Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.—J. of D., Vol. I., p. 67.
That moment that men seek to build up themselves, in preference to the kingdom of God, and seek to hoard up riches, while the widow and the fatherless, the sick and afflicted around them are in poverty and want, it proves that their hearts are weaned from their God.—J. of D., Vol. I., p. 273.
It is as much as we can do to keep the Christians of the nineteenth century from cutting our throats because we differ from them in our religious belief.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 165.
If I could net master my mouth, I would my knees, and make them bend until my mouth would speak.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 164.
All who live according to the best principles in their possession, or that they can understand, will receive peace, glory, comfort, joy, and a crown that will be far beyond what they are anticipating. They will not be lost.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 192.
I will not ask any person to embrace anything that is not in the New Testament until they have asked God if it is true or untrue, who will satisfy them if they ask in faith nothing doubting.—J. of D., Vol. I., p. 244.
Do not seek for that which you cannot magnify, but practice upon that which you have in your possession.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 239.
It would be as easy for a gnat to trace the history of man back to his origin as for man to fathom the first cause of all things, lift the veil of eternity, and reveal the mysteries that have been sought after by philosophers from the beginning. What, then, should be the calling and duty of the children of men? Instead of inquiring after the origin of the Gods instead of trying to explore the depths of eternities that have been, that are, and that will be instead of endeavoring to discover the boundaries of boundless space, let them seek to know the object of their present existence, and how to apply, in the most profitable manner for their mutual good and salvation, the intelligence they possess.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 284.
The being whom we call Father was the father of the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and He was also His father pertaining to the flesh. Infidels and Christians, make all you can of this statement. The Bible, which all Christians profess to believe, reveals that fact, and it reveals the truth upon that point, and I am a witness of its truth. The apostles who were personally acquainted with Jesus Christ did know and understand what they wrote, and they wrote the truth.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 286.
When the spirit leaves the body it goes into the spirit world, where the spirits of men are classified according to their own wills or pleasure, as men are here, only they are in a more pure and refined state of existence.—J. of D., Vol. VII., p 288.