Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Bensonwas an American farmer, government official, and religious leader who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture during both presidential terms of Dwight D. Eisenhower and as thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsfrom 1985 until his death in 1994. He was the last president of the LDS Church born in the 19th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth4 August 1899
CountryUnited States of America
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I am grateful my own eternal companion served a mission in Hawaii before we were married in the Salt Lake Temple, and I am pleased that I have had three granddaughters serve full-time missions.
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Sound principles and eternal truths need to be frequently repeated so that we do not forget their application nor become dissuaded by other arguments.
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Fathers, yours is an eternal calling from which you are never released.
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We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end.
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The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal.
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I love all our Father's children of every color, creed, and political persuasion.
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I have a vision of homes alerted, of classes alive, and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of Book of Mormon messages.
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One of the joys of working with boys is that you get your pay as you go along. You can observe the results of your leadership daily... Such satisfaction cannot be purchased at any price; it must be earned.
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I testify to you that God's pay is the best pay that this world or any other world knows anything about.
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Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.
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Some men are willing to die for their faith, but they are not willing to fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us.
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If someone wants to marry you outside the temple, whom will you strive to please - God or a mortal? If you insist on a temple marriage, you will be pleasing the Lord and blessing the other party.
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Faithful attendance at Church meetings brings blessings you can receive in no other way.
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False thinking and false ideologies, dressed in the most pleasing forms, quietly - almost without our knowing it - seek to reduce our moral defenses and to captivate our minds. They entice with bright promises of security, cradle-to-grave guarantees of many kinds.