TESTIMONY
President Joseph F. Smith (book: Gospel Doctrine):
"The greatest achievement mankind
can make in this world is to familiarize themselves with divine truth,
so thoroughly, so perfectly, that the example or conduct of no creature
living in the world can ever turn them away from the knowledge that they
have obtained...
"From my boyhood I have desired to
learn the principles of the gospel in such a way...that it would matter
not to me who might fall from the truth,...my foundation would be...certain
in the truths that I have learned."
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"Like President Smith, you and I need that kind of secure anchor to keep our life centered in righteousness and to avoid being swept away by the ruthless waves of worldliness."
(Elder Richard G. Scott, "Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge", Gen. Conf., Oct. 1993)
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President Gordon B. Hinckley, Oct. Conf., 1993
Testimony of Church Leaders:
"I am grateful, my brethren, for the testimony
I have of the divine calling of the leadership of this church. Even
though President Benson is seriously restricted in his capacities, I know
that he was called of God to his high and sacred office. I sustain
him and uphold him as prophet, seer, and revelator. My earnest desire
is to serve him faithfully and well as his Counselor through service to
the Church and its people.
"I have now served as a General Authority
longer than any living man other than the President of the Church.
I think I have worked in the administrative offices of the Church longer
than anyone now living. I have seen and known for nearly sixty years
in a personal way all who have served in the First Presidency, the Council
of the Twelve, the First Council of the Seventy, and more recently those
of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, as well as the Presiding
Bishopric. They have been and are mortal men, not entirely without
human weaknesses. Two or three out of the very many during that long
time have stumbled. But I believe that no better men are to be found
in any cause anywhere on earth. They have not taken this honor unto
themselves, but they are 'called of God, as was Aaron.' They serve
in a spirit of consecration and love. They are men of prayer and
faith, men who hold the priesthood and in humility exercise divine authority.
Their only objective is to build and enhance the kingdom."
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"When the Spirit is present, people are not offended when you share your feelings about the gospel."
M. Russell Ballard (November 1986 Ensign, page 33)
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"A testimony is fragile. It is as hard to hold as a moonbeam. It is something you have to recapture every day of your life."
Harold B. Lee (Church News, July 15, 1972, page 4)
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