that the war… Brigham Young, JD 5:336-343
  236. The object of our earthly existence is that we may have a fullness of joy, and that we may become the sons and… Joseph F. Smith, JD 19:258-265
  237. What man or woman on the earth, what spirit in the spirit world can say truthfully that I ever gave a wrong… Brigham Young, JD 12:123-129
  238. Man is a dual being, possessed of body and spirit, made in the image of God, and connected with Him and with… John Taylor, JD 23:47-68
  239. How many earths are there? I observed this morning that you may take the particles of matter composing this… Brigham Young, JD 14:70-73
  240. Do you pray for Israel? You will no doubt answer in the affirmative. Brigham Young, JD 1:103-111
  241. We just as much expect that a city will be built, called Zion, in the place and on the land which has been… Orson Pratt, JD 14:271-276
  242. Do you suppose that one-third part of all the beings that existed in eternity came with him? Brigham Young, JD 3:362-375
  243. We believe in these promises as much as we believe in any promise ever uttered by the mouth of Jehovah. Orson Pratt, JD 13:354-363
  244. As true as that thing is true, so true it will be that our enemies will have to bow down to us; and we may do… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:86-95
  245. To put this matter more correctly before you, I here declare that the principle of plural marriage was not… Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:24-31
  246. I will now say to my friends—and I call you all, and all mankind, friends, until you have proved yourselves… Brigham Young, JD 12:308-316
  247. Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the House of the Lord, which are necessary for you… Brigham Young, JD 2:29-33
  248. We may, however, observe, that so far as new revelation has given us information on this subject, this… Orson Pratt, JD 12:338-346
  249. We have the meanest devils on the earth in our midst, and we intend to keep them, for we have use for them… Brigham Young, JD 6:169-176
  250. I have learned by experience that there is but one God that pertains to this people, and He is the God that… Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:1-7
  251. I say, that there are men and women that I would advise to go to the President immediately, and ask him to… Jedediah M. Grant, JD 4:49-51
  252. With regard to true theology, a more ignorant people never lived than the present so-called Christian world. Brigham Young, JD 8:194-200
  253. Angels are those beings who have been on an earth like this, and have passed through the same ordeals that we… Brigham Young, JD 9:101-108
  254. It is an additional privilege for that same man and wife to reenter the Temple of God to receive another wife… Joseph F. Smith, JD 20:24-31
  255. The Lord Almighty leads this Church, and he will never suffer you to be led astray if you are found doing your… Brigham Young, JD 9:286-289
  256. Do you suppose that God in person called upon Joseph Smith, our Prophet? Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  257. Ham will continue to be the servant of servants, as the Lord has decreed, until the curse is removed. Brigham Young, JD 10:248-250
  258. My first object is to find out the character of the only wise and true God, and what kind of a being he is… Joseph Smith, JD 6:1-11
  259. We also have the privilege of sealing women to men, without a Temple. Brigham Young, JD 16:185-189
  260. When we talk about celestial glory, we talk of the condition of endless increase; if we obtain celestial glory… George Q. Cannon, JD 22:120-132
  261. Sisters, I am not joking, I do not throw out my proposition to banter your feelings, to see whether you will… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  262. I believe it is right; it is the law and practice of our neighboring state to put the same thing in execution… Orson Hyde, JD 1:71-73
  263. All mankind love themselves, and let these principles be known by an individual, and he would be glad to have… Brigham Young, JD 4:215-221
  264. When there was no whiskey to be had here, and we needed it for rational purposes, I built a house to make it… Brigham Young, JD 10:200-208
  265. The man who passes through this probation, and is faithful, being redeemed from sin by the blood of Christ… Joseph F. Smith, JD 23:169-175
  266. We must believe that this same Jesus was crucified for the sins of the world, that is for the original sin… Brigham Young, JD 13:139-150
  267. Yea, I bless the earth and everything that is on this earth; but I feel, in the name and by the authority of… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  268. In regard to the Law of Tithing, the Lord has given the revelation I have already referred to, and made it a… Brigham Young, JD 10:282-288
  269. Joseph did not translate all of the plates; there was a portion of them sealed, which you can learn from the… Brigham Young, JD 19:36-45
  270. There is a curse on these aborigines of our country who roam the plains, and are so wild that you cannot tame… Brigham Young, JD 14:78-91
  271. If I had forty wives in the United States, they did not know it, and could not substantiate it, neither did I… Brigham Young, JD 1:358-365
  272. Now, sisters, do not say, “I do not want a husband when I get up in the resurrection.” Brigham Young, JD 16:160-171
  273. God designs we should be pure men, holding the oracles of God in holy and pure vessels; but when it is… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  274. There is not that person on the face of the earth who has had the privilege of learning the Gospel of Jesus… Brigham Young, JD 1:37-42
  275. The poor, miserable, cursed, damned scoundrels, I pray that they may go to hell. John Taylor, JD 7:118-125
  276. In ancient days old Israel was the chosen people in whom the Lord delighted, and whom he blessed and did so… Brigham Young, JD 14:78-91
  277. We must be grafted into the true vine, and continue to partake of its fatness, and then we shall go back to… Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:18-23
  278. I have not time now to dwell upon all the points of Abraham's faith, but he did believe in a plurality of… Brigham Young, JD 9:318-323
  279. A Wesley, a Luther, a Calvin, a Wycliffe, and a host of others who have arisen in the world, imbued with the… George Q. Cannon, JD 26:241-253
  280. Cain might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. Brigham Young, JD 7:282-291
