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

It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

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

If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more Gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds.

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

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king