| 00032 |
1852 |
polygamy |
Admit, for argument's sake, that the "Mormon" Elders have more wives than one, yet our enemies never... |
| 00034 |
1859 |
slavery, racism |
Trace mankind down to after the flood, and then another curse is pronounced upon the same race - tha... |
| 00035 |
1863 |
slavery, racism |
Ham will continue to be the servant of servants, as the Lord has decreed, until the curse is removed... |
| 00036 |
1863 |
slavery, racism |
Treat the slaves kindly and let them live, for Ham must be the servant of servants until the curse i... |
| 00037 |
1870 |
prophecy |
So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it ... |
| 00060 |
1855 |
racism |
[Brigham Young] said they [those of other kingdoms] would eventually have the privilege of proving t... |
| 00066 |
1867 |
adam-god |
...the God that I serve is progressing eternally, and so are his children: they will increase to all... |
| 00070 |
1852 |
adam-god |
Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam cam... |
| 00071 |
1852 |
adam-god |
Another meeting this evening. President B. Young taught that Adam was the father of Jesus and the on... |
| 00072 |
1852 |
adam-god |
Again, they will try to tell how the divinity of Jesus is joined to his humanity, and exhaust all th... |
| 00073 |
1852 |
adam-god |
Who begat the Son of God? Infidels say that Jesus was a bastard, but let me tell you the truth conce... |
| 00074 |
1854 |
adam-god |
I reckon that father Adam was a resurrected being, with his wives and posterity, and that in the Cel... |
| 00075 |
1854 |
adam-god |
I reckon that Father Adam, and mother Eve had the children of the human family prepared to come here... |
| 00076 |
1854 |
adam-god |
...and his father is our God, and the Father of our spirits, and he is the framer of the body, the G... |
| 00078 |
1854 |
adam-god |
Brother Pratt also thought that Adam was made of the dust of the earth. Could not believe that Adam ... |
| 00079 |
1970 |
adam-god |
He [Brigham Young] said that our God was Father Adam. He was the Father of the Savior Jesus Christ -... |
| 00080 |
1854 |
adam-god |
...attended a very interesting conference, for at this meeting President Brigham Young said thus, th... |
| 00081 |
1857 |
adam-god |
Some have grumbled because I believe our God to be so near to us as Father Adam. There are many who ... |
| 00082 |
1868 |
adam-god |
The doctrine preached by Pres. Young for a few years back, wherein he says that Adam is our God - th... |
| 00083 |
1869 |
adam-god |
Some have thought it strange what I have said concerning Adam, but the period will come when this pe... |
| 00084 |
1873 |
adam-god |
How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine ... |
| 00085 |
1970 |
adam-god |
President Young said Adam was Michael the Archangel, and he was the Father of Jesus Christ and was o... |
| 00093 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
This is loving our neighbor as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and ... |
| 00094 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
The time has been in Israel under the law of God, the celestial law, or that which pertains to the c... |
| 00095 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
All mankind love themselves, and let these principles be known by an individual, and he would be gla... |
| 00096 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
Now take a person in this congregation who has knowledge with regard to being saved in the kingdom o... |
| 00097 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
I could refer you to plenty of instances where men, have been righteously slain, in order to atone f... |
| 00098 |
1856 |
blood-atonement |
I do know that there are sins committed, of such a nature that if the people did understand the doct... |
| 00099 |
1856 |
sexuality, blood-atonement |
Suppose you found your brother in bed with your wife, and put a javelin through both of them. You wo... |
| 00100 |
1856 |
blood-atonement |
There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be requir... |
| 00101 |
1853 |
blood-atonement, native-americans |
If you want to know what to do with a thief that you may find stealing, I say kill him on the spot, ... |
| 00102 |
1853 |
blood-atonement, native-americans |
I know this appears hard, and throws a cold chill over our revered traditions received by early educ... |
| 00103 |
1857 |
blood-atonement |
Now take a person in this congregation who has knowledge with regard to being saved in the kingdom o... |
| 00104 |
1855 |
blood-atonement |
I will tell you how much I love those characters. If they had any respect to their own welfare, they... |
| 00105 |
1852 |
racism, blood-atonement |
And if any man mingles his seed with the seed of Cane the ownly way he Could get rid of it or have s... |
| 00120 |
1865 |
polygamy |
Ladies and gentlemen, I exhort you to think for yourselves, and read your Bibles for yourselves, get... |
| 00121 |
1862 |
polygamy |
'But,' says a Presbyterian, 'Abraham was a polygamist.' He was. 'And you say that his religion is po... |
