"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Joseph F. Merrill warns against the dangers of temptation and the importance of avoiding precarious situations.
I can hear Dr. Joseph F. Merrill saying: "No one ever falls over a precipice who never goes
near one."
Do not tempt temptation. None of us knows his own strength. We should not flit around the
edge of anything that we should not flit around the edge of, unless we want to hazard what
hanging too near the edge hazards. Do not tempt temptation.
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"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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George Albert Smith encourages giving the Lord a chance and staying on the Lord's side.
I can hear President George Albert Smith: "Give the Lord a chance," and "Keep on the Lord's
side of the line."
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"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Albert E. Bowen emphasizes that the religion is centered on Jesus Christ and promises eternal life and salvation.
I thought of Brother Albert E. Bowen, a choice spirit with a profound mind, and from the last talk he gave at a general conference, I have taken these sentences:
Our religion comprehends more than just the ethical code. It contains a body of principles, through the observance of which we are promised the great reward of eternal life and salvation in the kingdom of God . . . It all centers in Jesus the Christ. Our religion comprises the teachings and life and actions of Jesus of Nazare ... (continued)
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"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Adam S. Bennion delivers a baccalaureate address emphasizing belief in a divine Creator.
Dr. Adam S. Bennion"”this bench this day is a lonelier place without his sitting beside us.
To say that he is much missed would be an acute understatement. You may recall his most
outstanding University baccalaureate address in the stadium under the starlight, some six or
seven years ago, with the hills to the east in their beauty catching the last tints of the sunset:
Here in the shadow of these everlasting hills I bring you no argument"”I bring you a
conviction. A conviction that we and t ... (continued)
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"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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John A. Widtsoe shares wisdom on trust, looking forward, and the importance of enduring to the end.
I could not think of the voices and faces of the past without thinking of my beloved friend
who (with Dr. James E. Talmage) was my mission president, Dr. John A. Widtsoe. I can hear
him say many times: "I would rather go through life trusting my fellow men, and have a few
of them disappoint me, than to go through life mistrusting everyone."
I can hear him say to the discouraged, to the penitent, to those who are weighted with
problems and weighted with sin: "Look up, not down. Look forward, not ... (continued)
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"Life and Peace and Voices from the Past"
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Heber J. Grant emphasizes the importance of persistence and shares a personal letter on avoiding temptation.
I can hear the voice of President Grant ringing out here, and I can almost hear him thumping
the pulpit: "That which we persist in doing becomes easy to do; not that the nature of the
thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased."
I have quoted many times a letter of President Grant's which his family republished parts of,
with other quotations, on the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth a year ago last
November, a letter he wrote from Japan as a young man, in 1903, from
which th ... (continued)
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"Like a Watered Garden"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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President Howard W. Hunter's grandson learned about the cost of the gospel when he paid his full tithing of 14 cents and remarked that it 'sure costs a lot of money.'
Then take your children to tithing settlement with you, just as President Howard W. Hunter"™s grandson was taken with his father several years ago. In that experience the bishop indicated his pleasure in young Brother Hunter"™s wanting to pay a full tithing. In the process of receiving the coins, he asked the lad if he thought the gospel were true. As the boy handed over his full tithing of 14 cents, this seven-year-old said he guessed the gospel was true but "it sure costs a lot of money."� ... (continued)
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"Like a Watered Garden"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Mary Fielding Smith, after losing her husband and facing poverty, insisted on paying tithing on her potato harvest, declaring her need for a blessing and her expectation that by paying tithing, the Lord would provide for her family.
Second, pay your tithing to rightfully claim the blessings promised those who do so. "Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it."4Mal. 3:10After she lost her husband in the martyrdom at Nauvoo and made her way west with five fatherless children, Mary Fielding Smith continued in her poverty to pay tithing. When someone at the tithing office inappropriately suggested ... (continued)
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"Like a Watered Garden"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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President Spencer W. Kimball recounted the story of a wealthy man who took pride in his possessions but refused to pay tithing on them, and at his funeral, it was noted that in the end, he left all his wealth behind, being buried in a plot of land that fit his body.
President Spencer W. Kimball once spoke of a man who prided himself on his vast acreage and remarkable holdings"”groves and vineyards, herds and fields, ponds and homes and possessions of every kind. He prided himself on these, but to the end of his life was unwilling to tithe on them or even acknowledge that they were gifts from God. President Kimball then spoke at the man"™s funeral, noting that this land baron was laid to rest in an oblong piece of soil measuring "the length of a tall man ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Carlos E. Asay
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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A man enslaved by alcohol lost his health, pride, and family love until unselfish people helped him reform, nourish his soul with God's word, and regain his role as a husband and father.
I knew of a man who never looked up; consequently, he never lived—he just existed. Over a period of years this man became a slave to alcohol. Drink by drink he accumulated all the miserable habits and characteristics of a drunkard. He walked the streets in a stupor of mind and with an unsteady step. When greeted by friends passing by, his response was a feeble wave of the hand or an almost inaudible grunt. Physically, he was a wreck.
To avoid people and conversation, this alcoholic would ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Carlos E. Asay
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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A young man struggling with his church assignment needed to hear the voice of God, which was then shown to him through the scriptures, changing his perspective.
