WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By Reyna I. Aburto
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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The speaker addresses sisters who feel they are not active in Relief Society because they serve in Primary or Young Women, affirming that they are among the most active members.
Some sisters have apologized to me, thinking they are not active members of Relief Society because they are serving in Primary or Young Women. Those sisters are among the most active members of Relief Society because they are helping our precious children and youth strengthen their faith in Jesus Christ.
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WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By Reyna I. Aburto
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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The speaker recounts attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the first time at age 26, feeling warmth and joy, and being baptized three weeks later.
After receiving an invitation to "come and see,"1[John 1:46see also Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Missionary Work: Sharing What Is in Your Heart,"EnsignorLiahona, May 2019, 15"“18; David A. Bednar, "Come and See,"EnsignorLiahona, Nov. 2014, 107"“10.]I attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the first time at the age of 26. I had recently separated from my first husband. I had a three-year-old boy. And I felt powerless with fear. When I entered the building, I was ... (continued)
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WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By Reyna I. Aburto
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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A friend in a difficult time shares how his bishop helped him financially through fast-offering funds, and the speaker emphasizes that the Church members are the ones providing this support.
While talking to a friend going through a difficult time, I asked how he was surviving financially. In tears, he replied that his bishop was helping him using fast-offering funds. He added, "I don"™t know where my family and I would be if it wasn"™t for the Church." I replied, "The Church is the members. They are the ones who willingly and joyfully give fast offerings to help those of us in need. You are receiving the fruits of their faith and determination to follow Jesus Christ."
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WeAre The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
By Reyna I. Aburto
- Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency
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A teenage boy reflects on his childhood belief that each dollar of tithing he gave would build a whole meetinghouse, and his mother encourages his faith.
A teenage boy told his mother, "When I was little, every time I gave one dollar in tithing, I thought that with that one dollar a whole meetinghouse would be built. Isn"™t that silly?" Touched, she replied, "That is lovely! Did you picture them in your mind?" "Yes!" he exclaimed. "They were beautiful, and there were millions of them!"17[See Reyna I. Aburto, Reaching for the Savior (2021), 89"“90.]
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the ancient pioneers of the American continent, the families of Lehi and Ishmael, who crossed a desert and an ocean to reach the Americas and eventually became divided into the Nephites and Lamanites.
I have been thinking today also, of the pioneers, but of other pioneers who preceded the ones we have been honoring today. About twenty-five centennials ago, a hardy group left the comforts of a great city, crossed a desert, braved an ocean, and came to the shores of this, their promised land. There were two large families, those of Lehi and Ishmael, who in not many centuries, numbered hundreds of millions of people on these two American continents. Their scriptures and records taught them of Go ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts his lifelong love for the descendants of Lehi, which may have originated from his father's missions among the Indians or from his patriarchal blessing.
I do not know when I began to love the children of Lehi. It may have come to me at birth, because those years preceding and after I was born, were spent by my father on missions among the Indians in Indian territory. He was president of the mission. This love may have come in those first years of my childhood, when my father used to sing the Indian chants to us children and show us souvenirs from and pictures of his Indian friends. It may have come from my patriarchal blessing which was given to ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker shares the fulfillment of his patriarchal blessing when, after a forty-two-year wait, he was called to focus on the problems of the descendants of Lehi and to spread the gospel among them.
FULFILMENT OF A PATRIARCHAL BLESSING
I had waited forty-two years for the fulfilment of this patriarchal blessing! When I was called to the mission field in 1914, my assignment was to the Swiss-German Mission, and then the war broke out and prevented my going there, and I was sent to the Central States Mission. I knew there were no Indians in Switzerland and Germany. I knew also there were Indians in the Central States Mission, but in all my two years' mission, I had not seen an Indian. I wonder ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker describes the tragic history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, detailing the cruelty and destruction brought upon the indigenous people by conquerors like Cortez.
THE SAD STORIES OF THE CRUELTIES OF THE SPANISH CONQUERORS
The conquerors came and robbed and despoiled and destroyed. The battle of America, a four-hundred-year struggle began with the discovery of America and ended not until the owners were dispossessed of nearly everything they had owned. Cortez with a handful of soldiers came into Mexico and through deceit and misrepresentation was able to conquer thirty million people. Preying upon their superstitions and beliefs in the return of the Fair G ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker laments the treatment of Native Americans in the United States, detailing the injustices and hardships they faced as European settlers pushed them westward.
THE INDIANS A DOWNTRODDEN RACE
That is a gloomy picture, but the world should weep also at the treatment of the real Americans in our own states. As the colonists came from Europe and settled along the Eastern seaboard, the great "push" continued. Mile by mile we crowded them back. When the Indians resisted our encroachments, we called them "murderous redskins" and continued our relentless aggression. When they killed us "whites," we called it a massacre, but when we took their lives, we termed ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts the sad history of the Navajo people, including the brutal military campaigns against them, their forced relocation, and the unfulfilled promises of education and resources.
