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11/26/98
"A worthwhile attitude for all of us could well be, 'Help us, O Lord, to
remember thy love for us and help us to be fortified by Thy strength
when our eyes are blurred with tears of sorrow and our vision is
limited.' It is expedient for all of us, particularly those who may be
weighed down by grief because of acts of misconduct or misfortune, to
recall that even the Prophet Joseph Smith had hours of despair because
of his very trying experiences in the Liberty Jail. Perhaps he too was
entitled to question, 'What did I do wrong? What have I done to
displease Thee, O Lord? Where have I failed? Why are the answers to my
prayers and pleas withheld?' In response to the feelings of his heart
and mind he cried out: 'O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion
that covereth thy hiding place?' (D&C 121:1.) The reassuring
response came: 'My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and
thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure
it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy
foes.' (D&C 121:7-8.)"—Elder Marvin J. Ashton, If Thou Endure
It Well, General Conference, October 1984
11/27/98
"Let us prepare ourselves, so that, in whatsoever we are corrected, we
may be passive in the hands of the servants of God, and thank the Lord;
for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son and daughter
he receives."
Wilford
Woodruff
"Journal of Discourses", 4:322
11/28/98
"Men cannot shut the mouth of President Wilford Woodruff, nor mine, when
it comes to rebuking iniquity. It is our duty to do it. We
are here for that purpose. We are watchmen upon the towers of
Zion. It is our business and duty to point out errors and follies
among men; and if men will not receive it, they must go their own way
and abide the consequences. Those who will not obey righteous
counsels will be the sufferers, and not those who rebuke iniquity."
Joseph
F. Smith
"Collected Discourses, 1886-1898", Volume 4
10 November, 1895
11/29/98
"The revelations of God have got to be fulfilled. When? Some
time before the coming of the Son of Man--and that is not far off.
Therefore, let us try to live our religion, and set an example before
one another and the world. I accept the reproof of any Apostle or
Elder if there is any requirement of the Lord that I am not
fulfilling. That is the way I feel, and I think we all should feel
so."
Wilford
Woodruff
"Giving Heed To Counsel"
General Conference, 7 October 1894
11/30/98
"I am glad that there is the disposition in the President of the Church
and in God, Who speaks through His servants, to reprove the
congregations of Israel when they need reproof, as well as to commend
them, when their lives are worthy of commendation. We should receive
reproof with the same spirit that we receive commendation."
Hyrum
M. Smith
"General Conference Reports", p. 81
October 1908
12/1/98
"While the person who initiates the reproof has an obligation to show
forth an increase of love after the reproof, the person being reproved
also has an obligation to assist in the reconciliation process. When we
are reproved by another person-a parent or priesthood leader, for
example-we should first be humble and meek enough to accept the reproof.
President Benson observed that pride is concerned with who is right
while humility is concerned with what is right."
Spencer
J. Condie
"In Perfect Balance", p. 162
4/15/09
"The world has
riches beyond anything we have, but we have the one precious thing
that they do not have, and it is worth more than all other things in
the world—the saving principles, the priesthood, the virtue and the
power of the gospel of the Son of God. And that is the thing the world
will desire more than they want anything else, and they will come to
it. Shall we be prepared to give it to them? We will be, if we are
wise; and this is the day when I say we ought to set our houses in
order, a day when we ought to repent. And if we need chastisement, it
will come to us, and sorrow will come to us, only for the purpose of
turning our hearts to the Lord in humility and faith to obtain and
maintain the blessings God has promised to the faithful." - Melvin
J. Ballard, “Conference Report,” April 1918, Second
Meeting—Outdoors, p.142
3/6/15
Divine
chastening has at least three purposes: (1) to persuade us to
repent, (2) to refine and sanctify us, and (3) at times to
redirect our course in life to what God knows is a better path.
- D.
Todd Christofferson, “As
Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten,” Ensign (CR)
April 2011
2/24/16
Anxious Uzzah, who steadied the
ark in ancient Israel, was smitten for his actions. (2
Samuel 6:6; 1
Chronicles 13:9.) Some may reason that he was only
trying—though mistakenly—to help out. But given the numerous times
the Lord had saved and spared Israel, including the high dramas of
the Red Sea and of the manna from heaven, surely He knew how to keep
the ark in balance! - Neal A.
Maxwell, "Meek and Lowly," p.15
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