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"Surely, in the work of the Lord, it is what we do after we think we
have
done enough that really counts with him, for that's when the blessings
flow." — "Following Christ To
Victory," General Conference, April 1979
(7/15/00)
"Yes, my brothers and sisters, sacrifice is just as integral a part of
the
economy of God today as it has ever been. And sacrifice still brings
forth the
blessings of heaven. Without it no blessings come forth, although
serving just
to earn blessings is not right either. The service should be rendered
because we
love the Lord and love his children." — "Sacrifice
Still Brings Forth Blessings," General Conference, October 1971
(7/16/00)
"We are Christian and would like the whole world to know that.
Sometimes we
are accused of not being Christian. Elder Marion D. Hanks once said in
General
Conference, 'If you were accused of being Christian, would there be
enough
evidence to convict you?' Accused of being a follower of the Lord Jesus
Christ,
could you with good conscience feel you were guilty of that high
commendation?" — "The
Gospel," "BYU Speeches of the Year," 29 September 1985
(7/17/00)
"Repentance seems to be the most important experience we can have on
this
earth to prepare for the Resurrection, because 'none but the truly
penitent are
saved' (Alma 42:24)." — "Ensign,"
Nov. 1990 (October Conference) p. 76
(7/26/04)
"So the question of questions is: What makes people repent? As near as
I
have been able to determine, once a person has sufficient faith in the
Lord
Jesus Christ that he believes Christ has paid for his sins, then he
will repent.
And it seems that very few, if any, will repent until they believe this
truth.
Therefore, it is vital to teach the truth about Jesus Christ as the
literal son
of God and our Lord and Savior and Redeemer in order to bring souls to
repentance. Faith in Jesus Christ unto repentance is the saving power
of the
gospel of Jesus Christ. (See Alma
34:16.)" - Hartman Rector Jr., "The
Resurrection," Ensign, November
1990, p. 76
(12/17/04)
"Ah! the light breaks. There is a record kept-and surely there is one.
One
group is receiving its reward now; the other is laying it up in heaven;
and out
of the books which are written and shall be written shall the dead be
judged.
(See Rev.
20:12.) Then the
Lord gives his word, which he cannot break, for surely 'I, the Lord, am
bound when
ye do what I say.' (D&C
82:10; italics added.) And here
is the Lord's promise: 'And they shall be
mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels;
and I will
spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.' (Mal.
3:17.) Surely, it is very
difficult not to be partial to your own son who is
working for you, if he does a good job. I presume there is nothing
wrong in
feeling that way about your own son. The Lord seems to think not." -
Hartman Rector Jr., "That
Ye May Have Roots and Branches,"
Ensign, May 1983, p. 26-27
(2/10/05)
"In the fourth section of the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord sets
forth
the qualifications for the labors of the ministry. He says that they
are 'faith,
hope, charity, and love, with an eye single to the glory of God.' The
faith,
hope, charity, and love we know something about. They are very
important. But
the eye single to the glory of God is probably the most important of
those
qualifications. Generally speaking, 'an eye single to the glory of God'
means
sacrifice. It means that instead of endlessly doing what we want to do,
we have
to do what the Lord wants us to do, but we have to do it in his way
when he
wants us to do it. This, of course, is not the natural inclination of
man.
"We hear much in the world today about 'doing our own thing.' I doubt
that
this is really new. I think it has been going on since the beginning of
time.
Perhaps this is just a little different way of saying it. Certainly
Lucifer did
his own thing, contrary to the will of the Lord. Cain did his own
thing,
directly contrary to the counsel of his Heavenly Father. They were not
concerned
with what the Lord wanted them to do but rather only with what they
wanted to
do. Of course this kind of action has never been very profitable
measured in
terms of happiness, and happiness is the whole purpose for the
existence of man.
The prophet Lehi's statement that 'men are, that they might have joy' (2
Ne. 2:25) is all-inclusive." -
Hartman Rector Jr., "Sacrifice
Still Brings Forth Blessings,"
Ensign, Dec. 1971, p. 64
1/23/07
"If we are good, we will look for and find the good in others. It is
there. There is good in every man. In fact, I believe every man is
superior to every other man in some thing. If you look for it, you will
find it. But you can see only what you have eyes to see. It depends
solely on how good you are as to whether you see good or not." - Hartman
Rector, Jr., "Conference Report," October 1969, Afternoon Meeting, p.76
9/23/07
"There is no such thing as something for nothing with the Lord.
Blessings come because of obedience to the law upon which they are
predicated (see D&C
130:21). The Lord requires
sacrifice, meaning something above and beyond the minimum. The Master
spoke of the second mile and told us to go there (see Matt.
5:41). Why? Because he wants to
bless us. So he put all the blessings in the second mile, but we must
go where they are before we get them." - Hartman Rector, Jr., "Following
Christ to Victory," Ensign (CR),
May 1979, p.29
7/18/09
“The Lord doesn't seem to measure
success in terms of attainment of position or power or wealth. A
prophet in the Book of Mormon (where, by the way, the most succinct and
unvarnished truths can be found) said, ‘But behold, all
things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam
fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have
joy.’ (2 Ne. 2:24-25.) If man is that he might have joy, then
success to the Lord must include the attainment of real joy. On the
basis of this definition, then, no one is really successful who is not
happy.
“If this be the Lord's definition, then there is precious little success in this world. Success in its practical application seems to be more a state of mind than anything else. Obviously, many people never make it because they are ungrateful. They are not thankful for what they have; therefore, they are unhappy and thus are not successful. I have never seen a happy person who was not thankful for what he had, to paraphrase the Prophet Joseph Smith, who stated that ‘doubt and faith cannot exist in the same person at the same time.’ (6th Lecture on Faith.) It is also doubtful that success and unhappiness can exist in the same person at the same time.” - Hartman Rector, Jr., “Success—A Journey or a Destination?,” Ensign (CR), July 1973, p. 57
9/18/09
“The nicest thing we can do for a
less-active member of the Church is to reach out to them with love and
tenderness and kindness and bring them back into activity in the Church
so that they can go to the temple, which they must do to prepare for a
glorious resurrection.” - Hartman
Rector, Jr., “The
Resurrection,” Ensign (CR), November 1990, p. 76
10/18/09
“Sometimes we make excuses for ourselves, when we do what we
should not do or fall short of what we should have done. We use such
expressions as, ‘Oh! the spirit is willing but the flesh is
weak.’ With such rationalizations we insinuate that it is our
physical body’s fault that we sin. As a matter of fact, this
is not true. In reality, the physical body is the strongest part of us.
Among other reasons, it was given to us to help us overcome our
addictions, bad habits, and evil desires. The body is very obedient;
generally speaking, it will do exactly what the spirit tells it to do.
So it is not the physical body that we are struggling with; it is the
spirit we must bring into subjection.” -
Hartman Rector, Jr., “Conference
Report,” October 1970, Afternoon Meeting, p. 73
4/21/10
"If we were to search
for the best definition of what is contained
in the gospel of Jesus Christ, we could hardly do better than look to
the Lord Jesus Christ's definition of what his gospel is. We read from
3 Nephi 27, beginning with verse 13, 'Behold I have given unto you my
gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto
you—that I came
into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.'
[3 Ne. 27:13] I presume we—you and I—also came into
this world to do
the will of the Father because our Father sent us, too. We have not
been sent to do precisely the same thing that Jesus Christ was sent to
do, but it is vitally important to us that we also do the will of the
Father." - Hartman Rector, Jr., "The
Gospel," Ensign (CR), November
1985, p. 74
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