If you would have God have mercy on you, have mercy on one another.
—Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Painting: Detail from The Prophet Joseph Loved Children, by Clark Kelley Price
If you live up to your privileges
If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.
—Joseph Smith
As quoted in the talk: https://bit.ly/3oLDvyO
Photo by Massimiliano Morosinotto
The revelations of the First Vision
The revelations of the First Vision were not for Joseph Smith alone but are offered as light and truth for any who “lack wisdom.”
—D. Todd Christofferson
The talk: https://bit.ly/3gCPBqp
Photo by Timothy Meinberg
The Lord had inspired Joseph and those faithful missionaries
The Lord had inspired Joseph and those faithful missionaries who went to work to achieve a harvest that must have, at the time, seemed beyond them.
—Henry B. Eyring
The talk: https://bit.ly/3e88cJ4
Photo by Nitin Bhosale
No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing
No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.
—Joseph Smith
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith: https://bit.ly/3g6Ph2T
As quoted in the talk: https://bit.ly/2X54iJS
2 Nephi 3:6
For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.
2 Nephi 3:6
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Image: Sacred Grove
Joseph Smith—History 1:25
I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it
Joseph Smith—History 1:25
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Photo by Han Lahandoe
From the First Vision and the Prophet Joseph Smith
From the First Vision and the Prophet Joseph Smith, we received knowledge of the reality and sacred mission of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the cornerstone of our religion.
—Adilson de Paula Parrella
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The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets concerning Jesus Christ
The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it.
—Joseph Smith
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“The Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth”
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
—Joseph Smith, Jr., Introduction to the Book of Mormon
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Because Joseph was a prophet
Because Joseph was a prophet, we have witness upon witness, testimony upon testimony, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Savior of the world.
—Craig C. Christensen
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Doctrine & Covenants 121:7
My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;
Doctrine & Covenants 121:7
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