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(8/15/03)
"If we do righteous acts and refrain from evil acts, we have clean hands. If we
act for the right motives and if we refrain from forbidden desires and
attitudes, we have pure hearts. Those who would 'look up to God,' those who
would ascend and stand in the ultimate 'holy place,' must have 'clean hands, and
a pure heart.'" — Dallin H. Oaks, "Pure in Heart," p. 1
(8/16/03)
"Singling out the righteous from among men, the Psalmic word asks: 'Who shall
ascend into the hill of the Lord?' Is not the hill of the Lord the place where
salvation is found? 'Or who shall stand in his holy place?' (Ps. 24:3) Is not
his holy place his temple on earth and his eternal kingdom hereafter? Indeed
those who gain exaltation in the highest heaven hereafter are said to 'come unto
Mount Zion.' (D&C 76:66) Truly, the mountains of the Lord are the places of
greatest spiritual refreshment in this life and the places of the fulness of
spiritual enjoyment in the life to come." — Bruce R. McConkie, "The Millennial
Messiah," Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1978-82
(8/17/03)
"'Clean hands and pure hearts,' was a sermon sung this morning. Clean
hands--clean of defilement of our fellow men, clean from the goods of our fellow
men, clean from the blood of our fellow men; that must be the cleanliness which
must be ours. Pure hearts--pure before the Lord; greed and lust and covetousness
banished from our hearts, standing pure before God, that he may look therein and
see there nothing which would cause him pain, and nothing which would make us
blush. I have often said: 'I wonder how we would all stand, and individually how
I would stand, if I were told that God was yonder in the mountain and I could go
to him if I wished.' I wonder if my life has been such that I could go and stand
before the Being who could look me through and see my secret thoughts and hopes
and ambitions. Unless and until, my brothers and sisters, we could stand that
test, we are not living as the Lord would have us live." — J. Reuben Clark,
"General Conference Reports," October 1935, p. 89
(8/18/03)
"What should we do before partaking of this sacrament? We should look into our
souls and see whether we have any unforgiveness there toward any of our fellow
creatures, especially toward any of the household of faith. Have you any
bitterness in your heart toward your brother or your sister, or any of mankind?
If you have, remove that bitterness and repent of the weakness by which that
bitterness has found a resting place within you, and remove it from your heart.
Harbor it not in your spirit; for it is evil. It corrupts us to allow the spirit
of hatred or animosity to find a resting-place in our souls. Therefore we should
not partake of this sacrament with such feelings in our souls. We should forgive
those who trespass against us. We should make peace with our brother and with
our sister and with all mankind, and establish peace in our hearts, so that when
we come to the house of God to partake of the sacrament we may do it with clean
hands and pure hearts before the Lord." — Joseph F. Smith, July 16, 1893,
"Collected Discourses, 1987-1992," 5 vols., Stuy, Brian H., ed., Burbank,
California, and Woodland Hills, Utah: B.H.S. Publishing
(8/19/03)
"Every man and woman has got to have clean hands and a pure heart, to execute
judgment, else they had better let the matter alone." — "Discourses of Brigham
Young," Compiled by John A. Widtsoe. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1978, 3:247
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