I am always pleased when I have the opportunity of meeting with the Latter-day Saints in any of their gatherings.

In times of temptation, of sorrow, of peace and of blessing, let us pray always, both alone and with our families.

President Heber J. Grant often quoted the following statement, which is sometimes attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do-not that the nature of the thing is changed, but that our power to do is increased.'

If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.

I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the American Fork canyon.

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of it by working.

I remember that after that teaching given to me as a young man, as a boy, almost, by the President of the Church. I read this chapter about once a week for quite a while, then once a month for several months. I thought I needed it in my business, so to speak; that it was one of the things that were necessary for my advancement.