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
dirty hands towels
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.
curiosity doe appease
Truth does not appease but inflames the curiosity.
views doe eternity
We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.
country men saint
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.
hands knowing use
[W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.
freedom men law
Let no man break the laws of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the laws of the land.
names riches
Wherefore a good name is better than riches.
freedom rights law
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me. Therefore, I, the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land.
father land america
May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.
children thrones glory
Eternity is full of thrones, upon which dwell thousands of children reigning on thrones of glory, with not one cubit added to their stature.
hypocrite men justice
I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth faced hypocrite.
party political panic
Our nation, which possesses greater resources than any other, is rent, from center to circumference, with party strife, political intrigues, and sectional interest; our counselors are panic stricken, our legislators are astonished, and our senators are confounded.
religious mean men
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution....The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to cover the whole ground. Although it provides that all men shall enjoy religious freedom, yet it does not provide the manner by which that freedom can be preserved, nor for the punishment of Government officers who refuse to protect the people in their religious rights, punish those mobs, states, or communities who interfere with the rights of the people on account of their religion. Its sentiments are good, but it provides no means of enforcing them.
sight repentance transgression
Repentance is a thing that cannot be trifled with every day. Daily transgression and daily repentance is not that which is pleasing in the sight of God.