The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness and turn toward the light of the everlasting gospel.

The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.

Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.

Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation

An organist who has the sensitivity to quietly play prelude music from the hymnbook tempers our feelings and causes us to go over in our minds the lyrics which teach the peaceable things of the kingdom. If we will listen, they are teaching the gospel, for the hymns of the Restoration are, in fact, a course in doctrine!

Music can set an atmosphere of worship which invites [the] spirit of revelation, of testimony.

We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.