The constitution expects every man to do his duty; and when he fails the law urges him; or should he do too much; the same master rebukes him.

We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.

No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest.

Could you gaze into heaven five minutes, you would know more than you would by reading all that ever was written on the subject.

I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods.

I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all men by the Constitution and laws of the United States and of Illinois.

This society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.