Being A Parent Is The Greatest Trust

The Rising Sun Can Dispel The Darkness Of Night, But It Cannot Banish The Blackness Of Malice, Hatred, Bigotry, And Selfishness From The Hearts Of Humanity.

The Character Of A Child Is Formed Largely During The First Twelve Years Of His Life. He Spends 16 Times As Many Waking Hours In The Home As In The School, And 126 Times As Many Hours In The Home As In The Church. Each Child Is, To A Great Degree, What He Is Because Of The Ever-constant Influence Of Home Environment And The Careful Or Neglectful Training Of Parents. Home Is The Best Place For The Child To Learn Self-control, To Learn That He Must Submerge Himself For The Good Of Another. It Is The Best Place In Which To Develop Obedience, Which Nature And Society Will Later Demand.

That Home Is Most Beautiful In Which You Find Each Person Striving To Serve The Other.

The Development Of Our Spiritual Nature Should Concern Us Most. Spirituality Is The Highest Acquisition Of The Soul, The Divine In Man; 'the Supreme, Crowning Gift That Makes Him King Of All Created Things.' It Is The Consciousness Of Victory Over Self And Of Communion With The Infinite. It Is Spirituality Alone Which Really Gives One The Best In Life.

Brothers And Sisters, I Believe That There Are Few, Even Temple Workers, Who Comprehend The Full Meaning And Power Of The Temple Endowment. Seen For What It Is, It Is The Step-by-step Ascent Into The Eternal Presence. If Our Young People Could But Glimpse It, It Would Be The Most Powerful Spiritual Motivation Of Their Lives.