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President Thomas S. Monson
- Second Counselor in the First Presidency
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📖 general conference
The speaker shares a personal experience of visiting Steven, a man in the hospital who hopes to still be able to ride horses despite his condition, and how a blessing and conversation brought comfort to him and his mother.
Some months back I sat in my office chair reading the daily mail. I opened a letter from Martha Sharp of Wellsville, Utah, and read her entreaty seeking a blessing for her grown son, Steven, who was a patient at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. She described Steven"™s spiritual and physical needs and the likelihood that he would suffer the amputation of his foot. Her tears were felt in each word, and her feelings of love marked every sentence. Hers was a request which the Spirit simply d ... (continued)
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Windows of Light and Truth
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The talk begins with a brief exchange between the speaker and President Hinckley, expressing mutual gratitude for being present.
My beloved brothers and sisters, as President Hinckley walked into this meeting, he said, 'We decided to come back.' I replied, 'Thank goodness.' It’s a privilege to speak on this occasion, and I pray for the Spirit of the Lord to be with me.
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Windows of Light and Truth
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker references the event in the spring of 1820 when the Lord answered a farm boy's prayer, leading to the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In this dispensation of the fulness of times, the revelation superhighway has been carrying heavy traffic of eternal truth ever since that day in the spring of 1820 when the Lord answered a farm boy’s fervent prayer in the Sacred Grove and ushered in the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Windows of Light and Truth
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts the revelation of the Word of Wisdom to Joseph Smith in 1833 and the subsequent scientific validation of its health principles.
Beginning in 1833, the Prophet Joseph Smith taught the blessings of avoiding tobacco and other addictive substances when the Lord opened the windows of heaven and revealed 'a Word of Wisdom, for the benefit of the ... saints in Zion.' The Lord gave this revelation as a warning against the 'evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days.' One of the first articles to document a link between smoking and lung cancer appeared in the Journal of the American ... (continued)
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Windows of Light and Truth
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker emphasizes the repeated warnings from Church leaders against consuming harmful media, likening these counsels to a 'word of wisdom for the mind.'
Since 1950, Church leaders speaking in general conference have counseled us some seventy-five times against unhealthy media consumption. In recent years, as standards of public decency and morality have declined and as public media have reflected and often led that decline, these words of loving concern from inspired shepherds of the Lord’s flock have come with more frequency and greater urgency. The watchmen on the tower have raised a warning voice.
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Winning the Peace
Elder Joseph F. Merrill
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A corporation with wealthy assets pays its directors and high-ranking officers very large salaries, which causes discontent among stockholders and employees, leading to demands for higher wages and public prejudice against the corporation.
First, let us begin with a corporation having assets worth millions of dollars. Its money has come from thousands of stockholders and the sale of bonds. The stockholders elect directors who in turn appoint officers and other employees and fix their salaries. Some of these salaries are likely large—very large. The greater the assets the greater the salaries are likely to be. They really far exceed the needs of the recipients to maintain a decent standard of living. Commonly, also, these sa ... (continued)
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Winning the Peace
Elder Joseph F. Merrill
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A respected profession controls its field by limiting the number of qualified professionals, ensuring full employment and high fees, which makes services unaffordable for many and results in incomes for practitioners that far exceed those of other professionals with equal or greater abilities.
Another illustration, seldom given: A highly respected and necessary profession has allowed itself to be maneuvered into a position where it absolutely controls one phase of the well-being of the public. There is no closed shop labor union of which I have heard that so completely controls its field as does this profession. It limits the number permitted to qualify for the profession, thus preventing any overcrowding in the field of service, and so practically insuring full employment to entrants ... (continued)
Jesus Christ
Repentence
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Winning the Peace
Elder Joseph F. Merrill
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts a conversation with an elderly man who claimed that during his 30 years in the Illinois state legislature, he learned that every man has his price, with votes being bought for various amounts.
Many years ago I sat one evening in the park with an elderly man, manager of the apartment house in which I lived. He said that for thirty years he was a member of the Illinois state legislature and related many interesting experiences. But I shall never forget one remark he made which was 'every man has his price; some votes can be obtained for $50, others for $500, and occasionally $50,000 is the price.' Unsophisticated as I was, this statement was hard for me to believe, but I had no reason t ... (continued)
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Winning the Peace
Elder Joseph F. Merrill
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A skilled worker, who was a drinker, was fired from a plant for poor performance but was reinstated with back pay and forced the company into a closed-shop agreement after appealing to his union, despite the majority of workers preferring their own union.
Recently I was told a plant needed a skilled worker. One was obtained through the employment agency. He was a drinker. At length he was discharged after twelve days of bungling work, because of being continually under the influence of liquor. The plant had been operating open shop, though the employees had a union of their own. The drunkard appealed to his union with the result that the company was ordered by a bureaucratic agency to bring him back, to pay him the high wages for lost time, and t ... (continued)
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Repentence
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Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge, Even Hidden Treasures
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts a conversation with his attorney friend, Guy Anderson, who congratulated him on his call to the apostleship and discussed the implications of the call.
Brothers and sisters: I sat one day with an attorney friend, Guy Anderson, across the directors' room table of my office in Arizona. In his slow, pleasant drawl, he said, 'I came to congratulate you on your call to the apostleship and to visit with you before your move to Salt Lake City.' We talked about what my call entailed, and then he told me of one of his experiences as a law student at George Washington University.
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Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge, Even Hidden Treasures
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Guy Anderson shares a story about a Sunday School class discussion on the Word of Wisdom led by Congressman Don B. Colton, where a student questioned the intellectual benefits of adhering to the Word of Wisdom compared to those who do not.
