What is to become of Emma Smith?
"Emma took that revelation [about plural marriage], supposing she had all there was, went to the fireplace and put it in, and put the candle under it and burned it, and she thought that was the end of it, and she will be damned as sure as she is a living woman."
(Aug 9, 1874, Journal of Discourses 17: pg 159.)
How a Woman can Divorce Her Husband
"There was another way-in which a woman could leave a man-if the woman preferred- another man higher in authority & he is willing to take her. Her husband gives her up-there is no bill of divorce required in the case. It is right in the sight of God."
(General Conference talk October 8, 1861.)
Plurality of Wives
"If any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned."
(Deseret News November 14, 1855)
Who should rule?
"The Devil would like to rule part of the time but I am determin (sic) He shall not rule at all and Negros shall not rule us." (Wilford Woodruffs Journal. Undated entry between 4 Jan and 8 Feb 1852, pg 97-99)
Proper Way for Women to Dress
Now, then, leaving the useless things which the brethren use - tea, coffee, tobacco, beer, whiskey, etc., I will allude to some that the sisters use and wear, such as tea, coffee, snuff, tobacco, opium, and then the ruffles, bows, puffs, trimmings, and this, that, and the other that they wear on their dresses that are useless. What shall we do in regard to these things? My senses tell me that the children of Zion should forsake every needless fashion and custom which they now practise. My wives dress very plainly, but I sometimes ask them the utility of some of the stripes and puffs which i see on their dresses. I remember asking a lady this question once, and enquired if they kept the bed bugs and flies away. Well, if they do that they are very useful; but if they do not, what use are they? None whatever. Now, some ladies will buy a cheap dress, say a cheap calico, and they will spend from five to fifteen dollars worth of time in making it up, which is wasting so much of the substance which God has given them on the lust of the eye, and which should be devoted to a better purpose. - JoD 18:74 (Aug 31,1875)
My Words Are Scripture
"I know just as well what to teach this people and just what to say to them and what to do in order to bring them into the celestial kingdom...I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture. Let me have the privilege of correcting a sermon, and it is as good Scripture as they deserve. The people have the oracles of God continually." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p. 95)
Heaven
"...no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith," (Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 289)
Conception of Jesus
"When the time came that His first-born, the Saviour, should come into the world and take a tabernacle, the Father came Himself and favoured that spirit with a tabernacle instead of letting any other man do it," (Journal of Discourses, vol. 4, p. 218). "The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood -- was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 8, p. 115). Note: the late Bruce McConkie who was a member of the First Council of the Seventy stated "There is nothing figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and natural course of events..." (Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce McConkie, p. 742)
The Holy Ghost
"I have given you a few leading items upon this subject, but a great deal more remains to be told. Now, remember from this time forth, and for ever, that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost." (Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p. 51)
