Patriotism Should Be Sought For

I Am Going Like A Lamb To The Slaughter; But I Am Calm As A Summer's Morning; I Have A Conscience Void Of Offense Towards God, And Towards All Men. I Shall Die Innocent, And It Shall Be Said Of Me-he Was Murdered In Cold Blood

Great Blessings Await Us At This Time, And Will Soon Be Poured Out Upon Us, If We Are Faithful In All Things, For We Are Even Entitled To Greater Spiritual Blessings Than They [the Faithful At The Time Of Christ] Were, Because They Had Christ In Person With Them, To Instruct Them In The Great Plan Of Salvation. His Personal Presence We Have Not, Therefore We Have Need Of Greater Faith.

No Man Knows My History.

While Other Men Were Peacefully Following Their Vocations And Extending Their Interests They [the Saints In Clay County] Have Been Deprived Of The Right Of Citizenship, Prevented From Enjoying Their Own, Charged With Violating The Sacred Principles Of Our Constitution And Laws.

God Himself, Finding He Was In The Midst Of Spirits And Glory, Because He Was More Intelligent, Saw Proper To Institute Laws Whereby The Rest Could Have A Privilege To Advance Like Himself. The Relationship We Have With God Places Us In A Situation To Advance In Knowledge. He Has Power To Institute Laws To Instruct The Weaker Intelligences, That They May Be Exalted With Himself, So That They Might Have One Glory Upon Another, And All That Knowledge, Power, Glory, And Intelligence, Which Is Requisite In Order To Save Them In The World Of Spirits. (king Follett Discourse)