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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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
247. Its Temporal Too!, Brigham Young, 1860
I know how to build a meetinghouse—how to place the first and last stone and piece of board, and how to put on the first and last touch of paint. I know how to build a mill and put the machinery in it, and I intend to keep improving as long as I live. There […]
314. Economic Independence – George A. Smith quote, 1868
Man’s wants are very numerous, but his necessities are really very few, and we should abridge our wants, and go to work and manufacture everything we can within ourselves; and what we cannot manufacture we can import, and save ourselves the 40, 120, 400, or 1,000 percent that we are now paying for our merchandise, […]
310. We are obligated to build Zion – George A. Smith quote, 1867
Joseph, the Prophet, told us to go to work and build up the cities of Zion, and not to build up strange cities. – George A. Smith, 12/29/1867
227. Its Temporal Too!, John Taylor, 1878
Brethren and sisters, God bless you. Let us love one another; let us seek to promote one another’s welfare. And let the Bishops and the Relief Societies, and the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Associations, and our mechanics and manufacturers, and also our merchants, and all hands, operate in the interests of the whole for […]
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
231. We are obligated to build Zion, Wilford Woodruff, 1867
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
344. What Holds Us Back – Mathias F. Cowley quote, 1899
The trouble with us is, to a certain extent, we are Latter-day Saints religiously, but Gentiles financially. We are not controlled in the business affairs of life by that spirit of the Gospel which blesses and sanctifies all temporal transactions and makes them spiritual in the sight of God. – Mathias F. Cowley, Oct Conference […]
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
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 […]
302. Building Zion is Gods Will – John Taylor quote, 1879
And God will bless and protect Israel; he will lead us forth in the paths of life—not all of us, for as we have heard, we are not all of us doing just right. But he will accomplish his purposes and roll forth his work and build up his kingdom and establish Zion, and bring […]
438. Co-ops are a Stepping Stone – John Taylor quote, 1879
We will strive to be one; and if we cannot go so far as to sustain cooperation in regard to these things, how in the name of common sense are we ever going into the United Order? But we will begin with this, and then cooperate in all the different Stakes, not only in your […]
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 […]