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(8/22/03)
"Our beloved Prophet Joseph did not lean on his own
understanding. No, he went into the Sacred Grove to seek divine guidance. As I
stood on the banks of the Susquehanna River some months ago, I could not help
thinking of the visit that Joseph and Oliver made to the banks of that river
when they needed divine guidance, and they could not lean on their own
understanding. They went to that secluded place close to his home where they,
too, knelt down on their knees and asked God to reveal his will unto them, and
he sent a heavenly messenger, John the Baptist, to deliver his message. 'Lean
not unto thine own understanding.'" — Thorpe B. Isaacson, "General Conference
Reports," October 1956, p. 11
(9/11/05)
"Oh, the blessings that await you if you will only come and
mingle with the Saints of the Church! Attend your sacrament meetings. It seems
that our people need to be continually encouraged to attend their sacrament
meetings. They should come to sacrament meetings in large numbers as often as
possible. We should partake of the sacrament and renew our covenants with the
Lord, so that during the following week we may be able to withstand those
temptations with which we are confronted." - Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference
Report," October 1951, Morning Meeting p. 131
8/13/07
"Young people, do
not lose your testimony. You may discover sometimes that you are in doubt. I
think we all have. You may sometimes wonder if your testimony is waning, but let
that be a signal to you, let that be the time that you come to one of your
brethren, one of your friends; that is the signal for you quickly to associate
yourself with the Church and become very active in the Church, that is the time
that you must confide in God your Eternal Father." - Thorpe B. Isaacson,
"Conference Report," October 1952, Afternoon Meeting,
p.66
10/8/07
"May this
group here today, and those who listen on the radio and television, resolve to
live better hereafter so that we can die better. May God bless every single one
of you, that you may live as long as you want to live and as long as you ought
to live. Remember, each day of life is so precious we must not let it carelessly
slip away." - Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," October 1959, Third
Day—Morning Meeting, p.97
9/11/08
"Now there are men who feel that they
have perhaps drawn so far away from the Lord that they can't pray. Sometimes we
are careless in our praying, and yet we have been designated as being a praying
people, and we want always to stay a praying people. I would like to encourage
those men who are not as prayerful as they might be, that we should not consider
prayer as a duty. We can consider prayer as a privilege. We can consider prayer
as a blessing. We can consider prayer as a comfort."
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1950, p.40
3/20/09
"'It
is a full-time job to be decent'—to be
decent to everybody all the time. To be decent is to cease bitterness jealousy,
and hate, to refrain from gossip, refrain from backbiting, and from passing on
untrue comments and unreliable stories about another, to be considerate,
thoughtful, and sympathetic. After all, everyone that I know of already has a
very heavy load to carry."
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1959, Second Day—Morning
Meeting, p.65
3/28/09
"About
the turn of the century one of America's most brilliant, prominent attorneys had
an occasion to defend a helpless person, and he used this very beautiful
allegory: 'When God decided to make man,
he called the three angels who waited on his throne—Justice,
Truth, and Mercy—and said: 'Shall we
make Man?' Justice replied: 'Make him not, O God, for he will trample on thy
laws.' Truth replied, 'Make him not O God, for he will pollute thy sanctuaries.'
Mercy, kneeling, looked through her tears and said, 'Make him, O God, and I will
watch over him all the days of his life.'"
- Thorpe B. Isaacson, "Conference Report," April 1962, Afternoon Meeting,
p.70
9/7/09
“I truthfully
believe that there are one million members of this Church–at least those who are
old enough and who realize the value of prayer–who are praying each day for the
President of the Church, the prophet of the Lord, and for the General
Authorities of the Church. We are so profoundly grateful to you for your prayers
and your faith.” - Thorpe B. Isaacson, “Conference Report,” October 1958,
Afternoon Meeting, p. 66
2/20/10
“A personal testimony after we have received it, I have learned, and I am
grateful that I have learned it, needs to be constantly reinforced. We may have
had some faith-promoting experience in our lives, and many of us have; we may
have even witnessed a miracle, and some of us have. Someone has said our
testimony may be a dynamic concept based upon evidence, proof, and revelation.
It may have been acquired through study and prayer, but if our testimony ceases
to grow, it may finally cease to be.” - Thorpe B. Isaacson, “Conference
Report,” October 1952, Afternoon Meeting, p. 64
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