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12/5/07
"What is a man without vision? What is a man without an
object in life? He is like 'a painted ship upon a painted ocean.' A life, to be
successful, must have directness of purpose, and one reason for the strength of
this work and of this people is that God has blessed us with a mission, with a
work. O, blessed be the man with a work and the people with a mission. When the
Angel Moroni appeared to the prophet Joseph Smith he did not say, 'you may wear
soft clothing, God is going to give you ease,' but he said: 'God has a work for
you to do,' and in that work the Prophet Joseph Smith achieved greatness and the
favor of God, and that is how we are becoming a great people, not by what we
receive, but by what we give. For it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Now the prophet of old said: Where there is no vision the people perish." -
Charles A. Callis, "Conference Report," October 1919, Out-Doors Overflow Meeting, p.192
2/9/08
"I beg of you
mothers and you fathers to teach your daughters that they, too, have to
fight a strenuous battle. God bless and protect. the womanhood of this
nation! The young women, under the sustaining prayers and the counsels of
their mothers, need the restraining, discipline which characterizes a
well-ordered home. Protect the young men and young women, and build them up
in the faith of the true and the living God, so that when they go forth in
the great battle of life, they will have the assurance that they will not
fall victims to the evils of the world. God help us to be loyal to him, to
give unto him all the praise and the glory. And if we go forth to battle,
let us remember that the great God of the whole earth, Jesus Christ, is the
King...." - Charles
A. Callis., "Conference Report,"
April 1917, Second Meeting Outdoors, p.136
4/8/08
"When we see the judgments of God coming
upon the earth it is proof that the Savior, who said to the troubled sea and
angry elements, 'Peace, be still,'
will say to the troubled world, 'Peace,
be still.' He will, at his second
coming, inaugurate the Millennium, bring to pass the glorious resurrection, and
all the things he has promised to those that obey him."
- Charles A. Callis, "Conference
Report," October 1928, Afternoon
Meeting, p.127
8/24/08
"It should be the
ideal of Latter-day Saints to be at the close of each day one step nearer
heaven. They should have in mind the building of more stately mansions, mansions
of character, of patriotism, of thrift, of morality. We do not live for
ourselves. Every man can wield a tremendous influence for good, more than he
thinks." - Charles A. Callis, Conference
Report, April 1936, Afternoon Meeting, p.29
11/25/08
"We are walking in the
path of humility, and God is making us a power for good in the world. After all,
brethren and sisters, there is more strength in the humility that comes from
trusting in the Lord Jesus than in the strength of worldly power. 'When I am
weak,' said Paul, 'then am I strong.' So long as the Latter-day Saints put their
trust in God; so long as they walk in the light, they will be clothed with a
power that is invincible. They are guided and led by men who are blessed with
inspiration and revelation from God: they have been led out of the darkness of
the world into the sunshine of political and religious liberty. If we continue
to pray to the Father and work hard to have our prayers fulfilled or answered,
God will give us a goodly portion of His Holy Spirit. No man or woman need ever
be afraid that the Almighty will suffer His chosen people to be led astray by
any man or set of men. I care not for the theories men may frame as to our
existence, or the beginning of our existence. I know that God has said, through
His Holy Spirit, that we are His sons and daughters, and that is comforting to
my soul. We stand upon a sure foundation, for our faith rests not in the wisdom
of men, but in the power of God." - Charles A. Callis, "Conference Report,"
April 1911, Overflow Meeting, p.80
1/29/09
"The days are dark; we suffer
temptation, we suffer hardships of various kinds, but there is one thing that
depression and war cannot take from us. I refer to the gift of eternal life. We
should put more trust in the spiritual values of existence. The things which are
seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Wars may rage,
famine may come, earthquakes and the like, and depressions, but these things
cannot take away the eternal riches of Jesus Christ. Some of these riches are
the glorious atonement, salvation for the dead, the second coming of the Son of
God, the glorious resurrection and the eternity of the marriage covenant by
which we are united in marriage on earth and in heaven by the power of the holy
Priesthood. Thieves and misfortune cannot take these things from us, for they
are immortal, God-given, and shall survive death and destruction."
- Charles A. Callis, "Conference Report," October 1940, Afternoon Meeting,
p.119
5/2/10
"Why will not the people of the world engage in national and
international repentance and humiliation? God is not responsible for
our calamities. He has pointed out the means of escape. If we will turn
our faces towards him and repent this depression will vanish like
magic. Let the spirit of the Prince of Peace be firmly fixed in the
councils of the nations and observed; then all talk about war will
cease, and nations shall no longer learn war for their 'swords shall be
beaten into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.'" - Charles A. Callis, "Conference Report," April 1935, First Day—Morning Meeting, p. 17