Joseph F. Smith on Agency

Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith

We talk of obedience, but do we require any man or woman to ignorantly obey the counsels that are given? Do the First Presidency require it? No, never.

Journal of Discourses, vol 16, page 248, Liverpool, England: Latter-day Saints’ Book Depot, 1874

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