You will live to see men arise in power in the Church who will seek to put down your friends and the friends of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Many will be hoisted because of their money and worldly learning which they seem to be in possession of; and many who are the true followers of our Lord and Savior will be cast down because of their poverty.

After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel

If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray.

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory!

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power.