"Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother"
Elder Lino Alvarez
- Of the Seventy
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The speaker describes a poignant moment when his father gave him a blessing upon receiving a new priesthood assignment, asking for the Holy Spirit to accompany him and his family.
After having been set apart to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy, I, with my wife and one of our children, visited my father. We asked him to give me a blessing, something which I have always striven to do when I have received a new priesthood assignment. He laid his hands upon my head and gave me a short but grand blessing. He said, "Son, I bless you that the Holy Spirit may accompany you, your wife, and your children in everything you do." What more could I wish for?
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"Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time"
Elder Quentin L. Cook
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts a harrowing experience of being caught in a snowstorm with his two young sons while driving over the Donner Pass summit.
Last winter my daughter had a white-knuckle experience driving in a severe snowstorm. She reminded me of a similar situation I had with my two sons many years ago. My youngest son, Joe, was three years old, and my son Larry was six. We were traveling by car from San Francisco to Utah in June. The weather had been very good.
As we started our ascent to the Donner Pass summit in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, suddenly and without warning an enormous snowstorm hit us. None of the drivers was prepared ... (continued)
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"Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time"
Elder Quentin L. Cook
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker shares the contrasting feelings of two LDS pioneer women, Helen Mar Whitney and Bathsheba Smith, as they left Nauvoo and faced the challenges of their journey.
Near the time Dickens was writing his novel, the heroic efforts of the early Saints who settled the Intermountain West were occurring.
Even with their common faith, the Saints had experienced much hardship and approached the evacuation of Nauvoo with very different expectations. Some looked forward with optimism, others with concern. Two excellent examples are presented by Helen Mar Whitney and Bathsheba Smith. Both have left compelling records of their feelings.
Sister Whitney recorded her expe ... (continued)
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"Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time"
Elder Quentin L. Cook
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Ellen Yates experienced the tragic loss of her husband in a car accident and found comfort and solidarity with the mother of the young man who caused the accident.
Let me share with you the true account of one sister, Ellen Yates from Grantsville, Utah. Early in October, 10 years ago, she kissed her husband, Leon, good-bye as he left to go to work in Salt Lake City. This would be the last time she would see Leon alive. He had a collision with a young man 20 years of age who was late for his first job and had tried to pass a slower vehicle, resulting in a head-on collision that killed them both instantly. Sister Yates said that after two compassionate highw ... (continued)
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"How Is It with Us?"
Elder M. Russell Ballard
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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President Lorenzo Snow reflected on the Church's trials and growth during the opening of the 70th annual conference in 1900, questioning why the Latter-day Saints endured persecution and hardships.
One hundred years ago, President Lorenzo Snow stood in the Tabernacle to open the 70th annual conference of the Church. It was the first conference of the 1900s, and it came at the end of a period of great trial and tribulation for the Church. Total Church membership then was approaching 300,000, with the majority of those members living in Utah.
On Friday, April 6, 1900, President Snow said: "The Lord has prospered us amazingly, and we are doing large things at the present time. "¦ Now that we ... (continued)
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker discusses the issue of people in the Church who know the commandments but choose not to repent and follow them, likening it to the rejection of the Savior.
And then there are some in some in the Church who ought to know better, who have the commandments of God, but will not repent, but are wilful and stubborn. Even though the blessings of God are offered to them, they turn their faces, and each one goes in his own way.
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The Savior was rejected by the people during his ministry, despite his miracles and teachings, leading to a moment where he lamented over Jerusalem's stubbornness and refusal to accept his care.
When the Savior came in the flesh and labored among men this prophecy was literally fulfilled. He was despised and rejected of men. The people did turn their faces from him, and they did go their own way. They rejected him as they rejected his teachings, and it grieved him. One day as he stood in their capital city, he said,
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathe ... (continued)
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the stubbornness and willfulness of people today, comparing it to the rejection of the Savior, and asks if we are similarly turning away from God's teachings.
As I have read that scripture from time to time, I have often wondered about its application to us who live today. I have often wondered whether the Lord cries out to us, disappointed at our disobedience, saying, 'How oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not' (seeMatt. 23:37How many of us are stubborn? How many of us are selfish and wilful, and turn our faces from him, and would rather not obey him?
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker provides statistics on the expenditures for liquor and tobacco in Utah, comparing them to potential positive investments, to illustrate the community's rejection of the Word of Wisdom.
EXPENDITURES FOR LIQUOR AND TOBACCO
Ten years ago in the state of Utah, eleven million dollars was spent for alcoholic beverages and tobacco. In 1950 that figure was up three hundred percent. It reached nearly thirty-four million dollars. In 1948 the figure reached nearly thirty-five million dollars.
What will thirty-five million dollars buy? The last temple built by the Church was that at Idaho Falls. A temple like that could be built in forty-two states of the Union with the amount of money th ... (continued)
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker discusses the high crime rates and moral decline in the United States, suggesting that the nation is not heeding the warnings and guidance of God.
CONDITION OF THE NATION
What about the nation? A century ago the Lord offered the American people a blessing if they would repent. In a revelation given over a hundred years ago, the Lord said concerning the American people:
. . . I will gather them as a hen gathereth her chickens, under her wings, if they will not harden their hearts;
Yea, if they will come, they may, and partake of the waters of life freelyD&C 10:65-67
It is estimated that the total crime bill for the United States l ... (continued)
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the world's rejection of the teachings of the Prince of Peace, despite the calamities and warnings that have been sent to urge nations to turn to God.
