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(1/26/02)
"Even in those early years I somehow grasped the idea that I alone
must work out my salvation, and that I could not blame anyone else if
I didn't. Today I cannot identify the exact teaching of this
principle, but I suspect that it came from those testimonies I heard
in the Second Ward, the Sunday School class, my parents, and the
repetition of the second Article of Faith [ A
of F 1:2 ], which I
repeated many times in that day. This article states: 'We believe that
men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's
transgression.'" — S. Dilworth Young, " He
Hath Showed Thee, O Man, What Is Good ," "Ensign,"
Nov. 1978, p. 64
(1/3/05)
"We know how to go out to teach. We know how to find people and how to
cultivate their interest. We know how to apply sound teaching methods.
All we need to do now is for each of us to become converted, to arise
and go forth in the power of our knowledge and by the Spirit. Truly
the admonition of the Lord to Peter, 'and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren,' is happening today. As the Holy Ghost
descended upon Peter and his associates at Pentecost, so has this
divine gift been given freely to us. We have had, ever since 1830, the
power of the Holy Ghost guiding and strengthening our leaders and
loyal members. The gospel has been carried through the fervent witness
of untiring missionaries and members until we now have organized units
of the Church in more than two-thirds of the countries throughout the
world, but there are uncounted millions yet to hear." - S. Dilworth
Young, " When
Thou Art Converted ,"
Ensign, June 1971, p. 40
(2/11/05)
"We may be sure that if there are many children or invalids or aged in
a home, it is almost a certainty that such homes need help. O ye
saints, do not pine if you have not presidency or teaching positions.
Be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of your own
free will. You may come nearer your heaven by the unobtrusive help you
render those standing in need of comfort, succor, and attention. You
won't feel important to the organization, but the angels will be
smiling as they record the hours of church service given to those whom
the Lord loves and to whom he personally directed his own effort-the
poor, the downtrodden, the needy, the ill, the discouraged.
"We are all church workers; those with specific assignments and those
with none are required by revelation to go to the house of prayer
weekly to offer up their oblations. We then renew our pledges to
remember him who is our Savior and to keep his commandments, the
second one of which is to remember to love our neighbors as we love
ourselves. Having entered into this covenant, it is our responsibility
to seek diligently to show this love through our deeds." - S. Dilworth
Young, " By
Love, Serve One Another ,"
Ensign, Dec. 1971, p. 67
12/9/07
"With awe we contemplate the perfection of this Firstborn of God,
his power, his glory. Ours is more than the simple act of worship as
an end. We testify that his purpose and mission are to make it
possible for us to come into his presence, be like him, and share
his honor and his glory forever. He said, '...this is my work and my
glory-to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.' (Moses
1:39.)" - S. Dilworth Young, "Conference
Report," April 1969, Afternoon Meeting, p.78
2/14/09
"Many of us know
what it is to suffer physically for ourselves, and we suffer
mentally and emotionally for our friends and loved ones in their
sorrows and afflictions. I am not capable of fully understanding the
suffering of this great firstborn Son of God for the sins of the
world. We call it Gethsemane. He gave us agency and then, knowing
all would sin to a greater or lesser degree, took the responsibility
on himself of paying the price of the atonement for our sins,
provided we would repent and follow him and his teachings. I find
peace in doing what he said to do. When he said: 'Peace
I leave with you, my peace I give unto you'
(John 14:27), he meant what he said. Someday I hope to be able to
understand better. I know the peace I can have if I will keep his
law and abide in his commandments."
- S. Dilworth Young, "When I Read, I Am There," Ensign (CR),
July 1973, p.113
6/7/10
"May I conclude by reminding you of
the first thing that I said, things 'seen and heard.' How necessary it
is for a parent to bear that witness! I have an aged
great-grandmother, long since dead, who in her ninety-seventh year was
approached by one who had lost faith, and thinking perhaps that the
grandmother, too, had lost some, said to her, 'You knew the Prophet.
What did you think of him?' This aged woman had endured the
vicissitudes of the seventies' trek from Kirtland to Missouri, had
suffered through Haun's Mill with her infant child in her arms, had
counted the long miles across the plains, and then had lived through
years of poverty in Utah. She smiled as she looked at this person, and
I think disappointed the person, too, because this is what she said:
'We all knew that he was a Prophet.'" - S. Dilworth Young, "Conference
Report," October 1956, Afternoon Meeting, p. 69
7/20/13
We are all church workers;
those with specific assignments and those with none are required
by revelation to go to the house of prayer weekly to offer up
their oblations. We then renew our pledges to remember him who is
our Savior and to keep his commandments, the second one of which
is to remember to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Having
entered into this covenant, it is our responsibility to seek
diligently to show this love through our deeds. - S.
Dilworth Young, "By
Love, Serve One Another," General Conference, October 1971
6/8/14
Each quorum should be alert to
its opportunities. All about us are those who, while living among
us, know very little about us. They see us leave for work and come
home. They see our lights go out as we retire to rest, but they do
not comprehend our deep abiding joy in the restoration, as the
spirit whispers to us peace. We have an obligation to live in such
a manner that they will see. And we have a further obligation to
open our doors, our windows, and our hearts to them so that if
they are at all willing, they cannot fail to see and, in addition,
to hear and accept. - S.
Dilworth Young, "Conference Report," April 1968, Afternoon
Meeting, p.84
7/7/14
Incidentally, to this
generation of young fathers I suggest that they spend overtime
teaching their children the fifth commandment, which tells them to
honor their parents. - S.
Dilworth Young, “He
Hath Showed Thee, O Man, What Is Good,” Ensign (CR)
November 1978
3/13/17
Peter
believed and denied. Peter was converted and became a rock against
which the power of Satan was impotent. He became determined, fearless,
pushed by an inward power strong and true. Paul persecuted because of
disbelief, thinking that he did God’s service. Paul was converted and
became like Peter.
Conversion brings strength, determination to defend the work of the Lord on earth and to expand it. This conversion comes when one receives the baptism of fire, the witness of the Holy Ghost. – S. Dilworth Young, “When Thou Art Converted,” Ensign (CR) May 1971
