When he again visits this earth, he will come to thoroughly purge his
kingdom from wickedness, and, as ruler of the nations, to dictate and
administer to them as the heir to the kingdom; and the Gentiles will
be as much mistaken in regard to his second advent as the Jews were in
relation to the first. 8:115.
Take a pride in acknowledging the Savior. Train and educate yourselves
until you will take a pride in acknowledging God, the Author of all.
Take a pride in the religion that makes you pure and holy, and that
produces in the heart of every individual who embraces it a feeling
to be truthful in every word he speaks, to be honest in every act he
performs, in all his dealings with his neighbors. Take pride in this
and fear not the wicked. 12:326.
The Latter-day Saints believe in the Gospel of the Son of God, simply
because it is true. They believe in baptism for the remission of sins,
personal and by proxy; they believe that Jesus is the Savior of the
world; they believe that all who attain to any glory whatever, in any
kingdom, will do so because Jesus has purchased it by his atonement.
13:323.
_The Holy Ghost_--The Holy Ghost, we believe, is one of the
characters that form the Trinity, or the Godhead. Not one person in
three, nor three persons in one; but the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
are one in essence, as the hearts of three men who are united in all
things. He is one of the three characters we believe in, whose office
it is to administer to those of the human family who love the truth.
I have stated that they are one, as the hearts of three men might be
one. Lest you should mistake me, I will say that I do not wish you to
understand that the Holy Ghost is a personage having a tabernacle, like
the Father and the Son; {47} but he is God's messenger that diffuses
his influence through all the works of the Almighty. 6:95.
Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in
contrary to that which is dictated by the Father. 6:95.
Now ask yourselves whether you believe that the Holy Ghost ever
commenced to produce a work or an effect before it was in the heart and
mind of that Being we call our Heavenly Father. Do you think that the
Holy Ghost ever thought of dictating that Being we call our God? This
whole people have learned enough upon this subject to answer at once,
that we do not believe that the Holy Ghost ever dictated, suggested,
moved, or pretended to offer a plan, except that which the Eternal
Father dictated. 6:95.
Though a man should say but a few words, and his sentences and words be
ever so ungrammatical, if he speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost, he
will do good. 8:120.
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