"As President [Joseph F.] Smith related the incident to the membership of the Church in general conference, he recalled the time of his baptism when a feeling of pure peace and love came over him. He added that he 'felt as though I wanted to do good everywhere to everybody and to everything.' In fact, he stated that he felt he 'would not injure the smallest insect' beneath his feet.'"
Other Sources
Other Writings of Mormons | Animals and the Church (2003) Page 58, footnote: Conference Report (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1898), 66.
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