Some years ago I supervised a young man who was having difficulty in understanding and appreciating his church assignment. I tried very hard to point out the importance of his duties. I also appealed to his sense of honor. The conversation seemed to have little effect upon my listener. Finally, after some inner strugglings, I asked: “What will it take to convince you that you must successfully complete your calling?†He did not answer. So I added: “Are you waiting to see a burn ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Carlos E. Asay
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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A Hawaiian man initially rejected two missionaries but became excited and converted when he learned they had a message from a living prophet.
Near the turn of the century two missionaries approached a mountain village in one of the Hawaiian Islands. A man standing near his hut saw them coming and said to his children who stood nearby, “Run down the hill and tell those men to go back. We are not interested in what they are preaching.†The children obeyed their father.
The missionaries, however, continued up the hill. Upon reaching the crest, they walked to the father and said, “We do not mean to be rude. But we have t ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Carlos E. Asay
- Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
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The Israelites were bitten by fiery serpents for complaining, but those who looked upon the brass serpent Moses made were healed, symbolizing the need to look to Christ for salvation.
As the children of Israel journeyed in the wilderness toward the land of Edom, they became discouraged and spoke against God and Moses, their leader. So “the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people,†and they bit the complainers and many died. In time, the people recognized their folly and pleaded with Moses, saying: “We have sinned … against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from usâ€Num. 21:6–7
Moses did pray in ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Seventy
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The talk references the sorrows of a lonely life and violent expressions of suffering, such as drive-by shootings and children bringing guns to school, as contemporary issues akin to the 'Black Plague'.
We know that some of the world"™s most painful suffering is done in silence, in the sorrow of a lonely life. But some of it has more violent expression. Millions around the world are, as one observer put it, "angry, armed and dangerous." In too many cities, drive-by shootings are becoming as common as drive-through laundries, and too many youngsters are packing a gun to school the way they used to pack a lunch.
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Seventy
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The talk describes the weeping of God as he looks upon the suffering of his children, as recorded in the exchange between Enoch and the Lord in the book of Moses.
Could there be a more tender scene than this exchange recorded by Moses?
"And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; "¦
"And Enoch said unto the Lord: How is it that thou canst weep, seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity? "¦ [How is it thou canst weep?]
"The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, "¦ and "¦ gave I unto man his ag ... (continued)
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"Look to God and Live"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Seventy
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The story of Katie Lewis, a four-year-old girl, who comforted her mother with a crumpled sheaf of papers saying 'Trust Jesus' during a time when her mother was weary and worried about her older brother Jimmie's battle with leukemia.
Katie Lewis is my neighbor. Her father, Randy, is my bishop; her mother, Melanie, is a saint. And her older brother, Jimmie, is battling leukemia.
Sister Lewis recently recounted for me the unspeakable fear and grief that came to their family when Jimmie"™s illness was diagnosed. She spoke of the tears and the waves of sorrow that any mother would experience with a prognosis as grim as Jimmie"™s was. But like the faithful Latter-day Saints they are, the Lewises turned to God with urgency and ... (continued)
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"Lord, I Believe"
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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A father of an afflicted child approached Jesus' disciples for a blessing for his son but they couldn't help. Desperate, he asked Jesus for help, expressing both belief and unbelief.
On one occasion Jesus came upon a group arguing vehemently with His disciples. When the Savior inquired as to the cause of this contention, the father of an afflicted child stepped forward, saying he had approached Jesus"™s disciples for a blessing for his son, but they were not able to provide it. With the boy still gnashing his teeth, foaming from the mouth, and thrashing on the ground in front of them, the father appealed to Jesus with what must have been last-resort desperation in his voic ... (continued)
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"Lord, Increase Our Faith"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker recounts meeting a man in a nation with no Church members, who discovered the Church through an old encyclopedia and desired baptism after studying its teachings.
Let me tell you of an experience I had with one of our Area Presidents. We were in a land where, to our knowledge, there was not a member of the Church among the millions of that nation.
There was a man who knew of the Church and desired baptism. He had been a longtime student of the Bible. He belonged to a Christian church but was not satisfied. The thought came into his mind that he should belong to a church that carried the name of the Savior. In an old encyclopedia in a public library, he fo ... (continued)
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"Lord, Increase Our Faith"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker reflects on the shaken faith of some members due to forged documents and emphasizes the steadfastness of the majority who relied on the Holy Ghost for their testimony.
As most of you know, in the last four or five years we have passed through an interesting episode in the history of the Church. There came into our hands two letters that were seized upon by the media when we announced them. They were trumpeted across much of the world as documents that would challenge the authenticity of the Church. In announcing them we stated that they really had nothing to do with the essentials of our history. But some few of little faith, who seemingly are always quick to ... (continued)
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"Lord, Increase Our Faith"
President Gordon B. Hinckley
- First Counselor in the First Presidency
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The speaker shares his experiences witnessing the growth of the Church in Asia from small beginnings to large, faithful congregations, emphasizing the role of faith in this expansion.
In 1960, only twenty-seven years ago, I was given an assignment by the First Presidency to work with the mission presidents, the missionaries, and the Saints in Asia. The Church was weak and small in that part of the earth. The seed had been planted in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea by faithful Latter-day Saints in military service. But it was tiny and unstable. We had no buildings of our own. We met as small groups in rented houses. In winter they were cold and uncomfortable. Converts came into the C ... (continued)
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