April 1996 General Conference Sunday Morning

Thomas S. Monson -The Way of the Master

• Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend's face, For Life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men: Tired with playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name. "To-morrow," I say, "I will call on Jim, Just to show that I'm thinking of him." But to-morrow comes--and to-morrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows. Around the corner!--yet miles away... "Here's a telegram, sir," "Jim died to-day." And that's what we get, and deserve in the end: Around the corner, a vanished friend.

L. Tom Perry -Sacrament of the Lord's Supper

• With the partaking of the sacrament, we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and obligate ourselves to keep his commandments by covenant. This makes the partaking of the sacrament a reneweal of the covenants we made at the time of baptism into the Church. Thus, by the sacrament, we declare repeatedly, ordinarily weekly, our allegiance to the plan of salvation and its obligations and blessings.
• As members of the Church, we should delight in the privilege of partaking of the sacrament, and thereby affirming our faith in our Lord and Savior and our allegiance to the Church of Jesus Christ. 

Carlos E. Asay -Stay on the True Course

• If we, like Peter, keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and our eternal destination, we, too, may "walk triumphantly over the swelling waves of disbelief, and unterrified amid the rising winds of doubt."
• The storms of life beat consistently against our "hulls." Therefore, from time to time we, too, must take our latitude and ascertain how far the elements have driven us off the true course.
• "The world is drifting. ... Many things are tolerate today that would not have been tolerated for a moment twenty years ago. new problems have arisen with which we must now contend that we never dreamed of even in the days of my youth."
• We need not and must not flounder on the sea of popular opinions or drift with the waves of immorality. god is among us, and He has provided us with precious sextants to assess our spiritual latitude.
• "They who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people."
• "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet."
• Mortality is not a pleasure cruise on some luxury liner. It is a voyage fraught with challenges and constant buffetings of winds and waves.
• Whoever you are, wherever you live, and whatever you are doing, there will be challenges, for this is a time of testing. However, you must stay on the true course if you want to obtain happiness here and reach the safe harbor hereafter. there is no slight or insignificant deviation from the right way. One degree off latitude in the beginning becomes many degrees off course in the end. 

Henry B. Eyring -A Legacy of Testimony

• We must find other ways to convey our legacy of testimony, but the process of teaching, testifying, and living the truth will be the same.
• Some of the greatest opportunities to create and transmit a legacy of testimony cannot be planned. Tragedy, loss, and hurt often arrive unanticipated. How we react when we are surprised will tell our families whether what we have taught and testified lies deep in our hearts.
• God will reach out to offer the legacy again and again. more than we can imagine, our faithful effort to offer to our family the testimony we have of the truth will be multiplied in power and extended in time.

Gordon B. Hinckley -This Glorious Easter Morn

• The Church is the stronger or the weaker as each member is strong or weak in his or her faith and performance.

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi