There never was a time when there were not Gods and worlds, and when men were not passing through the same ordeals that we are now passing through. That course has been from all eternity and it is and will be to all eternity.--J. of D, Vol. VII., p. 333. When you tell me that Father Adam was made as we make adobies, from the earth, you tell me what I deem an idle tale. When you tell me that the beasts of the field were produced in that manner, you are speaking idle words, devoid of meaning. There is no such thing in all the eternities where the Gods dwell; mankind are here because they are the offspring of parents who were first brought here from another planet, and power was given them to propagate their species, and they were commanded to multiply and replenish the earth.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 285. We will round up our shoulders and bear up the ponderous weight, carry the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, gather Israel, redeem Zion and continue our operations until we bind Satan, and the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ, and no power can hinder it.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 189. The "Mormon" Elders will tell you that all people must receive this gospel the gospel of Jesus Christ, and be baptized for the remission of sins, or they cannot be saved. Let me explain this to you. They cannot go where God and Christ dwell, for that is a kingdom of itself the celestial kingdom. Jesus said, "In my Father's house are many mansions," or kingdoms. They will come forth in the first, second or some other resurrection, if they have not been guilty of the particular sins I have just mentioned; and they will enjoy a kingdom and a glory greater than they had ever anticipated. When we talk about people's being damned, I would like to have all understand that we do not use the term "damnation" in the sense that it is used by the sectarian world. Universal, salvation or redemption is the doctrine of the Bible; but the people do not know how or where to discriminate between truth and error. All those who have done according to the best of their knowledge, whether they are Christians, Pagans, Jews, Mohammedans, or any other class of men that have ever lived upon the earth, that have dealt honestly and justly with their fellow beings, walked uprightly before each other, loved mercy, tried to put down iniquity, and done as far right as they knew how, according to the laws they lived under, no matter what the laws were, will share in a resurrection that will be glorious far beyond the conception of mortals.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 288. Do you not know that the possession of your property is like a shadow, or the dew of the morning before the noonday sun, that you cannot have any assurance of its control for a single moment? It is the unseen hand of Providence that controls it.--J. of D. Vol. I., p. 114.