“Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be
manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God. A man filled with
the love of God, is not content with blessing his family alone, but
ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.
This has been your feeling, and caused you to forego the pleasures of
home, that you might be a blessing to others, who are candidates for
immortality, but strangers to truth; and for so doing, I pray that
heaven’s choicest blessings may rest upon you.”
- Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 4:226–27
- Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 4:226–27
