“ But when the honest in heart are made acquainted with the truth, they will embrace it; and in these things we do rejoice, for truth will stand and will prevail until the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth—and when this period arrives surely wickedness must cease and righteousness abound, and joy and gladness fill the hearts of those who dwell on the earth. ”

“ Some who have not come to a knowledge of the true principles of the Latter Day Saints, as believed by the leaders and held forth in the revelations of God, think it their privilege to unfold the prophecies and mysteries of the kingdom, when in fact they are unacquainted with the first principles of the gospel, and in consequence of these things the church is often made to suffer the calumniating influence of Satan, to our grief and mortification. ”

“ Shall we have our hands defiled with the mammon of unrighteousness, and our hearts and tongues with unhallowed principles and doctrines, such as are not contained in the scriptures, and declare things that we ourselves know not, and set them forth for truths? ”