When you were gathered with the Saints of the Most High, and became associated as a brother, a sister, and a neighbour with that blessed society, you expected… that you would be in heaven, and in the Zion of the Lord. These were your expectations. – Brigham Young, 2/20/1853
Posts by John Taylor Wilford Woodruff:
448. Zion Prophesied – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1873
As I before remarked, these prophecies surrounded [Joseph Smith], forming, in one sense of the word, a band and a power he could not get out of. Why? Because no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, but holy men of old spoke as they were moved upon by the inspiration of the Holy […]
447. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis – Brigham Young quote, 1870
Do you think we had better hold on to the ground we have already gained from the enemy? We have gained a little in this cooperative system. We feel for each other and try to assist each other. But let me tell you what I am going to do. I do not expect to merchandise […]
446. Economic Unity – Orson Pratt quote, 1874
But will they return after the old order of things that exists among the Gentiles—every man for himself, this individualism in regard to property? No, never, never while the world stands. If you would have these revelations fulfilled you must comply with the conditions thereof. The Lord said, concerning the building up of Zion when […]
445. Building Zion is God’s Will – Parley P. Pratt quote, 1856
…we shall have all the skill, and all the power, and all the wisdom, and all the treasures, and all the means necessary to build up Zion… and do all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of God whereunto we are called. – Parley P. Pratt, April 1856 General Conference
444. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1870
Consequently our teachings during Conference will be to instruct the people how to live and order their lives before the Lord and each other; how to accomplish the work devolving upon them in building up Zion on the earth. – Brigham Young, October 1870 General Conference
443. We are obligated to build Zion – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1880
We are called of God; we have been chosen, we have been ordained as men who have been called to bear the priesthood and to attend to the ordinances of the house of God, to preach the Gospel, to warn this generation, to build up Zion, to redeem the earth, to erect temples unto the […]
442. What Building Zion Requires of Us – John Taylor quote, 1883
We are here to build up the Zion of God, and to this end we must subject our bodies and our spirits to the law, to the word, and to the will of God. – John Taylor, October 1883 General Conference
441. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – John Taylor quote, 1881
And when I see our Bishops engaged in doing the will of God, and exerting themselves to promote the welfare of His people over whom they preside, and seeking counsel from God and other sources, and doing all they can to build up Zion unselfishly, with pure hearts and clean hands, I say, God bless […]
440. Economic Independence – George A. Smith quote, 1870
Many years ago efforts were made on the part of the Presidency to extend the settlements into the warm valleys south of the rim of the Basin. The country was very forbidding and sterile. Many were invited and called upon to go and settle there. …the mass of those who went …pushed forth their exertions […]
439. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis – Erastus Snow quote, 1877
The United Order is designed to help us to be self-reliant and to teach us to understand what it costs to produce that which we consume. One of the chief obstacles in the way of our progress towards becoming a self-sustaining people is the lack of this understanding among the people. They cling to the […]
438. Co-ops are a Stepping Stone – John Taylor quote, 1879
We will strive to be one; and if we cannot go so far as to sustain cooperation in regard to these things, how in the name of common sense are we ever going into the United Order? But we will begin with this, and then cooperate in all the different Stakes, not only in your […]
437. Zion Prophesied – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1873
Adam, our first great progenitor and father, after the fall, received this Gospel, and he received the holy Priesthood in all its power, and its keys and ordinances. He sealed these blessings upon his sons—Seth, Enos, Jared, Cainan, Mahaleel, Enoch and Methusaleh. All these men received this high and holy Priesthood. They all professed to […]
436. We are obligated to build Zion – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1868
We are called to build up Zion, and to establish righteousness and truth…. – Wilford Woodruff, 7/19/1868
435. What Building Zion Requires of Us – Brigham Young quote, 1877
…the man who is faithful to his calling and to this holy Priesthood, never goes hunting for gold or silver unless he is sent. Such men are found following their legitimate pursuits, working in their fields, in their workshops and gardens, making beautiful their habitations; in other words, engaged building up and assisting to establish […]
433. Central to The Gospel – John Taylor quote, 1878
…God had revealed himself to the human family and had restored the everlasting Gospel, and that with it came all these other things—apostles and high priests and elders and patriarchs and bishops and high councilors and all the various organizations of the Church and kingdom of God as they now exist upon the earth, all […]