Sacrament Service
First Speaker
She says that President Holland’s talk, “And Now I See”, from last conference inspired her talk.
She moved to a small town, Italy Texas, when she was a young teen. Several other LDS families moved in at the same time that her family did. People in the town created a petition for all of them to leave the town.
During the Savior’s greatest suffering none were with him.
Christ walked alone [or tread the winepress alone], so that we would never have to be alone.
Next Speaker
DnC 122
7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
“In that hour I think I can see our dear Father behind the veil looking upon these dying struggles until even he could not endure it any longer; and, like the mother who bids farewell to her dying child, has to be taken out of the room, so as not to look upon the last struggles, so he bowed his head, and hid in some part of his universe, his great heart almost breaking for the love that he had for his Son. Oh, at that moment when he might have saved his Son, I thank him and praise him that he did not fail us, for he had not only the love of his Son in mind, but he also had love for us.” (Melvin J. Ballard, “The Sacramental Covenant,” Conference Report, April 1929, pp. 109–110)
Sunday School
Gen 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5
Having a mortal body changes our character in ways it couldn't be changed as just a spirit.
We have at least 4 accounts of creation. Each account people get different things from. Also, each person has their own experience with each account. Thus, there is so much more we can get from the creation story than a superficial reading. The creation story must be so much more important than to show how the earth was created.
After each stage of creation, God did not move on to the next phase until he saw that it was good and that everything obeyed.
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