The Basis Of All Sin Is Selfishness.

No Man Can Sincerely Resolve To Apply To His Daily Life The Teachings Of Jesus Of Nazareth Without Sensing A Change In His Own Nature. The Phrase, 'born Again', Has A Deeper Significance Than Many People Attach To It. This Changed Feeling May Be Indescribable, But It Is Real.

If Our Young People Could But Glimpse It, It Would Be The Most Powerful Spiritual Motivation Of Their Lives!

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.

True Happiness Comes Only By Making Others Happy—the Practical Application Of The Savior's Doctrine Of Losing One's Life To Gain It. In Short, The Christmas Spirit Is The Christ Spirit, That Makes Our Hearts Glow In Brotherly Love And Friendship And Prompts Us To Kind Deeds Of Service.

The True Purpose Of Life Is The Perfection Of Humanity Through Individual Effort, Under The Guidance Of God's Inspiration. Real Life Is Response To The Best Within Us. To Be Alive Only To Appetite, Pleasure, Pride, Money-making, And Not To Goodness And Kindness, Purity And Love, Poetry, Music, Flowers, Stars, God And Eternal Hopes, Is To Deprive One's Self Of The Real Joy Of Living.