…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 […]
Building Zion is God’s Will
Ever heard that it’s God’s will that the Saints build a Zion society in reality?
These quotes show that quite clearly.
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 […]
401. Building Zion is Gods Will – Erastus Snow quote, 1883
I say to those who are able to see and comprehend these things, it is clear and plain that God has had His eye upon this American continent as the place where He first commenced His great work on the earth… where He has determined ultimately to establish His Zion and gather together His people…. […]
394. Building Zion is Gods Will – Erastus Snow quote, 1883
…for God has ordained this [American] form of government in this age of the world, and has chosen His own instruments to further His great purposes on the earth—the organization of his Church, the proclamation of the everlasting Gospel, the establishment of His Zion, and bringing to pass His wonderful works which He predicted by […]
385. Building Zion is Gods Will – George Q. Cannon quote, 1889
If our enemies conspire against us, let us be true to our God, true to Zion, true to the methods that God has revealed unto us for the building up of His Kingdom, and take the course that will be right and pleasing in the sight of God…. God has established His Zion, and He […]
357. Building Zion is Gods Will – George Q. Cannon quote, 1889

We have been called to gather, not to scatter; we have been called by the Lord to build up Zion. – George Q. Cannon, 4/8/1889
346. Building Zion is Gods Will – George A. Smith quote, 1858
This is the work of God, and the servants of God that are called to preside over us are the messengers of the Most High, and they have the light and the power….. From the very hour that the light began to shine… and it will blaze and burn, and it will go forth and […]
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 […]
324. Building Zion is Gods Will – John Taylor quote, 1880
We are told to build up Zion, shall we do it? I tell you in the name of Israel’s God we will do it with the help of the Almighty; we cannot do it without, but with his help we will do it. We will build up the Zion of our God, and help to […]
319. Building Zion is Gods Will – Erastus Snow quote, 1883
And we testify of these things, that God has reserved to Himself this right to command His people when it seemeth to Him good and to accomplish the object He has in view—that is, to raise up a righteous seed, a seed that will pay respect to His law and will build up Zion in […]
307. Building Zion is Gods Will – John Taylor quote, 1858
…the Lord has set his hand to accomplish his designs in these last days; he has opened the heavens and revealed his purposes to his servants the Prophets, and has called his people from the ends of the earth to gather together, that he might establish his Zion upon the earth, and bring to pass […]
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 […]
262. What Building Zion Requires of Us, George Q. Cannon Quote, 1881
Let us cultivate the spirit of love and kindness, and let every little unpleasantness be buried, let us forget the election difficulty and our neighbor’s difficulty, and be one, brethren and sisters together, united in building up Zion and establishing the Kingdom of God upon the earth. – George Q. Cannon, 10/20/1881
240. Building Zion is Gods Will, Wilford Woodruff, 1884
We have come to this earth in this time upon a mission. We have been born on purpose in this generation to take part in this work. The Lord required an element to labor with. He will build up Zion. And I bear my testimony here to all men, and would to all the world […]
233. Building Zion is Gods Will, John Taylor, 1879
It is not with us a question of what we shall eat, or what we shall drink, or what kind of houses we shall live in; it is not a matter of so much importance as it is to be doing the will of God to have our hearts engaged in his service, to feel […]
207. Building Zion is Gods Will, Brigham Young, 1870
Are we prepared now to establish the Zion that the Lord designs to build up? I have many times asked the questions, “Where is the man that knows how to lay the first rock for the wall that is to surround the New Jerusalem or the Zion of God on the earth? Where is the […]