"Be Thou an Example"
President Thomas S. Monson
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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Tabitha, a disciple full of good works, was raised from the dead by Peter, which led many to believe in the Lord.
To illustrate the second part of our formula—namely, fill your heart with love—I turn to a beautiful account recorded in the book of Acts which tells of a disciple named Tabitha, or Dorcas, who lived at Joppa. She was described as being a woman 'full of good works and almsdeeds.' 'It came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. And forasmuch as … the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent u ... (continued)
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"Be Thou an Example"
President Thomas S. Monson
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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Brother Wright, an elderly ward member, was provided food by the Relief Society during a time of need, and he saw the Relief Society president as an angel sent from heaven.
I remember when, as a young deacon, I would cover a portion of the ward on fast Sunday morning, giving the small envelope to each family, waiting while a contribution was placed in the envelope and then returning it to the bishop. On one such occasion, an elderly member, Brother Wright, who lived alone, welcomed me at the door and, with aged hands, fumbled at the tie of the envelope and placed within it a small sum. His eyes fairly glistened as he made his contribution. He invited me to sit down ... (continued)
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"Be Thou an Example"
President Thomas S. Monson
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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Baur Dee Sheffield, a beloved Mutual teacher, passed away at 27, but her students continued to honor her memory annually at her gravesite.
Many years ago there was a young woman, Baur Dee Sheffield, who taught in Mutual. She had no children of her own, though she and her husband dearly longed for children. Her love was expressed through devotion to her special young women as each week she taught them eternal truths and lessons of life. Then came illness, followed by death. She was but 27. Each year, on Memorial Day, her Mutual girls made a pilgrimage of prayer to the graveside of their teacher, always leaving flowers and a little c ... (continued)
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"Be Thou an Example"
President Thomas S. Monson
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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A visiting teacher discovers that the woman her companion has been honoring with flowers at her grave is her own aunt, Baur Dee.
One year, nearly 25 years after Baur Dee’s death, the only one of 'her girls' who continued to visit the grave realized she would be away on Memorial Day and decided to visit her teacher’s grave a few days early. She had gathered flowers, tied them with a ribbon, attached a card, and was putting on her jacket to leave when her doorbell rang. She opened the door and was greeted by one of her visiting teachers, Colleen Fuller, who said she had experienced difficulty getting together ... (continued)
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"Be Thou an Example"
President Thomas S. Monson
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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Missionaries Juliusz and Dorothy Fussek served in Poland for five years, far beyond their initial 18-month call, and helped establish the Church there.
The second example of lives filled with service, with which I shall conclude, is the missionary experience of Juliusz and Dorothy Fussek, who were called to fill an 18-month mission in Poland. Brother Fussek was born in Poland. He spoke the language. He loved the people. Sister Fussek was born in England and knew little of Poland and nothing of its people. Trusting in the Lord, they embarked on their assignment. The living conditions were primitive, the work lonely, their task immense. A mission ... (continued)
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"Be What You Say"
Elder Oscar A. Kirkham
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A young man entering the operating room talks to the Lord before his surgery, expressing faith and readiness.
I shall not forget soon a young man at the hospital. He was entering the operating room. He was a very worthy young man and very dear to me personally. As they were wheeling him into the operating room, the doctor noticed that his eyes were closed. He said to the nurse, 'Take his pulse quickly. He may be gone.' The young man opened his eyes and said, 'No, I'm not gone doctor. I was just talking to the Lord. I told him to be sure to be with you when you perform this operation. You may go ahead an ... (continued)
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"Be What You Say"
Elder Oscar A. Kirkham
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A humble Saint removes her shoes at the temple gate, and a mother embraces her son after a sealing ceremony, expressing the sacredness of the temple.
