And we testify of these things, that God has reserved to Himself this right to command His people when it seemeth to Him good and to accomplish the object He has in view—that is, to raise up a righteous seed, a seed that will pay respect to His law and will build up Zion in […]
Erastus Snow
213. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis, Erastus Snow, 1868
…cease to feed and build up the wicked who will not labor with us to develop the resources of the country and help to build up Zion. God has called us to turn away from the folly of sustaining and building up Babylon—the worshippers of mammon—those who have no interest in common with us in […]
212. We are obligated to build Zion, Erastus Snow, 1882
The calling and mission of the Latter-day Saints are to fulfill what is here promised in these Scriptures—to bring about the restoration of scattered Israel, the establishment of Zion, the preparing a people for the coming of Christ…. – Erastus Snow, 5/6/1882
200. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Erastus Snow, 1880
There are facilities for many fine, flourishing settlements in [southern Colorado]; and we are establishing some colonies in that [area], consisting mostly of emigrants from the Southern States, with a few from Utah, to counsel and instruct them in the art of irrigating the soil and establishing settlements after the order of Zion. – Erastus […]
198. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis, Erastus Snow, 1874
For the last dozen years many of this people have been going on in the way that our fathers and the world generally walk in; and instead of building up Zion, have been after their personal and individual interests. – Erastus Snow, 5/8/1874
156. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Erastus Snow, 1868
As to the riches of the world they belong to the Lord, and He gives them to whom He will. If we are determined to devote our lives to the kingdom of Heaven, and not to this world, we shall in due time inherit all that is good for us to inherit; and unless we […]
150. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Erastus Snow, 1868
…the Lord has required His people to gather in the last days, that they might escape the sins of the wicked, and the plagues which shall be poured out upon them, and that they might be taught in His paths, taught to govern themselves, to correct their foolish habits and customs, and to train themselves […]
126. Building Zion is God’s Will, Erastus Snow, 1868
God has called us to turn away from the folly of sustaining and building up Babylon—the worshippers of mammon—those who have no interest in common with us in establishing Zion and building up the Kingdom of our God upon the earth. – Erastus Snow, 4/8/1868
93. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Erastus Snow, 1860
“If they then begin to say in their hearts, ‘I have served the Lord for a little season; I have been baptized; I have received the Holy Ghost and have become some great one; I have received the gift of tongues, and have prophesied; I have received the power of healing the sick, and other […]
90. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Erastus Snow, 1860
“But so long as they remain upon the earth in the flesh, they remain under the same obligation to serve the Lord today as much as yesterday, and then continue the next day and the next week as they were at first to repent and be baptized for the remission of their sins, when the […]
80. Central to The Gospel, Erastus Snow, 1860
And every true, faithful Latter-day Saint—yes, every mother and wife in Israel do feel this, and under no consideration would they throw an impediment in the way of their father, husband, or brother, to prevent their going to bear this message of life, or, if required to build up the temples of our God, to […]
57. We are obligated to build Zion, Erastus Snow, 1860
But so long as they remain upon the earth in the flesh, they remain under the same obligation to serve the Lord today as much as yesterday, and then continue the next day and the next week as they were at first to repent and be baptized for the remission of their sins, when the […]