The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me

I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith

On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet

The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of

Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved

Jesus appeared unto the ancient Nephites, in the northern part of what we call South America.