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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 2021
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Priesthood Session
The Resurrection also gives us a powerful incentive to keep the commandments of God during our mortal lives.
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Gerrit W. Gong
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April 2020
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Saturday Evening Session
A second promise of Easter and our Lord’s Atonement is that, spiritually, “all things shall be restored to their proper order.” This spiritual restoration reflects our works and desires.
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Quentin L. Cook
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April 2024
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Other premortal spirits exercised their agency in following Heavenly Father’s plan.
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Marcos A. Aidukaitis
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April 2022
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Among the many rich blessings He has given me for serving Him as a full-time missionary are a greater faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement and a stronger knowledge and testimony of His teachings, so that I am not easily swayed by “every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14).
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Randy D. Funk
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April 2022
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Consider some causes of unhappiness: misery comes from sin, sadness and loneliness from the death of a loved one, and fear from the uncertainty of what happens when we die.
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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April 2021
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Saturday Afternoon Session
In that regard, may I speak for a moment about the absence in some quarters of these principles of righteousness in our time.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2020
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Sunday Afternoon Session
I believe most of us would tire very quickly of this sort of heavenly micromanagement.
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Gary E. Stevenson
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October 2019
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Sunday Morning Session
The words written so many centuries ago by a Book of Mormon prophet are especially relevant for our day: “Wickedness never was happiness.” May we recognize Satan’s deceptions for what they are.
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Henry B. Eyring
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October 2019
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Sunday Afternoon Session
That is what Heavenly Father; His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost have offered every spirit child of Heavenly Father who now lives, will live, or ever has lived in this world.
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Quentin L. Cook
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April 2018
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As we look around, we see the devastation of wickedness and addiction at every turn.
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Sharon Eubank
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October 2017
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General Women’s Session
And finally, the fifth is to do one through four in happy ways.
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Stephen W. Owen
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October 2017
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Too often we think of repentance as something miserable and depressing.
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Russell M. Nelson
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October 2017
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The Book of Mormon both illuminates the teachings of the Master and exposes the tactics of the adversary.
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M. Joseph Brough
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April 2017
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Saturday Morning Session
Heavenly Father’s commandments are key components of the care package.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2017
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Far from being anxious to condemn, our Heavenly Father and our Savior seek our happiness and plead with us to repent, knowing full well that “wickedness never was [and never will be] happiness.” So Ezekiel and every prophet before and since, speaking the word of God out of a full heart, have warned all who will to turn away from Satan, the enemy of their souls, and “choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men.”
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J. Devn Cornish
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October 2016
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Saturday Morning Session
And Alma proclaimed, “Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.”
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Quentin L. Cook
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October 2015
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Saturday Morning Session
I recognize that, despite the overwhelming happiness embodied in God’s divine plan, sometimes it can feel far away and disconnected from our current circumstances.
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L. Tom Perry
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April 2013
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Sunday Morning Session
God reveals to His prophets that there are moral absolutes.
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Boyd K. Packer
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October 2010
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Sunday Morning Session
We teach a standard of moral conduct that will protect us from Satan’s many substitutes or counterfeits for marriage.
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Per G. Malm
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October 2010
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Along our way we are aided in our choices through the sustaining influence of the Spirit.
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Mervyn B. Arnold
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October 2010
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Sister Arnold learned that our kind, wise, and loving Heavenly Father has given us commandments not to restrict us, as the adversary would have us believe, but to bless our lives and to protect our good name and our legacy for future generations—just as they had for Lehi and Nephi.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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April 2010
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Saturday Afternoon Session
In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality.
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D. Todd Christofferson
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October 2009
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Seeking to be neutral about the gospel is, in reality, to reject the existence of God and His authority.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2009
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Saturday Afternoon Session
With all my heart I hope and pray that you will be wise enough to learn the lessons of the past.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2007
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The prophet Alma, who was reclaimed from sin to happiness by God’s forgiveness, declared, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).
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Marcus B. Nash
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October 2006
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Priesthood Session
“And now, my son, all men that are … in a carnal state … are without God in the world, and they have gone contrary to the nature of God; therefore, they are in a state contrary to the nature of happiness” (Alma 41:10–11).
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Larry W. Gibbons
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October 2006
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Sunday Afternoon Session
You lived with your Heavenly Father in a premortal life.
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2006
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Marriage is both a commandment and an exalting principle of the gospel.
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 2005
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Saturday Morning Session
A few words or a phrase in a verse, such as “wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10), will tell you of the reality of the evil one and how he works.
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Thomas S. Monson
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April 2005
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General Young Women Meeting
Remember the words from the Book of Mormon: “Wickedness never was happiness.”
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Richard G. Scott
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April 2004
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Consider the lives of those who create what for some are captivating images of life.
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Boyd K. Packer
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October 2003
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Satan, with his angels, will try to capture your thoughts and control what you do.
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Richard G. Scott
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October 2002
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Do you find yourself in a similar circumstance?
