We have to build up Zion, a temporal work here upon the face of the earth, and we have got to establish righteousness and truth. – Wilford Woodruff, 4/7/1867
Monthly Archives: June 2026
296. Building Zion Requires Real Labor – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1873
We are not called to build up Zion by preaching, singing and praying alone; we have to perform hard labor, labor of bone and sinew, in building towns, cities, villages; and we have to continue to do this; but while we are so engaged, we should not sin. We have no right to sin, whether […]
246. Central to The Gospel, John Taylor, 1878
We will operate together, and with all Israel and with the gods in the eternal worlds, and with the patriarchs, prophets and apostles, and all the holy men of God who have lived before us, in assisting to bring to pass all the designs of God of which the prophets have spoken, and in building […]
331. Building Zion is Gods Will – George A. Smith quote, 1872
God has commenced a work in these last days to elevate mankind, to save them, to increase them, to place them on a footing of independence; to cause them to love one another and to lay a foundation for peace and harmony, that bloodshed and war, contention and devastation shall cease; that the power of […]
341. We are obligated to build Zion – Erastus Snow quote, 1868
I do not mean that we shall cease feeding the hungry, no matter whether he is Saint or sinner; but cease to feed and build up the wicked who will not labor with us to develop the resources of the country and help to build up Zion. God has called us to turn away from […]
239. Economic Independence, Erastus Snow, 1877
How long do you think it would take if we were all producers, and converting the raw materials into useful articles, to become a self-sustaining people? And then if we heard of Babylon’s downfall, we would not of necessity lift up our hands and cry, “O Lord spare her a little longer, we are not […]
252. We are obligated to build Zion, John Taylor, 1879
It is difficult, as has been remarked, for us sometimes to realize the position we occupy—the relation we sustain to our heavenly Father—the responsibility that rests upon us, and the various duties we have to perform in the fulfillment of the purposes of God; in the interest of a world lying in wickedness; in the […]
301. No Need to Wait – Brigham Young quote, 1862
We can make a Zion of God on earth at our pleasure…. by the judicious management and arrangement of this ever-existing material a Zion of God can always be built on the earth. – Brigham Young, 2/23/1862
274. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1874
We are trying to unite the people together in the order that the Lord revealed to Enoch, which will be observed and sustained in the latter days in redeeming and building up Zion; this is the very order that will do it, and nothing short of it. We are trying to organize the Latter-day Saints […]
242. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, John Taylor, 1881
Now, then, God has gathered us together for a purpose, and that purpose is to build up Zion and to establish His kingdom on the earth…. We are here, then, to build up Zion. – John Taylor, 1/9/1881
294. We are obligated to build Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1857
If they will let us alone, we will preach the Gospel; and if they do not, we will do it, and we will build up Zion, if all the devils in hell howl. Let us know that we have to build up Zion until the Spirit of peace shall overrule our country. – Brigham Young, […]
178. No Need to Wait, Wilford Woodruff, 1873
The Lord has put into our hands the power to build up his Zion and kingdom on the earth, and we have more to encourage us than was ever possessed by any generation that has preceded us. – Wilford Woodruff, 1/12/1873
327. Central to The Gospel – John Taylor quote, 1874
I want to be the friend of God and God to be my friend; I want to help to roll forth the Kingdom of God and to build up the Zion of the Most High, and I want to see my brethren engaged in the same work, and we will do it. In the name […]
322. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1867
…we can build up Zion and be of one heart and of one mind… – Brigham Young, 4/6/1867
412. Building Zion is God’s Will – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1876
…it seems as though we have almost lost sight of our calling, of the object of our being gathered together, and the purposes which God requires at our hands. There is a good deal for us to do if we build up Zion…. The Lord has commanded us, and we have got to obey his […]
253. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, John Taylor, 1875
We read of the Zion that was built up by Enoch…. We have been expecting all along to build up a similar Zion upon these mountains…. – John Taylor, 8/31/1875