Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith The question was put to him, “Joseph, is the principle of self-aggrandizement wrong? Should we seek our own good?” Â His answer: “It is a correct principle and may be indulged upon only one rule or plan-and that is to elevate, benefit, and bless others first. If you will elevate others, the […]
Prophetic Statements: Joseph Smith The Lord once told me that what I asked for I should have. Â I have been afraid to ask God to kill my enemies, lest some of them should, peradventure, repent. Â I asked a short time since for the Lord to deliver me out of the hands of the Governor of […]
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 war that should befall this nation. Wise men said its fulfillment was a matter of impossibility—that the government was too sound and too well established […]
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 whole world; the keys of knowledge, power and revelations should be revealed to a witness who should hold the testimony to the world. I am […]
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 Bishopric Publication, Oct. 1961) Ezra Taft Benson #1: “Has it occurred to you that one may interpret doctrine when he or she undertakes to explain […]
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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] a good heart and a good hand. Mormons can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for a Mormon. If it has […]
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. The Masonry of today is received from the apostasy which took place in the days of Solomon, and David. They have now and then a […]
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 the creation in the Bible—Berosheit. I want to analyze the word. Baith—in, by, through, and everything else. Rosh—the head. Sheit—grammatical termination. When the inspired man […]
Associated Locations: Gilsum, New Hampshire – Lucy Mack Smith Birthplace Associated Dates: July 8, 1775 – Lucy Mack Smith Born 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 light within them.
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 activities and expediencies because of his involvement in plural marriage? Should we entertain the possibility of self-deception? Was the Prophet involved in adulterous practices or […]
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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 had not experienced what I have, I would not have believed it myself. [Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 6:317[/note] God is my friend. In […]
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 live.” I waited on him all this day with my heart raised to God in the name of Jesus Christ that He would restore him […]
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, 1825, I hired with an old gentleman by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Chenango county, State of New York. He had heard […]
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 for Sylvester Smith’s mess. In this way we traveled, being directed by the Prophet in peace, until Sylvester lost the spirit of peace and became […]
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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 the ordination of the High Priesthood. They met together in June, 1831, in a log schoolhouse in Kirtland, a room about eighteen feet by twenty. […]
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 the last dispensation of this world, to bring forth the word of God to the people, and receive the fulness of the keys and power […]
