April 1990 Conference Saturday Afternoon

Time for the next part of the 1990 April General Conference. :)
Enjoy! :)

Saturday Afternoon  

Thomas S. Monson-The Sustaining of Church Officers           

Ezra Taft Benson –Prophet

            Gordan B. Hinckley – First Counselor

            Thomas S. Monson – Second Counselor

            Howard W. Hunter –President of the Council of the 12 Apostles

            Boyd K. Packer

            Marvin J. Ashton

            L. Tom Perry

            David B. Haight

            James E. Faust

            Neal A. Maxwell

            Russell M. Nelson

            Dallin H. Oaks

            M. Russell Ballard

            Joseph B. Wirthlin

            Richard G. Scott 

Wilford G. Edling- The Church Audit Committee Report 

F. Michael Watson- Statistical Report 1989 

~Total membership at the close of 1989 -7,300,000 

David B. Haight- Filling the Whole Earth

~The truth of God will go forth boldly,... till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done.

~America's contribution to the world will continue to be in the ream of ideas and ideals.

~The Bible is replete with admonitions to remember the might acts of God as He has intervened in history for His people. We are witnesses of His mighty, intervening hand in the world even today.

~Do not underestimate the profound influence--politically and socially--of the principles of the restored gospel upon all of mankind.

~Save [them] from error,...to turn...from evil and to learn to do good.

~We may not be responsible for past generations, but we cannot escape the responsibility for this present one.

~We must prove ourselves, have the desire, and be found worthy to assist the Lord in accomplishing His purposes with men on earth.  

Hans B. Ringger- Choose You This Day 

~It is one thing to know the way, and another to take it. Some of us probably struggle to find guiding principles, some sort of foundation on which to build, and others have designed the perfect plan but never find the motivation, time, or courage to use it. In one way or another, we are paralyzed by the lack of understanding that true happiness comes from realizing our plans, beliefs, and hopes.

~Our lives must be founded on true principles and our actions must reflect that. but I do not believe that wee can pick and choose which principles are the most convenient ones.

~A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

~A Christian life demands decision and dedication. It is a dedication that is free of fanaticism but full of understanding and love. It is a dedication that knows no selfishness but yet knows of our personal needs. It is a dedication that embraces all mankind and yet keeps an eye single to the Lord. And it is a dedication that brings joy but is seldom free of hardship, disappointment, and discomfort.

~The needy are all around us. Too often, however, we are blind to those needs or fear those people whose company makes us feel uncomfortable.

~Let us decide to serve now, even if that means leaving the comfort of our homes temporarily.  

~We cannot hope for a better world, for more perfect governments and societies, if we are not wiling to do our share.

~We need to look around us, and if we cannot see poverty, illness, and despair in our own neighborhood or ward, then we have to look harder.

~Service should never discriminate and is hardly ever easy.

~I believe that no good cause is in vain, and if we can only touch one life, the world is a better place. Choose your service today, and choose it wisely.

~To say “I cannot” is a decision for no. It is a decision that will rob us of the very happiness we are seeking.  

Spencer J. Condie- Some Scriptural Lessons on Leadership 

~A leader must have a vision of the work which lies ahead.

~A leader must be humble and obedient.

~We learn that even kings must be careful. Leadership positions do not totally protect us from temptation.

~Knowledge and wisdom alone do not qualify people to lead.

~And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, and they will be thy servants for ever.

~If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

~To lead is to serve

~Leaders can make a difference! Faith in the Lord and high expectations can bring about a mighty change of heart among an entire people.

~Leaders are duty-bound and obligated to prepare others to take their place at some future time.

~A great leader must have high expectations, tempered with patience.

~Perfection takes a long, long time.

~A leader in the Lord’s kingdom must be meek and lowly of heart.  

F. Melvin Hammond- The Resurrection 

~To the credit of gentle, loving women everywhere, our Redeemer chose as the first mortal witness of His resurrection from the dead a woman, Mary Magdalene.

Joseph B. Wirthlin- Personal Integrity 

~Love him, because of the integrity of his heart, and because he loveth that which is right.

~To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts. Personal integrity implies such trustworthiness and incorruptibility that we are incapable of being false to a trust or covenant.

~We all have within us the ability to know what is right and good.

~Having received the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil, we should always choose the good.

~Integrity, a firm adherence to the highest moral and ethical standards, is essential to the life of a true Latter-day Saint.

~Integrity is so precious that it is beyond price; it is invaluable.

