Joseph F. Smith on Agency

Joseph F. Smith

Joseph F. Smith

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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.

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

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