![]() Some of you seem to have so many blessings and so many wonderful choices ahead of you. Some of you know what you want to be and where you want to go with your lives, and some of you don’t. That is my basic message to each of you tonight, wherever you live, whatever your joys or sorrows, however young or old you may be, at whatever point you may find yourself in this mortal journey of ours. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.įor my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. The source for this wonderful selection is the eleventh chapter of Matthew, verses 28–30.Ĭome unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. That beautiful number, one of my very favorite pieces of devotional music, provides not only the Spirit but also the text for my brief message to you tonight. I am particularly grateful for this beautiful choral rendition provided by the institute choir from Snow College. This is my first opportunity since that call to speak in this setting to a CES audience we have known so well and have loved for so long. ![]() ![]() We were still doing that in 1989 when I was called to full-time service as a General Authority. Right after our marriage it was our career decision and good fortune to sign on with the Church Educational System and-one way or another-spend the next 24 years of our lives with you. and Canada but almost literally around the world. May I say how pleased Sister Holland and I are with the concept of a Churchwide fireside that reaches out to all of the college-age and young-adult audience of the Church, not only in the U.S. Our instruction and edification, as the scripture says, is to come “from above.” I pray for and await that heavenly guidance even as you do. I do ask for your faith and prayers tonight, that the Spirit of the Lord will be unrestrained and with us in great abundance. I am not sure how any of us are supposed to follow him and his marvelous prophetic messages, but if you will promise not to hiss, boo, stalk out, or otherwise show your displeasure, I will do my best. I am very conscious that your speaker last month was President Gordon B. I am honored and privileged to be invited to address you tonight.
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