In all these various dispensations God has directly spoken from the heavens; he has communicated his will to the human family. He has raised up revelators and inspired them, he has filled his servants with the spirit of prophecy, that they should foretell the future. He has inspired them to write revelations, and hence in […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
191. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Wilford Woodruff, 1870
This is one thing I want to say to my friends and to the Saints of God, that without the Holy Ghost, without direct revelation and the inspiration of God continually, Brigham Young could not lead this people twenty-four hours. He could not lead them at all. Joseph could not have done it, neither could […]
Jesse What Building Zion Requires of Us revelation, Wilford Woodruff
187. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Wilford Woodruff, 1870
The Lord has put into our hands the power to build up this great Zion, which all the ancient prophets rejoiced in and prophesied about. What manner of people ought we to be who are called to carry out this work? We ought to be the Saints and children of God in very deed. Our […]
Thoughts on Zion #48 – God Expected Zion to be Built in Utah

The Point of Gathering to Utah Early LDS leaders taught that the whole point of gathering to Utah was to build a Zion society. They also specifically taught that it was God’s will that they do so. No one put it more clearly than Brigham Young when in 1860 he said: “The Lord has led […]