“Prophecy and history predict and record a great and universal apostasy which was to be followed by a restoration as predicted by John in Revelation. The fact of the great apostasy is attested by both sacred and secular writ, and history bears witness that it became universal. We proclaim this fact of history not as an attack on any church. We do not assume any position of "holier than thou" or "wiser than thou," but we announce this historic fact of the apostasy as a vindication of the claim that there has been in fact a restoration of the gospel.” Has BeensFactsChurchRecordsPositionBearsUniversalClaimsSacredAssumingHistoricalWitnessRevelationsSecularWiserProphecyHistoricRestorationVindicationApostasyHolier Than Thou Author:Hugh B. Brown
“I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will Rogers' of the Church, and told the congregation that he was a great humorist. When he got up he said, 'You know, I think the Lord himself likes a joke. If he didn't, he wouldn't have made some of you folks!” IfsThinkingKnowsMadeSaidRememberChurchLordJokesFolksLikesGoldenStakesRogerCongregationHumorists Author:Hugh B. Brown
“More thinking is required, and we should all exercise our God-given right to think and be unafraid to express our opinions, with proper respect for those to whom we talk and proper acknowledgment of our own shortcomings. We must preserve freedom of the mind in the church and resist all efforts to suppress it. The church is not so much concerned with whether the thoughts of its members are orthodox or heterodox as it is that they shall have thoughts.” ThinkingShouldMindGivenChurchEffortOpinionExerciseMembersConcernedPreservesOrthodoxShortcomingsUnafraidAcknowledgmentLds Author:Hugh B. Brown
“The Church has always advised against birth control and that is the only position the Church can take in view of our beliefs with respect to the eternity of the marriage covenant and the purpose of this divine relationship.” PurposeBeliefChurchViewsPositionDivineBirthEternityCovenantBirth Control Author:Hugh B. Brown