A number of young members of the Church were students there. Since there were no stakes in the East at that time, they held a Sunday School class in a rented residence, and Congressman Don B. Colton from Utah was their teacher. This particular Sunday morning, they were considering the 89th section of the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord's law of health. Brother Colton had made an impressive presentation on the Word of Wisdom... Then came a question from one of the students: 'Brother Colton, the ... (continued)
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Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge, Even Hidden Treasures
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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A western congressman defends Brother Colton during a luncheon, recounting his own experience attending a unique church service in a country town, which deeply moved him and made him wish for his own family to have the same faith and conviction.
On Friday, as usual, several of the congressmen were eating luncheon at the House of Representatives' restaurant when Brother Colton joined them... A congressman from a western state came to the defense, saying, 'Gentlemen, you may joke at Mr. Colton and have your fun at the expense of the 'Mormon' Church, but let me tell you an experience.' He told a story something like this: 'I was back in my home state, building political fences... Sunday overtook me in a country town... I followed them to a ... (continued)
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Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge, Even Hidden Treasures
Elder Spencer W. Kimball
- Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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Elder Colton uses the western congressman's story to illustrate the 'hidden treasures of knowledge' promised by the revelation, explaining that these treasures extend beyond material and secular knowledge and include spiritual truths and experiences.
Elder Colton was now again before his Sunday School class of young college men. He retold the Friday afternoon story and said that what the congressman had observed were 'hidden treasures of knowledge' promised by the revelation... He said that 'treasures of knowledge' extended far beyond material things, out into the infinite areas not explored by many otherwise brilliant people... Hidden knowledge is not unfindable. It is available to all who really search... The knowledge of the spiritual wil ... (continued)
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Wisdom in Spending
Bishop John H. Vandenberg
- Presiding Bishop
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📖 general conference
A judge at a stake conference tells the speaker that financial problems are often the real cause of marital failure.
Some weeks ago, discussing this subject at a stake conference, a judge said to me that from his experience on the bench, financial problems were, in the majority of cases, the real cause of marital failure.
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Wisdom in Spending
Bishop John H. Vandenberg
- Presiding Bishop
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A university study reveals the relationship between financial stability and marriage success, highlighting the negative impact of unemployment and work layoffs on marital stability.
A study was undertaken at one of our universities some years ago concerning the relationship of divorce with financial matters. It revealed that steady employment is a real factor in the success of marriage, that marriage becomes increasingly less stable when there is a disturbance in the family income, such as unemployment and work layoffs. (William J. Goode, After Divorce [Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1956], p. 54.)
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Wisdom in Spending
Bishop John H. Vandenberg
- Presiding Bishop
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📖 general conference
A 16-year-old girl writes about her parents fighting over money issues, considering using her own earnings to help them instead of paying tithing.
The following excerpt from a letter written by a 16-year-old girl tells how family trouble may start: "My dad and mother are good people, and I love them very much. We have family prayer but not very often any more because Mom and Dad are always fighting about money. We have lots of bills to pay each month, and my dad is working two jobs to make more money. I am wondering if it is all right for me, since I have a job at a drive-in, to give my money to my mother and skip tithing for a while?"
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Wisdom in Spending
Bishop John H. Vandenberg
- Presiding Bishop
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📖 general conference
Sylvester Kellerman, a U.S. referee in bankruptcy, emphasizes the importance of teaching money management from an early age, as people often fail to understand the true cost of credit.
Sylvester Kellerman, U.S. referee in bankruptcy at Louisville, Kentucky, calls to our attention: "What we need is a basic course in economics for everybody. Money management should be taught in grade schools. Schools can teach children French in the second grade, but they can't teach them interest rates. "People seldom see how much an item costs any more. It's how much a week. When people have trouble meeting their credit installments, they begin traveling from loan company to loan company. That ... (continued)
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With All the Feeling of a Tender Parent: A Message of Hope to Families
Elder Robert D. Hales
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Father Lehi feared for his sons Laman and Lemuel who did not partake of the fruit representing the love of God.
Father Lehi had such courage. He loved his family and rejoiced that some of his children kept the Lord’s commandments. But he must have been heartbroken when his sons 'Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit' representing the love of God. 'He exceedingly feared for [them]; yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the presence of the Lord.'
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With All the Feeling of a Tender Parent: A Message of Hope to Families
Elder Robert D. Hales
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Moses' parents hid him for three months to save him from Pharaoh's decree and his mother Jochebed placed him in a basket on the river, watched by his sister Miriam.
Moses understood the need for constant teaching, for he grew up in difficult times. At the time Moses was born, Pharaoh had declared that every Hebrew male infant in Egypt should be cast into the river. But Moses’ parents took seriously their parental duties. The scriptures record, 'By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, … and [his parents] were not afraid of the king’s commandment.' When Moses grew too old to be concealed, his mother, Jochebed ... (continued)
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With All the Feeling of a Tender Parent: A Message of Hope to Families
Elder Robert D. Hales
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
The parable of the prodigal son illustrates a father's unconditional love and willingness to forgive, which teaches us about keeping the door to our hearts open for our children.
In the parable of the prodigal son, we find a powerful lesson for families and especially parents. After the younger son 'came to himself,' he decided to go home. How did he know his father wouldn’t reject him? Because he knew his father. Through the inevitable misunderstandings, conflicts, and follies of the son’s youth, I can visualize his father being there with an understanding and compassionate heart, a soft answer, a listening ear, and a forgiving embrace. I can also imagine ... (continued)
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