“While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution, and affliction, yet I wish to say to my brethren and sisters that these things are the heritage of the Saints of God. … I have never read of the people of God in any dispensation passing through life, as the sectarian world would say, on flowery beds of ease, without opposition of any kind.”
Quote by Wilford Woodruff
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Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff (March 1, 1807 – September 2, 1898) was the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving from 1890 until his death. He is best known for issuing the 1890 Manifesto, which ended the practice of plural marriage within the church. Under his leadership, the church navigated through a critical period of external pressure and internal adjustment, setting the foundation for its modern development. more
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