| 00122 |
1862 |
polygamy |
Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of heaven among men. Such a ... |
| 00123 |
1862 |
polygamy |
Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a reve... |
| 00138 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
The Lord said I will not kill Cane But I will put a mark upon him and it is seen in the [face?] of e... |
| 00139 |
1854 |
racism, salvation-ban |
He killed his brother. The Lord put a mark on him; and there are some of his children in this room. ... |
| 00140 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
If there was never a Prophet or Apostle of Jesus Christ [that] spoke it before, I tell you, this peo... |
| 00141 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
Now I tell you what I know: when the mark was put upon Cain, Abel's children was in all probability ... |
| 00142 |
1859 |
racism, salvation-ban |
How long is that race to endure the dreadful curse that is upon them? That curse will remain upon th... |
| 00157 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
It has been argued here that many of the Jews were Black. Whenever the seed of Judah mingled with th... |
| 00158 |
1857 |
racism |
You can see men and women who are sixty or seventy years of age looking young and handsome; but let ... |
| 00159 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
As an Ensample let the Presidency, Twelve Seventies High Priest Bishops & all the Authorities say no... |
| 00160 |
1852 |
racism, politics |
Some may think I dont know as much as they do But I know that I know more than they do. The Lord wil... |
| 00161 |
1863 |
racism, slavery, politics |
The rank, rabid abolitionists, whom I call black-hearted Republicans, have set the whole national fa... |
| 00162 |
1863 |
racism |
Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the c... |
| 00163 |
1863 |
racism, slavery |
The Southerners make the negroes, and the Northerners worship them; this is all the difference betwe... |
| 00164 |
1859 |
racism |
You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, un-comely, disagreeable and low in... |
| 00165 |
1852 |
racism, politics |
Again to the subject before us; as to the [Negro] men bearing rule; not one of the children of old C... |
| 00166 |
1852 |
racism, slavery |
I am opposed to abusing that which God has decreed, to take a blessing, and make a curse of it. It i... |
| 00167 |
1852 |
racism |
Now, says the Grandfather, I will not destroy the seed of Michael and his wife, and Cain I will not ... |
| 00168 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
We know there is a portion of inhabitants of the Earth who dwell in Asia that are Negroes, and said ... |
| 00169 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban |
Let this Church which is called the Kingdom of God on the Earth; we will summons the First Presidenc... |
| 00170 |
1859 |
racism |
The first man that committed the odious crime of killing one of his brethren will be cursed the long... |
| 00171 |
1852 |
racism, salvation-ban, politics |
The negro... should serve the seed of Abraham; he should not be a ruler, nor vote for men to rule ov... |
| 00172 |
1852 |
racism, politics, salvation-ban |
The seed of Canaan cannot hold any office, civil or ecclesiastical. They have not wisdom to act like... |
| 00174 |
1851 |
slavery, racism |
At 5 o'clock p.m. a meeting was held in the Bowery, at which Pres. Brigham Young preached to the peo... |
| 00175 |
1855 |
slavery, racism |
In our first settlement in Missouri, it was said by our enemies that we intended to tamper with the ... |
| 00176 |
1853 |
racism, violence |
Take up the history of the first settling of America, and you cannot read of a colony ever being set... |
| 00177 |
1859 |
racism |
You may inquire of the intelligent of the world whether they can tell why the aborigines of this cou... |
| 00178 |
1856 |
slavery, politics |
It is not the prerogative of the President of the United States to meddle with this matter, and Cong... |
| 00179 |
1859 |
slavery |
H.G.- What is the position of your Church with respect to Slavery? B.Y.- We consider it of Divine In... |
| 00180 |
1863 |
slavery, violence |
What is the cause of all this waste of life and treasure? To tell it in a plain, truthful way, one p... |
| 00181 |
1852 |
slavery |
I have this section in my hand, headed 'An Act in relation to African Slavery.' I have read it over ... |
| 00182 |
1852 |
racism, politics, salvation-ban |
In the Kingdom of God on Earth, the Africans cannot hold one particle of power in government. The su... |
| 00183 |
1855 |
slavery, racism |
You must not think, from what I say, that I am opposed to slavery. No! The negro is damned, and is t... |
| 00184 |
1856 |
violence, apostasy |
The time is coming when justice will be laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet; when we s... |
| 00185 |
1853 |
violence, apostasy |
I say, rather than that apostates should flourish here, I will unsheath my bowie knife, and conquer ... |
