"That You May Know the Truth"
Elder Eldred G. Smith
- Patriarch to the Church
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📖 general conference
Brother Bates from England prioritized Church work over a business appointment and miraculously arrived on time, resulting in an unexpected business order.
There are other experiences such as Brother Bates from England told me. He had been working in the MIA or youth work, in Manchester, England. A large group of circulars had to be sent out in the mail in order to have a youth conference at a scheduled time. He and his group worked feverishly together to get these circulars in the mail. It seemed an almost impossible task, but somehow or other they accomplished it. In order to do so, however, he had spent all morning at it. He had previously made ... (continued)
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A woman schoolteacher from Nevada commits to financially support a missionary for two years because she cannot go herself.
While I was still the Presiding Bishop, following a general conference, I received a letter from a lady schoolteacher in Nevada. She said, "It was said in conference that fifty-five dollars a month was the average cost of a missionary. I am enclosing my check for that amount, and I will send a like amount for each month for the next two years to keep a missionary in the field, because it is not possible for me to go myself."
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A man who served as a minister for over 30 years in another church joins the LDS Church and regrets not having the fullness of the gospel to share with his congregation earlier.
I had a man sit in my office not long ago, and some of the brethren know him. He served for over thirty years as a minister of the gospel in a sectarian church, and then through contact with our missionaries he joined the Church, and he said, "When I think of how little I had as a minister of the gospel to offer to my people as compared to what I now have in the fulness of the gospel as it has been restored, I want to go back and tell all of my friends what I have found. But now, he said, "the ... (continued)
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A Jewish man converts to the LDS Church, is disinherited by his family, but values his new faith more than his family's wealth.
I was visiting in a stake of Zion not long ago, and the president told me this story. And he is here today. He said a Jewish boy came into the stake during the war, serving in the armed forces, and he fell in love with a Mormon girl, and he married her; she converted him, and he joined the Church. Then he went back to see his people in the east, and they disinherited him, and he said to his father and mother, "You can't disinherit me. What I have found out there among the Mormons is worth mor ... (continued)
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A man reflects on his transformation after joining the LDS Church, feeling reborn and walking in newness of life.
I had a man come to my office when I was in the mission field. He said, "When I think of who I was and what I was when the gospel found me and what I am today," he said, "I just can't believe that I am the same person. I do not think the same thoughts; I don't have the same habits; I don't have the same ideals in life." He said, "I have literally been born again." And that is what Paul meant when he said, "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised u ... (continued)
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A woman who searched for truth in various religions for 53 years finds the LDS Church and feels an inner joy and serenity she never had before.
I received a letter while I was Presiding Bishop from a young man converted while in the armed forces, then living in Kansas. He sent a check for his tithing, and then he added, "Bishop, do you think we are doing all we ought to do to try and tell the world of the marvelous work and a wonder the Lord has established in the earth in our day?" They do not all come too easy. We have to break through the walls of prejudice. One of my friends turned many a missionary away, and then I happened to ma ... (continued)
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"That Your Joy May Be Full"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
A man who was resistant to the LDS Church eventually joins after many discussions and declares his happiness.
They do not all come too easy. We have to break through the walls of prejudice. One of my friends turned many a missionary away, and then I happened to make a friend of him and got into his home, and when he could not handle the situation and his minister would not, he went to the plant where he was the foreman and said to the employees, "If any of you know any ministers who are not afraid of the Mormon elders, I would surely like to get in touch with them. I don't care what church they belong ... (continued)
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"The Abundant Life"
Elder Harold B. Lee
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker recalls political campaign slogans from his youth that promised material benefits as the way to an abundant life, reflecting on how these ideals have persisted and been emphasized in society.
As I think back over my life, I remember that these philosophies did not begin with the last few years. When I think of the first political campaigns that I, as a young boy, heard about, and fortunately we did not hear as much about them in those days as we hear about them today, I remember that some of the slogans of those days sounded very much like the kinds of philosophy we have today. I remember in one campaign there was one something like this: "We stand for a full dinner pail," and on ano ... (continued)
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"The Abundant Life"
Elder Harold B. Lee
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker shares the story of Saul of Tarsus, who was transformed from persecuting Christians to becoming the Apostle Paul after a divine encounter on the road to Damascus.
Saul of Tarsus was one who had been valiant and conscientiously engaged in trying to stamp out Christianity which he believed to be a sect defiling the word of God. He even held the coats of the men who stoned StephenActs 7:58and having obtained letters of authority was on his was to Damascus there to prosecute his workActs 9:1-2and it was about noonday: And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard ... (continued)
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"The Abundant Life"
Elder Harold B. Lee
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The Apostle Paul, as a prisoner on a ship headed to Rome, reassures his shipmates during a tempestuous storm that they will all survive, based on a divine assurance he received after praying.
The rewards that come from a life of sacrifice and service are also illustrated in an incident in his life. You recall, he was now a prisoner on his way to Rome. As they put out from an island in the Mediterranean Sea, he had the impression that all would not be well, and they were hardly out of sight of land until a furious storm broke, and for fourteen days that frail ship was tossed about, and when, as the scriptures say, . . . neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no sma ... (continued)
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"The Abundant Life"
Elder Harold B. Lee
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker shares a personal testimony of receiving peace, direction, comfort, and inspiration from a divine source, confirming his faith in God and Jesus Christ.
