"I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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Prominent visitors to the office of the First Presidency praised the Church's welfare program and humanitarian efforts, but did not mention the great pioneer journey.
We receive many prominent visitors in the office of the First Presidency. They include heads of state and ambassadors of nations. A few weeks ago, we entertained the mayor of one of the great cities of the world. We have, likewise, recently entertained the vice president and the ambassador of Ecuador, the ambassador from Lithuania, the ambassador from Belarus, and others. In our conversations not one of these visitors mentioned the great pioneer journey of our forebears. But each of them, indepe ... (continued)
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"I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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Volunteers in Rupert, Idaho, worked on the Welfare Farm, harvesting sugar beets for the Church's storehouses.
A recent issue of theChurch Newscarried the story of a group of farmers in a small Idaho community. May I read briefly from that account?
"It is 6 a.m. in late October, and frost already hangs in the air over the sugar beet fields of Rupert, Idaho.
"The long arms of the "˜beeters"™ stretch out over twelve rows, slicing the tops off sugar beets. Behind them, the harvesters thrust their steel fingers into the soil and scoop up the beets, pulling them up toward a belt and into a waiting truck.
" ... (continued)
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"I Was an Hungred, and Ye Gave Me Meat"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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Neil Darlington, a retired chemical engineer, and his wife served as missionaries in Ghana, drilling wells and providing water for 190,000 people.
Neil Darlington is a chemical engineer who worked for a large industrial company in Ghana. Eventually, he retired.
He and his wife were then called as a missionary couple. They were sent to Ghana. Brother Darlington says, "In areas of famine, disease, and social unrest, we were there as representatives of the Church, extending a helping hand to the destitute, the hungry, the distressed."
In small villages they drilled new wells and repaired old ones. Those of us who have fresh, clean water in ... (continued)
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"I Was in Prison, and Ye Came Unto Me"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
- Of the Presiding Bishopric
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The speaker attended a graduation at the Utah State Prison where inmates participated in an LDS Institute of Religion program, and two men, Jim and Ed, had life-changing experiences through the program.
I recently witnessed the evidence of this truth in a most unusual setting. May I share it with you? In June of this year I was invited to attend a graduation exercise conducted by the LDS Institute of Religion and Church Social Services Department held at the Utah State Prison. Seventeen men received certificates of award: nine received their first-year certificates, five their second-year, and three their third. Twenty-four others had participated in religion classes but did not quite qualify f ... (continued)
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"I Was in Prison, and Ye Came Unto Me"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
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Jim, a former military member and convict, found a new purpose in life through the LDS chaplain and religious programs in prison, leading to personal improvement and aspirations for baptism and Church membership.
The first one we will call Jim. Jim comes from a distant state. He is a fine-looking, clean-cut young man not quite thirty years old. He was one of those who opposed the establishment and society in general. He came from a broken home. He had experienced no love in his life. He left home at age seventeen and joined the army. After release from the military, he wandered about the country without goal or purpose in life, finally finding himself in Salt Lake City. He was involved in a theft, arrest ... (continued)
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"I Was in Prison, and Ye Came Unto Me"
Bishop Victor L. Brown
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Ed, a repeat offender since childhood, embraced the Church's teachings, faced ridicule from other inmates, and found a sense of family with his home teachers, leading to his baptism and a profound emotional transformation.
And now about Ed. Ed also comes from a distant city. Ed started stealing when he was nine. He was arrested for auto theft at age thirteen, later convicted of grand larceny, and sent to prison in another state. He came to Utah, was arrested for and convicted of grand larceny again, and was sent to the Utah State Prison.
Ed became acquainted with the Church social services program conducted in the prison in much the same way as Jim. Once when Ed was on his way to one of the Church meetings, some o ... (continued)
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"I Will "¦ Pour You Out a Blessing"
Elder Henry D. Taylor
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A frustrated person struggles to make ends meet due to constant financial adjustments.
One frustrated person remarked: "I just get my affairs to the point where I think that I can make ends meet when something breaks loose in the middle."
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"I Will "¦ Pour You Out a Blessing"
Elder Henry D. Taylor
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President Joseph F. Smith recounts his mother, Mary Smith, widow of Hyrum Smith, faithfully paying tithing with potatoes during a time of scarcity.
In the early days of the Church there was a good and faithful woman, Mary Smith, widow of the martyred patriarch Hyrum Smith. She firmly believed in the promises of the Lord. Her son, Joseph F., and her grandson, Joseph Fielding, lived to become presidents of the Church. President Joseph F. Smith related an incident that occurred when he was a 10-year-old boy:
"I recollect most vividly," he said, "a circumstance that occurred in the days of my childhood. My mother was a widow with a large fami ... (continued)
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"I Will "¦ Pour You Out a Blessing"
Elder Henry D. Taylor
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Elder Matthew Cowley shares an experience with a faithful Maori sister who paid her tithing in advance due to infrequent visits from the priesthood.
I recall sitting in this historical Tabernacle back on October 1948 when the semi-annual conference of the Church was in session. Elder Matthew Cowley of the Council of the Twelve was speaking. He related an incident that made a deep and lasting impression on me. While serving as president of the New Zealand Mission he visited a good Maori sister who sincerely believed and observed the principle of tithing. Brother Cowley told of this experience in these words:
"Now, on one occasion I called in ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker shares his appreciation for his wife's support throughout their marriage and her strength despite her own heavy load.
