by Dan Wees | Feb 16, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“The main reason why the printing press was destroyed, was because they published the Book of Commandments. It fell into the hands of the world, and the people of Jackson county, Missouri, saw from the revelations that they were considered by the church as intruders...
by Dan Wees | Feb 16, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“[T]he land of Missouri, which is the land which I have appointed and consecrated for the gathering of the saints. Wherefore, this is the land of promise, and the place for the city of Zion. And thus saith the Lord your God, if you will receive wisdom here is wisdom....
by Dan Wees | Feb 16, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“[T]here are many – hundreds and hundreds within the sound of my voice that will live to go back to Jackson County [Missouri] and build a holy temple to the Lord our God.” Lorenzo Snow, Conference Report – 10 April 1898 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus...
by Dan Wees | Feb 16, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“Mormon leaders consistently expressed their feelings that the [Civil W]ar had been brought on by the wickedness of the United States, which had rejected Mormonism and permitted the death of the prophet of God and his servants … Although the waste of lives was...
by Dan Wees | Feb 14, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“The people of the Lord … have already commenced gathering together to Zion, which is in the State of Missouri; therefore I declare unto you the warning voice which the Lord has commanded me to declare unto this generation … ‘the hour of his judgment is...
by Dan Wees | Feb 14, 2020 | Miscellaneous
“If gentiles [Missourian Old Settlers] did not wish to live among the Mormons, they would be forced to sell out to them and most likely at a loss … On the other hand, if the gentiles attempted to remain in Jackson County, Mormon immigration ensured the Saints would...