I am grateful for the privilege I had with the Mexican people of the Mexican and Spanish-American missions at the Arizona Temple, when I saw a humble Saint, entering the grounds, take off her shoes at the iron gate. I hurried over to her and said, 'You may take your shoes off when you get inside,' and she said, 'Oh, no, I will take them off here. This is sacred ground to me.' Then a little later in the sealing room I saw one of these dark-skinned mothers take into her arms her sixteen-year old s ... (continued)
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"Be What You Say"
Elder Oscar A. Kirkham
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker represents the Mormon Battalion at the celebration of the discovery of gold in California, honoring their commitment and character.
Under a special assignment I was asked this year to go to Coloma, California, to be at the celebration of the anniversary of the discovery of gold and to represent our people on the program. Fifty to sixty thousand were in attendance. The governor and other dignitaries of that great state of California were present. They started three great years of celebration. I was very happy to have the privilege, humbly, to represent a group of Latter-day Saint men of the Mormon Battalion who were there at ... (continued)
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"Be What You Say"
Elder Oscar A. Kirkham
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A young missionary is initially rejected while tracting but continues to pray and is eventually invited inside by the woman.
I am grateful for a young missionary this year whom I met in the mission field. He told me of an incident that happened just a few days before. He said, 'Brother Kirkham, I had a rather interesting experience just the other day. My companion and I were going out tracting. We had been instructed always to be prayerful as we approached a house, and when I came to the door the woman said to me, 'I understand you are a Mormon missionary. Well, I don't want anything to do with you. I know something a ... (continued)
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"Be With and Strengthen Them"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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Brett Hamblin, after a day of church service, faced the sudden unresponsiveness of his wife, Kristin, a breast cancer survivor. He called 911 and his home teacher, Edwin Potter, who arrived quickly to help with the children and support Brett through the tragic loss of his wife.
Last January 14, a Sunday, just a little after 5:00 p.m., my young friends Brett and Kristin Hamblin were chatting at their home in Tempe, Arizona, after Brett"™s day serving in the bishopric and Kristin"™s busy day caring for their five children.
Suddenly Kristin, a seemingly successful survivor of breast cancer the previous year, fell unresponsive. A call to 911 brought an emergency team trying desperately to revive her. As Brett prayed and pleaded, he quickly placed just two oth ... (continued)
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"Be With and Strengthen Them"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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Brett Hamblin reflects on the importance of the relationships built through church service, highlighting that in a moment of crisis, he instinctively called his home teacher, Edwin Potter, for help, showcasing the depth of their bond.
Brett told me later, "The amazing part of this story isn"™t that Edwin came when I called. In an emergency, there are always people willing to help. No, the amazing part of this story is that he was the one I thought of. There were other people around. Kristin has a brother and sister less than three miles away. We have a great bishop, the greatest. But the relationship between Edwin and me is such that I felt instinctively to call him when I needed help. The Church provides us a structured wa ... (continued)
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"Be With and Strengthen Them"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
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Edwin Potter reflects on the reciprocal nature of service, noting that Brett Hamblin had been a great example and friend to his family, and he was glad to repay a little of the debt he felt he owed to Brett through his support during the crisis.
Edwin said about the experience, "Elder Holland, the irony in all of this is that Brett has been our family"™s home teacher for longer than I have been theirs. Over that time, he has visited us more as a friend than by assignment. He has been a great example, the epitome of what an active and involved priesthood bearer should be. My wife, our boys"”we don"™t see him as one obligated to bring us a message at the end of each month; we think of him as a friend who lives just down the street a ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Clean"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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President Joseph F. Smith, as a young man and missionary in Hawaii, felt oppressed by poverty and friendlessness but had a dream where he hurried to a mansion, cleansed himself, and was welcomed by the Prophet Joseph Smith and other exalted figures, which gave him confidence and strength.
I wish to begin this evening by reading a dream which President Joseph F. Smith had as a young man. As some of you know, President Joseph F. Smith was the sixth President of the Church. He served from 1901 to 1918, a period of 17 years.
