Shall We Not Go On

Happiness Is The Object And Design Of Our Existence; And Will Be The End Thereof, If We Pursue The Path That Leads To It; And This Path Is Virtue, Uprightness, Faithfulness, Holiness, And Keeping All The Commandments Of God.

I See No Faults In The Church, And Therefore Let Me Be Resurrected With The Saints, Whether I Ascend To Heaven Or Descend To Hell, Or Go To Any Other Place. And If We Go To Hell, We Will Turn The Devils Out Of Doors And Make A Heaven Of It.

It Is Said That Brother Joseph In His Lifetime Declared That The Elders Of This Church Should Step Forth At A Particular Time When The Constitution Should Be In Danger, And Rescue It, And Save It. This May Be So; But I Do Not Recollect That He Said Exactly So. I Believe He [joseph] Said Something Like This - That The Time Would Come When The Constitution And The Country Would Be In Danger Of An Overthrow; And Said He, If The Constitution Be Saved At All, It Will Be By The Elders Of This Church. I Believe This Is About The Language, As Nearly As I Can Recollect It.

Men Will Be Held Accountable For The Things Which They Have And Not For The Things They Have Not. ... All The Light And Intelligence Communicated To Them From Their Beneficent Creator, Whether It Is Much Or Little, By The Same They In Justice Will Be Judged, And ... They Are Required To Yield Obedience And Improve Upon That And That Only Which Is Given, For Man Is Not To Live By Bread Alone But By Every Word That Proceeds Out Of The Mouth Of God.

When Persons Manifest The Least Kindness And Love To Me, O What Power It Has Over My Mind, While The Opposite Course Has A Tendency To Harrow Up All The Harsh Feelings And Depress The Human Mind.