…we shall have all the skill, and all the power, and all the wisdom, and all the treasures, and all the means necessary to build up Zion… and do all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of God whereunto we are called. – Parley P. Pratt, April 1856 General Conference
Posts by John Taylor Wilford Woodruff:
472. Co-ops are a Stepping Stone – Lorenzo Snow quote, 1878
…I do feel to urge on those brethren who have the means and are in circumstances, to search out the mind and will of God in regard to these matters, and let us try to build up Zion. Zion is the pure in heart. Zion cannot be built up except on the principles of union […]
380. Central to The Gospel – Brigham Young quote, 1852
If I lay [aside] the Book of Mormon, I shall have to deny that Joseph is a Prophet; and if I lay [aside] the doctrine and cease to preach the gathering of Israel and the building up of Zion, I must lay [aside] the Bible; and consequently, I might as well go home as undertake […]
366. Central to The Gospel – Charles W. Penrose quote, 1883
The Saints of God will be gathered, and there is no power can stop their gathering. They will come to Zion, and build temples to the Most High God. They will unite together, and build up the Zion of God, and prepare the way for the coming of the Lord Jesus, whose right it is […]
376. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – John Taylor quote, 1884
We are here to build up the Zion of God, and not to build up ourselves. – John Taylor, 7/20/1884
408. Building Zion is God’s Will – John Taylor quote, 1881
God expects me to talk plainly. …I tell you the truth. And while He has called us to high privileges, to thrones and principalities and dominions, and to be saviors on Mount Zion… while God has ordained us for this, in the name of Israel’s God we will try and carry it out. And we […]
455. Central to The Gospel – Brigham Young quote, 1853
…we will round up our shoulders, and bear up the ponderous weight, carry the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, gather Israel, redeem Zion, and continue our operations until we bind Satan, and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ; and no power can hinder it…. […]
479. Building Zion is Gods Will – Parley P. Pratt quote, 1856
We shall be able to call into requisition the skill of the able mechanics, to have the benefit of machinery, and we shall have all the skill, and all the power, and all the wisdom, and all the treasures, and all the means necessary to build up Zion, gather the people, redeem Israel, fulfil the […]
441. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – John Taylor quote, 1881
And when I see our Bishops engaged in doing the will of God, and exerting themselves to promote the welfare of His people over whom they preside, and seeking counsel from God and other sources, and doing all they can to build up Zion unselfishly, with pure hearts and clean hands, I say, God bless […]
392. Central to The Gospel – John Taylor quote, 1859
What makes us so buoyant and joyful on occasions like this? Why is it that the Spirit and power of God is more visibly manifested at the time of our General Conference, when the authorities of the Church from all parts are assembled together to talk on the things of God, regulate the affairs of […]
375. Its Temporal Too! – Wilford Woodruff quote, 1878
Now, brethren and sisters, I do not wish myself to occupy all your time this morning, but I want to say to you that our position, our calling, our religion embrace the noble work of God, both temporal and spiritual, which rests upon us. We have to go forth with our hands and build up […]
468. We are obligated to build Zion – Joseph F. Smith quote, 1876
If we are in the line of our duty, we are engaged in a great and glorious cause. It is very essential to our individual welfare that every man and every woman who has entered into the covenant of the Gospel, through repentance and baptism, should feel that as individuals it is their bounden duty […]
397. Early Utahns Were Building Zion – John Taylor quote, 1882
Consequently our teachings during Conference will be to instruct the people how to live and order their lives before the Lord and each other; how to accomplish the work devolving upon them in building up Zion on the earth. – John Taylor, 11/30/1879
440. Economic Independence – George A. Smith quote, 1870
Many years ago efforts were made on the part of the Presidency to extend the settlements into the warm valleys south of the rim of the Basin. The country was very forbidding and sterile. Many were invited and called upon to go and settle there. …the mass of those who went …pushed forth their exertions […]
369. Its Temporal Too! – Brigham Young quote, 1870
What is my feeling today? The same as it has been for years concerning houses, lands and possessions. I say to the people, “If you will give me for my property half what it has cost me I will devote that means for the gathering of the poor and the building of Zion upon the […]
404. Central to The Gospel – Brigham Young quote, 1877
If we will faithfully mind our own concerns, live our religion, do good to all men, preach the Gospel to the nations of the earth, gather up the honest in heart, build up and establish Zion in the earth, send the Gospel to the House of Israel, and live and serve God in all things, […]