There is no finer symbol or characterization of the [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] to me than to think of the boy Joseph going to the woods, in his own words, “on the morning of a beautiful, clear day, early in the spring,” kneeling, offering a prayer, asking questions of the God in […]
It is the mission of the Holy Ghost to inspire the Latter-day Saints in their efforts to build God’s kingdom, to enhance and strengthen the missionary system at home and abroad, and to enlighten the minds of those who are searching for the truth. – Alma Sonne, “Conference Report,” April 1968, Afternoon Meeting, p.42
It has been said in many different ways that “In our children lies the future of our world.” If we believe this, and we do, then the education of our children deserves our foremost careful attention. Every father and mother every mature person in our land should be profoundly interested in the education of our […]
The cause of God is one common cause, in which the Saints are alike all interested; we are all members of the one common body, and all partake of the same spirit, and are baptized into one baptism and possess alike the same glorious hope. The advancement of the cause of God and the building […]
There is, of course, nothing wrong with being honored by men, if one is being honored for a good thing, if one comes to these honors through righteous living, and if, while holding these honors, one lives honorably. One should strive to have wide influence for good. – Ezra Taft Benson, “Conference Report,” October 1964, […]
If in our thoughts of the resurrection of the Savior of the world we could realize more perfectly that he mastered the teaching of the Psalmist, “that the statutes of God give wisdom unto the simple, and the highest conceivable wisdom to the humblest minds,” people’s hearts would be awakened to a spiritual response, which […]
Knowing our feelings for our own loved ones, for our own children, we can take confidence in the merry and love and understanding and in the helpfulness of our Father in heaven, who will not leave the humblest child or the most lonely among us, alone in life. – Richard L. Evans, Conference Report, October […]
And what a message the Church has for this distracted world! “Its appeal.” as Kent says of true Christianity, “is universal—to the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak, the learned and the unlearned. It proclaims God to be not only the one Supreme Ruler of the Universe, but the Father of each […]
I thank the Lord that the rewards for faithfulness in the Church are not all postponed until after the resurrection. I thank the Lord that while we live in hope and faith, and in a knowledge of the glory and blessings that await us in the future, yet the Lord rewards us every day of […]
The testimony that God lives is a gift to us; it comes to us when we are worthy of it. He blesses us when we strive for that blessing and reach out and try to get it. He is indeed our Father in heaven, to whom we can go and from whom we can ask […]