"Let us be just, merciful, faithful and true, and let us live our religion, and we shall be taught all things pertaining to the building up of Zion. Let us train our minds until we delight in that which is good, lovely and holy, seeking continually after that intelligence which will enable us effectually to […]
Monthly Archives: March 2016
94. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Brigham Young, 1863
“Let us look at our neighbors as they are, and not as we want them to be; let us learn enough to know what we are ourselves and what our brethren and sisters are, and learn the true designs of their hearts, and then judge them as God judges them and not according to outward […]
Thoughts on Zion #38 – John Taylor Picks Up the Zion Building Torch
The general failure of the United Orders coincided roughly with the passing of Church President Brigham Young in 1877. One might wonder if at the end, Brother Brigham was discouraged about building Zion, and whether, after he passed, his successor John Taylor would move on and focus elsewhere. This was definitely not the case. To […]