Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.
1856·Brigham Young·Prophet
You hear the testimony of the brethren with regard to the feasibility of the hand-cart mode of traveling; that testimony and their experience have fully sustained the correctness of the views and feelings of myself and others upon that subject from the beginning. It is the very essence of my feelings that the people in this house, if we wanted to cross the Plains next season to the States, could start from here with hand-carts, and beat any company in traveling that would cross the Plains with teams, and be better of[f] and healthier. These are my feelings, and they have been all the time.
1914·Charles W. Penrose·Apostle
We have learned this by revelation. It has not been a philosophical theory invented by anybody nor conceived by anybody, but it is the word of God given to mankind in the nineteenth century through that great Prophet and Seer and Revealator, Joseph Smith, who yielded up his life to the hands of wicked men and, like the prophets of old. sealed his testimony with his blood. Now, that which is temporal at present
1931·Heber J. Grant·Prophet
On strange times, 51 — As a young missionary, 52 — Trouble and distress, 52 — In effect an increase, 52 — i" After your testimony", S3 — A famine in the land, 53 — Sacrifice and saving, 54 — Worth everything, 55 — "Give us faith", 55.
1946·George Albert Smith·Prophet
Strength of Church in personal testimonies, 146 — Support of First Presidency, 147 — Preparations for second coming of the Son of God, 147- — Jesus Christ to inaugurate millennium, 148.
1958·Henry D. Moyle·Apostle
I tell you it is a privilege, my brethren and sisters, to be able to bear witness to the world of that testimony which has come into our hearts. Joy and satisfaction beyond measure is reaped by those of us who are able thus to do.
1966·Thomas S. Monson·Apostle
Against the philosophy rampant in today's world — a doubting of the authenticity of the Sermon on the Mount, an abandonment of Christ's teachings, a denial of God, and a rejection of his laws — we seek a point of reference, an unimpeachable source, even a testimony of eye witnesses. Stephen, doomed to the cruel death of a martyr, looked up to heaven and cried: "... I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." (Acts 7:56.) Saul, on the road to Damascus, had a vision of the risen, exalted Christ. Peter and John also testified of the risen Christ.
