Joseph Smith, Jr. Quotes - Page 2

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• Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Darkness, Doubt, Doe

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• We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.

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  Views, Doe, Eternity

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• A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

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  Men, Blessing, Race

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• It is a false idea that the Saints will escape all the judgments, whilst the wicked suffer; for all flesh is subject to suffer and “the righteous shall hardly escape.” …So that is an unhallowed principle to say that such and such have transgressed because they have been preyed upon by disease or death, for all flesh is subject to death; and the Savior has said, “judge not, lest ye be judged.

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  Ideas, Judging, Suffering

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• Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

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  Forgiveness, Heart, Sin

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• There are so many fools in the world for the devil to operate upon, it gives him the advantage oftentimes.

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  Honesty, Giving, Devil

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• We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.

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  God, Faith, Christian

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• Stand Fast Through the Storms of Life. "You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary for you to be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God... God will feel after you, and He will take hold of you and wrench your very heart strings and if you cannot stand it you will not be fit for an inheritance in the Celestial kingdom of God" -John Taylor recalls the words of Joseph Smith to the Twelve. JS manual page 231

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  Heart, Men, Storm

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• Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.

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  Sacrifice, Doe, Salvation

  Joseph Smith Jr. (2010). “Lectures on Faith”, p.71, Cedar Fort

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• The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

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  Devil, Moments, Permit

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• God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know... that he was once a man like us.... Here, then, is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves... the same as all Gods have done before you.

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  Wise, Character, Men

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• Sometimes the Lord brings us low before he can lift us higher.

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  Sometimes, Lord, Lows

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• The purposes of our God are great, His love unfathomable, His wisdom infinite, and His power unlimited; therefore, the Saints have cause to rejoice and be glad.

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  Saint, Purpose, His Love

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• An angel of God never has wings.

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  Angel, Wings

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• We came to this earth that we might have a body and present it pure before God in the celestial kingdom. The great principle of happiness consists in having a body. The devil has no body, and herein is his punishment. He is pleased when he can obtain the tabernacle of man. . . . All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not.

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  Men, Devil, Might

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• A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge

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  Men, Gains, Faster

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• Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in no wise lose his reward. A good man will endure all things to honor Christ, and even dispose of the whole world, and all in it, to save his soul.

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  Wise, Godly, Men

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• If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.

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  Angel, Privilege, Associates

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• One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

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  Principles, Mormonism, Fundamentals

  "Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith". Book by Joseph Smith, p. 199, July 9, 1843.

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• Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and for your families, your cattle, your flocks, your herds, your corn, and all things that you possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; ask the blessing of God upon all your labors, and everything that you engage in.

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  Book, Blessing, Corn

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• Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ.

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  Jesus, World, Christ

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• Search your hearts, and see if you are like God. I have searched mine, and feel to repent of all my sins.

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  Heart, Sin, Repent

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• I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.

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  Foundation, World, Whole

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• When God commands, do it!

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  Command

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• Do not be discouraged on account of the greatness of the work; only be humble and faithful. . . . He who scattered Israel has promised to gather them; therefore inasmuch as you are to be instrumental in this great work, He will endow you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every qualification necessary.

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  Inspirational, Faith, God

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