I have nothing to fear in all the persecutions or hardships I may pass through in connection with this people, but the one thing, and that is to stray from the religion I have embraced and be forsaken by my God. If you or I should see that day, we shall see at once that the world will love its own; and affliction, persecution, death, fire and the sword will cease to follow us.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 144. Money is not real capital, it bears the title only. True capital is labor and is confined to the laboring classes. They only possess it. It is the bone, sinew, nerve and muscle of man that subdue the earth, make it yield its strength and administer to his varied wants. This power tears down mountains and fills up valleys, builds cities and temples, and paves the streets. In short what is there that yields shelter and comfort to civilized man that is not produced by the strength of his arm making the elements bend to his will.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 254. Though the enemy had power to kill our _prophet_, that is, _kill his body_, did he not accomplish all that was in _his heart_ to accomplish in _his day_? He did to my certain knowledge, and I have many witnesses here that heard him declare that he had done everything he could do--he had revealed everything that could be revealed at _present_, he had prepared the way for the people to walk in, and no man or woman should be deprived of going into the presence of the Father and the Son and enjoying an eternal exaltation if they would _walk in the path he had pointed out_.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 132. So long as you are able to walk and attend to your business, it is folly to say that you need ardent spirits to keep you alive. The constitution that a person has should be nourished and cherished; and whenever we take anything into the system to force and stimulate it beyond its natural capacity, it shortens life. I am physician enough to know that. When you are tired and think you need a little spirituous liquor, take some bread and butter, or bread and milk, and lie down and rest. Do not labor so hard as to deem it requisite to get half drunk in order to keep up your spirits. If you will follow this counsel, you will be full of life and health, and will increase your intelligence, your joy and comfort.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 337. All I desire to live for is to see the inhabitants of the earth acknowledge God, bow down to Him, and confess His supremacy, and His righteous covenant. To Him let every knee bow, and every tongue confess, and let all creation say Amen to His wise providences. Let every person declare His allegiance to God, and then live to it, saying, "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. _As for me, and all I have, it is the Lord's, and shall be dedicated to Him all my days_." If this can be done, happiness is here, angels are here, God is here and we are wrapped in the visions of eternity.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 94.