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Show fl ; J.'l - ( i Thousands of priesthood members, in the Tabernacle and by radio and television elsewhere, attended priesthood sessor Follow Conscience; Stir Up Gifts of God, Brethren Told . Priesthood bearers were told Oct. 2 to follow their consciences, accept their priesthood responsibility and remember to stir up the gifts of Hod which are in us. Speaking at the general priesthood session of conter-enc- e were President Spencer W. Kimball, President N. Eldon Tanner and President Marion G. Romney of the First Presidency; Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve; and Elder Rex D. Pinegar of the First Quorum of the Seventy. . , er A Jt k 4 father the course which he should travel in the wilderness. "Wouldnt you like to have that kind of a ball, each one of you, so that whenever you were m error it would pomt the right way and write messages to you? -- Kimball spoke to the Aaronic primarily building for his Priesthood, listeners a word picture of valiant young men in scriptural history. Have you ever imagined yourself to be the Prophet. wilderness. Joseph Smith when he was U , and received his glorious visContinuing the word picture a description of advenOr David when ho was ion? through ' Saul? of Lehi and his family, as for his tures King harp playing seen through Nephis eyes, Or Joseph who had dreams and President Kimball said, The visions and saw in a dream how his father and mother and all nail, or Liahona, which is his brothers and their families interpi eted to mean a compass,' .was prepared by the Lord ' would bow down lo him? , , , , Kugn ef 1 Jr bspedally. to showr bnld your r t ' President J yourself as being Nephi, who, under very difficult circumstances, defied his rebellious brothers and went into the city of Jerusalem and singlehan-dedi- y obtained the plates, which were vital to the posteriand his family? ty of Have you ever thought of , yourself as being the young Nephi, who gave leadership m large ' measure to his older brothers and to his fathers family? President Kimball then pictured for the young priesthood bearers Nephi hearing his father excitedly discover the round ball of curious workmanship outside his tent. He described the working of the spindles, which pointed a specific direction, identified by your father as the direction that , you should go into the ' - . heavy responsibility which' must be assumed by every one of us, he said. Let us never weaken and forget that we have been called by the Lord.. He if, 7 Theory Denounced The importance of teaching the orthodox truth of the gospel throughout the Church was emphasized by President Spencer W. Kimball during the priesthood session of conference Oct. iv 'r , he asked. That, my young brethren, you all have. The Lord gave to every boy, every man, every person, a conscience, which tells him every time he starts to go on the wrong path, he said. Our ship will not get on the wrong course and suffering will not happen and bows will not break and families will not cry for food, if we listen to the dictates of our own Liahona, which we call the conscience. President Tanner spoke of the great privilege and blessing it is to be members of the Church and to hold the priesthood of God. We must never forget that this privilege carrier with it a ' Adam-Go- d ' Continued onpage 19 He said, We hope that you who teach in the - v . various organizations, whether on the campuses or in our chapels, will the always teach thodox truth. or-- - - "We warn you against the dissemination of doctrines which are not according to the scriptures and which are alleged to have been taught by some of the General Au- thorities of past a genera-- , tions. Such, for instance is the Adam-Go- d We theory theory. denounce and hone that . that everyone will be cautioned agaiiiat this , and other kinds of false doctrine. A. U |
