Talks by Parley P. Pratt

These talks are from the Journal of Discourses.

The First Principles of the Gospel

"The Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the only system whereby man can be saved."

Reminiscences and Testimony of Parley P. Pratt

"When I first became a member of this Church, one small room could have contained all the members there then were in the world."

Progress of the Latter-Day Church (and more)

"The Gospel inspires us with a degree of knowledge and light, and certainty in regard to what we are about, in regard to the work we are engaged in and the prospects that lie before us."

Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy (and more)

"So plain, so clear, so full, and so exact have the predictions of the Prophets of God, and the Apostles of God, and of the Son of God been fulfilled, except such portions as remain to be fulfilled."

Spiritual Communication

"Where then does the spirit go, on its departure from its earthly tabernacle? It passes to the next sphere of human existence, called the world of spirits."

Heirship and Priesthood

"By our mutual labors, then, we could be mutually benefited in time and in eternity. I am administering to him, and I am happy. He is administering to me, and he is happy."

Declaration of Independence (and more)

"The longer I live . . . the more I realize that . . . the Constitution of American Liberty was certainly dictated by the spirit of wisdom, by a spirit of unparalleled liberality, and by a spirit of political utility."

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