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“The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.”

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David O. McKay was a renowned author, born on September 8, 1873, and passed away on January 18, 1970. His works spanned across religious, philosophical, and literary fields, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“Thoughts mold your features. Thoughts lift your soul heavenward or drag you toward hell. … As nothing reveals character like the company we like and keep, so nothing foretells futurity like the thoughts over which we brood. … To have the approval of your conscience when you are alone with your thoughts is like being in the company of true and loving friends. To merit your own self-respect gives strength to character. Conscience is the link that binds your soul to the spirit of God.”

Giving Soul Self Character Spirit Company Hell Conscience Your Soul Lifts Features Merit Self Respect Links Approval Drag Mold Spirit Of God Loving Friends

Author:David O. McKay

“Opposition to God and His Christ, opposition to light and truth has existed since the beginning to the present day. This is the warfare that commenced in heaven, that has existed through all time, and that will continue until the winding up scene, until He reigns whose right it is to reign, when He shall come in clouds of glory to reward every man according to the deeds done in the body.”

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Book:Collected Discourses: 1886-1889

Source: Collected Discourses: 1886-1889

“Do not be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; learn one thing at a time, learn it well, and treasure it up, then learn another truth and treasure that up, and in a few years you will have a great store of useful knowledge.”

Years Wells One Thing Stores Treasure Discouraged One Thing At A Time Useful Knowledge

Author:Wilford Woodruff

“While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution, and affliction, yet I wish to say to my brethren and sisters that these things are the heritage of the Saints of God. … I have never read of the people of God in any dispensation passing through life, as the sectarian world would say, on flowery beds of ease, without opposition of any kind.”

People World Feels Kind Sometimes Past Wish Felt Gone Bed Saint Complaining Passing Passings Oppression Ease Opposition Heritage Affliction Persecution Brethren Passing Through

Author:Wilford Woodruff

“If we are going to do away with polygamy, it would only be one feather in the bird, one ordinance in the Church and Kingdom. Do away with that, then we must do away with the prophets and apostles, with revelation and the gifts and graces of the Gospel, and finally give up our religion altogether.”

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Author:Wilford Woodruff

“You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man.”

Men May Holy Angel Miracle Claims Ghost Administration Holy Ghost Greatest Gifts

Book:Collected Discourses: 1886-1889

Source: Collected Discourses: 1886-1889

“I say to Israel, the Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this Church to lead you astray. It is not in the program. It is not in the mind of God. If I were to attempt that the Lord would remove me out of my place, and so He will any other man who attempts to lead the children of men astray from the oracles of God and from their duty.”

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Author:Wilford Woodruff

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