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(1/18/00)
"It is a joyous thing to me to know that the way is opening all the
time, and it becomes easier and I say to you brethren, I do not
suppose there is hardly a week passes, not a month anyhow, but
somebody of prominence from these United States or from other parts of
the world, comes into the office here, the President's office, to find
out what we are doing." — "Conference Report," October 1950, p. 179
(1/19/00)
"I wonder sometimes if we realize what an honor it is to have
membership in this great organization. Even in our business affairs
and in our social affairs we should carry with us the feeling, "I am a
part of the work of the Lord, and I desire to be worthy of the
blessings that have come to me." There has never been a time in the
history of the world when the opportunity of disseminating the truth
has been so great as now." — "Conference Report," April 1949, p. 8
(1/20/00)
"In our homes, brethren and sisters, it is our privilege, nay, it is
our duty, to call our families together to be taught the truths of the
Holy Scriptures. In every home, children should be encouraged to read
the word of the Lord, as it has been revealed to us in all
dispensations. We should read the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the
D&C, and the Pearl of Great Price; not only read it in our homes,
but explain it to our children, that they may understand the hand
dealings of God with the peoples of the earth." — "Conference Report,"
April 1914, p. 12
(1/21/00)
"Our work in the world, my brethren and sisters, is to reach out after
all of our Heavenly Father's children at home and abroad, and if we
will do that, the Spirit of the Lord will dwell in our souls, and we
will be happy; and our homes will be the abiding place of his Holy
Spirit." — "Conference Report," April 1950, p. 5
(1/22/00)
"We are living not only in the day in which he has spoken, but we are
offered the opportunity to listen to the voices of men who receive his
inspiration when they teach us. If therefore we fall into... forbidden
paths we will not be able to blame anybody but ourselves, because if
we are teachable, if we are humble, if we are willing to do what the
Lord would have us do, we have the information at hand, not only in
the records that have been handed down to us by those who have given
their lives that we might have the truth, but we also have the
privilege of listening to the voices of living oracles who are as
unselfish and faithful as those that we revere because of the records
that they have left behind." — "Conference Report," April 1937, p. 33
(1/23/00)
"If we will be submissive and listen to the revelations of the Most
High, remembering that His ways are not as our ways, and His thoughts
as our thoughts, for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are
His ways than our ways, and His thoughts than our thoughts; if we will
remember this, and act upon it, we are in the way to obtain those keys
of power, and profit by them; that is to say, we are right on the
grand turnpike to exaltation." — "Journal of Discourses," Vol. 2, p.
219-220
(1/24/00)
"One of the greatest evidences to me of the divinity of this work is
that it teaches there is eternal life on the other side, and that
there will be a reunion there of the loved ones who have known each
other here.... The few years that we live here may be regarded as a
time in which we become acquainted, but, when we mingle in the other
life, we will know each other better than we have here." — "Conference
Report," October 1905, p. 30
(1/29/02)
"We are informed that we will not be held responsible for the sin of
Adam, but that we will be held responsible for our own sins. The
atonement of Jesus Christ removed from us the responsibility of
atoning for the sin of father Adam, and he made it possible for us to
live here upon the earth, and in due time, if we take advantage of our
opportunities, we will be prepared to be resurrected from the dead
when that time shall come." — George Albert Smith, "Conference
Report," October 1926, p. 102
(11/9/05)
"All
safety, all righteousness, all happiness are on the Lord's side of
the line. If you are keeping the commandments of God by observing
the Sabbath day, you are on the Lord's side of the line. If you
attend to your secret prayers and your family prayers, you are on
the Lord's side of the line. If you are grateful for food and
express that gratitude to God, you are on the Lord's side of the
line. If you love your neighbor as yourself, you are on the Lord's
side of the line. If you are honest in your dealing with your fellow
men, you are on the Lord's side of the line. If you observe the Word
of Wisdom, you are on the Lord's side of the line. And so I might go
on through the Ten Commandments and the other commandments that God
has given for our guidance and say again, all that enriches our
lives and makes us happy and prepares us for eternal joy is on the
Lord's side of the line. Finding fault with the things that God has
given to us for our guidance is not on the Lord's side of the line."
