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

If we are striving, if we are working, if we are trying, to the best of our ability, to improve day by day, then we are in the line of our duty.

I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.

The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel, and in promoting peace and spiritual growth.

No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.

No man can teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ under the inspiration of the living God and with power from on high unless he is living it.

May we be strengthened with the understanding that being blessed does not mean that we shall always be spared all the disappointments and difficulties of life.