Then I might say, O ye wicked nations of the earth, why do you quarrel with us all the time for doing you good? We want to build up Zion and bring up your fathers and mothers to enjoy a glory, and you are trying to prevent us. They are contending against their own lives […]
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80. Central to The Gospel, Erastus Snow, 1860
And every true, faithful Latter-day Saint—yes, every mother and wife in Israel do feel this, and under no consideration would they throw an impediment in the way of their father, husband, or brother, to prevent their going to bear this message of life, or, if required to build up the temples of our God, to […]
Elder L. Tom Perry on Building Zion
Lest we think that only the Brethren during Brigham’s era were interested in building Zion, here’s a great quote by Apostle L. Tom Perry in the April 2001 General Conference which brings out an element of building Zion that we often over-look – the economic side of Zion: “The Prophet had a design to build […]
30. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1856
But let me engage in active operations, even though I do not personally perform one day’s manual labor, let me see the result of my thinking budding into existence, and my mind has something to rest upon. If I cannot carry out that which is in my mind—that which I wish to accomplish in all […]
53. Central to The Gospel, Daniel H. Wells, 1860
This Gospel is meat to my soul; it affords me continual pleasure; I contemplate it with delight. If I had the tongue of an angel, or of the most eloquent upon the earth it would be my delight to speak of the goodness of God and of the work he is performing; for it appears […]
40. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Wilford Woodruff, 1856
There must be a change in the way of the gathering, in order to save them from the calamities and the scourges that are coming upon the wicked nations of the earth. It would require more gold than all the Saints possess upon the earth, to gather the Saints unto Zion from all nations in […]
27. Central to The Gospel, Brigham Young, 1856
May the Lord God of heaven and earth bless you, and may He preserve us and all good men and women upon the earth, and give us power to [1] blow the Gospel trump to earth’s remotest bounds, and [2] gather up the honest in heart, [3] build up Zion, [4] redeem Israel, [5] rebuild […]
78. It’s Temporal Too!, Brigham Young, 1863
The work of building up Zion is in every sense a practical work; it is not a mere theory. A theoretical religion amounts to very little real good or advantage to any person. To possess an inheritance in Zion or in Jerusalem only in theory—only in imagination—would be the same as having no inheritance at […]
61. Early Missionaries Taught About Zion, Brigham Young, 1860
You came to England and preached the Gospel, and told me not to trust in man, but to seek unto the Lord my God, in the name of Jesus Christ, and receive a witness for myself and know for myself that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God, that the Book of Mormon is true, […]
64. Building Zion is God’s Will, George Q. Cannon, 1866
God has reserved spirits for this dispensation who have the courage and determination to face the world, and all the powers of the evil one, visible and invisible, to proclaim the Gospel, and maintain the truth, and establish and build up the Zion of our God, fearless of all consequences. He has sent these spirits […]
5. Early Utahns Were Building Zion: Heber C. Kimball on 3/19/1854
” I do not expect to be with you forever, neither will brother Brigham in these bodies; they are nearly worn out; they have stood a long and violent siege and will soon go the way of all the earth. Still we may live many years yet to assist in making permanent the foundations of […]
35. No Need to Wait, Brigham Young, 1862
We are not going to wait for angels, or for Enoch and his company to come and build up Zion, but we are going to build it. We will raise our wheat, build our houses, fence our farms, plant our vineyards and orchards, and produce everything that will make our bodies comfortable and happy, and […]
11. Building Zion is God’s Will, Brigham Young, 1860
The commandment has gone forth for the Saints to gather and build up Zion. – Brigham Young, 9/2/1860
20. Building Zion is God’s Will, Daniel H. Wells, 1862
Do we think that we shall be shielded from the judgments of the Almighty if we lay ourselves liable by the same acts as the world? If we do we are mistaken, for if we are guilty of the same crimes and wickedness the results will be the same with us as with the world, […]
22. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Amasa M. Lyman, 1855
…how long will it take us to build up Zion, to emigrate people from the far off corners of the earth, and they apostatize and run away when they get here? – Amasa M. Lyman, 12/2/1855
42. It’s Temporal Too!, George A. Smith, 1861
In this case the Mission to which you, brethren, are called is to build a city [ie. St. George]; it calls for wives, children, for machinery, for mechanics, for everything that is calculated to add to the comfort and happiness of the citizens of a city. We are not going to be a great while […]