“Forsake the Ministry”

K. Douglas Bassett

Luke 9:62; 2 Sam. 11:1; LDS Hymns, no. 270

“I wish that every Latter-day Saint could say and mean it with all his heart: ‘I’ll go where you want me to go. I’ll say what you want me to say. I’ll be what you want me to be.’ (Hymns, 1985, p. 270). If we could all do that, we would be assured of the maximum of happiness here and exaltation in the celestial kingdom of God hereafter.” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 344)
“As we see the hideous dress standards among the men and women, as we learn of the terrifying portrayal of filth and rot in entertainment places, we say, as we said to the brethren last night: Never go to any place that you wouldn’t take your priesthood with you. Stay out of such places. Someone said, when you find a place that is labeled ‘adults only; no children or youth allowed,’ no adults should be allowed either, if you will be safe from the pitfalls of the devil. We are members whom the Lord expects to be a light unto the world, and to set a standard for people to seek to it.” (Harold B. Lee, Ensign, Nov. 1971, p. 14)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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