"Can There Any Good Thing Come Out of Nazereth?"
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Fifteen-year-old Paul Van Dusen faces the amputation of his leg due to cancer with hope and gratitude, reflecting faith in Christ.
A few months past I witnessed such a conflict"”not in the steaming jungles of Vietnam, but on the fourth floor of the Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital. There were no shrill sounds of mortar fire to be heard, no disarray of men and equipment to be seen. Yet a life or death struggle was in progress. Happy, handsome Paul Van Dusen, age 15, had just lost the first skirmish with the dreaded foe called cancer.
Paul loved life. He excelled in sports. He and his parents hoped, then prayed, that the doc ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- Counselor in the First Presidency
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The story of the Willie and Martin handcart companies who were rescued by the efforts of the Mormon community after becoming trapped in the snows of Wyoming in 1856.
I had occasion the other evening to do a little research on the Willie and Martin handcart companies of 1856. There were more than a thousand in those companies, converts to the Church from Scandinavia and the British Isles. They were late in arriving in the States, and dangerously late in leaving Iowa City to begin the long walk to this valley. They became trapped in the snows of Wyoming. Fortunately they were passed on the way by several missionaries who were returning from England and who, wh ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- Counselor in the First Presidency
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The story of two women, once close friends, who became estranged after one was involved in an accident that led to the death of the other's child.
I think of two women, once the closest of friends. The one, through an accident of which she was innocent, became in effect a party to the death of a child of the other. It is difficult to say which of those women suffered the most over the death of that child. The one who was not the mother, but who was involved in the accident that led to the fatality, has grieved and wept these many years, not only for the child who was lost and for her part in the tragic situation, but perhaps even more over ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- Counselor in the First Presidency
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The example of Sister Camilla Eyring Kimball, who demonstrated loyalty, love, and care for her husband during his illness, and who has been a lifelong learner and helper to others.
Now in conclusion, I should like to say a word or two about one who stands as an example to all of us. I speak of Sister Camilla Eyring Kimball. During these past weeks I have seen her frequently as she has stood by the side of her husband day and night during the illness which he has suffered. Her loyalty to him, the evidence of her unflagging love for him, her tender care of him, have become as the threads of a beautiful tapestry. Her prayers in his behalf, her pleadings with the Lord, have be ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The founding of the Relief Society in Nauvoo, Illinois, where sisters gathered to unite their strength and help build the Nauvoo Temple and provide aid to those in need.
One hundred and fifty years ago, sisters in Nauvoo, Illinois, the city called Beautiful, felt a need to be organized. They desired, as we do now, to be a force for good. For them, it was to help build the Nauvoo Temple and to extend a hand filled with help"”needles to make shirts, spoons to stir food, pens to write poetry, cloths to soothe a feverish child. Our roots are in that small community that thrives even today as a historic restoration. And there is much we share with our sisters of ea ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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Bathsheba Smith, one of the youngest women at the first Relief Society meeting, later became its fourth general president and was known for her peaceful blessings during home visits.
One of the youngest women in attendance at the first meeting of sisters was Bathsheba Smith, who served many years later as the fourth general president of the Relief Society. She had been well trained in those Nauvoo years and was known later for concluding her home visits"”both social and compassionate"”with the words, "Peace be unto thee, peace to this house." (Woman"™s Exponent, Sept. 1910, p. 18; see also 1 Sam. 25:6)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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Women of the Relief Society in the past have been involved in various acts of service, such as gleaning wheat, establishing a hospital, and providing sisterly support across the world.
There are many Bathsheba Smiths in this world, many pioneering women who speak peace and give life to the Relief Society motto, "Charity Never Faileth." 1 Cor. 13:8 In times past, more than one generation gleaned wheat in aprons and stored it in their own granaries, putting it to good use when the need came.
And it did. Other sisters promoted health and nursing, establishing a hospital. Today, old and new blend as dedicated women bring sisterly support and love, keeping their appointed visits ... (continued)
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"Charity Never Faileth"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The Relief Society received a global response when they asked for pictures of women living the gospel, highlighting the unity and diversity of the sisterhood.
A year ago, in preparation for this great event, we asked members all around the world to send us pictures of women living the gospel in their daily lives. The response was dramatic! Folders came from all over the world. Some pictures were individually wrapped in tissues; some were priceless historical photographs; some sisters sent whole pages of scrapbooks. Some photographs were professionally done and some taken just with the family camera. Many included notes written in the native languages. ... (continued)
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"Charity Suffereth Long"
Aileen H. Clyde
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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The speaker's mother read to him and his disabled brother, Howard, expanding their understanding through books, including the scriptures.
One of the great blessings of my childhood was that my mother spent significant time reading to me and my younger brother Howard. She had a great sense of the importance of good books, and she used them to teach and entertain us. This all served to expand our limited young lives to matters far beyond our daily experience. The reading had begun when I was a runabout preschooler and Howard, who had been born with severe physical disabilities and could not run about, needed special attention. The b ... (continued)
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"Charity Suffereth Long"
Aileen H. Clyde
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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Howard interrupts their mother's reading of a scripture on charity to ask what charity is, leading to a discussion on the importance of good questions and the lifelong search for understanding.
One day Mother read: "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. "¦
"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
"Charity never faileth."1 Cor. 13:4, 7"“8see alsoMoro. 7:45"“46
Howard interrupted the reading, as he often did, with a question, "Whatischarity?" He wanted to know the meaning of what we had just heard; I was still caught up in the way it sounded. I only wanted to go on with t ... (continued)
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"Charity Suffereth Long"
Aileen H. Clyde
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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The speaker reflects on the parable of the Good Samaritan and how it teaches us to see and love our neighbors in unexpected ways, as exemplified by Christ's teachings.
