By Proving Contraries, Truth Is Made Manifest.

It Must Be Emphasized That As A Father, You Are Always Teaching. For Good Or Ill Your Family Learns Your Ways, Your Beliefs, Your Heart, Your Ideas, Your Concerns. Your Children May Or May Not Choose To Follow You, But The Example You Give Is The Greatest Light You Hold Before Your Children, And You Are Accountable For That Light.

The Things Of God Are Of Deep Import; And Time, And Experience, And Careful And Ponderous And Solemn Thoughts Can Only Find Them Out.

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.

Let Us Here Observe, That A Religion That Does Not Require The Sacrifice Of All Things, Never Has Power Sufficient To Produce The Faith Necessary Unto Life And Salvation.

If I Lose My Life In A Good Cause I Am Willing To Be Sacrificed On The Altar Of Virtue, Righteousness And Truth, In Maintaining The Laws And Constitution Of The United States, If Need Be, For The General Good Of Mankind.