Showing posts with label J. Reuben Clark Jr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label J. Reuben Clark Jr. Show all posts

Thursday, May 2, 2013

“Never let your faith be difficult to detect.”

- Pres. J. Reuben Clark Jr., as quoted by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in "Teaching and Learning in the Church," Ensign, Jun 2007, p. 104
http://www.lds.org/liahona/2007/06/teaching-and-learning-in-the-church?lang=eng

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Women have an inherent authority to be the saviors of human souls

“You sisters … belong to the great sorority of saviorhood. You may not hold the priesthood. Men are different, men have to have something given to them to make them saviors of men, but not mothers, not women. You are born with an inherent right, an inherent authority, to be the saviors of human souls. You are the co-creators with God of his children. Therefore, it is expected of you by a right divine that you be the saviors and the regenerating force in the lives of God’s children here upon the earth.”

- Elder Matthew Cowley, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Matthew Cowley Speaks (1954), 109. As quoted in Preparing for an Eternal Marriage Teacher Manual, (2003), 47–50 
http://www.lds.org/manual/preparing-for-an-eternal-marriage-teacher-manual/13-divine-roles-and-responsibilities-of-men-and-women?lang=eng


After quoting most of the above, Sheri Dew added:
"Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. declared, motherhood is 'as divinely called, as eternally important in its place as the Priesthood itself.'"
- Sheri L. Dew, Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, "Are We Not All Mothers?," Ensign, Nov 2001, p. 96. [J. Reuben Clark quote is from “Our Wives and Our Mothers in the Eternal Plan,” Relief Society Magazine, Dec. 1946, 801.]
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/11/are-we-not-all-mothers?lang=eng

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Savior will give the minimal punishment & the maximum reward


“I feel that [the Savior] will give that punishment which is the very least that our transgression will justify. I believe that he will bring into his justice all of the infinite love and blessing and mercy and kindness and understanding which he has. …

“And on the other hand, I believe that when it comes to making the rewards for our good conduct, he will give us the maximum that it is possible to give, having in mind the offense which we have committed.”

- Pres. J. Reuben Clark Jr., as quoted by Pres. James E. Faust in "The Atonement: Our Greatest Hope," General Conference, Oct 2001
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2001/10/the-atonement-our-greatest-hope?lang=eng#30-

Friday, April 26, 2013

It is not where you serve but how


“In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve but how. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines.”

- Pres. J. Reuben Clark Jr, from Conference Report, Apr. 1951, 154, as quoted by Pres. Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in “The Weak and the Simple of the Church,” General Conference, Oct 2007