Beastly Appetites – Hyrum Smith, 1842

The Lord has in his wise designs revealed unto us his will; he has made known unto us his future purposes; he has told us as he did his ancient prophets that the “earth shall be redeemed—that the curse shall be removed from it—that the wolf and the lamb shall lie down together—that the lion shall eat straw like the ox;—and that they shall not hurt nor destroy—that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters covers the sea”—that man’s days shall be as “the days of a tree,” that he shall again live one thousand years on the earth—this is the “time of the restoration of all things,” and this has got to be brought about by the wisdom and power of God, and the wisdom, obedience and faith of man combined.

. . . He has appointed the word of wisdom as one of the engines to bring about this thing, to remove the beastly appetites, the murderous disposition and the vitiated taste of man; to restore his body to health, and vigour, promote peace between him and the brute creation. [in “The Word of Wisdom,” Times and Seasons, vol. 3, no. 15 (Nauvoo, Illinois: Joseph Smith Jr., 1 June 1842), pp. 799–800.]

Hyrum Smith, Assistant President of the Church, 29 May 1842