TROUBLES MULTIPLIED THROUGH INJUSTICE
Down near Lordsburg, New Mexico, there is an unpretentious monument. On it are the words, "Here Geronimo surrendered, thus ending Indian wars in America forever." The final war of self-defense was waged in the southwest by the Apache chief, the courageous Geronimo. He led his thirty-four warriors with their wives and children against the United States army. And the battle of America lasting four hundred years had ended. We battled but a few short years for o ... (continued)
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Weep O World, for the Indian
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker describes the pitiable conditions of the Navajo people, highlighting their struggles with poverty, health, and lack of educational opportunities.
PITIABLE CONDITIONS
The Lord had promised the sons of Lehi: 'They shall prosper in the land of promise if . . .'1 Ne. 4:14 But little prosperity has come to the Navajo and little can come until we Gentiles, their "nursing fathers"Isa. 49:23help to train them. Though they have sixteen million acres of land, it is of such barrenness that it takes about one hundred sixty acres to support a horse. Of seven thousand three hundred livestock owners only about one hundred have an economic unit. The aver ... (continued)
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Welcome Home
Bishop Keith B. McMullin
- Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
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The speaker compares mortal life to a traveler on a homeward journey, where familiar scenes eventually bring a sense of anticipation and peace, signifying the return home.
Mortal life is like unto the traveler on a homeward journey. The miles seem long, the minutes slow, the events of the day protracted and tedious. Eventually, however, familiar scenes come into view. They may be hills or valleys, country landscapes or towering buildings, a teeming thoroughfare or a quiet neighborhood street. Whatever the scene, its familiarity quickens the traveler"™s step, invigorates his wearied soul, and restores sweet feelings of anticipation and peace. At long last, he is ... (continued)
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Welcome Home
Bishop Keith B. McMullin
- Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
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Thomas, a man who had been inactive in the Church for 20 years, attended a special fireside, which led to a transformation in his life, including reading scripture, paying tithing, and receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood.
Thomas (that is not his real name) was one who had lost his way. We became acquainted at a special fireside attended by members one doesn"™t normally see on Sunday. He was then 35 years old and had not been active in the Church for some 20 years. The day before, Thomas"™s father had invited him to attend the fireside. Thomas said, "I"™ll think about it." I quote now from a letter written by his father:
"Thirty minutes before the fireside, [Thomas] called and asked me to pick him up. I ca ... (continued)
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Welcome Home
Bishop Keith B. McMullin
- Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
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President Brigham Young speaks about the purity of our spirits before coming to earth and the joy of returning to the presence of our Heavenly Father, with whom we were once familiar.
Said President Brigham Young: "There is no spirit but what was pure and holy when it came here from the celestial world. "¦ He is the Father of our spirits; and if we could know, understand, and do His will, every soul would be prepared to return back into His presence. And when they get there, they would see that they had formerly lived there for ages, that they had previously been acquainted with every nook and corner, with the palaces, walks, and gardens; and they would embrace their Father, ... (continued)
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Welcome Message
By President Russell M. Nelson
- President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The speaker reflects on the Lord's guidance in Church affairs, recounting moments when he and his counselors have seen the Lord intercede in challenging circumstances after they had done all they could.
Often, my counselors and I have watched through tear-brimmed eyes as He has interceded in extremely challenging circumstances after we had done our best and could do no more. We do indeed stand all amazed.
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Welcome Message
By President Russell M. Nelson
- President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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The speaker draws a parallel between the renovation of the Salt Lake Temple and the personal need to remove old debris from our lives with the Savior's help.
The huge project to renovate the Salt Lake Temple continues. From my office I have a front-row seat to watch the work taking place on the temple plaza.
As I have watched workers dig out old tree roots, plumbing, wiring, and a leaky fountain, I have thought about the need for each of us to remove, with the Savior"™s help, the old debris in our lives.
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Welcome to Conference
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The speaker discusses the impact of computer technology on family history work and implies divine influence in the advancements that facilitate this work.
Going hand in hand with this increased temple activity is an increase in our family history work. The computer in its various ramifications is accelerating the work, and people are taking advantage of the new techniques being offered to them. How can one escape the conclusion that the Lord is in all of this? As computer facilities improve, the number of temples grows to accommodate the accelerated family history work.
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Welcome to Conference
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The speaker shares the excitement and contributions of many people toward the groundbreaking of the Nauvoo Temple, a historic project.
We plan to break ground later this month for the Nauvoo Temple. Many people are excited and many are contributing to this historic undertaking.
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Welcome to Conference
President Gordon B. Hinckley
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The speaker reflects on the growth of the Church and the construction of temples as indicators of increased faith and obedience among the members.
In view of the fact that we do not build a temple until there are sufficient people in the area, until there are sufficient tithe payers, and until there is sufficient faith, the very construction of these sacred buildings becomes an indicator of the increase of faith and obedience to the principles of the gospel.
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Welcome to Conference
President Thomas S. Monson
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The speaker recounts the absence of Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin due to his passing and expresses condolences to his family, believing Elder Wirthlin continues the work beyond the veil.
My dear brothers and sisters, as we open this, the 179th Annual General Conference, we note with sadness the absence of Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. We mourn his passing. We miss him. We extend our love to his family. I have no doubt that he is carrying on this great work on the other side of the veil.
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