The evils that have flourished so long in what is called the Old World have been transplanted to this land. If Western men travel through the Eastern States they are struck with the great distinction of classes that exist there. There is an aristocracy of wealth fast growing up there; and at the same time […]
Monthly Archives: March 2017
202. Building Zion is Gods Will, John Taylor, 1877
Our work is mapped out before us, it is all designed and planned by him who rules above, and it is time that every Elder in Israel fully understood this fact that the Latter-day Saints have got to take a part in all this work, and that we are not here to attend to our […]
201. We are obligated to build Zion, George Q. Cannon, 1883
It is not my business; God has not required it of me that I should build up anything that is opposed to Zion, but on the contrary that I should always keep in my thoughts and be influenced by it in my actions that which will advance the cause of Zion, and that which will […]
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 […]
199. What Building Zion Requires of Us, Wilford Woodruff, 1874
…faith is required on the part of the Saints to live their religion, do their duty, walk uprightly before the Lord and build up his Zion on the earth. Then it requires works to correspond with our faith. – Wilford Woodruff, 10/9/1874
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
Thoughts on Zion #49: Building Cities of Enoch in Utah
Another surprising thing I discovered while reading quotes by early LDS leaders was that they equated their Zion-building efforts in Utah to those of the ancient prophet Enoch. “Then again, did Enoch build up a Zion? So we are doing…. Now, this is what we are building up, and they built up a similar thing […]