A Most Vital Principle"”Marriage
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Brigham Young speaks against the practice of preventing the birth of children and emphasizes the duty of the righteous to provide bodies for pure and holy spirits.
Now, just for a moment or two in regard to another matter closely connected with this. When
young people are married properly, the Lord commands them to multiplyGen. 1:28Now that is not in accord with the teachings of the world, nor the practice of the world,
especially the practice, and so I want to read one or two other passages now; this from
President Young:
There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our
duty?"”To prepare tabernacles for them; to ... (continued)
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A New Aristocracy
Elder James E. Faust
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
The speaker contrasts the moral decay observed among many young people in Scandinavia with the uplifting spirit of the Church members at the Stockholm conference.
It has recently been my privilege, along with the other General Authorities assigned to attend the great area conference in Stockholm, to travel to a limited extent in the great Scandinavian countries and on other assignments in England.
For many centuries these countries have been considered to be among the most enlightened and advanced in the history of the world. Their peoples have made great contributions to the comfort, well-being, and culture of society. But, as in America and so many othe ... (continued)
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A New Aristocracy
Elder James E. Faust
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
Four Young Adults in Loughborough, England, offered to perform unpaid service at a local public hospital, surprising the staff with their request.
About a month ago four of the Young Adults gathered in Loughborough for a Young Adults conference, along with others from all over England. This group of four went to perform, as did the others, some unsolicited Christian service. Their intended activity, through no fault of their own, could not be performed, so they were left with some time on their hands. While walking along the street, they decided to stop at a pay telephone and call the local public hospital to see if they could be of help. ... (continued)
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A New Aristocracy
Elder James E. Faust
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A young American missionary with a difficult family background shares his journey to serving a mission, demonstrating the strength and dedication of the Church's youth.
Approximately 18,000 of them presently perform a matchless service as missionaries at considerable monetary sacrifice to themselves and/or their loved ones. In the last fortnight I have been privileged to meet with some 200 of them laboring in a foreign country. One of them, a tall, smiling young American with his plastic raincoat folded in his coat pocket, approached.
"Elder," I queried, "how long have you been on your mission?"
"Since March," he responded.
For no apparent reason I asked, ... (continued)
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A New Aristocracy
Elder James E. Faust
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A dedicated young missionary in Japan exemplifies selflessness by saving money not for personal use but to support another local missionary and to return extra funds to his parents.
Fourth, through the giving of themselves. A very special young friend of mine served as a missionary of this Church in Japan. His dedication to missionary work and the Japanese people was so complete and full that, rather than spend all of the money his parents sent to him, he unselfishly made a regular contribution of part of his money to help another local Japanese missionary. His parents sent him extra money so that he could buy some camera equipment available in Japan to record in pictures a ... (continued)
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A New Dispensation
Elder Alvin R. Dyer
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Joseph Smith's First Vision in the Sacred Grove where he was told by God the Father and Jesus Christ that all Christian sects were wrong.
When the Prophet Joseph Smith, as a young man blessed with the gift of faith and an inquiring heart to know the will of God, went into a grove of trees near his home at Palmyra, New York, in the spring of 1820 to inquire of the Lord what he should do about his religious affiliation, he did not then know of the magnitude of that which was to transpire, as he came to know later. Here was to occur one of the great foreordained events of life destined to be of vital importance to all mankind. [...] ... (continued)
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A New Harvest Time
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker shares a tender moment with his granddaughter, affirming the natural love between them.
Recently I was tenderly hugging one of our precious little five-year-old granddaughters and said to her, 'I love you, sweetheart.' She responded rather blandly: 'I know.' I asked, 'How do you know that I love you?' 'Because! You’re my grandfather!' That was reason enough for her.
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A New Harvest Time
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on his lineage and the connection to his grandfather, whom he never met, through a pocket watch passed down to him.
Indeed, we do love our grandchildren. We also love our grandparents. I cherish the memories of life with three of my four grandparents. I never met my Grandfather Nelson. He died when my father was only 16 years old. At the time of Grandfather’s passing, he was superintendent of public instruction for the state of Utah. He owned a handsome pocket watch, which my father later gave to me. Now that watch is a tangible link between us.
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A New Harvest Time
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Orson and Parley P. Pratt, early members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, were among the first to show interest in family history, resulting in temple ordinances for thousands of ancestors.
Among the first in this dispensation to sow seeds of interest in family history were the brothers Orson and Parley P. Pratt, members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Their efforts resulted in a Pratt family genealogy and the performance of temple ordinances for about 3,000 of their ancestors.
