Main Object of Gathering the Jews Is to Build a Temple, Perform Ordinances, Etc. — Wilford Woodruff (June 11, 1843)
He then asked what was the object of gathering the Jews together or the people of God in any age of the world, the main object was to build unto the Lord an house whereby he could reveal unto his people the ordinances of his house and glories of his kingdom & teach the peopl the ways of salvation for their are certain ordinances & principles that when they are taught and practized, must be done in a place or house built for that purpose this was purposed in the mind of God before the world was & it was for this purpose that God designed to gather together the Jews oft but they would not
Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff, pp. 42-43, The Joseph Smith Papers.
Jews Scattered Because They Refused to Gather and Receive Priesthood — Wilford Woodruff (June 11, 1843)
The reason why the Jews were scattered and their House left unto them Desolate was because they refused to be gathered that the fulness of the Priesthood might be recded [received] among them which never can be done but by the gathering of the People also
Discourse, 11 June 1843–A, as Reported by Franklin D. Richards, p. 20, The Joseph Smith Papers.
