- John Taylor, the third President of the Church, said: “I heard the Prophet Joseph say, in speaking to the Twelve on one occasion: ‘You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary for you to be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God, and (said he) God will feel after you, and He will take hold of you and wrench your very heartstrings, and if you cannot stand it you will not be fit for an inheritance in the Celestial Kingdom of God.”
- “You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary that you be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God. And God will feel after you, and He will take hold of you and wrench your very heartstrings and if you cannot stand it, you will not be fit for an inheritance in the Celestial Kingdom of God.” (John Taylor, Journal of Discourses, 24:197)
- Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:41…Those that keep the commandments are in a blessed and happy state, are blessed in both temporal and spiritual things, and if they are faithful to the end they will be received in heaven happily dwelling with God.
- Enos 1: 27… And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.
- Omni 1:26… And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved.