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The LDS Daily WOOL© Archive - Psalms 24:3-4


(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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