"The promises of the Lord of continued peace and happiness are only conditioned upon righteousness. And when large numbers of his sons and daughters, who have been enriched with all the comforts and blessings of life, suddenly turn their backs upon that which is good and become wicked and immoral, it is only a question of time until such disasters follow as the great flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the destruction of Jerusalem . . . All these things follow unrighteousness, and there is only one hope for . . . any nation to continue to receive life's blessings, and that is to turn to the God of our fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of Joseph Smith, and honor him, and keep his commandments" (The Teachings of George Albert Smith, p. 186-187).
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