Zion will be built up; Zion will be redeemed, and she will arise and shine and put on her beautiful garments; she will break from off her neck her yoke, and she will be clothed with the glory of our God. Zion has been sold for naught; she will be redeemed without money; she will […]
Monthly Archives: December 2017
281. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis – Orson Pratt quote, 1872
Now mark another prophecy. “I heard a great voice,” says John, “from heaven, saying, ‘Come out of her, O my people!” Out of where? “Mystery Babylon, the Great”—out of this great confusion that exists throughout all the nations and multitudes of Christendom. “Come out of her, O my people, that ye partake not of her […]
280. Zion Prophesied – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1868
Why have we gathered to Zion? To fulfill the revelations of God. Isaiah and Jeremiah and nearly all the prophets since the world began have foretold the gathering of the people in the last days to establish Zion, from which the law of the Lord should go forth to rule the nations of the earth, […]
278. Economic Unity – Joseph F. Smith quote, 1884
God will bless us in our labors and efforts; and if we will cooperate together in our temporal affairs and conduct our business on correct principles, the world will be better for us, and we will be better off in the world. We will have more means to build up the kingdom of God; we […]
276. What Building Zion Requires of Us – Brigham Young quote, 1868
In building up the Zion of God on this land we must become very different from what we are now, in many respects and particularly in financial matters…. There are many men who are so anxious for wealth, that if they cannot make a fortune in a few months, they feel they are not succeeding […]
Thoughts on Zion #58 – Clinging to Babylon Prevents Zion
LDS leaders during the 1870s were teaching the Saints that they could never reach their goal of establishing Zion in the Utah Territory if they kept “clinging to Babylon”. One leader hinted that God himself may yank us away from Babylon. In 1877, Elder Erastus Snow said, “One thing is certain, that if God accomplishes […]
275. Economic Unity – Brigham Young quote, 1868
What does the Lord want of us up here in the tops of these mountains? He wishes us to build up Zion. What are the people doing? They are merchandising, trafficking and trading. – Brigham Young, 1/12/1868
“We shall work for each other’s good” – George Q. Cannon
The intention is to use the skill of the businessman in elevating those who are not businessmen, to bring up the poor from their level to the broad upper level, not to pull down the upper level to the plane of the lower. That is not the design, but it is that we shall work […]