Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886
“We just as much expect that a city will be built, called Zion, in the place and on the land which has been appointed by the Lord our God, and that a temple will be reared on the spot that has been selected, and the cornerstone of which has been laid, in the generation when this revelation was given; we just as much expect this as we expect the sun to rise in the morning and set in the evening; or as much as we expect to see the fulfillment of any of the purposes of the Lord our God, pertaining to the works of his hands.”
Portrait of Orson PrattOrson Pratt, April 9, 1871 · Order—Spiritual Gifts—Temples—The New Jerusalem · JD 14:271-276