by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it.” Doctrine and Covenants – Section 135 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I have not a doubt but there will be hundreds who will leave us and go away to our enemies. I wish they would go this fall: it might relieve us from much trouble; for if men turn traitors to God and His servants, their blood will surely be shed, or else they will be...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“‘What will you do with all those who have sought to kill you?’ Make them soap-boilers and kitchen flunkeys. We are not going to send them into hell fire, for it takes a good Latter-day Saint apostatized to get down that deep (did I say bottomless?) pit. A person, to...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I say, rather than that apostates should flourish here, I will unsheath my bowie knife, and conquer or die. [Great commotion in the congregation, and a simultaneous burst of feeling, assenting to the declaration.] Now, you nasty apostates, clear out, or judgment will...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[T]hy shadow shall restore the Sick; the diseased shall send to thee their aprons and handkershiefs and by thy touch their owners shall be made whole.” Lorenzo Snow’s patriarchal blessing – 15 December 1836; see Thomas C. Romney, The Life of Lorenzo Snow, Fifth...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Wilford Woodruff’s handkerchief – Prophet Joseph Smith’s handkerchief, given to him in 1839, in connection with the miracle healings.” D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 15 December 1998/second...