He was the son of Hyrum Smith, who was the brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was born at Far West, Missouri, on 13 November 1838. When the Saints were driven out of Missouri he was brought to Illinois as an infant. His father was killed in Carthage Jail at ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Clean"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The speaker recalls the annual spring cleaning ritual from his childhood, where the entire family would clean the house thoroughly, symbolizing the need for spiritual cleanliness.
When I was a boy living here in Salt Lake City, most homes were heated with coal stoves. Black smoke belched forth from almost every chimney. As winter came to a close, black soot and grime were everywhere, both inside and outside of the house. There was a ritual through which we passed each year, not a very pleasant one, as we viewed it. It involved every member of the family. It was known as springcleaning. When the weather warmed after the long winter, a week or so was designated as cleanup t ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Doers of the Word"
Elder ElRay L. Christiansen
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Sister Santana, a missionary funded by a family in southern Idaho, converted more than fifty people during her mission and expressed her gratitude and the value of her testimony through an interpreter.
Last spring, I attended the quarterly conference in one of the stakes in southern Idaho. Among the missionaries who reported was Sister Santana, a young woman of Mexican nationality. She had come to that stake to report her mission to those who had sent her. One of the families there had provided the funds for her mission, and it was reported that this Mexican girl had been instrumental in bringing into the Church more than fifty people during her time in the mission field. Among other things, s ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Doers of the Word"
Elder ElRay L. Christiansen
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A professional man resisted pressure to raise his fees and continued to charge reasonable rates for his services, thereby bearing testimony through his good deeds and fair practices.
Not long ago I was told of a man in one of the professions, who bore his testimony in good deeds, and in 'doing good to all men,' at least all men who came to him. In spite of the pressure from the group to increase the fees that were being paid by their patients—in spite of recommendations to 'make them pay, and to get all you can while you can,' this fine man continued to pursue the practice he had followed in charging reasonable rates for his services and avoiding what he thought to be ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Not Deceived"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the parable of the merchant and the pearl of great price, considering the foolishness of those who give up their valuable faith for lesser things.
One of the parables of our Savior reads as follows:
. . . The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when
he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought itMatt. 13:45-46
REVERSING THE PARABLE REGARDING THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
We have always felt that that merchant was an extremely wise man, because he was willing to
give up all that he possessed in order to acquire the pearl of great price. But let me ask you,
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"Be Ye Not Deceived"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts how Jesus, after his resurrection, appeared to the Nephites and invited them to feel his wounds, thus resolving disputes about his existence.
In the days of the Savior, or rather before he appeared among the Nephites, there were many
doctrinal disputes among the Nephites. Some of those who stirred up the hearts of the people
said that there was no Christ. They denied his very existence. When the righteous Nephites
looked forward to the coming of the Lord, these false teachers declared that he would not
come, because he did not so much as exist; and so, when finally Jesus did make his
appearance among the Nephites, after his resurrecti ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Prepared"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on a conversation with his wife about what they will be doing in thirty-five million years, emphasizing the concept of eternal life and the vastness of eternity.
You have probably heard me tell this before, but when my wife and I had been married thirty-five years, I said, “Mommy, what do you think we will be doing in thirty-five million years from today?â€
She said, “Where did you get that crazy idea? It makes me tired to think of it!â€
I said, “Well, you believe in eternal life, don’t you?†I said, “We are told that time is measured only to man, that with God there isn’t such a thing as time. It is ... (continued)
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"Be Ye Prepared"
Elder LeGrand Richards
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts the parable of the talents, where servants are given different amounts of talents and are later held accountable for how they used them, emphasizing the importance of being faithful and productive.
I give you first his parable of the talents. You remember the parable about the man who went on a far journey and gave to his servants his talents. To one he gave five; and to another two; and to another one. And after a time he returned to hold an accounting with those servants. And the one who had been given five talents said, “Lord, thou deliverest unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.†And he gave him the ten talents. And the Master said: â� ... (continued)
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