TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1853·Parley P. Pratt·Apostle
   "Now if these Latter-day Saints have a book extant among them, and it agrees with the Bible, there is no kind of use for it, "says the opposer, "for the Bible contains all that is necessary; if it does not agree with the Bible, it is false anyhow; so in either case burn it." This was a principle of Mahommedanism, and may be a principle of what is called modern Christianity. I hope not, however.
   ”Mormonism” — jodcopy citation
2. 1857·Lorenzo Snow·Apostle
   I think that speakers ought to try and improve themselves, wherein they see their weaknesses, the hearers ought to try to eschew their weaknesses, so that when the Elders are called upon to speak they may have it in their hearts to do the people good.
   Man Must Use His Energies and Cultivate the Gifts of God—Necessity of Following Counsel—Reformation Must be Intrinsic and Not a Matter of Excitement — jodcopy citation
3. 1915·James E. Talmage·Apostle
   1. The Land Bountiful.--This comprized the northerly part of South America, extending to the Isthmus of Panama. On the north it was bounded by the Land of Desolation, which embraced Central America, and, in later Nephite history, an indefinite extent north of the Isthmus. The South American continent in general is called, in the Book of Mormon, the Land of Nephi.
   Jesus the Christ — apostle_bookcopy citation
4. 1979·N. Eldon Tanner·Apostle
   I would like to borrow the title of Elder Bowen’s book and share with you some of my own experiences and convictions drawn from the sixty years of my working life. I have lived during each phase of the economic cycle. As a young man getting started in life, I experienced personal depression. I have experienced a national and international depression, as well as periods of recession and inflation. I have watched so-called solutions come and go with each change in the economic cycle. These experiences have led me to the same conviction as Robert Frost, who once said:
   Constancy amid Change — cojccopy citation
5. 1987·Boyd K. Packer·Apostle
   He spoke of his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy and the assignments that followed. Soon the Tuttle family was called to South America. They were hardly settled back home when the Brethren interviewed him about returning.
   Covenants — cojccopy citation
6. 1990·Gordon B. Hinckley·Apostle
   He was the chief compiler of the book which is called after his name and which has come forth in this period of the world’s history as a voice speaking from the dust in testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Mormon Should Mean “More Good” — cojccopy citation