| 00186 |
1862 |
politics, slavery |
I can tell all the world that we mean to sustain the Constitution of the United States and all right... |
| 00187 |
1862 |
violence, apostasy |
If a child or relative of mine forsakes the Gospel, the holy Priesthood, his God, and the kingdom of... |
| 00188 |
1863 |
violence, slavery, politics |
According to accounts, in all probability not less than one million men, from twenty to forty years ... |
| 00189 |
1856 |
apostasy |
Elders, never love your wives one hair's breadth further than they adorn the Gospel, never love them... |
| 00190 |
1856 |
apostasy |
I will now ask the sisters, do you believe that you are worthy of any greater love than you bestow u... |
| 00191 |
1867 |
violence, birth-control |
To check the increase of our race has its advocates among the influential and powerful circles of so... |
| 00245 |
1964 |
salvation-ban, racism |
We have read with interest your letter of April 6th in which you refer to a certain family in your w... |
| 00246 |
1970 |
sexuality |
How can one believe in God and his scriptures and yield to unchastity? It is wholly wrong. President... |
| 00344 |
1988 |
politics, communism |
Our families may be corrupted by worldly trends and teachings unless we know how to use the book [of... |
| 00002 |
1970 |
truth |
If a faith will not bear to be investigated, if its preachers and professors are afraid to have it e... |
| 00235 |
1947 |
racism, salvation-ban, education |
From the days of the Prophet Joseph even until now, it has been the doctrine of the Church, never qu... |
| 00236 |
1949 |
salvation-ban, racism |
The attitude of the Church with reference to Negroes remains as it has always stood. It is not a mat... |
| 00237 |
1949 |
racism, salvation-ban |
The position of the Church regarding the Negro may be understood when another doctrine of the Church... |
| 00390 |
1998 |
homosexuality, civil-rights |
We want to help these people, to strengthen them, to assist them with their problems and to help the... |
| 00391 |
1999 |
homosexuality, civil-rights |
Some portray legalization of so-called same-sex marriage as a civil right. This is not a matter of c... |
| 00392 |
2007 |
prophecy, money |
The next item is the payment of tithing. Glorious is the promise of the Lord concerning those who pa... |
| 00285 |
1970 |
sexuality, homosexuality |
I want to warn this great body of priesthood against that great sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, which has... |
| 00296 |
1972 |
birth-control, sexuality |
Now, again, where there is abject poverty in some heavily populated countries, we declare it is a gr... |
| 00297 |
1973 |
sexuality |
I was shocked to have you raise the question about 'oral lovemaking in the genital area among marrie... |
| 00298 |
1973 |
education, sexuality |
The secret of the strength of this church may be found in the statement of a president of a student ... |
| 00299 |
1973 |
sexuality, education |
We come to you, one of the greatest bodies of priesthood that has ever been assembled, so we underst... |
| 00228 |
1941 |
birth-control |
Another of the great evils of the age is race suicide [the use of contraceptives]. This also is not ... |
| 00229 |
1944 |
sexuality |
There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or ... |
| 00230 |
1945 |
truth |
My boy, you always keep your eye on the President of the Church, and if he tells you to do something... |
| 00004 |
1970 |
truth |
Now I mention freedom to express your thoughts. But I caution you that your thoughts and expressions... |
| 00005 |
1970 |
truth |
The honest investigator must be prepared to follow wherever the search of truth may lead. Truth is o... |
| 00006 |
1970 |
truth, education |
Preserve, then, the freedom of your mind in education and in religion, and be unafraid to express yo... |
| 00007 |
1970 |
truth |
The fact that He has promised further revelation is to me a challenge to keep an open mind and to be... |
| 00008 |
1970 |
truth, education |
There are forces at work in our society today which degrade an intellectual quest for knowledge. The... |
| 00001 |
1970 |
truth |
Truth has no fear of the light. If an individual or an organization seeks to silence doubt or questi... |
| 00003 |
1970 |
truth |
I think a full, free talk is frequently of great use; we want nothing secret nor underhanded, and I ... |
| 00039 |
1882 |
evolution |
These principles do not change, as represented by evolutionists of the Darwin school, but the primit... |
| 00055 |
1907 |
blood-atonement, suicide |
You cannot take a murderer, a suicide, an adulterer, a liar, or one who was or is thoroughly abomina... |
| 00225 |
1917 |
birth-control |
BIRTH CONTROL LEADS TO DAMNATION. Instructing the mothers of the Church, President Joseph F. Smith s... |
| 00009 |
1835 |
prophecy |
President Smith then stated that the meeting had been called, because God had commanded it; and it w... |
| 00010 |
1839 |
prophecy |
