What Can Our Enemies Do?

What Can Our Enemies Do?

What Can Our Enemies Do?
Mormon History Related

"We are lifted by the witness of the modern prophet, Joseph Smith, when he reassures the people of the resurrection. Elder George A. Smith quotes the last public address of Joseph Smith in June 1844, only days before his cruel assassination:" 'I am ready to be offered a sacrifice for this people; for what can our enemies do? Only kill the body, and their power is then at an end. Stand firm, my friends; never flinch. Do not seek to save your lives, for he that is afraid to die for the truth, will lose eternal life. Hold out to the end, and we shall be resurrected and become like Gods, and reign in celestial kingdoms, principalities, and eternal dominions.' (History of the Church, 6:500.)"

Spencer W. Kimball, "The Very Son of God," New Era, Dec. 1982, 49