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"Our beloved Prophet Joseph did not lean on his own understanding. No,
he went into the Sacred Grove to seek divine guidance. As I stood on
the banks of the Susquehanna River some months ago, I could not help
thinking of the visit that Joseph and Oliver made to the banks of that
river when they needed divine guidance, and they could not lean on
their own understanding. They went to that secluded place close to his
home where they, too, knelt down on their knees and asked God to
reveal his will unto them, and he sent a heavenly messenger, John the
Baptist, to deliver his message. 'Lean not unto thine own
understanding.'" — Thorpe B. Isaacson, "General Conference Reports,"
October 1956, p. 11
(9/11/05)
"Oh, the blessings that await you if you will only come and mingle
with the Saints of the Church! Attend your sacrament meetings. It
seems that our people need to be continually encouraged to attend
their sacrament meetings. They should come to sacrament meetings in
large numbers as often as possible. We should partake of the sacrament
and renew our covenants with the Lord, so that during the following
week we may be able to withstand those temptations with which we are
confronted." - Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," October 1951,
Morning Meeting p. 131
8/13/07
"Young people, do not lose your testimony. You may discover sometimes
that you are in doubt. I think we all have. You may sometimes wonder
if your testimony is waning, but let that be a signal to you, let that
be the time that you come to one of your brethren, one of your
friends; that is the signal for you quickly to associate yourself with
the Church and become very active in the Church, that is the time that
you must confide in God your Eternal Father." - Thorpe B. Isaacson,
"Conference Report," October 1952, Afternoon Meeting, p.66
10/8/07
"May this group here today, and those who listen on the radio and
television, resolve to live better hereafter so that we can die
better. May God bless every single one of you, that you may live as
long as you want to live and as long as you ought to live. Remember,
each day of life is so precious we must not let it carelessly slip
away." - Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," October 1959,
Third Day—Morning Meeting, p.97
9/11/08
"Now there are men who feel
that they have perhaps drawn so far away from the Lord that they can't
pray. Sometimes we are careless in our praying, and yet we have been
designated as being a praying people, and we want always to stay a
praying people. I would like to encourage those men who are not as
prayerful as they might be, that we should not consider prayer as a
duty. We can consider prayer as a privilege. We can consider prayer as
a blessing. We can consider prayer as a comfort."
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1950, p.40
3/20/09
"'It
is a full-time job to be decent'—to
be decent to everybody all the time. To be decent is to cease
bitterness jealousy, and hate, to refrain from gossip, refrain from
backbiting, and from passing on untrue comments and unreliable stories
about another, to be considerate, thoughtful, and sympathetic. After
all, everyone that I know of already has a very heavy load to carry."
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1959, Second
Day—Morning Meeting, p.65
3/28/09
"About
the turn of the century one of America's most brilliant, prominent
attorneys had an occasion to defend a helpless person, and he used
this very beautiful allegory: 'When
God decided to make man, he called the three angels who waited on his
throne—Justice, Truth, and
Mercy—and said: 'Shall we make
Man?' Justice replied: 'Make him not, O God, for he will trample on
thy laws.' Truth replied, 'Make him not O God, for he will pollute thy
sanctuaries.' Mercy, kneeling, looked through her tears and said,
'Make him, O God, and I will watch over him all the days of his life.'"
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1962,
Afternoon Meeting, p.70
9/7/09
“I
truthfully believe that there are one million members of this
Church–at least those who are old enough and who realize the value of
prayer–who are praying each day for the President of the Church, the
prophet of the Lord, and for the General Authorities of the Church. We
are so profoundly grateful to you for your prayers and your faith.” -
Thorpe B. Isaacson, “Conference Report,” October 1958, Afternoon
Meeting, p. 66
2/20/10
“A personal testimony after we have received it, I have learned, and I
am grateful that I have learned it, needs to be constantly reinforced.
We may have had some faith-promoting experience in our lives, and many
of us have; we may have even witnessed a miracle, and some of us have.
Someone has said our testimony may be a dynamic concept based upon
evidence, proof, and revelation. It may have been acquired through
study and prayer, but if our testimony ceases to grow, it may finally
cease to be.” - Thorpe B. Isaacson, “Conference Report,” October
1952, Afternoon Meeting, p. 64
11/8/12
I bear testimony to you
that God is our Father, that we can partake of his Spirit, that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that the gospel is the greatest
power in the earth. This testimony I bear to all men everywhere
regardless of your station in life. I pray that you can understand
the restoration of the gospel because if it is made a part of your
life, and if you can realize it and accept it, that God still
governs in the affairs of men--I bear testimony to you that if you
will accept that, you will have more peace and comfort from this
source than from any other source in the world. - Thorpe B.
Isaacson, Conference Report, October 1963, Third Day Morning
Meeting, p.99
9/21/15
Yes, it will be
demanded that you rise to the occasion. Talents like minutes have
no neutral qualities. When used to good advantage they produce
ideas and results beneficial to yourself and mankind. When not
used to good advantage, they produce something detrimental and
life may be charged with surprise and shock. - Thorpe
B. Isaacson, February 23, 1965, "BYU Speeches of the Year,"
1965, p. 5
12/30/15
I am grateful to be alive, and I promised the Lord that I would
bear testimony of that power and that healing influence whenever I
could have the strength to do so. I thank God, and I hope that you
thank God just to be alive. If you feel that you are not quite
prepared or ready for that change from life to death, let me urge
you now—today—to change your life. Remember it only takes a few
seconds to change from life unto death. Let me urge you to make
the necessary adjustments in your life. Yes, make new resolutions.
Turn back, if you have reason to believe that you are on the wrong
road, turn back now. It isn't too late. - Thorpe
B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," October 1959, Third
Day-Morning Meeting, p.97
1/21/16
What price for peace? Power? "Power is never good except he be
good that has it" The key to all our problems, to life itself, is
God our Father. He is every man's first need. One writer has said:
"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown," and
one replied, "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the
hand of God—that shall be better than a light and safer than a
known way. - Thorpe B.
Isaacson, "Conference Report," October 1958, Afternoon Meeting,
p.67
6/1/16
Just a little poem on prayer:
I
say a prayer each morning,
So the day will turn out right,
And when the sun has disappeared,
I tell the Lord good night.
The world looks brighter in the dawn
When I pronounce a prayer,
Because it reassures me
The Lord is really there,
And that I seem to walk with him
Each hour of the day,
While I am occupied with work
Or taking time to play.
I listen to his counsel
And find my courage strong,
Whenever I am weary
Or when anything goes wrong.
And when the day is over,
And the moon and stars are bright,
I feel the least that I can do
Is tell the Lord goodnight. - Author Unknown
Thorpe B. Isaacson, “Conference Report,” October 1948, First
Day-Morning Meeting, p.20-21
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