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6/23/06
"'And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms, nor
lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely there could
not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of
God.' (4 Ne. 1:15-16.)
"What would one not give to live in a society like that? As we know, the people
eventually returned to their evil ways and the Nephites became so proud and
wicked they had to be destroyed. But how were those races able to live as a
celestial society for so long? We might also ask, How will it be possible during
the Millennium for the people to remain righteous for almost a thousand years?
The answer seems to be the same in both cases, and I believe that it consists in
this: Parents teaching their children the gospel, and doing so especially during
that early period of their lives when they cannot be tempted." - H. Verlan
Andersen, "Bring
Up Your Children in Light and Truth," Ensign (CR), November 1991, p.80