TrendZion

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

1. 1909·Orson F. Whitney·Apostle
   There is a practical example of doing. What was accomplished in this Elder's quorum in this city can be done throughout the entire Church. My brethren and sisters, the quorums and organizations are means put into our hands whereby we may bring our children back to Christ. "Suffer them to come." God help us in guiding chem, and
2. 1949·Stephen L Richards·Apostle
   Do you know, my brethren, that the greatest reservoir of power and strength in the whole Church is in these quorums of the elders? Make that power available to the Church, and it will go forward by leaps and bounds.
3. 1953·Harold B. Lee·Apostle
   For some time there has been under study by the First Council of the Seventy with the Twelve as to what might be done in behalf of the Seventies who are not affiliated at the present time with any quorum.
4. 1966·Richard L. Evans·Apostle
   President Joseph Fielding Smith, a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, and President of the Quorum of the Twelve, will be our concluding speaker.
5. 1979·N. Eldon Tanner·Apostle
   The leadership of a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in area councils and of a Regional Representative in region councils will ensure coordinated and regulated activities at each level of Church administration. These councils, properly organized and functioning, assure a unified approach to move forward the ecclesiastical and temporal work of the Church for the blessing of individuals and families.
6. 1986·Gordon B. Hinckley·Apostle
   We sustain as the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy: Dean L. Larsen, Richard G. Scott, Marion D. Hanks, Wm. Grant Bangerter, Jack H. Goaslind, Robert L. Backman, and Hugh W. Pinnock. All in favor, please signify. Any opposed may so signify.