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A New Harvest Time
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
President Wilford Woodruff was concerned about Church members not understanding their responsibility for their ancestors, leading to a revelation presented at the April 1894 general conference.
Yet there were many Church members who did not fully understand the responsibility for their own kindred. President Wilford Woodruff was so concerned that he made the issue a matter of fervent prayer. Then, at April 1894 general conference, he presented a revelation to the membership of the Church. From it I quote: 'We want the Latter-day Saints from this time to trace their genealogies as far as they can, and to be sealed to their fathers and mothers. Have children sealed to their parents, and ... (continued)
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
A letter from a sister in the Philippines highlights the lack of healthcare resources and the distances families must travel to access medical care.
Read with me a letter that came from the Philippine Islands, from a dear sister who pleaded, "Can our family share with you who live in the United States the blessings of good health, the Primary Children"™s Hospital, and other facilities where you go to keep your children healthy and strong?" She told how it was necessary to go great distances to find doctors and a hospital.
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
The speaker describes a conversation with a branch president in Guatemala, who lost four of his nine children due to poor nutrition and sanitation.
Go with me to talk with a branch president in an Indian village in Guatemala. Hear him as he explains how four of his nine children died before they reached the age of five because of improper nutrition and poor sanitation, which resulted in dysentery, pneumonia, and other illnesses.
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
An anecdote about a family in Bolivia where the infant daughter is dying of starvation because the family cannot afford food when the mother is unable to nurse.
Walk with me into the home of an Indian family living on the high plains of Bolivia. The husband serves as the branch Sunday School superintendent and his wife is the Primary president. See their six-week-old infant daughter dying of starvation because their meager income of eight dollars a month makes them unable to provide food for their baby when the mother becomes sick and is unable to nurse.
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
The speaker visits a well-equipped hospital in Tonga that cannot operate at full capacity due to a shortage of nurses.
Travel with me to a large government hospital, newly built in Tonga and equipped to provide needed services to members and nonmembers alike. But there are insufficient nurses with which to staff the hospital and only limited services can be provided.
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
The speaker recounts his experience of working with the General Authorities of the Church, observing their wisdom and confirming their divine calling.
I want you to know that it is a great testimony to have had the opportunity during the past year of working under the direction of the General Authorities of our church. From a distance I have sustained these men as prophets, seers, and revelators through faith. During the past year it has been my privilege to meet with them in counsel, to feel of their spirit, their wisdom, and their love for you and members of the Church everywhere. I have observed their discernment and judgment and their abil ... (continued)
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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The speaker discusses the Church's efforts to send trained health missionaries to assist with the needs of the growing Church membership in various parts of the world.
Time does not permit me to go into detail on the program that is being developed under the inspiration of the First Presidency. The Church has now begun to send forth specially trained men and women with the calling of the missionary to reach out and lift up our brothers and sisters. A physician has gone to Samoa and a nurse to Tonga. Nurses have been called who will soon be leaving for Guatemala, and other professionally trained missionaries will go forth to other nations to assist those with g ... (continued)
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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📖 general conference
The health missionaries' role will be to educate on health and disease prevention, working with priesthood leaders and utilizing Church resources to improve the temporal and spiritual lives of families.
What will these health missionaries do? A guiding principle, in the tradition of the Word of Wisdom, will place emphasis on health education and disease prevention. These health missionaries will work with priesthood leaders. A priesthood-correlated program, utilizing the home teachers, the Relief Society, and the visiting teachers, will bring into the homes of these families temporal blessings that will help them progress spiritually. They will assist families by teaching better nutrition, by t ... (continued)
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A New Health Missionary Program
Dr. James O. Mason
- Commissioner, Health Services Corporation
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The speaker challenges the brethren to prepare for missionary calls that may involve using their professional and vocational skills to help those in need around the world.
Oh, brethren, I challenge you to prepare for missionary calls, not only to go out and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ at home and abroad, but to go forth in love and brotherhood, using your professional and vocational skills to reach out and lift up. Physicians, dentists, and nurses, social workers, agricultural specialists, people with knowledge in marketing and home industry"”all of your skills and talents are required if we are going to be a blessing to those whose needs are so great.
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A New Witness for Christ
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker received an impression that God is displeased with the neglect of the Book of Mormon during the Mexico City Temple dedication.
As I participated in the Mexico City Temple dedication, I received the distinct impression that God is not pleased with our neglect of the Book of Mormon.
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A New Witness for Christ
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the importance of the Book of Mormon and how it is a standard for the house of Israel, as well as a tool for conversion and teaching the gospel.
The Book of Mormon is to be 'a standard unto my people, which are of the house of Israel,' said the Lord.2 Ne. 29:2It is a standard we should heed and follow.
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