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(7/22/99)
"In speaking of adversity, could I just tell you now that it is one of
those things that is going to happen in your life and in my life. We
are all going to pass through adversity. It is a requirement. ...Now,
when the trials come, what should we do? First of all, we must resist
murmuring. We must not criticize or rise up against our Heavenly
Father. ...We should be on our knees constantly so that we can receive
from our Heavenly Father the assurance that this is part of our trial.
Then we should seek to recognize our need to be tutored. We do not
know what Heavenly Father has in store for us. ...I pray, brothers and
sisters, that when the adversities come--and, as I have mentioned,
they will come--we might respond to our Father in Heaven, saying, 'I
am not sure why I am having this adversity at this time or at this
intensity. I know I will have something to learn. Help me to endure.
Just help me to endure this trial that I have.' Then maybe, like the
Savior, we will say: 'Not my will, but thine'." — Harold G.
Hillam, BYU Devotional Address, June 25, 1996
5/14/08
"Wise
use of our technology would include care in that which we invite
into our homes by the way of television, videos, computers,
including the Internet. There is much that is good and edifying in
the media, but there is also much that is gross, immoral, and
time-consuming, enticing us to be 'ever
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth'
(2 Tim. 3:7).
During the Second World War when gasoline was in short supply and
rationed, I remember signs saying, 'Is
this trip necessary?' Today,
with ever-increasing demands on everyone and time in short supply,
might we ask ourselves before we turn on the video game, the
television, the computer, or access the many programs
available, 'Is this
trip necessary?'"
- Harold G. Hillam, "Teachers,
the Timeless Key," Ensign (CR), November 1997, p.62
5/26/09
"How
we act and dress reflects how we regard where we are and who we are.
Let me demonstrate. One of the natural occurrences in missionary work
is the change in new converts, especially little boys, young men, and
fathers. When they go to Church meetings, they want to look like the
missionaries. Now, that tells us a lot about the importance of looking
like a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." - Harold
G. Hillam, “Future Leaders,” Ensign (CR), May 2000, p. 10
11/14/14
Why
have these great missionaries and others like them been willing
to sacrifice the comforts of home, family, loved ones, and
sweethearts to answer the call to serve? It's because they have
a testimony of Jesus Christ. And when they know Him there is no
bed too short or too hard, no climate too hot or too cold, no
food too different or language so strange that they are
unwilling to serve Him. No sacrifice is too great to serve the
Master, who sacrificed His all to provide the way for His
brothers and sisters to return home to their Heavenly Father.
And because they are faithful to their callings, thousands will
revere their names throughout the eternities. - Harold
G. Hillam, "Sacrifice
in the Service," Ensign (CR), November 1995, p.41