Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith The question was put to him, “Joseph, is the principle of self-aggrandizement wrong? Should we seek our own good?”  His answer: “It is a correct principle

Prophetic Statements: Joseph Smith The Lord once told me that what I asked for I should have.  I have been afraid to ask God to kill my enemies, lest some

Prophetic Statements Wilford Woodruff Many of you may have read, years before it was fulfilled, the revelation and prophecy of the Prophet Joseph in regard to the trouble, anarchy, and

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith The Savior said when these tribulations should take place, [the gospel of the kingdom] should be committed to a man who should be a witness over the

Prophetic Statements First Presidency “Warning to Church Members” (Statement published in the Improvement Era, July 1936 by the First Presidency, under date of July 3,1936. Reprinted in “The Messenger Presiding

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Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith Why is it this babbler gains so many followers and retains them? Because I possess the principle of love. All I can offer the world [is]

Commentary Please see the documentary Statesmen & Symbols: Prelude to the Restoration for a full discussion of this question. https://josephsmithfoundation.org/store/product/statesmen-symbols-prelude-to-the-restoration-dvd/ Supporting Statements Heber C. Kimball We have the true Masonry.

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith “I shall comment on the very first Hebrew word in the Bible; I will make a comment on the very first sentence of the history of

Prophetic Statements Joseph F. Smith Though poor, his parents were honest and good; they delighted in the truth, and it was their honest desire to live according to the best

Please see Plural Wives of Joseph Smith for further references. Questions Answered: Was Joseph Smith’s introduction of plural marriage revealed by the Lord? Was Joseph Smith ensnared by many convoluted

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Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith No man knows my history.  I cannot tell it: I shall never undertake it. I don’t blame any one for not believing my history. If I

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith #1: Sunday 11th [October 1835] visited my Father who was very sick. In secret prayer in the morning the Lord said, “My servant thy father shall

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith #1: “In the year 1823 my father’s family met with a great affliction by the death of my eldest brother, Alvin. In the month of October,

Supporting Statements Levi W. Hancock On the first of May, 1834, I started for Cartage County, some forty miles from Kirtland, to go with Zion’s Camp. I was appointed cook

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Supporting Statements George A. Smith Among the early baptisms in Northern Ohio, was a Methodist minister by the name of Ezra Booth. He was present when the Elders first received

Prophetic Statements Brigham Young It was decreed in the counsels of eternity, long before the foundations of the earth were laid, that he, Joseph Smith, should be the man, in

Questions Answered: Did Joseph Smith gain many of his doctrine ideas in the Church from Nineteenth Century cultural movements or other philosophy? Did he introduce into the Church many false

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Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith #1: I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me. When