Brigham Young

I would to God that they all had revelation! When they receive revelation from heaven the story is told, they know for themselves. 

Now, my friends, brethren and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, how do you know anything? Can you be deceived by the eye? You can; you have proved this; you all know that 

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there are men who can deceive the sight of the eye, no matter how closely you observe their movements. Can you be deceived in hearing? Yes; you may hear sounds but not understand their import or whence they come. Can you be deceived by the touch of the finger? You can. The nervous system will not detect everything. What will? The revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ, the spirit of truth will detect everything, and enable all who possess it to understand truth from error, light from darkness, the things of God from the things not of God. It is the only thing that will enable us to understand the Gospel of the Son of God, the will of God, and how we can be saved. Follow it, and it will lead to God, the fountain of light, where the gate will be open, and the mind will be enlightened so that we shall see, know, and understand things as they are.

Brigham Young

I feel like a father with a great family of children around me, in a winter storm, and I am looking with calmness confidence, and patience, for the clouds to break and the sun to shine, so that I can run out and plant and sow and gather in the corn, and wheat and say, Children, come home, winter is approaching again and I have homes and wood and flour and meal and meat and potatoes and squash and onions and cabbages and all things in abundance, and I am ready to kill the fatted calf and make a joyful feast to all who will come and partake.
Brigham Young February 1847