But we are not called upon to build an ark to save ourselves; we are called to build up Zion. God has spoken from the heavens, and given us revelations, and it is for you and me to obey. The command has been given, it is recorded, and you can all read for yourselves. – […]
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89. Central to The Gospel, Brigham Young, 1860
“If the Twelve Apostles and the Presidents of Seventies and the High Priests will take the responsibility of bearing off this kingdom and sending the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, of gathering the poor, building up Zion, and doing all that is necessary preparatory to the coming of the Son of Man, […]
14. Building Zion Requires Real Labor, Brigham Young, 1855
You know the old theory is that the kingdom of God, and all pertaining to it, is spiritual and not temporal; that is the traditional notion of our brother Christians. But a person may merely think until he goes down to the grave, and he will never be the means of saving one soul, not […]
56. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1857
We can make Zion, or we can make Babylon, just as we please. We can make just what we please of this place. The people can make Zion: they can make a heaven within themselves. When people gather here, they should come with a determination to make Zion within themselves, with the resolution that, “I […]
65. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1860
If [the mobs] will not let us alone, we will take the musket and the sword in one hand, the trowel and the hammer in the other, and build up the Zion of our God; and they cannot prevent it. – Brigham Young, 3/4/1860
134. Building Zion is God’s Will, Brigham Young, 1870
What has He told us? He has told us, and it is recorded in the revelations contained in the New Testament, that in the latter days He would send His angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth. That angel has flown, the […]
68. Central to The Gospel, Brigham Young, 1860
We are to build up and establish Zion, gather the house of Israel, and redeem the nations of the earth. This people have this work to do, whether we live to see it or not. – Brigham Young, 6/3/1860
23. Building Zion Requires Real Labor, Brigham Young, 1855
…everything connected with building up Zion requires actual, severe labor. It is nonsense to talk about building up any kingdom except by labor; it requires the labor of every part of our organization, whether it be mental, physical, or spiritual, and that is the only way to build up the kingdom of God. – Brigham […]
97. Early Missionaries Taught About Zion, Brigham Young, 1867
“I want the missionaries to remember this and lay it to heart, if they will. Go and preach the gospel, and help the honest-in-heart to gather, that they may aid in building up Zion, for that was the design of the Lord when He said, through the Revelator John, ‘Come out of her, my people, […]
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 […]
45. Central to The Gospel, Brigham Young, 1857
A great many have said to you and me, “Just leave out Joe Smith, the Book of Mormon, and modern revelations, and you will become popular.”… We are not going to leave out Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, nor the gathering, nor the building up of Zion. – Brigham Young, 7/5/1857
62. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1859
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]