TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1855·Amasa Lyman·Apostle
   Have we got to depend upon the contingency of our being able, for instance, to go to meeting every Sabbath day to hear somebody inspired of God tell the truth that we may see it, and hear it, mark it, and define the exact ground we should occupy, the path in which we should walk, and the duties that should fill up the measure of days through the week.
   Comprehensiveness of the Gospel—Truth the Bond of Union—Men Must Work Out Their Own Salvation — jod⧉
2. 1928·Heber J. Grant·Prophet
   Refused to listen, 12— A choice land, 13 — Blessed unto the righteous, 14 — Prophecy fulfilled, IS — Our system of government, 15 — A published appeal, 16— Have not changed, 17 — Condition not hopeless, 17 — The Mormon Pioneers, 18 — To those old paths, 19.
   President Heber J. Grant — October 1928 General Conference [address 4 of 12] [derivation] — conference_report⧉
3. 1954·Marion G. Romney·Apostle
   Nephi taught this same doctrine and went one step farther. He declared that we must not only labor in this life, but that we must also continue that labor until the end of life. He pointed out that the gate by which one enters upon the straight and narrow path is repentance and baptism by water and of fire and the Holy Ghost, and then continued:
   Elder Marion G. Romney — April 1954 General Conference [address 3 of 3] [derivation] — conference_report⧉
4. 1981·Spencer W. Kimball·Prophet
   I am grateful for the welfare instructions we receive in this session of our conference. They are timely and worthy of both our attention and our action. May the Lord bless us to heed them and then to lead our people in the path that has been marked for us by our leaders and by the Lord, I humbly pray, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
   Follow the Fundamentals — cojc⧉
5. 1982·Neal A. Maxwell·Apostle
   Whatever the dislocating offense which takes one from that path, once it occurs, unless such a one is humble, his search commences—but for vindication, not for reconciliation and communication. Brethren, it is so difficult to carry our cross and grudges, too.
   “A Brother Offended” — cojc⧉
6. 1997·Joseph B. Wirthlin·Apostle
   Nephi taught that we must walk the path of faith “with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God.”
   “True to the Truth” — cojc⧉