It is impossible to unite Christ and Baal – their spirits cannot unite, their objects and purposes are entirely different; the one leads to eternal life and exaltation, the other to death and final destruction.
One thing is certain, wherever we go there is a proof that the people are keeping the commandments of the Lord, especially the first one – to multiply and replenish the earth.
The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been, so far as we know, except the government of the children of Israel to the time when they elected a king.
What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.
Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.
Now, there is no harm in a teapot, even if it contains tea, if it is let alone.
Which would you part with first – your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?
This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth.
A lawyer’s duty is to read the law well himself, then tell the people what it is, and let them act upon it.
All the difference between men and angels is, men are passing through the day of trial that angels have already passed through.
The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.
Every time the enemy throws us off our guard, and we give way to temptation, he gains so much; he weakens us and strengthens himself; when we resist temptation, it strengthens the Saints and weakens the enemy.
Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.
I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.
It is true that the blood of the Son of God was shed for sins through the fall and those committed by men, yet men can commit sins which it can never remit.
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.
No person having the least particle of Negro blood can hold the Priesthood.
Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.
I say, if you want to enjoy exquisitely, become a Latter-day Saint, and then live the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.