TrendZion

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

1. 1856·Heber C. Kimball·Apostle
   You take a man that is not very good, and that has a wife that is not very good, and they cannot produce very good fruit, because the root is not good. Do you understand that, brother Hunter? ["Yes, Sir."] Is it as plain as cattle? You understand how to originate good stock, and so do I. You go into England and into the New England States, and every man that is raising stock is taking a course to take away the ringed, and the streaked, and the little, dried-up fixings, and to produce a more noble stock. It is upon the same principle that this people should become regenerated.
   Union of the Priesthood—Salvation of the American Nation—Punishment of the Saints’ Enemies, etc. — jodcopy citation
2. 1971·Harold B. Lee·Apostle
   Thank you, President Tanner. I would have you remember a remark of Brother Marvin J. Ashton in his very excellent address today when he said no home is a failure until it gives up on that son, or that daughter, or that husband, or that wife. It must not give up, no matter how difficult the task to save one of ours.
   Today’s Young People — cojccopy citation
3. 1977·L. Tom Perry·Apostle
   The Prophet Joseph Smith had a most remarkable way of handling a problem between himself and his wife. David Whitmer tells of an incident in the lives of Joseph and Emma Smith as follows:
   “But Be Ye Doers of the Word” — cojccopy citation
4. 1981·David B. Haight·Apostle
   “Then one day two missionaries knocked at our door. After many months, having just been ordained an elder, I baptized and confirmed my wife a member of the Church. We were later sealed as a family in the Washington Temple.”
   People to People — cojccopy citation
5. 1985·L. Tom Perry·Apostle
   Can we think of anything more important than residing in an eternal family unit with parents loving children, and children loving parents? It begins, of course, with a husband and wife married in the holy temple of God for all eternity by those holding priesthood authority. For we know that “in the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees; and in order to obtain the highest, a man must enter into this order of the priesthood [meaning the new and everlasting covenant of marriage].” ( D&C 131:1–2 .)
   “Born of Goodly Parents” — cojccopy citation
6. 1995·Gordon B. Hinckley·Prophet
   “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. ‘Children are an heritage of the Lord’ (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.
   Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World — cojccopy citation