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Claudio R. M. Costa
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October 2002
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Being obedient to God’s commandments, we will live happily for all eternity.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2002
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As President Hinckley instructed the brethren last night, there is no peace in sin.
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 2001
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The gospel plan is the “great plan of happiness.” It is contrary to the nature of God and contrary to the very nature of man to find happiness in sin.
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Richard C. Edgley
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October 2000
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Priesthood Session
Alma reminded his wayward son, Corianton, regarding sexual impurity: “Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord?” (Alma 39:5).
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 1997
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Saturday Morning Session
The prophet Alma bluntly told his wayward son that because he transgressed he was “in a state contrary to the nature of happiness” and that “wickedness never was happiness.” Those who don’t know how to erase mistakes often feel cornered and rebellious and lose themselves in unworthy living.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1997
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Priesthood Session
It is not God who has given us the spirit of fear; this comes from the adversary.
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Robert D. Hales
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April 1996
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Priesthood Session
Brethren, choosing to live the commandments frees us from the shackles of sin and allows us to experience true happiness.
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Carlos E. Asay
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April 1996
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Sunday Morning Session
It must be remembered that “wickedness never was happiness” and never will be.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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April 1994
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Priesthood Session
The commandments of the gospel come from a tender, loving Father whose laws are given to make us happy, to protect us, and to help us avoid the inescapable pain and misery that always result when we yield to Satan and give in to temptation.
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Spencer J. Condie
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October 1993
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Saturday Morning Session
One of the powerful doctrines of the Book of Mormon is that we can, indeed we must, undergo a mighty change of heart (see Mosiah 5:2; Alma 5:14).
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Ben B. Banks
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October 1993
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Saturday Afternoon Session
It is not easy for children to stay clean and pure in today’s world.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 1993
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Saturday Morning Session
“We counsel you to choose to live a morally clean life.
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 1992
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Sunday Morning Session
The code for moral law is found in the scriptures, stated as simply as, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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April 1992
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Sunday Afternoon Session
We should seek to be happy and cheerful and not allow Satan to overcome us with discouragement, despair, or depression.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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October 1991
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Persons who pursue Satan’s way are certain to have Satan’s misery.
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F. Burton Howard
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April 1991
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Saturday Morning Session
Of course we have the right to strive for happiness.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1990
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Sunday Morning Session
My brothers and sisters, I plead with you also to be certain that you do not cross over the lines of safety into the paths of immorality.
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Boyd K. Packer
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October 1990
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The laws of God are ordained to make us happy.
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Robert D. Hales
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April 1990
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General Priesthood Meeting
My brethren, this is deception, as the Lord has taught us.
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Robert L. Backman
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October 1989
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Priesthood Session
The full force of his actions was obvious to my tearful friend, who understood, at last, the reality of Alma’s words: “Wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10.)
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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October 1989
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Sunday Afternoon Session
On the other hand, Satan will try, at every step of the way, to lead you off course.
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Glenn L. Pace
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October 1987
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Priesthood Session
When all of the evidence is in, the world’s graduate school of hard knocks will teach what you young men were taught in the kindergarten of your spiritual training, “Wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10).
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Jack H Goaslind
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April 1986
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Sunday Morning Session
The doctrine is concisely summarized by Alma: “Behold, I say unto you, wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10; italics added.) If we are not pure, we would be miserable in the presence of God and Christ, who are by their very nature happy and joyful and cannot look upon sin with any allowance.
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Marvin J. Ashton
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April 1986
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Sunday Afternoon Session
For many years President Ezra Taft Benson has reinforced his talks of love and guidance to our youth with the truth that wickedness never can be happiness.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1985
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Priesthood Session
Alma reproved his son Corianton for his immoral behavior.
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F. Burton Howard
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April 1983
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Sunday Morning Session
Ultimately, they look within.
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Theodore M. Burton
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April 1983
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Sunday Afternoon Session
My special assignment as a General Authority is to assist the First Presidency in bringing people who have committed serious sins back into the Church.
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Robert L. Backman
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October 1980
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Priesthood Session
In my lifetime, my young friends, I have discovered that happiness comes in keeping the commandments of God.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 1979
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Sunday Afternoon Session
First, a return to righteousness.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1977
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Saturday Afternoon Session
First, I counsel you to live a morally clean life.
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Joseph Anderson
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April 1975
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Friday Afternoon Session
As an illustration, every one of the Ten Commandments, if lived, will bring joy and satisfaction.
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Harold B. Lee
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October 1973
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Friday Morning Session
Other prophets have declared likewise, so forcibly as to not be misunderstood, that “wickedness never was happiness.” (Alma 41:10.)
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Joseph Fielding Smith
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April 1972
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Thursday Morning Session
Marry in the temple, and live joyous and righteous lives.
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 1972
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Sunday Morning Session
And now, my young friends, I must tell you soberly and seriously that God has declared in unmistakable language that misery and sorrow will follow the violation of the laws of chastity.
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Milton R. Hunter
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April 1971
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Let us cite only a few of the numerous cases that have come to my personal attention recently.
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