“The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah, and the result was the writings of the Old and New Testaments. But where is the stick of Joseph? Can you tell where it is? Yes. It was the children of Joseph who came across the waters to this continent, and this land was filled with people, and the Book of Mormon or the stick of Joseph contains their writings, and they are in the hands of Ephraim” PeopleWritingChildrenBookHandsWaterResultsLordLandBlessedFilledSticksContinentsTribesTestamentNew TestamentJerusalemOld And NewJudah Book:The Essential Brigham Young Source: The Essential Brigham Young
“He (Abraham Lincoln) said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city he so much desired to see as Jerusalem. And with the words half spoken on his tongue, the bullet of the assassin entered the brain, and the soul of the great and good President was carried by the angels to the New Jerusalem above.” SaidSoulWantedPresidentCitiesBrainHalfLandHolyAngelTongueBulletsAbrahamSaviourFootprintJerusalemAssassinsHoly Land Author:Mary Todd Lincoln
“I know you are in grief and heaviness; and if it were not so, you might be afraid, because then your way would not be so like the way that our Lord saith leadeth to the New Jerusalem. Sure I am, if you knew what were before you, or if you saw some glances of it, you would, with gladness, swim through the present floods of sorrow, spreading forth your arms out of desire to be at land.” IfsKnowsWayMightDesireGriefLordSawsLandArmsSorrowSwimFloodGlancesOur LordJerusalemGladnessHeaviness Author:Samuel Rutherford
“Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see the workings of government, and the foundation of our country. And fans flock to Nashville to see the foundation of country music, the Grand Ole Opry.” PeopleCountryGovernmentFansLandHolyFoundationOur CountryFlocksPilgrimJerusalemNashvilleHoly Land Author:Brad Paisley
“Everybody knows we're entitled to one Jerusalem. History reveals very simply that this is our land from the days of the Bible.” KnowsLandEntitledJerusalem Author:Jackie Mason