As we ponder the importance of learning by our own experience, we sense all the more that in our first estate we were told things now forgotten and we saw things with a wider perspective. We, at that point, had not had the personally validating experiences. Without these our determination to support divine standards would […]
If you, through poor judgment, were to cover your shoes with mud, would you leave them that way? Of course not. You would cleanse and restore them. Would you then gather the residue of mud and place it in an envelope to show others the mistake that you made? No. Neither should you continue to […]
“Learn of me,” he continued, “for I am meek and lowly in heart.” (Matt. 11:29.) Surely the lessons of history ought to teach us that pride, haughtiness, self-adulation, conceit, and vanity contain all of the seeds of self-destruction for individuals, cities, or nations. The ashes and rubble of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum are the silent […]
Now probably the greatest sin of all is the sin of ingratitude, but we, favored of all our Father’s children, should fill our hearts with gratitude for the magnitude of the power of the gospel and the blessings that he has brought to us. The resources by which we advance are the real qualities of […]
I rejoice exceedingly, my brethren and sisters, in the knowledge of the gospel which God has given me, and I earnestly desire to encourage you, my brethren and sister, to live more closely to the Lord, for we are passing through perilous times, and it behooves us to stand in holy places, manifesting the fruits […]
Peace is not found in selfishness, but in striving to help make the world better and happier. – David O. McKay, “Conference Report,” October 1938, Afternoon Meeting, p.134
Among the homes that I visited during my service in the Senate of the United States was the home of President Coolidge, where I was invited several times. I never ate a mouthful of food at his home without a blessing upon it. Prayer was the practice of President Coolidge. The last time I visited […]
How much happier we would be and how much more joy there would be in the world if we looked for and spoke only of the good and the beautiful; if we looked at the beauty of the hawthorn twig, its symmetry, instead of pointing out to everyone the dead leaf; if we enjoyed the […]
The great missionary of Christ, Paul the Apostle, was a man that was ever searching for truth, ever alert, never at any time mentally inactive. His was an active mind, seeking truth in the university at Tarsus. He was a student of the great teachers Gamaliel and Hillel. When Paul received the vision and was […]
I am convinced through observation that where members of the ward go to the temple consistently the problems of the bishopric are reduced and minimized to a very few comparatively, and I am sure that if the parents will go to the temple at regular intervals it will result in happier, more harmonious home-life. We […]