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8/28/08
"I thank God, my brothers and
sisters and friends, that I was reared in a good home. I thank God that
in that home I was taught that it was more important to be moral than to
be careful, that I was taught from the days of my youth to honor the
priesthood of Almighty God. I was frequently told, as were the rest of
the members of my father's family, by our father, that if there ever
came a time or an occasion to choose between loyalty to him and loyalty
to the priesthood of God, always choose loyalty to the priesthood of
God. I thank God that such an occasion never arose."
- Matthew Cowley, "Conference Report," October 1945, Afternoon
Meeting, p.50
12/7/08
"And so we approach the
Christmas season when we think about the simple life of the Master and
how he came to the sinners, not to the righteous. Let us remember that
we are our brothers' keepers and that we do have great problems, and
that there are ways of reaching the hearts of those that need us.
Maybe I'm not the right one to do it, but if I'm not the right one,
somewhere there is someone who can touch the lives of these men."
- Matthew Cowley, "Matthew Cowley Speaks," p.155
3/2/10
“Now,
there is one thing I have learned, and it has been a wonderful thing
for me as a religionist in my present position. I've learned from
these men that there isn't a man living who isn't greater than his
sins, who isn't greater than his weaknesses. That's a wonderful thing
to know. It is a wonderful thing to know that even though a man may
sink so low that he is at the bottom of the gutter, yet within him
there is a greatness that can regenerate him if he will submit himself
to the right influences and to the power above and beyond himself.” -
Matthew Cowley, “Matthew Cowley Speaks,” p. 219
12/21/15
Now this is the point I want to bring out, brothers and sisters: When
we come into our chapels, not stables, but chapels such as this, with
beautiful appointments—clean—we come before the sacrament board, not
of the Babe of Bethlehem, but before Christ, and all of his consummate
glory and divinity—King of kings, and Lord of lords—the Savior of
mankind. What I would like to impress upon you at this time is the
necessity of coming before the sacrament board actuated by a spirit of
worship. Do not come into your beautiful chapel to partake of the
sacrament and renew your covenants without a spirit of worship in your
hearts because when a deacon who holds the priesthood of God brings
you the emblems of the sacrament table, he is bringing you the Christ.
"This do in remembrance of me." (Luke
22:19.) - "Matthew Cowley," Matthew
Cowley Speaks, p.99