The Second Half of the Second Century by Jeffrey R. Holland (Transcript)
The Second Half of the Second Century BYU Annual University Conference August 23, 2021 By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Someone once told me that the young speak of the future…
Orson Hyde Address — Celebration of the Fourth of July 1854
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Talk: “The Lord’s Base of Operations” by Ezra Taft Benson
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Henry D. Moyle on Prohibition, Moral Legislation – April 1949
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Devotional: The Angel Moroni by Elder Rudd
Brigham Young University-Idaho Devotional, March 11, 2003
by Elder Glen L. Rudd
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The Book of Mormon is a book that you should all be acquainted with. It was published in 1830. Eleven days after the book was printed, the Church was organized. It’s been in the world now for over 170 years. And just two years ago, on the last day of February in the year 2000, the 100 millionth Book of Mormon was printed. 100 million! When you stop and think about Church history, read about the problems that the Prophet Joseph and the others had in getting that book printed, I’m sure that one of the greatest miracles in the whole history of the world is the Book of Mormon itself. 100 million copies! That book has converted and brought millions of people into the Church, but there are millions of others who have rejected it and have gone their own way without using it. If you young people haven’t already learned to love the Book of Mormon and to appreciate it, now is the time to start.
Not Commanded in All Things by Ezra Taft Benson
by Ezra Taft Benson
General Conference Talk – April 1965
In 1831 the Lord said this to his Church:
For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.
Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;
For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.
But he that doeth not anything until he is commanded, and receiveth a commandment with doubtful heart and keepeth it with slothfulness, the same is damned. (D&C 58:26-29.)
The purposes of the Lord—the great objectives—continue the same: the salvation and exaltation of his children.
I Testify
I Testify by Ezra Taft Benson by President Ezra Taft Benson. Ensign, Nov. 1988, 86. My beloved brethren and sisters, my heart is full and my feelings tender as we conclude…