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
deep-water water swim
Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters.... better deep than shallow!
foundation world whole
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.
life-lesson long important
The important consideration is not how long we can live but how well we can learn the lesson of life, and discharge our duties and obligations to God and to one another.
saint may able
God hath not revealed anything to Joseph, but what he will make known unto the Twelve, and even the least Saint may know all things as fast as he is able to bear them...
damnation hell command
What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.
errors perfect taught
I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.
kindness
Kindness is our religion.
goes-on causes
Shall we not go on in such great a cause?
truth-is made manifest
By proving contraries, truth is made manifest.
lord whatever-happens happens
Whatever happens, the Lord is in it.
opposition
When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.
temples building lord
We're not just building a Temple here, the Lord is building us.
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.