What about the world at large? In their blindness, the nations cry for peace but at the same time they reject the teachings of the Prince of Peace. The Lord spoke to the nations in a modern revelation and said this:
O, ye nations of the earth, how often would I have gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not! How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunder ... (continued)
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"How oft would I have Gathered You"”"
Elder Mark E. Petersen
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker calls on Latter-day Saints to consider if they are heeding the Lord's call to be gathered and nurtured, as prophesied in the scriptures.
POSITION OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Latter-day Saints, what is your position? Are you willing to hearken unto the Lord your God who cries out to you and would nurture you and gather you together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings? The Lord said something to you also about this:
Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the Great I Am, whose arm of mercy hath atoned for your sins:
Who will gather his people even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, even as many a ... (continued)
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"How Often Would I Have Gathered Thee..."
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker pays tribute to two great men, Apostle Callis and Bishop Ashton, who have passed away, noting their love for their fellow men and their efforts to alleviate the troubles of others.
TRIBUTE TO CHARLES A. CALLIS AND MARVIN O. ASHTON
We miss this morning from our presence two great men, Apostle Callis, whose greatest love was his fellow men and his desire and purpose to spread among them the truths of the revealed gospel of this last dispensation: the other, Bishop Ashton, who loved men as much as did Apostle Callis, whose troubles, the troubles of men and women, appealed to him, and always he did all that he could do, that lay within his power to do, to alleviate those troub ... (continued)
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"How Often Would I Have Gathered Thee..."
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker recounts the story of Jesus mourning over Jerusalem, expressing his desire to gather the children of Jerusalem as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and their refusal.
THE SAVIOR'S MOURNING OVER JERUSALEM
When the Savior was just leaving Trans-Jordan to come into Jerusalem to be crucified, the Pharisees came to him and told him that Herod was seeking to kill him. And speaking of Herod as "that fox"Luke 13:32the Savior said: Tell him that the sick are healed and that the blind see. Tell him that I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, "for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem"Luke 13:33
And the mention of Jerusalem seemed to have awakene ... (continued)
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"How Often Would I Have Gathered Thee..."
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker reflects on the history of God's dealings with mankind, highlighting His patience and forgiveness through various prophets and events, and lamenting the people's repeated failures to live up to His commandments, including the United Order.
LOVE AND FORGIVENESS MANIFESTED BY JESUS
Ever since the world was, he has offered us opportunities to serve him. He has tried to have us live righteously. He has forgiven, over and over again. He has tried to bring us back to him. Enoch, Noah, Moses"”think of how patient he was with Israel, the destruction of the firstborn of Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, the providing of the manna, the striking of the rock in the wilderness. When it came to the time of the Savior himself, think how he t ... (continued)
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"How Often Would I Have Gathered Thee..."
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker advises against focusing on the monetary challenges faced by the Church and encourages action to meet the needs of the community, drawing on the biblical warning against taking a census.
TIMELY ADVICE
I do not need to belabor the need we have or that we are likely to see grow greater, particularly in this country with unemployment coming on. We shall all need help, even those, perhaps, with the most. Yesterday's sermons told of the needs of our brothers and sisters who are in foreign lands. Are we going to meet this challenge and provide for those who are in need of help or are we going to let matters go and take up our time complaining?
I want to repeat the suggestion I have ma ... (continued)
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"However Faint the Light May Glow"
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The parable of the prodigal son, where the younger son, feeling overshadowed by his older brother, asks for his inheritance and leaves home to start anew, only to waste his fortune and return home in humility.
The Savior said, "A certain man had two sons."Luke 15:11The younger of the two sons seemed always to be in the shadow of his older, more mature brother. Compliments would come freely to the older brother. His age and size were in his favor; he could work harder. The younger son, always compared to his older brother, never quite measured up. He tired more quickly, did not get all the work done, and probably had a fairly poor self-image. He may, have determined that the "system" was against hi ... (continued)
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"However Faint the Light May Glow"
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The younger son squanders his inheritance on riotous living and, after a famine, finds himself in dire poverty, which leads him to a moment of self-realization and the decision to return to his father.
The younger brother "gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country."Luke 15:13 He may have intended to do something honorable. However, he found, after arriving in the distant city in a far country, people did not just automatically gather round and make him welcome. He was in a predicament, no influence and no friends. True friends must be earned, others can be bought. The younger son found that flies are attracted by honey. He began to flash his inheritance around. The flies ... (continued)
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"However Faint the Light May Glow"
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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Upon the prodigal son's return, his father welcomes him with open arms and celebrates his return, while the older brother feels resentment for the attention and rewards his younger brother receives.
In the despair of this great, humbling experience, the young man "came to himself, [and] he said, How many hired servants of my father"™s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! "I will arise and go to my father, and [I] will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, "And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. "And he arose, and came to his father."Luke 15:17"“20 It is possible that he rehearsed the speech ... (continued)
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"Hunger for Religion"
Elder Stephen L Richards
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The author discusses a critical article by Mr. Edmund Fuller that criticizes the trend of substituting psychological optimism for the real Christian religion, and the author agrees with the criticism but believes Mr. Fuller is only partially informed about true Christianity.
Some time ago a member of my family sent to me a critical article written by Mr. Edmund Fuller in a publication called Saturday Review. The criticism of the writer is directed against the effort made to satisfy what the author designates as "general religious hunger," with books, articles, and public appearances of nationally advertised individuals, carrying on a propaganda for what is characterized as (these are quoted) "the good life," "peace of mind," "positive thinking," and "successful" or ... (continued)
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