“Remember”

K. Douglas Bassett

F.A.R.M.S. UPDATE, #67; Conference Report, 1958, pp. 10-12; Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8, According to Thy Word, BYU Religion Studies Center, ed. by Tate & Nyman, pp. 241-250, Mar. 1990; Rev. 3:3; Alma 37:8; 3 Ne. 15:1

“‘Remember’ is the most important word in the English language.” (Spencer W. Kimball, Charge to Religious Ed., June 28, 1968)
“If you love the truth you can remember it.” (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 10)
“God gave us memories that we might have June roses in the December of our lives.” (James Barrie, as quoted by Thomas Monson, Ensign, May 1995, p. 98)
“That is the real purpose of the sacrament, to keep us from forgetting, to help us to remember. I suppose there would never be an apostate, there would never be a crime, if people remembered, really remembered, the things they had covenanted at the water’s edge or at the sacrament table and in the temple… . I guess we as humans are prone to forget. It is easy to forget. Our sorrows, our joys, our concerns, our great problems seem to wane to some extent as time goes on, and there are many lessons that we learn which have a tendency to slip from us. The Nephites forgot. They forgot the days when they felt good. I remember a young Navaho boy returning from his mission… . I happened to be present the day he made his report and as tears rolled down his face, he said, ‘Oh, if I could only remember always just how I feel now.’” (Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pp. 112-113)
“Satan wants us to be slow to remember what we have received and heard. He wants us to minimize and even forget the quiet witnesses of the Spirit that have told us who we really are.” (Susan L. Warner, Ensign, May 1996, pp. 78-79)

Latter-Day Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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