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, […]
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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 […]
293. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – John Taylor quote, 1882
And as we are here for the purpose of building up Zion, He [God] expects that we will be upright and honorable in all our dealings with one another and with all men. – John Taylor, 4/9/1882
279. What Holds Us Back – Brigham Young quote, 1853
But that moment that men seek to build up themselves, in preference to the kingdom of God and seek to hoard up riches, while the widow and the fatherless, the sick and afflicted, around them, are in poverty and want, it proves that their hearts are weaned from their God; and their riches will perish […]
288. Central to The Gospel – Joseph F. Smith quote, 1877
Then let us search after truth—for the light of the Spirit which leadeth into all truth, that we may comprehend the Gospel, be able to sustain the hands of the servants of God in their efforts to build up Zion, and work out our own salvation. – Joseph F. Smith, 4/2/1877
282. Central to The Gospel – Erastus Snow quote, 1884
…the keys of the Holy Priesthood… [bring] life and salvation to the dead as well as to the living. Having these keys committed unto us, we proceed to establish Zion; to build up her Stakes; to build her temples; to gather together those who purify themselves before the Lord…. – Erastus Snow, 2/2/1884
289. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1857
We know that the world is angry at us, and that we cannot help. We mean to pursue our course, build up the kingdom of God on earth, and establish Zion. – Brigham Young, 6/7/1857
277. Its Temporal Too! – John Taylor quote, 1875
…we are gathered here to serve God and keep his commandments, and to build up his Zion upon the earth. After praying for years that God would inspire his servant Brigham with the Spirit of revelation, that he might be able to lead forth Israel in the path in which they should go, he tells […]
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 […]
273. No Need to Wait – Keith B. McMullin quote, 2002
The establishment of Zion should be the aim of every member of this Church…. “And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.” Take special note of the word because in this scripture. Zion is established and […]
272. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – George A. Smith quote, 1861
I presume now that in speaking at the present time, I am addressing a considerable portion of those brethren who have been called on to strengthen the stakes of Zion on the southern borders of our Territory…. A man who has come into this Valley to make Zion his home, has gone to work and […]
271. We are obligated to build Zion – Brigham Young quote, 1863
We have to build up Zion, if we do our duty. – Brigham Young, 5/24/1863
270. Central to The Gospel – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1873
…the Saints, and although mixed like corn in a sieve among the Gentile nations they have been prepared from the foundation of the world to come forth as the sons of Jacob in these latter days, to build up the Zion of God on the earth. We have got to come to it. – Wilford […]
266. Building Zion Requires Real Labor – Wilford Woodruff Quote, 1873
We have it to do, we can’t build up Zion sitting on a hemlock slab singing ourselves away to everlasting bliss; we have to cultivate the earth, to take the rocks and elements out of the mountains and rear Temples to the Most High God; and this temporal work is demanded at our hands by […]
265. Central to The Gospel – Erastus Snow Quote, 1873
We are called to set our hearts upon the living God, who has called us to be his people, and to worship him with full purpose of heart. If he gives us houses and lands, goods and chattels, gold and silver and the precious things of the earth, receive them with thanksgiving, and hallow and […]
264. We are obligated to build Zion – Wilford Woodruff Quote, 1873
As an individual, I will say that I feel a great responsibility resting upon me, and it also rests upon you. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young alone have not been called to build up in the latter day that great and mighty kingdom of God which Daniel foretold, and which he said should be thrown […]