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
A personal teaching moment between the speaker and his son about the brother of Jared led to a meaningful discussion about prayer and personal application of scripture stories.
Several years ago I was teaching our young son about the life and experiences of the brother of Jared. Although the story was very interesting, he was not engaged. I then asked what the story meant to him personally. It means so much when we ask our children, 'What does it mean to you?' He said, 'You know, it’s not that different from what Joseph Smith did in the grove when he prayed and got an answer.' I said, 'You’re about Joseph’s age. Do you think a prayer like his would ... (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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Elder Orson F. Whitney relayed Joseph Smith's comforting doctrine that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and divine promises would save not only themselves but also their posterity.
Parents can take great comfort in the words of Elder Orson F. Whitney relating the teachings of Joseph Smith: 'The Prophet Joseph Smith declared—and he never taught more comforting doctrine—that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd is upon them, and sooner or later they will fee ... (continued)
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With Faith for the Future
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker reflects on historical population figures shared by Brother A. Z. Richards to illustrate the growth and resilience of the early members of the Church.
I heard some weeks ago a set of figures presented by Brother A. Z. Richards, which I felt deserved wider circulation as a point of historical perspective. I should like to extract a few of these figures from a longer list: FIGURES QUOTED When Joseph Smith was born, the population of the United States was about one-half the present population of California In 1820, the population of the entire United States was about the population of New York City today. In 1830, when the Church was organized, N ... (continued)
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With Faith for the Future
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts the faith and determination of the early settlers in Utah, who built significant structures like the Salt Lake Temple and the Tabernacle despite their small numbers and the challenges they faced.
Two more figures I think may be of interest to you: In 1850 the population of Utah has been recorded in official records as being about 11,380. Three years later our people started building the magnificent temple which now stands to the east of us. MEN OF COURAGE AND FAITH In 1860, the population of this state has been recorded as being about 40,273. Three years later than that they began to build the Tabernacle in which we meet today, which, when it was projected, probably would have seated abo ... (continued)
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With Faith for the Future
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker reflects on the anniversaries of educational institutions established by the early Church leaders, emphasizing their commitment to seeking knowledge and intelligence as part of God's glory.
They did some other things also: It has been mentioned that this is a year of anniversaries. For one thing, it is the centennial of the University of Deseret, now the University of Utah. The second act of the territorial legislature, as I recall, was the founding of this educational institution. This month we also observe the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Brigham Young University. Did the founders of these institutions have their eyes on the future? They believed in seeking knowle ... (continued)
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With Faith for the Future
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker shares his thoughts on the new telescopes at Mount Palomar, California, and the vastness of the universe they reveal, urging humility in the face of our limited knowledge and the vast unknown.
OBSERVATIONS AT MT. PALOMAR I was reading recently an article on the new telescopes lately put into service on Mount Palomar, California"”the Schmidt telescope, a smaller one of rather radical design with forty-eight-inch lens and the much larger one with a 200-inch lens. Since early 1949 so says the writer, the smaller of these two telescopes has provided new clues on the creation of the universe," "has already revealed hundreds of thousands of island universes and millions of stars . .� ... (continued)
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With Faith for the Future
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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📖 general conference
The speaker offers advice to young people to keep their lives well-balanced, to pursue knowledge, and to maintain faith in eternal truths despite uncertainties and challenges.
CLING TO ETERNAL VERITIES I should like to say to our young people: Keep your lives well-balanced. Pursuing any narrow field of knowledge or activity to the exclusion of all others will reach a point of diminishing returns. Give some of your time to the things of the spirit, and always reserve some of your means to the purposes of your Father in heaven. Look broadly as well as intently, and keep your lives well-balanced in your pursuits. I would say today to those who are in the classroom, to fa ... (continued)
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With Faith in God
Elder Antoine R. Ivins
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts a conversation with a friend who suggested that if he were God, he would have made it so that every marriage would result in happiness.
One of my friends, one day, in talking to me, said, "You know, Antoine, if I were God, I would have done things differently," and I said, "How?" "Well," he said, "in the first place I would have fixed it up so that whenever a man married a woman, he would have been happy."
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With Faith"”And Without Fear
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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Dr. Adam S. Bennion was puzzled in his youth about how King David could walk on the roof of his house, as described in the Bible, because all the roofs he knew were steep. Later, he learned about flat roofs in other parts of the world, which resolved his confusion.
Now, I should like to close with a thought that I take from our new associate, Dr. Adam S. Bennion, whom you have sustained this day. I have never heard a finer baccalaureate address than he delivered at the University of Utah a year or two ago called "The Candle of the Lord," in which he told in his extemporaneous remarks (and I think perhaps it is not in the printed address as he gave it) how puzzled he was in his youth upon having heard or having read in Sunday School the passage of scripture ... (continued)
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With Faith"”And Without Fear
Elder Richard L. Evans
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker reflects on the financial hardships faced by the Prophet Joseph Smith and his associates during the Kirtland days, highlighting the generosity of those who contributed to his needs despite their own limited means.
