TrendZion

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

1. 1840·Joseph Smith·Prophet
   Brother Joseph Smith Jr dilated at some length on the offices of the and on the duties of Elders . . &c and directed it should be entered on the minutes as the injunction of the that travelling Elders should be especially cautious of incroaching on the ground of stationed & presiding Elders and rather direct their efforts to breaking up and occupying new ground and that the Churches generally refuse to be burthened with the support of unprofitable and dilatory labourers. [p. 3]
   Discourse, 13 January 1840 — jspcopy citation
2. 1869·George A. Smith·Apostle
   I am a native of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York—a town somewhat famous for its literary institutions, its learning and the religion and morality of its inhabitants. I left there in my youth, with my father's family, because we had received the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as revealed through Joseph Smith; and followed with the Saints through their drivings and trials unto the present day.
   Celestial Marriage—Bishops and Deacons Should be Married—Divorce — jodcopy citation
3. 1919·Joseph F. Smith·Prophet
   PREDICTION OF JOSEPH SMITH FULFILLED. As the time remaining is so short, I think I could not do better than devote {615} it to continuing the subject dwelt upon by Brother Cannon.
   Gospel Doctrine — apostle_bookcopy citation
4. 1977·Gordon B. Hinckley·Apostle
   An acquaintance said to me one day: “I admire your church very much. I think I could accept everything about it—except Joseph Smith.” To which I responded: “That statement is a contradiction. If you accept the revelation, you must accept the revelator.”
   Joseph the Seer — cojccopy citation
5. 1985·Dallin H. Oaks·Apostle
   The fruits of spirituality were revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith in the eighty-eighth section of the Doctrine and Covenants:
   Spirituality — cojccopy citation
6. 1990·Gordon B. Hinckley·Apostle
   “[Signed] Your brethren, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” (in James R. Clark, comp., Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 6 vols. [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965–75], 3:229).
   Keeping the Temple Holy — cojccopy citation