Therefore Let The Saints Be Diligent In

There Is A Difference Between The Holy Ghost And The Gift Of The Holy Ghost. Cornelius Received The Holy Ghost Before He Was Baptized, Which Was The Convincing Power Of God Unto Him Of The Truth Of The Gospel, But He Could Not Receive The Gift Of The Holy Ghost Until After He Was Baptized. Had He Not [been Baptized], The Holy Ghost Which Convinced Him Of The Truth Of God, Would Have Left Him.

We Are Friendly To Our Country, And When We Speak Of The Flag Of Our Union, We Love It, And We Love The Rights The Constitution Guarantees To Every Citizen. What Did The Prophet Joseph Say? When The Constitution Shall Be Tottering We Shall Be The People To Save It From The Hand Of The Foe.

Seek To Know God In Your Closets, Call Upon Him In The Fields. Follow The Directions Of The Book Of Mormon, And Pray Over, And For Your Families, Your Cattle, Your Flocks, Your Herds, Your Corn, And All Things That You Possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; Ask The Blessing Of God Upon All Your Labors, And Everything That You Engage In.

The Exaltation And Happiness Of Any Community, Goes Hand In Hand With The Knowledge Possessed By The People, When Applied To Laudable Ends; Whereupon We Can Exclaim Like The Wise Man; Righteousness Exalteth A Nation; For Righteousness Embraces Knowledge And Knowledge Is Power.

I Have More To Boast Of Than Ever Any Man Had. I Am The Only Man That Has Ever Been Able To Keep A Whole Church Together Since The Days Of Adam. A Large Majority Of The Whole Have Stood By Me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, Nor Jesus Ever Did It. I Boast That No Man Ever Did Such A Work As I. The Followers Of Jesus Ran Away From Him; But The Latter-day Saints Never Ran Away From Me Yet.