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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Private choices affect us all
First, adults need to understand, and our children should be taught, that private choices are not private; they all have public consequences. “There is a popular notion that doing our own thing or doing what feels good is our own … Continue reading
Man is but a tenant of his physical body
Man is but a tenant of his physical body Man is but a tenant of his physical body. This view was very impressively expressed by ex-President of the United States John Quincy Adams. He was accosted on the streets of … Continue reading
The temporal salvation of man
The temporal salvation of man Taken from an address at a Church Welfare Meeting, Salt Lake Tabernacle, General Conference, Saturday, April 5, 1941. In 1897 when I was on my first mission, I found myself, one morning, distributing tracts in … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Empathy, Endurance, Missionary Work
Tagged David O. McKay, Missionary Work, poverty, Temporal Salvation
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David O. McKay’s prompting in Hawaii
A prompting saves David O. McKay and others from certain death This incident is detailed by Virginia Budd Jacobsen. It happened in 1921, while President McKay and Elder Hugh Cannon were making a tour of the missions of the world. … Continue reading
Posted in Prophets, Receiving Revelation
Tagged David O. McKay, Hawaii, receiving promptings, Receiving Revelation
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The faith of Catherine and Orson Spencer
The faith of Catherine and Orson Spencer One such was Catherine Spencer. When she joined the Church, her parents became embittered and angry, disowning her and refusing to allow her to ever return to their home or even to correspond … Continue reading
Posted in Endurance, Faith, Families, Grace, Gratitude, Purpose of Life
Tagged Catherine Spencer, Faith, Love, Orson Spencer, pioneers
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Examining the Enemy
Major Michael Duncan Jones U.S. Army Afghanistan, September 2004–February 2005 In addition to serving as brigade flight surgeon on Bagram Air Base, I also worked in the base hospital’s emergency room and as the physician for the detainee facility. There … Continue reading