Build a City and Economy Based on Manufacturing, Not Merchandise — Willard Richards (October 15, 1843) we cannot build up a city on merchadize. I would not run after the merchants. I would sow a little flax if I had but a garden and.— lot the temporal economy of this peoples should be to establish— […]
Hearts of Children Must Be Turned To Fathers before the Second Coming — Willard Richards (Between June 26 and August 4, 1839) The hearts of the children of men will have to be turned to the fathers. & the fathers to the children, living or dead, to prepare them for the coming of the Son […]
Elijah Sent in the Last Days to Restore Priesthood Authority — Robert B. Thompson (October 5, 1840) We frequently have mention made of the offering of Sacrifice by the servants of the most high in antient days prior to the law of moses, See which ordinances will be continued when the priesthood is restored with […]
Responsibilities of the Aaronic Priesthood — Wilford Woodruff (March 10, 1844) I will bring some of the testimony from the scripture & give my own, in the first place suffice it to say I went into the woods to inquire of the Lord by prayer his will concerning me— & I saw an angel & […]
God Elects Individuals to Good or Bad Positions Based on Who They Choose to Be — Times & Seasons (May 16, 1841) Why did God say to Pharoah, “for this cause have I raised thee up?” Because Pharoah was a fit instrument — a wicked man, and had committed acts of cruelty of the most […]
People Should Work for the Good of Nauvoo — Willard Richards (October 15, 1843) On. the economy of this city.— I think there is too many merchants among you more wool and raw materials. & the money be brought him to pay the poor for manufutuing— set our women to work & stop their spinning […]
Earth Is Made up of Eternal Elements from Previous Planets — William Clayton (January 5, 1841) The world and earth are not synonymous terms. The world is the human family. This earth was organized or formed out of other planets which were broke up and remodelled and made into the one on which we live. […]
Spreading Evil Feelings Causes Great Harm — Eliza R. Snow (August 4, 1842) The servants of the Lord are required to guard against those things that are calculated to do the most evil— the little foxes spoil the vines — little evils do the most injury to the church If you have evil feelings and […]
