"There is not a position that we can occupy in life,
either as fathers, mothers, children, masters, servants, or as
Elders of Israel holding the Holy Priesthood in all its ramifications,
but what we need continually wisdom flowing from the Lord
and intelligence communicated by Him, that we may know how to perform
correctly the various duties and avocations of life,
and to fulfill the various responsibilities that rest upon us.
And hence the necessity all the day long, and every day
and every week, month, and year, and under all circumstances, of men
leaning upon the Lord and being guided by that Spirit that flows
from him, that we may not fall into error---
that we may neither do anything wrong,
say anything wrong,
nor think anything wrong,
and all the time retain that Spirit, which can only be kept by observing
purity, holiness, and virtue, and living continually in obedience
to the laws and commandments of God."
President John Taylor
Journal of Discourses, 6, (November 1864): 106
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