- George Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October 1945, Afternoon
Meeting, p.119
(11/14/05)
"The Lord has blessed us with a
knowledge that he lives, and has a body, and that we are created in
his image. We do not believe that he is some kind of essence or that
he is incomprehensible. If you have received the witness that has come
to me and know as I know that our Heavenly Father has revealed himself
to the children of men, that he is a personal God, that we are created
in his image, that our spirits were begotten by him, that he has given
us an opportunity to dwell upon the earth to receive a physical
tabernacle, in order that we may be prepared to return into his
presence and live eternally with him, I say, if you have received that
assurance, then you have a foundation upon which you may build your
faith. Take that from you, the knowledge that God really lives, the
assurance that Jesus Christ was the manifestation of God in the flesh,
take from you the assurance that there will be a literal resurrection
from the dead, and you will find yourselves in the condition that our
Father's children are in throughout the world, and I ask you, what
comfort remains to you then? These are the truths that are
fundamental." - George Albert Smith, Conference Reports, October 1921,
p. 39
11/24/05
Having now completed eight years of providing daily messages via
The LDS Daily WOOL, I find these words from President XXX reflecting
the feelings I have. Thank you, to each and every one of you who
have become such an important part of my life.
"I am grateful for the companionship of the many intelligent,
righteous people who live in this most favored of all lands and in
other lands. My life has been enriched by your association, and I
thank you for it. I desire most earnestly that we shall all earn and
receive an eternal inheritance in the celestial kingdom of our Lord
right here upon this earth when we attain to immortality. In this the
evening of my mortal life, I leave with you my testimony that I know
that the God of our fathers, our God still lives and loves us and
desires our happiness and exaltation, and I leave this witness with my
love and blessing in the name of Jesus Christ his Beloved Son, our
Redeemer. Amen." - George Albert Smith, "Conference Report," April
1945, Third Day—Morning Meeting, p.139
5/15/07
"Now, while we live and labor let us magnify our calling. Let no man
be found recreant to his opportunities. Let us not turn our backs upon
the blessings of the Lord, but day by day go faithfully on blessing
our father's children. We have no hard feelings toward any of our
fellowmen; we have no occasion to. If they misunderstand us, misquote
us, and persecute us, we should remember they are in the hands of the
Lord, who has said, 'Vengeance is mine, I will repay,' and who further
has said, 'I will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is
expected to forgive all men.' So when we partake of the sacrament of
the Lord's supper, as we do from time to time, let us purge from our
hearts all feeling of unkindness toward one another and toward our
brothers and sisters who are not of our faith. Let us labor day by day
that our Father may bless us. If we have His Holy Spirit, the people
with whom we come in contact will feel it, because it will permeate
the atmosphere in which we live, and they will partake of it and drink
it in, even though they may not desire so to do. Let us magnify the
Lord by keeping His commandments. Let us popularize His work by
laboring to build it up and extend it among the children of men. Let
us magnify one another by speaking good only, and by strengthening the
hands of those who are weak, and assisting those who are less patient
than ourselves." - George Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October
1906, Afternoon Session, p.51
8/4/07
"There is a law irrevocably decreed in heaven from before the
foundation of this world upon which every blessing is predicated, and
unless we observe that law, we cannot enjoy the blessing. The Lord has
told us that. If people disagree with us, if our Father's other
children do not believe the gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in this
latter day to the Prophet Joseph Smith, that ought not to incur our
displeasure. It ought to enlist our sympathy, because if we know, as
Philip knew when he testified of the man who came from Nazareth, we
could invite our friends to come and see. If we are just as sure as
that, we will let our light so shine that others, seeing our good
works, will be constrained to glorify our Father in heaven." - George
Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October 1949, First Day—Morning
Meeting, p.7
12/29/08
"Let
us
set an example; let us live within our means; let us be lenders
instead of borrowers; let us not place our homes or the lands that
produce our living under mortgages, in order that we may ride in fine
