Come, Listen to a Prophet’s Voice

Dean M. Davies · October 2018 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (pondered 34)

In recent months, I have listened to every general conference address which President Nelson has given since he was first called as an Apostle.

The Prophet of God

Neil L. Andersen · April 2018 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (past 34)

Is this blind faith?

Peace through Prayer

Rex D. Pinegar · April 1993 · Sunday Morning Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

Alexandre Dumas, in his classic tale The Count of Monte Cristo, wrote, “For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God” (trans.

Christ Is the Light to All Mankind

Gordon B. Hinckley · October 1991 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

“No other single influence has had so great an impact on this earth as the life of Jesus the Christ.

“The Lord Bless You”

Thomas S. Monson · October 1991 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

President Benson has always emphasized the strength of youth and our responsibility to youth.

Before I Build a Wall

Loren C. Dunn · April 1991 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

[“Mending Wall,” in The Poetry of Robert Frost (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1979), p.

The Spirituality of Service

Derek A. Cuthbert · April 1990 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

First, service helps us establish true values and priorities by distinguishing between the worth of material things that pass, and those things of lasting, even eternal, value.

Premortality, a Glorious Reality

Neal A. Maxwell · October 1985 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

There can be sudden surges of deja vu.

“Run, Boy, Run!”

Thomas S. Monson · October 1982 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

“On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times and to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.” (Boy Scout Handbook, North Brunswick, New Jersey: Boy Scouts of America, 1972, p.

What Is a Living Prophet?

A. Theodore Tuttle · April 1973 · Friday Morning Session

Open paragraph (p. 34)

President John Taylor said, “We require a living tree—a living fountain—living intelligence, proceeding from the living priesthood in heaven, through the living priesthood on earth.

The Only True and Living Church

Boyd K. Packer · October 1971 · Friday Morning Session

Open paragraph (1)

On your pretending he does not exist.”

Opening Our Hearts

Gerald N. Lund · April 2008 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (1)

And then the Psalmist simply wrote, “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart.”

To Be Free of Heavy Burdens

Richard G. Scott · October 2002 · Sunday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (2)

You will be helped by studying the magnificent explanation of the need for repentance and how it can be obtained, as Alma counseled his wayward son, Corianton, in the Book of Mormon.

“An High Priest of Good Things to Come”

Jeffrey R. Holland · October 1999 · Saturday Afternoon Session

Open paragraph (4)

“the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”

Beware of Pride

Ezra Taft Benson · April 1989 · Saturday Morning Session

Open paragraph (Ps. 34:18)

The antidote for pride is humility—meekness, submissiveness.