The scriptures give us examples of other questioners whose queries taught them new ways to think about love. In the twenty-second chapter of Matthew, Christ was asked by a Pharisee who wanted to trick him, what was thegreatestcommandment. Christ answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. "¦
"And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."Matt. 22:37, 39
In Luke"™s record, the lawyer who had asked t ... (continued)
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"Charity Suffereth Long"
Aileen H. Clyde
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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The speaker shares the stories of Julia Mavimbela and Sister Srilaxana, who exemplified Christ's love through their actions, serving and uplifting their communities.
A striking feature of the effect of a deepened understanding of Christ"™s love is how such comprehension dignifies and lifts the individual to action. Julia Mavimbela, a Church member in Soweto, South Africa, tells how her conversion brought her from bitterness at her life"™s circumstances to faith and strength to help those around her and beyond her. She taught gardening to relieve hunger, and she organized women for peace to calm their strife-torn country.
In Thailand in the late 1970s, Si ... (continued)
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"Chastity"”Fundamental to Our Civilization"
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The story of the daughters of Zion in Isaiah's prophecy, who were guilty of improprieties in dress in the latter days.
The Prophet Isaiah without question saw our day, for he speaks of the daughters of Zion who, in the latter days, would be guilty of all kinds of improprieties in their dress. I will not quote what he said, but if any are curious enough and wish to read it you will find it in the third chapter of Isaiah, verses sixteen to the endIsa. 3:16-26
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"Chastity"”Fundamental to Our Civilization"
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The story of Adam and Eve's children being influenced by Satan after being commanded not to believe their parents' teachings, leading to widespread sin.
It was not long after Adam and Eve had children who began to pair off and establish families that the influence of Satan was felt, and the sons and daughters forgot the teachings of their parents. We read that Satan came among them saying: "I am also a son of God", and he commanded them to believe not the teachings of their parents, and the record informs us that from that time forth men became, ". . . carnal, sensual, and devilish"Moses 5:13
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"Chastity"”Fundamental to Our Civilization"
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The story of the Fall of Adam and Eve, explaining that it was a necessary step for them to have posterity and know joy, good and evil, and redemption.
Moreover, the fall was not the terrible mistake which so many have been led to believe. It is customary in the religious world to speak of the fall as "man's shameful fall," leaving the impression that had Adam refused to partake of the fruit, he and Eve and their posterity would have lived in eternal bliss and harmony. The fact is clear, however, had Adam not partaken he and Eve would have lived alone without posterity. Therefore the fall was a necessity, and this was clearly stated by Mother E ... (continued)
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"Chastity"”Fundamental to Our Civilization"
President Joseph Fielding Smith
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The story of the children of Israel being taught by the Lord to respect their bodies and not expose them improperly, with a specific commandment about clothing.
When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, the Lord gave them many commandments. Among these commandments he taught the Israelites that their bodies were sacred and that they should not be improperly exposed. Among these instructions we find this necessary commandment: "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God"Deut. 22:5
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"Children Are an Heritage of the Lord"
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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The speaker recounts how he gently separated his two young sons who were wrestling and called the older one a 'monkey,' to which the boy seriously protested that he was 'a person,' teaching the speaker about the individual worth of children.
"I'm a person"
Some years ago two of our little boys were wrestling on the rug before the fireplace. They had reached the pitch—you know the one—where laughter turns to tears and play becomes a struggle. I worked a foot gently between them and lifted the older boy (then just four years of age? to a sitting position on the rug, saying, "Hey there, you monkey, you had better settle down." He folded his little arms and looked at me with surprising seriousness. His little boy feelings ... (continued)
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"Children Are an Heritage of the Lord"
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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The speaker shares a humorous story of a ward marshal in a pioneer settlement who hid behind a tree to monitor teenagers in a buggy, only to realize that his own presence was the inappropriate element in the situation.
In the days of the pioneer settlements, it was not uncommon to have a ward marshal whose assignment it was, under the direction of the bishop, to maintain orderly conduct among the teenagers.
On a Sunday evening after sacrament meeting, the ward marshal at the little settlement of Corinne came upon a buggy with some teenagers. Since it was his responsibility to check on the young people, he stealthily crept near the buggy to see just what was going on. He managed to reach a rather insufficient t ... (continued)
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"Children Are an Heritage of the Lord"
Elder Boyd K. Packer
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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The speaker narrates a touching story of a seven-year-old girl who thought she was giving her life to save her brother through a blood transfusion, showing the deep love and sacrifice children are capable of.
"When do I die?"
President Joseph T. Bentley presided over the Mexican Mission. I recall hearing him tell an incident that happened, I think, somewhere in Mexico. An 11-year-old boy had been seriously injured in an automobile accident. By the time they got him to the doctor, he was dying from loss of blood. In looking for a donor for an emergency transfusion, the doctor decided on the boy's seven-year-old sister. He explained to the little girl that her brother was dying and asked whether she wo ... (continued)
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"Choose the Right"
Elder L. Tom Perry
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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A mission president in New Zealand wears a special CTR tie tack given to him by a Navajo bishop, which reminds him and others to make the right choices.
On a recent trip to New Zealand, I met with a mission president who wore a beautiful tie tack with the inspiring CTR, or "Choose the Right," emblem. I had the impression that there must be a story behind this unique CTR pin. When I returned home, I wrote him a thank-you letter and asked him about his tie tack. I received this answer:
"You are very perceptive. Yes, there is a story behind the tie tack I"™m wearing. I have a number of tie tacks I really prize. They have been gifts from my chil ... (continued)
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