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(10/6/03)
"'Cursed is the ground for thy sake' was the Divine fiat to the first
man.
In contrast, note the assurance given to Israel that by faithfulness
the seasons
should be made propitious, that nurturing rains should come, bringing
such
harvests that the people would lack room to store their products. (See
Malachi 3:8-12)."
--
James E. Talmage, "General Conference Reports," April 1924, p. 50
(10/9/03)
"As long as the people faithfully complied with the law of the tithe
they
prospered; and when they failed the land was no longer sanctified to
their good.
Hezekiah (2 Chron.
31: 5-10)
and Nehemiah (Neh.
13:10-13)
reproved the people for their negligence in the matter and awakened
them to the
jeopardy that threatened; and, later, Malachi voiced the Word of
Jehovah in
stern rebuke, forceful admonition, and encouraging promise, relative
to the
payment of the Lord's tenth..." -- James E. Talmage, "The Vitality
of
Mormonism," [Boston: The Gorham Press, 1919], p. 206
6/22/04
"The Lord deals with individuals; and salvation is an individual
affair;
but, nevertheless, he deals also with nations. for he is the God of
nations,
which are set up or put down, are preserved or destroyed, according to
their
fitness; and all this is done in the Lord's due time and way. 'Blessed
is the
nation whose God is the Lord,' sang the psalmist. 'Righteousness
exalteth a
nation; but sin is a reproach to any people,' declared the author of
the book of
Proverbs." - James E. Talmage, "Conference Report," October 1923,
p. 52
(9/13/05)
"I sometimes think we pay a little
undue attention to technicalities, and to questions that cannot be
fully answered with respect to the Book of Mormon. It matters not to
me just where this city or that camp was located. I have met a few
of our Book of Mormon students who claim to be able to put a finger
upon the map and indicate every land and city mentioned in the Book
of Mormon. The fact is, the Book of Mormon does not give us precise
and definite information whereby we can locate those places with
certainty. I encourage and recommend all possible investigation,
comparison and research in this matter. The more thinkers,
investigators, workers we have in the field the better; but our
brethren who devote themselves to that kind of research should
remember that they must speak with caution and not declare as
demonstrated truths points that are not really proved. There is
enough truth in the Book of Mormon to occupy you and me for the rest
of our lives, without our giving too much time and attention to
these datable
matters." - James E. Talmage, "Conference Report," April 1929,
Afternoon Meeting p. 44
7/16/09
“The idols that
man makes and which he sets up and worships are the workmanship of his
hands or mind. The God of our spirits, verily the Father of our
spirits, is no God of man's creation. He created us, and calls upon us
to worship him and to obey his commandments. Israel was a peculiar
people of old, and has remained a peculiar people both in the gathered
and in the scattered condition, and that was one of the signs by which
they were distinguished from their heathen, pagan, idolatrous
contemporaries, and by which they are distinguished from their
heathen, pagan, idolatrous contemporaries today. For, mark you,
idolatry never was more rife, and paganism was never more widespread
than in this very year of our Lord, 1923. Men may not now put their
golden idols or their images of silver, or brass, or iron, or wood, or
stone, always up upon pedestals, and physically kneel down before them
and worship them. Gold need not always be cast in the form of a calf
after the pattern of Apis to be verily the god of man.” -
James E. Talmage, “Conference Report,” April 1923,
Closing Session, p. 141
3/23/12
Not until the
gospel was restored in the 19th century, with its ancient powers and
privileges, was the holy priesthood manifest again among men. And be it
remembered that the authority to speak and act in the name of God is
essential to a temple, and a temple is void without the sacred authority
of the holy priesthood. Through Joseph Smith, the gospel of old was
restored to earth, and the ancient law was reestablished. In course of
time, through the ministry of the Prophet, The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints was organized and established by manifestations of
divine power. - James E. Talmage, "A
History of Temples," Ensign, October 2010
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