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(6/20/03)
"In these paragraphs the terms, and obligations required of us as the children
of God, and the glorious promises or agreement which the Lord makes if we will
only do our part are clearly stated. This covenant relates to both estates. We
who now live upon the earth, or ever have lived upon it, or ever will live upon
it in bodies of flesh and bone have kept our first estate in heaven before our
coming to live upon the earth, and hence we have been added upon, or in other
words there have been or will be added to our immortal spirits these bodies of
flesh and bone, and although we shall all surely die we shall all be made alive
again, and thus the Lord fulfills his agreement to all who keep their first
estate. God keeps his covenant." — Rulon S. Wells, "Conference Report," October
1938, p. 62
(12/1/03)
"In this conflict there are two influences that are brought to bear upon him. On
the one hand 'the spirit of Christ is given to every man that he may know good
from evil.' (Moroni 7:16.)
This spirit is ever striving to lead us to God. And, on the other hand 'that
which is evil cometh from the devil, for the devil is an enemy unto God and
fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin and to do
that which is evil continually.' (Moroni 7:12) Thus, it will be
seen that God is ever present to guard and protect us and deliver us from all
evil. He is unchangeable for he has said: 'I am the Lord, I change not.' And
then, too, Satan, with unrelenting zeal is endeavoring to carry out his evil
purposes in leading men away from God and hence unto darkness and the bondage of
sin, and 'to do that which is evil continually.' He shows no signs of
reformation. The devil is absolutely incorrigible, and this is what the
criminologists sometimes overlook and blame to 'the unchanging nature of human
appetites.'" - Rulon S. Wells, "General Conference Reports," April 1938, p.
69
8/9/06
"It matters not what position we may occupy in the Church or out of it. No man
is so safe that he may boast of his own strength, but only as God shall be our
strength and come to our rescue, and then shorten the days, will we be able to
overcome, and finally gain the victory; at least, that is the way I read the
holy scripture. And what is the equipment? Can, you, then, or can I, or can any
human soul in all the world, combat and overcome the temptations of the present
day in and of ourselves without being properly equipped for that great struggle?
I answer 'No, we cannot.' We need the help of God. We need the companionship of
His Holy Spirit. Without these we cannot succeed." - Rulon S. Wells, Conference
Report, April 1922, Third Day—Morning Session, p.142
7/15/07
"If there is anything that I am grateful for it is for my
standing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that I have
fellowship with the Saints of God, that I have part in this glorious work which
the Lord has established for the salvation of mankind. I am always conscious of
the fact that the Lord is carrying on a great work, that he has stretched forth
his hand to perform a marvelous work and a wonder, and that we are among his
chosen people, the chosen people of God." - Rulon S. Wells, "Conference Report,"
October 1938, Second Day—Morning Meeting, p.60
2/14/08
"What a
wonderful flood of light came into this world with the advent of the Gospel,
with the coming of the Prophet Joseph Smith, that prophet of the latter
days! What wonderful discoveries have come to us and to all mankind! The
same almighty being who overrules all things is bringing to pass his mighty
purposes, and a flood of spiritual light has come to the world through the
instrumentality of the prophet of God in the day and age in which we live.
That is another source of joy and gladness to me that I live in this
glorious day, notwithstanding the fact the world seems to be changing. We
are merely discovering more truth." - Rulon
S. Wells, "Conference Report,"
April 1934, Second Day—Morning
Meeting, p.57
8/5/08
"Latter-day Saints should be ambitious
to grow in knowledge of the truth; and if we shall know, even better than we do
today, all that we need do is to be better than we are today, to be purer in our
thoughts, to be holier in our lives, and our knowledge will increase in
proportion." - Rulon S. Wells, "Conference Report," October 1910, Afternoon
Session., p.29
2/11/09
"No
man can know the things of God, but the Spirit of God can bear witness of their
truth; and it is absolutely essential to every one who would know that this is
indeed the work of God, beyond all question, that he shall obtain first the
Spirit of God. As this Spirit will not and does not dwell in an unclean
tabernacle, it follows that we must cleanse and purify our hearts by sincere
faith in God, and repentance from sin. Every soul that will adopt this method
and seek to obtain forgiveness of sin, from Him who alone can remit our sins,
through the holy waters of baptism, he shall come to a knowledge of the truth.
If, perchance, after these initial ordinances of the gospel have been complied
with, you find yourself still lacking in knowledge and understanding, and in a
testimony, do not blame in any degree the ordinances themselves or the truth of
those principles, but look deep into your own souls, into your own hearts, and
you will find the reason there and nowhere else."
- Rulon S. Wells, "Conference Report," October 1910,
Afternoon Session, p.29
11/22/09
“No one realizes more than I do myself the weaknesses by which we are beset at
every hand. Sometimes we hear one say that we ought not to preach anything that
we do not practice. It seems to me that that is not altogether correct, but I do
endorse the doctrine that we ought not to preach anything that we do not try to
do, even though we may not completely succeed in coming to that degree of
excellence. We should preach Christ and Him crucified. We should preach the
excellence of His life, whether or not we are able to come up to His standard
completely. We are living in a world of sin. We are exposed to the temptations
of the world. We have our weaknesses and our imperfections. Nevertheless we have
delivered unto us the power of God unto salvation, and that power of God is the
Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, and obedience to that will perfect us in our
lives. Nevertheless there is sin in the world, and none of us are perfect. We
have our weaknesses and our imperfections, but we ought not to glory in them. We
ought not to think that they are justified, or that we are justified in doing
anything that is wrong. We are only in the right attitude when we are engaged in
the fight against sin.” - Rulon S. Wells, “Conference
Report,” April 1914, Third Day–Morning Session, p. 112
7/10/10
"Now let in the sunshine of God's Holy Spirit. How can the garden
grow in darkness? How can the trees blossom and produce their luscious
fruit? Or how can the fields grow and ripen into golden harvests,
unless the sun shall shine upon them? How can we know or understand the
things of God without the light of his Holy Spirit? And yet, 'This is
life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent.' Hence, there is need to obtain the gift
of the Holy Ghost which in the gospel of our Lord is bestowed upon
repentant and baptized believers by the laying on of hands." - Rulon S. Wells, "Conference Report," October 1927, Second Day-Morning Meeting, p. 57