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Erastus Snow

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AUTHOR PROFILE

Erastus Snow

Erastus Snow is described in biographical records as an American religious leader (1818–1888) (1818–1888). The selections gathered here touch on heavenly father, heavenly mother, faith. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

FEATURED QUOTE
“There never was a God, and there never will be in all eternities, except they are made of these two component parts; a man and a woman; the male and the female.”
— Erastus Snow

Biography at a glance

  • Profile: American religious leader (1818–1888)
  • Life: 1818–1888
  • Quotes in this collection: 2

Life and work

The available biographical record identifies Erastus Snow through the role above. This collection includes 2 quotations credited to Erastus Snow. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

Reading the quotations

The selections gathered here touch on heavenly father, heavenly mother, faith. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.

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Quotes by Erastus Snow

2 quotes

It is through faith that the Lord performs his wonders among his people; and in enduring that trial of their faith he gives a blessing; and often the Lord shapes trials in a manner different from our expectations. We, in our limited capacity may mark out in our minds a programme; and when he moves upon the checker-board, he does not move the men we have in our minds, but he shapes and moves in another way; and we should be satisfied with the result. He will get the game, and in the end will move into the king row and be able to move both ways.

Journal of Discourses, 26 vols., 5:301

— Erastus Snow

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