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Ronald A. Rasband
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October 2024
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Sustaining includes holding up our stake presidents and bishops, quorum and organization leaders, teachers, and even camp directors in our wards and stakes.
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Gary E. Stevenson
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April 2024
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Here Jesus bridges our heavenly upward gaze, to love the Lord, with our earthly outward gaze, to love our fellow men and women.
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Gerrit W. Gong
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April 2023
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Saturday Morning Session
In Peru, Sister Gong and I met Salvador and his siblings.
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Camille N. Johnson
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April 2023
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Sunday Morning Session
And so, like the friends of the man with palsy, we “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.” We “bear … one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” As we do, we come to know Him, become like Him, and find His relief.
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Eduardo Gavarret
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April 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
When we love and serve our neighbors by ministering activities and missionary work.
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Ulisses Soares
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October 2021
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Saturday Morning Session
My dear friends, as we intentionally strive to incorporate a compassionate attitude into our way of life, as exemplified by the Savior, we will become more sensitive to people’s needs.
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Dale G. Renlund
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October 2021
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Sunday Morning Session
The pandemic is also a spiritual stress test for the Savior’s Church and its members.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2021
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Saturday Morning Session
He invites us to be His hands, to go about doing good.
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Jorge T. Becerra
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April 2021
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees”
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Reyna I. Aburto
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October 2019
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Women’s Session
Your struggles do not define you, but they can refine you.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2018
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Saturday Morning Session
“be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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April 2018
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Brothers and sisters, I join with you in saluting every block teacher and ward teacher and home teacher and visiting teacher who has loved and served so faithfully throughout our history.
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Patrick Kearon
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April 2016
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The Savior knows how it feels to be a refugee—He was one.
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Henry B. Eyring
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April 2015
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General Women’s Session
As His witness, I extend gratitude for what you do so well to help the living Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, strengthen feeble knees and lift up hands that hang down.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2015
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General Priesthood Session
Brethren, this is our high and holy calling—to be agents of Jesus Christ, to love as He loved, to serve as He served, to “lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees,” to “look [after] the poor and the needy,” and to care for the widows and orphans.
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Eduardo Gavarret
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October 2014
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Saturday Afternoon Session
As an outward manifestation of that change, you will feel the strong desire to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 2014
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Sunday Afternoon Session
May we remember the elderly and those who are homebound.
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Ronald A. Rasband
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April 2014
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Saturday Morning Session
Often we are given the opportunity to help others in their time of need.
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Kevin S. Hamilton
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October 2013
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Those of us who are members of God’s Church today have made covenants to follow Jesus Christ and to obey God’s commandments.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2013
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Priesthood Session
It is our job to build up, repair, strengthen, uplift, and make whole.
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Ulisses Soares
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April 2012
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The African people have touched my heart because of their determination and diligence to stay in the Lord’s territory.
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Quentin L. Cook
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April 2011
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Saturday Morning Session
Our women are not incredible because they have managed to avoid the difficulties of life—quite the opposite.
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Henry B. Eyring
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April 2011
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Saturday Morning Session
I know that God the Father lives and hears our prayers.
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H. David Burton
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April 2011
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Sunday Morning Session
Since the foundation of the world, the cloth of righteous societies has ever been woven from the golden threads of charity.
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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October 2010
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Saturday Morning Session
I am grateful for Young Women leaders who go to girls camp and, without shampoo, showers, or mascara, turn smoky, campfire testimony meetings into some of the most riveting spiritual experiences those girls—or those leaders—will experience in their lifetime.
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Henry B. Eyring
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October 2010
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Priesthood Session
That is true whether we are called to teach the gospel by the Spirit or go with the Holy Ghost to those with feeble knees and hands that hang down.
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Barbara Thompson
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October 2010
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General Relief Society Meeting
The Savior has asked us to do the things which He has done, to bear one another’s burdens, to comfort those who need comfort, to mourn with those who mourn, to feed the hungry, visit the sick, to succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and to “teach one another the doctrine of the kingdom.” To me these words and actions describe visiting teachers—those who minister to others.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2010
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Sunday Morning Session
Christ did not just speak about love; He showed it each day of His life.
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Henry B. Eyring
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April 2009
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Priesthood Session
Now, you might object that Jacob was a prophet and you are not.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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October 2008
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General Relief Society Meeting
Being compassionate is another great work of our Heavenly Father and a fundamental characteristic of who we are as a people.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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April 2008
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Saturday Morning Session
When we show concern for those who are weary, we “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.” Caring Church leaders are mindful of individual limitations yet eager to utilize members to the extent of their strength and abilities.
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Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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April 2008
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Sunday Morning Session
“be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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Michael J. Teh
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October 2007
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Saturday Afternoon Session
As disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have a responsibility to care for and serve our brothers and sisters.
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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October 2006
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As surely as the rescue of those in need was the general conference theme of October 1856, so too is it the theme of this conference and last conference and the one to come next spring.
