We cannot build up a Zion unless we are in possession of the spirit of Zion, and of the light and intelligence that flow from God, and under the direction of the Priesthood, the living oracles of God, to lead us in the paths of life. We do not know them without, and we need all these helps to lead us along, that by and by we may come to such a unity in our temporal and in our spiritual affairs… that we may be prepared to enter a Zion here upon the earth… and so operate and cooperate with the Gods in the eternal worlds, and with the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and men of God… we want to be one with them, one with God, and one with each other, for Jesus said—“Except you are one you are not mine.”
– John Taylor, 8/31/1875