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God Himself Was Once As We Are Now, And Is An Exalted Man, And Sits Enthroned In Yonder Heavens! That Is The Great Secret.... It Is The First Principle Of The Gospel To Know For A Certainty The Character Of God, And To Know... That He Was Once A Man Like Us.... Here, Then, Is Eternal Life - To Know The Only Wise And True God; And You Have Got To Learn How To Be Gods Yourselves... The Same As All Gods Have Done Before You.

We Believe In Enjoying The Constitutional Privilege And Right Of Worshiping Almighty God According To The Dictates Of Our Own Consciences.

You Don't Know Me; You Never Knew My Heart. No Man Knows My History. I Cannot Tell It: I Shall Never Undertake It. I Don't Blame Any One For Not Believing My History. If I Had Not Experienced What I Have, I Would Not Have Believed It Myself.

If I Lose My Life In A Good Cause I Am Willing To Be Sacrificed On The Altar Of Virtue, Righteousness And Truth, In Maintaining The Laws And Constitution Of The United States, If Need Be, For The General Good Of Mankind.

Friendship Is The Grand Fundamental Principle Of Mormonism