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H. David Burton
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April 2006
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Saturday Morning Session
The Savior asks us to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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April 2006
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Sunday Morning Session
Following these most basic teachings, a splendor of connections to Christ opens up to us in multitudinous ways: prayer and fasting and meditation upon His purposes, savoring the scriptures, giving service to others, “succor[ing] the weak, lift[ing] up the hands which hang down, … strengthen[ing] the feeble knees.” Above all else, loving with “the pure love of Christ,” that gift that “never faileth,” that gift that “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, [and] endureth al...
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 2001
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Priesthood Session
It is our solemn obligation, it is our certain responsibility, my brethren, to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees” (D&C 81:5).
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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April 2001
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Sunday Afternoon Session
I know that Jesus the Christ lives.
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 2000
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Actually, discipleship may keep the honors of the world from us.
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Jeffrey R. Holland
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October 1999
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Yet in my mind’s eye, for just an instant, I thought perhaps I saw on that side road an old car with a devoted young wife and two little children making the best of a bad situation there.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1999
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Saturday Morning Session
We are prone to speak of large numbers such as the total membership of the Church.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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April 1999
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Brothers and sisters, the Savior, who set the pattern for us, is pleased with those who “remember in all things the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.” He is pleased with those who hearken to His admonition to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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James E. Faust
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October 1996
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Sunday Morning Session
To remain true and faithful through this mortal vale of tears, we must love God with all our heart, might, mind, and strength and love our neighbor as ourselves.
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Neal A. Maxwell
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April 1996
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Therefore, brothers and sisters, quiet goodness must persevere, even when, as prophesied, a few actually rage in their anger against that which is good (see 2 Ne.
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Henry B. Eyring
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October 1995
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Priesthood Session
“‘Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees’
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1995
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Sunday Morning Session
“Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees”
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Neal A. Maxwell
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April 1993
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Sunday Afternoon Session
We can reach for “hands which hang down” even if some refuse our proffered hands of friendship (D&C 81:5).
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Dallas N. Archibald
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October 1992
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The plea behind the words “Walk beside me, Help me find the way” is this: “Lift me.
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1991
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Support from others is especially crucial now.
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Marvin J. Ashton
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October 1991
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees”
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J. Richard Clarke
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April 1991
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Priesthood Session
Brethren, we are the sons of God.
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Richard P. Lindsay
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April 1990
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Saturday Morning Session
I pray that day by day we will strive more diligently to be about our Father’s business (see Luke 2:49); to love and to serve our fellowmen by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and comforting those that mourn (see Matt.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1990
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Sunday Morning Session
In that same vein the Lord in modern revelation has enjoined us, “Succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees” (D&C 81:5).
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1989
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Instead of murmuring, therefore, being of good cheer is what is needed, and being of good cheer is equally contagious.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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April 1989
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Saturday Morning Session
We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1989
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Priesthood Session
“Wherefore, be faithful; stand in the office which I have appointed unto you; succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.”
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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October 1988
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Sunday Morning Session
The same healing spirit would do wonders for the sickness of our society.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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October 1984
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Saturday Morning Session
In latter-day revelation the Lord has commanded that we “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.” (D&C 81:5.) In another section of the Doctrine and Covenants, he instructed us to be “anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of [our] own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness.” (D&C 58:27.) Holders of the Melchizedek Priesthood receive it upon a covenant to use its powers in the service of others.
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Theodore M. Burton
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April 1983
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Sunday Afternoon Session
I would like to confine my remarks today to the principle of forgiveness as it applies to a person who has been disfellowshipped or excommunicated.
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High confidence
Neal A. Maxwell
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April 1982
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Priesthood Session
Seventh, prevention is always better than rehabilitation.
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J. Richard Clarke
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October 1981
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Welfare Session
The book describes the fascinating experience of those who accepted the challenge.
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Neal A. Maxwell
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October 1980
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Saturday Morning Session
Meanwhile, as we work together, we notice each other’s weaknesses.
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Marion G. Romney
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October 1979
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Welfare Session
There is only one common judge in each ward, only one man authorized to perceive the needs of the people, only one priesthood holder acting as the Lord’s representative to succor the feeble knees and hands that hang down (see D&C 81:5).
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James A. Cullimore
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April 1978
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“And if thou art faithful unto the end thou shalt have a crown of immortality, and eternal life in the mansions which I have prepared in the house of my Father.” (D&C 81:5–6.)
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J. Richard Clarke
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April 1978
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General Welfare Session
A bishop’s ministry is blessed with joy-filled opportunity to “succor the weak, lift up the hands which hang down, and strengthen the feeble knees.” (D&C 81:5.) As the father of the ward, he is looked to for answers to a whole range of human problems:
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J. Richard Clarke
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April 1977
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Welfare Services Session
As priesthood and Relief Society leaders, we are charged with the responsibility of helping members who suffer from these social and emotional problems.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 1971
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Sunday Afternoon Session
“And if thou art faithful unto the end thou shalt have a crown of immortality, and eternal life in the mansions which I have prepared in the house of my Father.” (D&C 81:5–6.)
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