TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1836·Joseph Smith·Prophet
   We know that thou hast spoken by the mouth of thy prophets, terrible things concerning the wicked, in the last days, that thou wilt pour out thy judgments, without measure: therefore, O Lord, deliver thy people from the calamity of the wicked; enable thy servants to seal up the law and bind up the testimony, that they may be prepared against the day of burning.
   Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836 [D&C 109] — jspcopy citation
2. 1857·George A. Smith·Apostle
   From that day to this, our persecutors have been pretending to act under colour of law so far as to hold men while they could be murdered. They would employ a few troops or a mob, under the pretence of legal authority, and hold men still while the assassin could do his work. This has been the course pursued by our enemies all the time up to the present hour.
   Knowledge Obtained From History — jodcopy citation
3. 1860·Erastus Snow·Apostle
   If we would do the most good, we must feel the most passive in the hands of our heavenly Father. We must be like a musical instrument in the hands of a skilful performer. Shall the instrument say to him that performs upon it, Why do you play thus? Or shall the law say to him that speaketh it, Why dost thou use me thus?
   Submission to the Divine Will—Eternal Live, &c. — jodcopy citation
4. 1909·James E. Talmage·Apostle
   20. Behold, "_they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant_."--(See Isaiah 24:4-6.)
   The Great Apostasy — apostle_bookcopy citation
5. 1921·Orson F. Whitney·Apostle
   Peter Grimm, an honest, elderly Dutch-American, carrying on the business of florist at Grimm Manor, a suburb of New York City, has a friend and family physician in Alexander McPherson, who, I need not say, is a Scotchman. He is also a spiritualist, deeply interested in the laws of psychic phenomena, and exceedingly tenacious of his occult views.
   Saturday Night Thoughts — apostle_bookcopy citation
6. 1975·N. Eldon Tanner·Apostle
   “And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.” ( D&C 130:20–21 .)
   The Laws of God — cojccopy citation