I bear you my humble testimony, as one of the humblest among you: I know there are powers that can draw close to one who fills his heart with the kind of love of which President Richards has spoken so beautifully this afternoon. I came to a night, some years ago, when on my bed, I realized that before I could be worthy of the high place to which I had been called, I must love and forgive every soul that walked the earth, and in that time I came to know and I received a peace and a direction, and ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White Already to Harvest"
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Adam was commanded by God to teach his children the everlasting truth, but they were led astray by Satan and began to love Satan more than God, leading to a world of carnality and wickedness.
GOSPEL TAUGHT BY ADAM
Adam was commanded by our Father in heaven to teach his children the everlasting truth. We read in the scriptures the following:
And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and daughters. And Satan came among them saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not, and they loved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be carnal, sensual, and devilish— ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White Already to Harvest"
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The Lord cleansed the earth with a flood due to the wickedness of the people. Despite being taught by prophets, people continued to rebel, leading to the scattering of Israel.
PROPHETS REJECTED BY MEN
So they turned away from the truth unto the worship of all manner of false doctrines and gods, refusing to hearken to the prophets that were sent among them, and it became necessary for the Lord to bring in the flood upon them and cleanse the earth of its iniquity. Once again the world started out with just one family, and as men began to spread upon the face of the earth, they were taught by the prophets and were given revelation from the Almighty; but they, too, in cou ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White Already to Harvest"
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The Prophet Joseph Smith was visited by the Father and the Son and was given authority to restore the gospel and commence the dispensation of the fulness of times.
GOSPEL RESTORED THROUGH JOSEPH SMITH
The Lord saw fit to restore, after a great apostasy, the truth of the gospel through the Prophet Joseph Smith. He sent angels from his presence. In fact, this great prophet was visited by both the Father and the Son and was given authority to commence this great dispensation of the fulness of times and to teach the truth of the everlasting gospel, because again men had turned away from the truth to the worship of their idols and the practice of false doctrine ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White Already to Harvest"
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Joseph Smith warned of calamities to come due to the wickedness of the world, and President Wilford Woodruff testified that the angels sent to reap down the earth had begun their mission, indicating that calamities were imminent.
WARNING OF CALAMITIES TO COME
The Prophet Joseph Smith instructed his brethren and informed them of the calamities that were to come. He warned the world of its wickedness, and he told these good men of the Council of the Twelve, who were associated with him, that because of the wickedness of the world and its corruption, destruction would come upon it. Some of these brethren say that as he told them of these things he wept as our Savior wept when he looked upon Jerusalem—Luke 19:41. Pres ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White Already to Harvest"
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker opposes military conscription for young men, citing the vices prevalent in army camps and the negative influence it could have on impressionable youth.
OPPOSED TO MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
If you think the world is getting better, just observe and witness the vulgarity and the near-approach to indecency that we find published in some pictorial magazines, and so frequently on the screen. Think of the corruption and the debasing conditions due to the indulgence in liquor and tobacco and other narcotics and drugs. Think of the immorality which is so prevalent throughout the country. We are made aware of the evils which existed in our army camps by the ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White..."
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker reflects on the significance of Section 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants, which was given to his great-grandfather and is considered relevant to all priesthood holders in the Church.
I have always taken a great interest in Section 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants, one reason being that it was given directly to my great-grandfather, who made inquiry to know what the Lord would have him do. Second, because I have always considered that this revelation was written to me, not only to me, but also to every man in the Church holding the Holy Priesthood.
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"The Field Is White..."
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker emphasizes the responsibility of Church members to proclaim the words of eternal life and warns of the danger of losing one's own salvation if failing to fulfill priesthood duties.
There is a great responsibility resting upon the members of the Church, both men and women, to proclaim the words of eternal life, but more especially upon these men who have accepted the priesthood with a promise that they would be true and faithful and would magnify their callings, and in the verse that I have read the Lord proclaims this fact: that if we fail in the duties that are assigned to us and refuse to accept the responsibilities which come from that priesthood, that we ourselves are ... (continued)
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"The Field Is White..."
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker recounts the confusion in the world regarding the nature of God, which persisted until Joseph Smith's revelation that the Father and the Son are separate personages.
Strange as that may be, considering the plainness with which the doctrine is taught throughout the scriptures, and so plainly presented this morning by President Clark in his radio talk, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that they are separate individuals or personages, one the Father and one the Son, but the world did not understand. They do not understand it today notwithstanding the fact that the Lord has made it so plain through the revelations that came through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
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"The Field Is White..."
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The speaker tells the story of Joseph Smith's prayer in the woods, which led to the revelation of the separate personages of the Father and the Son, correcting misunderstandings about the nature of God.
Now, when Joseph Smith went out into the woods to pray, he had no understanding that the Father and the Son were separate Personages. I am sure of that. How would he know it after listening to the teachings of the ministers of his day? But he came back after the manifestation was given to him, having been instructed by the Son of God with that knowledge clearly in his mind, and proclaimed it to the world"”that Jesus Christ is literally the only begotten Son of God in the flesh, and that he ... (continued)
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