A Principle with a Promise
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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During the speaker's first mission in Great Britain in 1922, he helped some of the sisters to stop drinking tea by reading them a passage from the Word of Wisdom.
While I was on my first mission in Great Britain in 1922, some of the sisters had difficulty giving up their tea. I read that passage to them, and most of them quit drinking tea because they did not want to be considered the “weakest†of those who are or can be called Saints.
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A Principle with a Promise
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Brigham Young described how early participants of the School of the Prophets would smoke and chew tobacco in their meetings, leading Joseph Smith to inquire of the Lord about this practice.
Brigham Young was one of the early participants in this school, and he described a scene which frequently presented itself during meetings: “The brethren came to that place for hundreds of miles to attend school in a little room probably no larger than eleven by fourteen. When they assembled together in this room after breakfast, the first they did was to light their pipes, and, while smoking, talk about the great things of the kingdom, … and as soon as the pipe was out of their mout ... (continued)
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A Principle with a Promise
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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An investigator was attracted to the Church by the Word of Wisdom, reasoning that if Joseph Smith's revelation was medically accurate before its time, then the rest of the Church's teachings deserved investigation.
Several years ago an investigator gave this testimonial about Joseph Smith. He said that the Word of Wisdom was the revelation that most attracted him to investigate the Church. “There is no possible way,†he said, “that Joseph Smith could have known what we now know in the medical world about the harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, tea, and coffee. Yet this has all been substantiated by medical science.†He said that this was the beginning of his earnest investigation o ... (continued)
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A Principle with a Promise
President Ezra Taft Benson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts the recent dedication of a new meetinghouse in Kirtland and a reception attended by descendants of the early Saints, noting that some have been baptized and others are preparing to join the Church.
A new day is dawning in Kirtland. A few years ago, I broke ground for the first meetinghouse to be built in Kirtland since the dedication of the first temple in 1836. I recently returned and dedicated a beautiful new building. Following the dedication, we participated in a special reception attended by fifty-eight nonmembers, descendants of the early Saints in Kirtland. Some of these nonmembers have now been baptized and others are being prepared.
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A Principle With Promise
Elder Gordon B. Hinckley
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts a conversation with three men on a plane, all struggling with their addiction to smoking, despite knowing its health risks.
As the jet began the fast climb to its assigned altitude, I noticed that the man across the table had his eyes fixed intently on the "No Smoking" sign. The instant it went off, he reached for his cigarettes. As he began smoking, the man next to me became nervous. He clenched and opened his fists, looked out the window, turned to look at the man across the table, and his face reddened. The air was a little bumpy. I thought he might have been frightened. I took a closer look. He was a man of good ... (continued)
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A Principle With Promise
Elder Gordon B. Hinckley
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the wisdom of the Word of Wisdom, which advised against tobacco use long before modern science confirmed its dangers.
In contemplating all of this, one appreciates the incomparable wisdom of the Lord who in 1833 in a rural town on the frontier of America spoke these simple and encompassing words: ". . . tobacco . . . is not good for man"D&C 89:8
He did not say that one would get lung cancer, develop heart or respiratory problems if he smoked. He did not produce mountainous statistics or recite case histories. He simply declared that ". . . tobacco . . . is not good for ma ... (continued)
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A Prisoner of Love
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker tells of a woman's witty response to a doctor's comment about her husband's appearance, highlighting that some may look old but can still be presentable and useful.
After examining a woman’s husband, the doctor said, 'I don’t like the looks of your husband.' 'Neither do I,' said the woman, 'but he is good to the children.' Some of us may look a little old, but if we get all dressed up we don’t look half bad.
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A Prisoner of Love
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker reflects on the sacrifices made by pioneers who left everything behind, including burying loved ones along the way, to establish the kingdom of God.
I think we will not be tested in the way the pioneers were tested. They were called to leave all worldly possessions, homes, even family and loved ones, to cross the prairies to dry and desolate, forbidding lands. They buried their babies, children, and companions on the Great Plains in shallow, unmarked graves. Physically, they suffered beyond belief, nor can tongue tell the sad, pitiful story. Out of the ashes of sacrifice of so noble a people this kingdom has emerged to become the most powerf ... (continued)
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A Prisoner of Love
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker humorously recounts a story of an old lady guessing an old man's age at a rest home, revealing she knew because he told her the day before.