~His integrity and character, more than the brilliance of his intellect, made him the choice of his countrymen as their leader.

~He marched, built, sawed, hewed, plowed, planted with everyone else. His muscular body was a result of physical exertion. His mind was ‘an IDEAL’ of unrelenting seeking.

~His greatness did not lie alone in prophesying,… speaking, or writing, but in what he was.

~A man’s true greatness is not in what he says he is, nor in what people say he is; [but really] in what he really is.”

~Our integrity determines what we really are.

~A little lying, a little cheating, or taking a little unfair advantage are not acceptable to the Lord. The scriptures warn that these are Satan’s ways to lead us carefully down to [destruction].

~The world desperately needs men and women of integrity.

~If thou borrowest… , thou shalt restore that which thou hast borrowed.

~Oh, how we wish for more honesty and less corruption, more goodness instead of so much cleverness, and more wisdom in lieu of unanchored brilliance.

~The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace and serenity that come from knowing we are doing what is right; another is an absence of the guilt and anxiety that accompany sin.

~When we are doing what is right, we will not feel timid and hesitant about seeking divine direction.

~My brothers and sisters, let us live true to the trust the Lord has placed in us. Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem. The small matters accumulate to the shape the direction of our lives.  

Neal A. Maxwell- Endure It Well 

~What has happened today would not have occurred had you not married so well spiritually so many years ago.

~First, because God has repeatedly said He would structure mortality to be a proving and testing experience.

~Hence, enduring is vital, and those who so last will be first spiritually!

~We tend to think only in terms of our endurance, but it is God’s patient long-suffering which provides us with our chances to improve, affording us urgently needed developmental space or time.

~Otherwise, if certain mortal experiences were cut short, it would be like pulling up a flower to see how the roots are doing. Put another way, too many anxious openings of the oven door, and the cake falls instead of rising. Moreover, enforced change usually does not last, while productive enduring can ingrain permanent change.

~Patient endurance is to be distinguished from merely being “acted upon.” Endurance is more than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance; it is not only acceptance of the things allotted to us, it is to “ct for ourselves” by magnifying what is allotted to us.

~If, for instance, we are always taking our temperature to see if we are happy, we will not be. If we are constantly comparing to see if things are fair, we are not only being unrealistic, we are being unfair to ourselves.

~Therefore, true enduring represents not merely the passage of time, but the passage of the soul—and not merely from A to B, but sometimes all the way from A to Z. To endure in faith and doeth God’s will.

~Rather than shoulder-shrugging, true enduring is soul-trembling.

~Sometimes spiritual obedience requires us to ‘hold on’ lovingly, such as to a rebellious child, while others cry, ‘Let go!’ Enduring may likewise mean, however, ‘letting go,’ when everything within us wants to ‘hold on,’ such as to a loved one ‘appointed unto death.’

~You and I tend to dally over and dabble in temptations, entertaining them for a while, even if we later evict them. However, to give temptations any heed can set the stage for later succumbing.

~The customized challenges are often the toughest and the most ironical.

~Will we have the same perceptive tolerance for those being wrenched by a cruel irony? When, for the moment, we ourselves are not being stretched on a particular cross, we ought to be at the foot of someone else’s—full of empathy and proffering spiritual refreshment. On the straight, narrow path, which leads to our little Calvarys, one does not hear a serious traveler exclaiming, “Look, no hands!”

~How many times have good individuals done the right thing initially only to break under subsequent stress? Sustaining correct conduct for a difficult moment under extraordinary stress is very commendable, but so is coping with sustained stress subtly present in seeming routineness. Either way, however, we are to ‘run with patience the race that is set before us’, and it is a marathon, not a dash.

~For I have learned by experience that the Lord hat blessed me for thy sake.

~Without patient and meek endurance we will learn less, see less, feel less, and hear less. We who are egocentric and impatient shut down so much of our receiving capacity.

~Moreover, we find that sorrow can actually enlarge the mind and heart in order to ‘give place,’ expanded space for later joy.

~Puzzlement, for instance, is often the knob on the door of insight.

~God is easily pleased, but hard to satisfy.

~Some afflictions are physical, others mental, or so begin. Often, however, they are interactive, forming a special pain.

~You and I see in those who “endure it well’ a quiet, peaceful majesty, an unspoken, inner awareness that, like Paul, they have ‘kept the faith.’ And they know it, though they do not speak of it.

Until you next see these words;

I'll be watching the leaves.

Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi