Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
Joseph Smith, Jr.was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was twenty-four, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death fourteen years later, he had attracted tens of thousands of followers and founded a religious culture that continues to the present...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth23 December 1805
CountryUnited States of America
hypocrite judging enemy
I am a lover of the cause of Christ and of virtue, chastity, and an upright, steady course of conduct and a holy walk. I despise a hypocrite or a covenant breaker. I judge them not; God shall judge them according to their works. I am a lover even of mine enemies, for an enemy seeketh to destroy openly. I can pray for those who despitefully use and persecute me, but for all I cannot hope.
rumor ears tongue
Rumor with her ten thousand tongues is diffusing her uncertain sounds in almost every ear..
curiosity doe appease
Truth does not appease but inflames the curiosity.
lord made command
I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.
independent missionary may
Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent...
howl
How I do love to hear the wolves howl!
principles stand-alone salvation
To get salvation we must not only do some things, but everything which God has commanded...The object with me is to obey and teach others to obey God in just what he tells us to do. It mattereth not whether the principle is popular or unpopular; I will always maintain a true principle even if I stand alone in it.
trials endure wells
My Brethren if thou endure thy trials well though shalt be exalted.
darkness doubt doe
Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.
fundamentals principles mormonism
Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism
patriotism flavor habitat
The flavor of patriotism depends upon its habitat.
constitution-of-the-united-states standards glorious
We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.
stones smooth quiver
I am like a huge rough stone...and the only polishing I get is when some corner gets rubbed off by coming in contact with something else, striking with accelerated force...thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almightly.
purity should meekness
. . . meekness,love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us.