  281. We shall go on from one step to another, reaching forth into the eternities until we become like the Gods, and… Brigham Young, JD 17:139-145
  282. Instead of receiving the gospel to become the sons of God, my language would be—to receive the gospel that we… Brigham Young, JD 12:99-103
  283. Our God and Father in heaven, is a being of tabernacle, or, in other words, He has a body, with parts the same… Brigham Young, JD 1:46-53
  284. I have taught for thirty years, and still teach, that he that believeth in his heart and confesseth with his… Brigham Young, JD 9:308-317
  285. Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are… Brigham Young, JD 9:147-150
  286. The Christian world, so called, are heathens as to their knowledge of the salvation of God. Brigham Young, JD 8:171-173
  287. I speak of plurality of wives as one of the most holy principles that God ever revealed to man, and all those… Heber C. Kimball, JD 11:208-212
  288. All organized existence is in progress, either to an endless advancement in eternal perfections, or back to… Brigham Young, JD 1:349-353
  289. When was there a beginning? There never was one; if there was, there will be an end; but there never was a… Brigham Young, JD 2:298-308
  290. We believe that we have a correct idea of the character of the Son from the writings of the Apostles, so far… Brigham Young, JD 6:93-101
  291. Sisters, do you wish to make yourselves happy? Then what is your duty? Brigham Young, JD 9:31-40
  292. We live to let live, and we will treat them with kindness and gentility, if they stay here and behave… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:28-38
  293. It is not so much polygamy that they are opposed to, but they hate this people because they strive to be pure… Brigham Young, JD 7:139-147
  294. Brother Kimball quoted a saying of Joseph the Prophet, that he would not worship a God who had not a Father… Brigham Young, JD 9:286-289
  295. Are all spirits endowed alike? No, not by any means. Will all be equal in the celestial kingdom? By no means. Brigham Young, JD 4:264-272
  296. The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action.… Brigham Young, JD 8:114-117
  297. Had I not thoroughly understood this and believed it, I much doubt whether I should ever have embraced what is… Brigham Young, JD 4:295-302
  298. Now I would ask the Christian world a question, and in doing so I do not mean to reflect upon, or cast an… Brigham Young, JD 13:139-150
  299. If plural marriage be divine, as the Latter-day Saints say it is, no power on earth can suppress it, unless… George Q. Cannon, JD 20:268-277
  300. If Utah was admitted into the Union as a sovereign State, and we chose to introduce slavery here, it is not… Brigham Young, JD 4:33-42
  301. Some would have us believe that God is present everywhere. It is not so. Brigham Young, JD 6:342-349
  302. The Apostles and Prophets, when speaking of our relationship to God, say that we are flesh of his flesh and… Brigham Young, JD 6:330-333
  303. I have told you many times that there are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now… Brigham Young, JD 4:51-57
  304. God never made something out of nothing; it is not in the economy or law by which the worlds were, are, or… Brigham Young, JD 14:114-118
  305. From the day that the Priesthood was taken from the earth to the winding-up scene of all things, every man and… Brigham Young, JD 7:282-291
  306. I know the day is right at hand when men will forfeit their Priesthood and turn against us and against the… Heber C. Kimball, JD 6:122-129
  307. We were created upright, pure, and holy, in the image of our father and our mother, in the image of our God. Brigham Young, JD 3:362-375
  308. The religion of God embraces every fact that exists in all the wide arena of nature, while the religions of… Brigham Young, JD 10:265-274
  309. Some may regret that our first parents sinned. This is nonsense. Brigham Young, JD 10:307-314
  310. Our Father in Heaven begat all the spirits that ever were, or ever will be, upon this earth; and they were… Brigham Young, JD 1:46-53
  311. If anybody wants to know what the priesthood of the Son of God is, it is the law by which the worlds are… Brigham Young, JD 15:121-129
  312. Well, if I were to give out word, and say to the community, Send in your names, I want to see who are willing… Brigham Young, JD 15:220-229
  313. After men have got their exaltations and their crowns—have become Gods, even the sons of God—are made Kings of… Brigham Young, JD 6:273-277
  314. Astronomers estimate that there is between us and the nearest fixed star matter enough from which to organize… Brigham Young, JD 7:1-8
  315. Though we are in the world, yet we should be as perfect as mortals are required to be. Brigham Young, JD 10:221-229
  316. Our fathers cannot be made perfect without us; we cannot be made perfect without them. Brigham Young, JD 18:212-217
  317. Nothing less than the privilege of increasing eternally, in every sense of the word, can satisfy the immortal… Brigham Young, JD 1:349-353
  318. I do not know that the editor of the Herald is any more honest; but, as a journalist, he tells more truth. John Taylor, JD 5:112-123
  319. God has made His children like Himself to stand erect, and has endowed them with intelligence and power and… Brigham Young, JD 11:119-128
  320. Nobles once told a Methodist priest, after hearing him describe his god, that the god they worshipped was the… Brigham Young, JD 5:327-333
  321. We are the sons and daughters of celestial beings, and the germ of the Deity dwells within us. Brigham Young, JD 10:187-195
  322. All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have… Brigham Young, JD 9:101-108
  323. When we use the term perfection, it applies to man in his present condition, as well as to heavenly beings. Brigham Young, JD 1:88-94
  324. I mourn not that a thief is killed, but that any human being would so far debase himself as to become a mean… Brigham Young, JD 9:154-158
  325. If a person is weary, worn out, cast down, fainting, or dying, a brandy sling, a little wine, or a cup of tea… Brigham Young, JD 12:27-31
  326. Did the Devil believe that Joseph Smith was an impostor? He knew that Joseph Smith was a true Prophet. Brigham Young, JD 9:329-334
  327. If they persist in sending troops here, I want the people in the west and in the east to understand that it… Brigham Young, JD 5:231-236