conveyances or keep up with the pace set by our neighbors who may be
able to afford it. Let us be more concerned about the adornment of our
minds that are eternal, rather than adornment of our persons with
things that are of no lasting benefit. Let us keep the commandments of
God; let us live humble, and sweet, and pure. Let us not he lifted up
in the pride of our hearts if we have been more successful than our
neighbor financially, but, mindful of the blessings of health and
strength, and the gift of home and loved ones, appreciating the
knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that is the power of God unto
salvation, unto all those that believe and obey it; let us evidence by
loving kindness to every child of our Heavenly Father that we are
grateful." - George
Albert Smith, "Conference
Report," April 1915, Second
Day—Morning Session, p.98
4/9/10
"Brethren and sisters, let us go to our homes rejoicing when this
wonderful conference is finished. No doubt when it is concluded we
will say, 'It is the best one that we have ever had.' Why? Because
while we are basking in the sunshine of the Spirit of God we forget
our sorrows and our distresses. While our lives are illumined by his
power, our souls are enriched, and we know that we are blessed of the
Lord. The gospel teaches us that if we take advantage of our
opportunities, all the time we may enjoy those blessings, and all the
time the love that we now have in our hearts for our fellowmen will
abide with us." - George Albert Smith, "Conference Report,"
October 1929, First Day—Morning Meeting, p. 25
5/3/10
"When our Savior in humility came upon earth, the people said, 'Who
are you, that you should claim to be the Son of God? We know your
father; he is Joseph, the carpenter. We know your mother; she is Mary.
We have Moses and Abraham for our prophets, and we have no need of a
man like you to come and speak to us in the name of the Lord.' He went
among them and ministered to the sick, healed the afflicted, unstopped
the ears of the deaf, restored the blind to sight, cleansed the leper
by His magic touch, raised the dead to life. Then they said He
performed these wondrous works by the power of Beelzebub. Yet He was
indeed the Son of God. He labored among them in love and kindness; but
they cast His name out as evil. They even cast reproach upon the city
from which He came, and said, 'Can any good thing come out of
Nazareth?' But He was the Son of God, and He did have the right to
speak in the name of the Father. The truths He brought to the earth
came from the Father; and though they nailed Him to the cross, though
they placed upon His head the platted crown of thorns, and put the
mock scepter in His hands, though they spilled His blood with the
cruel spear, yet the word that He delivered to them was the word of
the Lord, and He was indeed the Son of God." - George
A. Smith, "Conference Report," April 1904, Third Day—Morning
Session, p. 97
6/24/15
What are we going to do? We have our responsibility, and I am sure we
will not disappoint those who have depended upon us to do our part.
But the most important thing that we can do is set our own homes in
order, to see if there is carelessness or indifference in them, teach
our families, and unite them and make them happy in keeping the
commandments of our Heavenly Father, because only on the condition of
righteousness can even this great Church continue and endure to do the
work that it has to do. - George
Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October 1950, General Priesthood
Meeting, p. 181
8/13/15
If in our homes and in our business affairs, if in our lives
everywhere, we will go about radiating that love that should be in
every heart, that kindness that should possess every Latter-day Saint,
(and particularly in these times when conditions are so serious for
many) many men and many women will rise up to call us blessed, not
only for the creature comforts that we may bestow, but because of the
hope of eternal life that we have been the instruments in the hands of
God of placing before them in a comprehensive way. - George
Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October 1931, Afternoon Meeting,
p. 122
12/2/15
Think
what a marvelous opportunity we have! Think what a blessing it
will be if we do our part here, as we stand on the other side of
the Great Divide, when our Father shall summon his great family
together as he shall, to have these wonderful men and women,
hundreds and thousands of them who have been our neighbors, and
who have watched our lives, stand there and say: "Father in
Heaven, we owe it to these thy children of the humble
organization that bears the name of thy Son, we owe it to them
hat we have understood the truth and that we are here at the
supper of the Lamb." That is our privilege, and our blessing. -
George
Albert Smith, "Conference Report," October 1945, Afternoon
Meeting, p.174
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