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Bruce R. McConkie

Bruce Redd McConkie (July 29, 1915 – April 19, 1985) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 until his death. McConkie was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of the LDS Church from 1946 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority.

Doe, Important, Marriage, Right, Thing, World

To worship the Lord is to stand valiantly in the cause of truth and righteousness, to let our influence for good be felt in civic, cultural, educational, and governmental fields, and to support those laws and principles which further the Lord's interests on earth.

Educational, Fields, Good, Influence, Law, Support

The Holy Ghost, a personage of spirit, is their minister, who has been given the power and assigned the functions of bearing record of the Father and the Son, of revealing the truths of salvation to men on earth, and in due course, of revealing to them, all truth.

Father, Men, Revealing, Son, Spirit, Truths

Every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth.

Birth, Heaven, Preparation, Prepare, Reminder

It is my province to teach to the church what the doctrine is. It is your province to echo what I say or to remain silent.

Church, Doctrine, Echoes, Remain, Silent

Existence came from God; death came by Adam; and immortality and eternal life come through Christ.

Adam, Christ, Existence, God, Immortality

Our Lord might be described as the great Physician, Healer, Engineer, Chief Scout, Foreman, Builder, or the like - all showing his pre-eminence in the field concerned, and all pointing attention to his power to deal in the spiritual field with human souls as these mortal counterparts deal in their temporal pursuits.

Engineer, Like, Soul, Souls, Spiritual, Technology

All progression in spiritual things is dependent upon the attainment of humility.

Attainment, Humility, Missionary, Spiritual, Things

Believers in the doctrines of modern Christendom will reap damnation to their souls.

Believers, Christendom, Damnation, Doctrine, Soul, Souls

Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the gospel. After men receive the truth, songs of praise to Deity help to sanctify and cleanse their souls.

Men, Music, Prepare, Sanctify, Song, Sweet

There is nothing as important as having the companionship of the Holy Ghost.

Companionship, Ghost, Having, Holy, Important

Religious music is by far the greatest music of the ages. What is there to compare-in rhythmic beauty, poetic sublimity, and inspired teachings-with the Psalms of David?

David, Music, Religious, Sublimity, Teaching

As far as this life is concerned, [Jesus] was born of Mary and of Elohim; he came here as an offspring of that Holy Man who is literally our Father in heaven. He was born in mortality in the literal and full sense as the Son of God. He is the Son of his father in the same sense that all morals are the sons and daughters of their fathers.

Daughter, Father, Jesus, Life, Literal, Literally

We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles knot, to work all our days. This mortal probation is one in which we are to eat our bread in the sweat of our faces until we return to the dust from whence we came. Work is the law of life; it is the ruling principle in the lives of the Saints.

Backs, Life, Tired, Work

Any who pretend to assume to engage in plural marriage in this day, when the one holding the keys has withdrawn the power by which they are performed, are guilty of gross wickedness. Thy are living in adultery, have already sold their souls to Satan, and (whether their acts are based on ignorance or lust or both) they will be damned in eternity.

Already, Ignorance, Keys, Marriage, Soul, Withdrawn

What does it matter if a few barking dogs snap at the heels of the weary travelers?. . . The caravan moves on

Barking, Caravan, Dog, Moves, Moving, Perseverance

I think that people who study the scriptures get a dimension to their life that nobody else gets and that can’t be gained in any way except by studying the scriptures. There’s an increase in faith and a desire to do what’s right and a feeling of inspiration and understanding that comes to people who study the gospel—meaning particularly the Standard Works—and who ponder the principles, that can’t come in any other way

Gained, Inspiration, People, Principles, Thinking, Understanding

I stand before the Church this day and raise the warning voice. . . . It is a voice calling upon the Lords people to prepare for the troubles and desolations which are about to be poured out upon the world without measure. For the moment we live in a day of peace and prosperity but it shall not ever be thus. Great trials lie ahead. All of the sorrows and perils of the past are but a foretaste of what is yet to be. And we must prepare ourselves temporally and spiritually.

Lie, Lying, Past, Temporally, Voice

We expect to see the day when temples will dot the earth, each one a house of the Lord.

Dots, Earth, House, Temples

We make our own choices, and then we present the matter to the Lord and get his approving, ratifying seal.

Choices, Lord, Make, Matter, Present

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