Note: The following is a declaration signed during the 19th century. Â This declaration is in direct opposition to the words of the Presidents of the Church (past and present) and the Scriptures. Â Please see our Home & Family FAQs, for statements from the leadership of the Church. Woman’s Rights Convention, Held at Seneca Falls, 19-20 […]
President Joseph F. Smith, Improvement Era 9, June 1906, p. 651-54 There are, in the great world of mankind, much social and civil unrighteousness, religious unfaithfulness, and great insensibility to the. majesty, power, and purpose of our eternal Father and God. In order, therefore, that he may bring the sense of himself and his purposes home […]
August 2, 1826 Source: Shewmaker, 104-113 Daniel Webster speaks at the momentous occasion of the funeral of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom died on the 50th anniversary of the Union. Webster praises Jefferson and the Declaration. He then offers an analysis of Adams, including a representation of words that Adams might have […]
See original document on the Joseph Smith Papers. The Constitution of our country formed by the Fathers of liberty. Peace and good order in society. Love to God, and good will to man. All good and wholesome laws, virtue and truth above all things, and aristarchy, live forever! But woe to tyrants, mobs, aristocracy, anarchy, […]
Autobiography (1803-1836)Typescript, HBLLTHE LIFE OF LEVI HANCOCK(Copied from his own journal by Clara E. H. Lloyd, great-grand daughter.) My father, Thomas Hancock, born 20 Nov. 1763, son of Thomas Hancock and Jemima Wright. My mother Amy Ward was born Feb 29, 1769, daughter of General Jacob Ward and Irene Jones. Children: Elijah born 21, Sept. […]
THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD The Government of God., Times and Seasons, vol. 3 (November 1841-October 1842), Vol.. 3 No. 18 July 15, 1842 855 – 856 The government of the Almighty, has always been very dissimilar to the government of men; whether we refer to his religious government, or to the government of nations. The […]
The following letter is reprinted in chapter 26 of volume 4 of History of the Church, under the subtitle “Elder Orson Hyde’s Letter — His Prayer of Dedication on the Mount of Olives.” ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 22, 1841 DEAR BROTHER PRATT: — A few minutes now offer for me to write, and I improve them in writing […]
I refer to these things because I know not how long I may have the privilege of bearing my testimony of the Gospel of Christ on the earth. The revelations that are in the Bible, the predictions of the patriarchs and prophets who saw by vision and revelation the last dispensation and fullness of times […]
I warn future historians to give credence to my history; for my testimony is true, and the truth of its record will be manifest in the world to come. All the words of the Lord will be fulfilled upon the nations, which are written in his book. The American nation will be broken in pieces […]
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if that were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives […]
The western boundaries of the state of Missouri will be swept so clean of its inhabitants that, as President Young tells us, when we return to that place, ‘There will not be left so much as a yellow dog to wag his tail. Before that day comes, however, the Saints will be put to a […]
I went to bed as usual at about 7:30PM. I had been readÂing a revelaÂtion in the French lanÂguage. My mind was calm, more so than usual if possible, so I composed myself for sleep, but could not. I felt a strange feeling come over me and apparently beÂcame partially unconÂscious. Still I was not […]
Charles D. Evans was a church patriarch, in the 1890’s, while living in Springville, Utah. While I lay pondering in deep solitude on the events of the present, my mind was drawn into a reverie such as I had never felt before,–a strong solicitude for my imperiled country utterly excluded every other thought, and raised […]
A Remarkable Prophecy By President John Taylor As Told by Edward Lunt, An Ordinance Worker in the Mesa Temple The following statement is published for research purposes. Note that the First Presidency (consisting of Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee and N. Eldon Tanner) published a letter to stake presidents, bishops, and mission presidents in the […]
Mosiah Lyman Hancock, 1834-1907 Autobiography (1834-1865) Source: Autobiography of Mosiah Hancock, typescript, BYU-S. Compiled by Amy E. Baird, Victoria H. Jackson, and Laura L. Wassell (daughters of Mosiah Hancock). Grammar has been standardized. Mosiah Lyman Hancock Autobiography PREFACE It is not my intent to treat much on my sufferings; suffice it to say that my […]
Note: As described below, this history was dictated by Joseph Smith and written by James Mullholland. The inserted and deleted phrases were done by Willard Richards, who was with the prophet when he was martyred at Carthage. “The writing of Joseph Smith’s History of the Church in its present form was begun on April 30, […]
by Gordon B. Hinckley President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints At this season when we memorialize the arrival of our forbearers in these valleys of the west, it is fitting that we celebrate freedom, the reason for their coming here. Human liberty is such a precious and remarkable thing that it […]
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr. of the First Presidency When are the writings and sermons of church leaders entitled to the claim of being scripture? I assume the scripture behind this question is the declaration of the Lord in a revelation given through Joseph primarily to Orson Hyde, Luke S. Johnson, Lyman E. Johnson, and […]
by the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles 6 April 1845 (Messages of the First Presidency, 1:252) PROCLAMATION of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To all the King’s of the World; To the President of the United States of America; To the Governors of the several States; And to […]
The First Presidency of the Church 15 January 1841 (Documentary History of the Church, 4:267-273 ) This document, signed by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Hyrum Smith, reviews the progress of the Church in spite of hardships and persecution, and speaks at length on the prospects of the settlement of Nauvoo. A PROCLAMATION of the […]