I want to publicly express my love and heartfelt gratitude to my wonderful wife, the mother of our nine children, who has been at my side for almost forty-five years. She has been such a source of strength and has always sustained me in my Church callings, even though her load has been very heavy with her own callings and the responsibility of motherhood and the home.
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker acknowledges the support and love from his extended family and the joy his grandchildren bring to his life.
I feel great appreciation for the wholehearted support which I have always had from my parents and extended family. To my own dear children, their wives and husbands, and our twenty-seven (as of 8:25 this morning) beautiful grandchildren, I express my love and appreciation for their tremendous support, for their faith and prayers in our behalf, and for all the joy and happiness that they have brought into our lives.
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker recalls attending general conference as a young boy, seeing President Heber J. Grant, and aspiring to join the Tabernacle Choir for a comfortable seat.
I can remember as if it were yesterday the first time that I attended general conference. I was just a young boy, and my wonderful parents brought me to the Tabernacle so that I could have a special, spiritual experience early in my life. We sat in the balcony here at the left of the podium, where I could look down directly at the General Authorities.
It was a great thrill for me to see President Heber J. Grant for the first time. I particularly remember how President Grant joined in the congreg ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker expresses his feelings upon receiving an unexpected calling from President Thomas S. Monson and reflects on the significance of a scripture from Nephi.
I have been so humbled by this unexpected calling, and I do not have the vocabulary to express how I felt when President Thomas S. Monson issued my call. Certainly the words of Nephi took on a significance for me that I had never before felt:
"I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts his involvement in the growth of the Church in Brazil and the story of President Eraldo dos Santos, a faithful member who became a successful leader.
I am grateful for my assignment in the Brazil Area Presidency with Elder Gibbons and Elder Camargo and the opportunity to serve once again with the warm, wonderful people of Brazil. I have been especially blessed in being involved in various ways in the growth of the Church there over the last forty-eight years and have seen that growth go from fewer than 200 members in 1940 to more than 250,000 members today.
As we attend the various stake conferences, it is thrilling to meet the young leaders ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do "¦"
Elder Lynn A. Sorensen
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The speaker reflects on his missionary experiences and shares a touching letter from Elder Costa, a Brazilian missionary, expressing his lasting memory of the speaker's testimony and love for the gospel.
Sister Sorensen and I recently had the opportunity to tour the new Fortaleza Mission. It took us back to our own missionary experiences. During his presidency, a mission president receives hundreds of weekly letters from his missionaries concerning many different subjects. Most of those I received were very spiritual, expressing the missionary"™s gratitude for the opportunity to serve the Lord and his testimony of the importance and truthfulness of the work. I have saved most of them. They are ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded"
Elder L. Tom Perry
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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The story of a family in the Book of Mormon who were instructed by the Lord to leave their city and possessions behind to avoid destruction, but had to return to retrieve essential records of their people and genealogy.
The first few pages of the Book of Mormon record an exciting story of a family living in an environment where wickedness abounded to such an extent the Lord sent his prophets to warn the people they must repent or face destruction. Troubled with this admonition, the father inquires of the Lord concerning the course he should follow to safeguard his family from the prophesied destruction. He was instructed to take his family and leave the city. The scriptures record: 'And it came to pass that he ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded"
Elder L. Tom Perry
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Ben Franklin's story as a lamplighter who made significant contributions to the city of Philadelphia and the United States, through his various civic projects and initiatives.
I marvel at the faith and courage of our early leaders. Among them were many lamplighters who carried the torch of freedom. Ben Franklin was one of them. He was born in Boston in 1706, the fifteenth child and the youngest son in a family of 17. His parents were hard-working and God-fearing folk. His father made soap and candles in a shop at the sign of the blue ball on Milk Street. Ben was permitted to attend school for only two years, but he made the most of that short school experience. At the ... (continued)
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"I Will Go and Do"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The speaker expresses gratitude for the influence of Sister Barbara Winder in her life and the support from her friends, neighbors, staff, and board members.
I acknowledge with deep gratitude the magnificent women who have preceded me in this call"”women like Sister Barbara Winder. I am grateful for her influence in my life. In my prayers each day I give thanks for the influence of many good people around me"”for friends, for caring neighbors, for the Young Women office staff, and for Sister Jayne Malan and the board members with whom I have a close and cherished relationship.
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"I Will Go and Do"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The speaker expresses her gratitude for her sister and Sister Ardeth Kapp, who have been supportive and influential in her life.
I give thanks for my sister, who is my friend. Blessed is she who has one like her and thrice blessed if more than one. Sister Ardeth Kapp is like a sister to me. I pay tribute to her as a great woman of vision, called by the Lord to lead the Young Women around the world at a most critical time. She has tutored me, encouraged me, and allowed me to grow. I have served happily as a counselor in the Young Women organization.
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"I Will Go and Do"
President Elaine L. Jack
- Relief Society General President
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The speaker acknowledges the support of her husband, Joe, who is devoted to the gospel and brings strength and stability into her life.
No one who is as committed to home and family and personal growth as I could serve in this calling without the love and support of a husband who is devoted to the gospel. Joe is devoted, and he brings great strength and stability into my life.
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