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1/12/09
"I am glad for the testimony I have of
the gospel of Jesus Christ and for the faith that it gives me, faith that the
work which God initiated in this dispensation, through the instrumentality of
the Prophet Joseph Smith, shall go on and on and on. I feel very insignificant
as one of the cogs in the great machine which is to carry it forward, but I have
gained through my observation and experience the faith that God will see it go
forward, regardless of the fact that those of us who are here now will
eventually lay down the burdens of life. I like to think of life as something
that began before mortality and something that will go on after it; that death
is but an incident in life, just as is birth, and I like to think that these
companions of mine now are exercising an influence just as they did here. The
sun rises in the morning, and we feel its warmth during the day. For us it sets
in the evening, but when it sets for us, it warms another land. I feel that
those fine men are doing that very thing, that through their personalities and
the power that they gained through their experiences here, they are warming
another land and helping another group of men and women. I am thankful for that
faith, for it helps me over many difficult problems in life."
- Antoine R. Ivins, "Conference
Report," April 1945, Afternoon Meeting,
p.96
6/5/09
“We are
blessed as much, if not more, by the acceptance of certain things on faith than
to accept them on reason. Whenever we can reason ourselves into a thing we get a
certain satisfaction out of it, it is true, but whenever through faith we can
accept the life of Jesus Christ our Lord and Master, we get a development that
no amount of reason can ever bring to us.
“I believe that God purposely covered up these things that when the Book of Mormon should come to light in this generation it would have to be accepted on faith. Faith is the greatest motive power in all the universe. Faith is greater than knowledge, time and time again. The devil knows the truth; he has not a spark of faith, or he would live according to it. Faith would impel him to change his life.” - Antoine R. Ivins, “Conference Report,” April 1939, Afternoon Meeting, p. 129-130
6/13/09
“It
is the duty of the older members, the fathers, uncles, grandfathers, cousins,
and so forth, who have this testimony in their hearts, to establish it in the
hearts of these growing young men, so that at such time as they may come to us
and offer their services that they may have a living testimony that Christ is
the Son of God, that the Church was authoritatively organized, that the
priesthood is in the earth, all of which is essential to the exaltation of men.”
- Antoine R. Ivins, “Conference Report,” October 1958,
First Day—Morning Meeting, p. 10
7/8/10
"If we could teach the world the proper concept of God and Christ and
our relationship to them, and do it in such a way that it would sink
into their hearts and impel them to study the teachings of the Savior,
then apply them in their lives, all these troubles that we worry about
now would cease. But the trouble is, men are avaricious; they are
selfish; they are ambitious for power. They have nearly all of the
attributes which, if left unbridled, lead to these terrible
consequences. It is only the Spirit of God and Christ coming into the
heart of man that can change his nature so that he will serve properly
his fellow men." - Antoine R. Ivins, "Conference Report," October 1951, Afternoon Meeting, p. 32