TrendZion

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

1. 1853·Brigham Young·Prophet
   While these things were transpiring with the Saints in the wilderness; the Temple at Nauvoo passed into the hands of the enemy, who polluted it to that extent the Lord not only ceased to occupy it, but He loathed to have it called by His name, and permitted the wrath of its possessors to purify it. by fire, as a token of what will speedily fall on them and their habitations, unless they repent.
   Necessity of Building Temples—The Endowment — jod⧉
2. 1940·J. Reuben Clark·Apostle
   You young people are trifling with your divine destiny, you are treating lightly a great commandment, you are casting aside as dross the greatest opportunity that comes into your life, when you fail or refuse to be married in our temples where husband and wife may be sealed for time and for all eternity by the men bearing the holy Priesthood of God. A civil marriage — and that is all any marriage is that is performed outside the temple — merely legalizes a marital relationship. It has none of the effects of a sealing for time and eternity.
   President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.. — October 1940 General Conference [address 19 of 25] [derivation] — conference_report⧉
3. 1950·George Albert Smith·Prophet
   This is the closing session of the One Hundred Twenty-first Semi- Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are convened in the Tabernacle on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   President George Albert Smith — October 1950 General Conference [address 12 of 15] [derivation] — conference_report⧉
4. 1968·Thomas S. Monson·Apostle
   Members of the Church are convened in the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the seventh and concluding session of the 138th Annual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
   Elder Thomas S. Monson — April 1968 General Conference [address 2 of 2] [derivation] — conference_report⧉
5. 1975·James E. Faust·Apostle
   On a quiet morning last week I left my office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and walked over to the Sao Paulo Temple site. There was a soft morning mist beginning to clear away. As I walked up the gentle rise in the street onto the site, I noted with great interest and pleasure brush being cleared away and the new pegs recently driven into the ground. These pegs in the ground mark the dimensions of a new temple soon to be erected for the glory of God and the endless blessing of his children in South America. This temple will be different from any other building now standing in South America.
   The Keys of the Kingdom — cojc⧉
6. 1990·Thomas S. Monson·Apostle
   Begin to prepare now for a temple marriage. Proper dating is a part of that preparation. In cultures where dating is appropriate, do not date until you are sixteen years old. Not all teenagers need to date or even want to. When you begin dating, go in groups or on double dates. Make sure your parents meet and become acquainted with those you date.
   The Lighthouse of the Lord — cojc⧉