I should like to name first the duty that rests upon every parent and upon every teacher within this Church to arouse within the mind of the child, a sense of responsibility toward other individuals and towards society. The sacredness of personality is a fundamental teaching of Jesus Christ. One great writer in this age, Harry Emerson Fosdick, is right when he says, “Christ thought of personality as the central fact in the universe and used it as a medium of interpretation of all other parts.” In the thought he approaches the more sublime teaching of the Lord given through the Prophet Joseph:

“This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” – David O. Mckay, “Conference Report,” April 1929, Third Day-Morning Meeting, p.100-101