And not many years hence, that they [those who charge Joseph Smith of transgression] and their poste... |
| 00011 |
1842 |
prophecy |
This Society shall have power to command Queens in their midst— I now deliver it as a prophecy that ... |
| 00012 |
1842 |
prophecy |
Joseph gave a lecture on med[ic]ine salt vinegar & pepper given internally. & plunging in the river ... |
| 00013 |
1843 |
prophecy |
There are those of the rising generation who shall not taste death till Christ comes.... |
| 00014 |
1843 |
prophecy |
I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs commit... |
| 00015 |
1843 |
prophecy |
While discussing the petition to Congress, I prophesied, by virtue of the holy Priesthood vested in ... |
| 00016 |
1844 |
polygamy, truth |
What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I ca... |
| 00017 |
1970 |
prophecy |
As far back as 1837, I know that he [Joseph Smith] said the moon was inhabited by men and women the ... |
| 00018 |
1970 |
prophecy |
The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being abou... |
| 00144 |
1838 |
racism, slavery |
[Are the Mormons abolitionists?] No, unless delivering the people from priestcraft, and the priests ... |
| 00145 |
1843 |
racism |
Had I anything to do with the negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species and put... |
| 00146 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
I am aware that many, who profess to preach the Gospel, complain against their brethren of the same ... |
| 00147 |
1836 |
racism, slavery |
I do not believe that the people of the North have any more right to say that the South shall not ho... |
| 00148 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
And further, what benefit will it ever be to the slaves for persons to run over the free states, and... |
| 00149 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
After having expressed myself so freely upon this subject, I do not doubt, but those who have been f... |
| 00150 |
1836 |
slavery, racism, salvation-ban |
Trace the history of the world from this notable event down to this day, and you will find the fulfi... |
| 00151 |
1836 |
racism, slavery |
I must not pass ever a notice of the history of Abraham, of whom so much is spoken in the Scripture.... |
| 00152 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
Now, before proceeding any farther, I wish to ask one or two questions: Were the Apostles men of God... |
| 00153 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
The same writer, in his first epistle to Timothy, the sixth chapter, and the first five verses, says... |
| 00154 |
1836 |
slavery, racism |
Before closing this communication, I beg leave to drop a word to the traveling Elders. You know, bre... |
| 00155 |
1835 |
family |
Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the... |
| 00156 |
1835 |
family |
Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.... |
| 00043 |
1900 |
prophecy |
Now the time is fast approaching when a large portion of the people that I am now addressing will go... |
| 00056 |
1976 |
suicide |
It is a terrible criminal act for a person to go out and shorten his life by suicide.... |
| 00090 |
1976 |
adam-god, education |
We hope that you who teach in the various organizations, whether on the campuses or in our chapels, ... |
| 00143 |
1978 |
racism, salvation-ban |
Accordingly, all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard ... |
| 00314 |
1974 |
family |
Certainly no sane woman would hesitate to give submission to her own really righteous husband in eve... |
| 00315 |
1979 |
birth-control |
Another erosion of the family is unwarranted and selfish birth control.... |
| 00316 |
1979 |
birth-control |
It is an act of extreme selfishness for a married couple to refuse to have children when they are ab... |
| 00317 |
1982 |
sexuality |
Married persons should understand that if in their marital relations they are guilty of unnatural, i... |
| 00318 |
1982 |
racism, native-americans |
When I said you must teach your people to overcome their prejudices and accept the Indians, I did no... |
| 00319 |
1982 |
racism |
When one considers marriage, it should be an unselfish thing, but there is not much selflessness whe... |
| 00320 |
1982 |
racism |
We are unanimous, all of the Brethren, in feeling and recommending that Indians marry Indians, and M... |
| 00394 |
2008 |
homosexuality, politics |
We ask that you do all you can to support the proposed constitutional amendment by donating of your ... |
| 00395 |
2015 |
homosexuality, family |
A natural or adopted child of a parent living in a same-gender relationship, whether the couple is m... |
| 00137 |
1890 |
polygamy, politics |
There is nothing in my teachings to the Church or in those of my associates, during the time specifi... |
| 00203 |
1889 |
racism |
And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. What was that mark? It was ... |
| 00204 |
1889 |
racism, native-americans |
The Lamanites, on this continent, suffered a similar experience. They went to war against the Nephit... |