Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings.

God help us to be grateful for our blessings, never to be guilty of the sin of ingratitude, and to instill this same gratitude into the lives of our children.

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.

Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote.

There could not be a restoration of the gospel without freedom. God provided this country as the base of his operations in these the last days, a place where there would be freedom, where he could restore his gospel.

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.

Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and neglecting that which could give spiritual and intellectual unity to his whole life.