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1805–1844 United States
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormonism, and the Latter Day Saint movement.
United States Mayors Religious leaders Also known as: Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith, Jr., Smith, Joseph
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One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.
Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either.
The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge.
Truth is "Mormonism." God is the author of it.
That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another.
You don't know me; you never knew my heart. No man knows my history.
King Follett discourse (1844)
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
Deep water is what I am wont to swim in.
If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.
Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.
If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth.
There has been a great difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation. It has been like splitting hemlock knots with a corn-dodger for a wedge and a pumpkin for a beetle.
Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same.
Men are in the habit, when the truth is exhibited by the servants of God, of saying, All is mystery, they have spoken in parables, and, therefore, are not to be understood.
Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of "Mormonism"; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.
Oh Lord God, deliver us from this prison, almost as it were, of paper, pen and ink, and of a crooked, broken, scattered and imperfect language.
It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.
We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.
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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