A little old lady at a rest home turned to the old man next to her and said, 'I can guess your age.' 'You can’t,' he replied. 'Yes, I can,' she said. 'You go take a bath, shave, brush your hair, put on a nice clean shirt and a tie, and shine your shoes, and I’ll tell you.' The old man was gone for about an hour. When he returned he was neat, clean, hair brushed, shoes polished, and in his suit. She said, 'Now you go stand up against the wall.' He did. He said, 'Now, how old am I?' ... (continued)
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A Prisoner of Love
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker describes the profound joy and sacredness of celebrating Christmas while serving a mission, baptizing a family, and sharing the moment with a spouse.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s will never be the same again once you have celebrated them while serving a mission. Imagine a small Christmas tree with a few decorations, Christmas carols, a humble apartment, never more in love with your wife—a Christmas spirit that makes that little apartment seem as a sacred temple. You pack your white baptismal clothing and walk, hand in hand, to the chapel, where a little family waits patiently to enter God’s kingdom through the ... (continued)
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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President Tanner shared experiences from the area conferences in Europe, while similar conferences were carried out in other parts of the world.
President Tanner has relived for us the area conferences of Europe. We have carried similar ones to the Orient and South America and Mexico and the South Seas.
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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President Romney spoke on honesty, integrity, and related themes.
President Romney has given us the word of the Lord on honesty and integrity and companion themes.
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker reflects on the Bicentennial through the perspective of one of the Brethren.
We have partly relived the Bicentennial through the eyes of one of the Brethren.
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker discusses the use of life experiences, parables, and exhortations by the Brethren to guide and teach.
Delightful experiences from life have been used by the Brethren to point the way and direct our footsteps, and great lessons have been taught by parable, quotation, and exhortation.
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker testifies of his knowledge of God's existence and expresses pity for those who live in doubt.
I know without question that God lives and have a feeling of sorrow for those people in the world who live in the gray area of doubt, who do not have such an assurance.
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker expresses his surprise that someone would question the work of the Lord, recounting a conversation with a doctor about his own health and responsibilities.
Recently a prominent doctor, knowing of my surgery and cancer treatments, exhibited a little surprise at my assuming the great responsibility of the church presidency. He was not a member of the Church and evidently had never known the pull and the pressure one feels when one has a positive assurance that the Lord is not playing games, but rather has a serious program for man and for his glory. The Lord knows what He is doing, and all His moves are appropriate and right.
And I was surprised also ... (continued)
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker affirms his testimony of Jesus Christ's role in creation, redemption, and the organization of the Church.
I know that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of our Heavenly Father, and that He assisted in the creation of man and of all that serves man, including the earth and all that is in the world. He was the Redeemer of mankind and the Savior of this world and the author of the plan of salvation for all men and the exaltation of all who live the laws He has given.
He it was who organized this vehicle"”this true church"”and called it after His name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte ... (continued)
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A Program for Man
President Spencer W. Kimball
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The speaker shares his belief that God communicates with prophets today as He did in the past, and emphasizes the availability of truth and salvation.
I know that the Lord has contact with his prophets, and that He reveals the truth today to His servants as He did in the days of Adam and Abraham and Moses and Peter and Joseph and the numerous others throughout time. God"™s messages of light and truth are as surely given to man today as in any other dispensation.
Since Adam and Eve were placed in the garden the Lord has been eager"”eager to reveal truth and right to His people. There have been many times when man would not listen, and, of c ... (continued)
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A Prophet "Great Like Unto Moses"
Elder Milton R. Hunter
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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Joseph Smith was foreordained in the Grand Council of heaven to be a prophet, seer, and revelator, as were other prophets like Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Joseph Smith himself.
"Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was. I suppose that I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council." (Joseph Fielding Smith,Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 365.)
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A Prophet "Great Like Unto Moses"
Elder Milton R. Hunter
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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Joseph Smith experienced a personal visitation from God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ in the Sacred Grove, which was unparalleled in holy scriptures.
"When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other"”This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!"JS"”H 1:17
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