But I could not help thinking as I heard the opening report and message of President McKay, and the statistical data concerning the progress of the Church at the same session, of some of the experiences and hardships and contrasts of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his associates. I went to the office following that session and sought out some things that I had read some time ago, including two comments concerning the Prophet and the dire circumstances in which he found himself during the difficult ... (continued)
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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Jesus heals a palsied man and a Roman centurion's servant in Capernaum, demonstrating his teachings through actions.
As I ponder his words, I can almost hear the shuffle of sandaled feet, the murmurs of astonishment from listeners as they echo from Capernaum"™s peaceful scene. Here multitudes crowded around Jesus, bringing the sick to be healed. A palsied man picked up his bed and walked, and a Roman centurion"™s faith restored his servant"™s health.
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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Jesus heals a leper and the mother of Peter's wife, showing his power and compassion through touch.
At Galilee there came to him a leper who pleaded: "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed."Matt. 8:2"“3 In Capernaum, at the house of Peter, yet another example was provided. The mother of Peter"™s wife lay sick of a fever. The sacred record reveals that Jesus came "and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her. "¦"Mark 1:31
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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Jesus raises Jairus's daughter from the dead, demonstrating his power over life and death.
So it was with the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue. Each parent can appreciate the feelings of Jairus as he sought the Lord, and, upon finding him, fell at his feet and pleaded, "My little daughter lieth at the point of death; I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live."Mark 5:23 "While he yet spake, there cometh one from the [ruler"™s] house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. "But when Jesus heard it, he ans ... (continued)
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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Peter heals a lame man at the temple gate Beautiful, showing the power of faith and the importance of giving spiritual gifts.
Reflect for a moment on the experience of Peter at the gate Beautiful of the temple. One sympathizes with the plight of the man lame from birth who each day was carried to the temple gate that he might ask alms of all who entered. That he asked alms of Peter and John as these two brethren approached indicates that he regarded them no differently from scores of others who must have passed by him that day. Then Peter"™s majestic yet gentle command: "Look on us."Acts 3:4The record states that t ... (continued)
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound transformation after being visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, learning the importance of kindness and human connection.
One who lived much of his life ignoring his fellowmen and living for self alone was Dickens"™ immortal character, Ebenezer Scrooge. But there came that wintry night when the ghost of Jacob Marley appeared to Scrooge and lamented: "Not to know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness. Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life"™s opportunities misused! Yet such ... (continued)
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With Hand and Heart
Elder Thomas S. Monson
- Of the Council of the Twelve
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A paroled convict is anxious about his family's acceptance, but is overwhelmed to find his family has forgiven him when he sees white ribbons on the apple tree.
Prison warden Kenyon J. Scudder has related this experience: A friend of his happened to be sitting in a railroad coach next to a young man who was obviously depressed. Finally the man revealed that he was a paroled convict returning from a distant prison. His imprisonment had brought shame to his family, and they had neither visited him nor written often. He hoped, however, that this was only because they were too poor to travel and too uneducated to write. He hoped, despite the evidence, that ... (continued)
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With Holiness of Heart
Bonnie D. Parkin
- Relief Society General President
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The speaker and her husband, while serving as missionaries in England, saw the positive influence of the covenants of righteous women on the lives of many missionaries.
When my husband and I were missionaries in England, we saw many elders and sisters whose lives were directly influenced by the covenants of worthy women. I was so thankful for mothers, sisters, aunts, teachers"”like so many of you"”whose honored covenants extended blessings to others by the way they taught those future missionaries.
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Bonnie D. Parkin
- Relief Society General President
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Priscilla Staines, after crossing the Atlantic, was befriended by an older woman who shared the fire of covenants, and together they joined the Saints in Nauvoo.
When young Priscilla, our British convert of 1843, crossed the Atlantic, she was befriended by a woman the age of her mother. This older sister also felt the fire of covenants she had made. When they docked at the wharf in Nauvoo, she was by Priscilla"™s side. Together, bold and believing, they joined with the Saints of God.
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With Holiness of Heart
Bonnie D. Parkin
- Relief Society General President
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📖 general conference
The speaker was overwhelmed when called to serve as Relief Society general president, but accepted the calling due to her covenants with the Lord, knowing she would serve with others.
To say I was overwhelmed when President Hinckley called me to serve as Relief Society general president is a huge understatement! Can"™t you relate? But, voice trembling, I responded, "Here am I; send me." After a Jewish friend learned what my calling entailed, she looked at me like I was crazy and asked, "Bonnie, why would you do that?" (At times like these, I often ask myself the same thing!) But there is only one reason I did it: I have made covenants with the Lord, and I know what that ... (continued)
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Bonnie D. Parkin
- Relief Society General President
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Priscilla Staines, a 19-year-old from England, joined the Church alone in 1843, had to be baptized at midnight in a frozen stream due to persecution, and felt the solemnity of her covenant with God.
As I think about you, I am reminded of Priscilla Staines from Wiltshire, England. Nineteen-year-old Priscilla joined the Church in 1843. Alone. She had to steal away in the night to be baptized, because of the persecutions of her neighbors and the displeasure of her family. She wrote: "We waited until midnight "¦ and then repaired to a stream of water a quarter of a mile away. Here we found the water "¦ frozen over, and the elder had to chop a hole in the ice large enough for the purpose of ba ... (continued)
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