Latter-Day Saint Scholar and Author & BYU Professor of Ancient Scripture, Joseph Smith Lecture
November 13, 2003
Heber C. Kimball once said that Joseph's greatest sorrow, amidst all his other afflictions, was his inability to communicate. He said, "I will remark that you will have here with you a few of us that have traveled with him here from the beginning. And we know his trials. And we know that the greatest torment he had, and the greatest mental suffering, was because this people would not live up to their privileges. There were many things he desired to reveal that we have not learned yet, but he could not do it. He said sometimes he felt pressed upon, as though he was pent up in an acorn shell, and all because the people did not and would not prepare themselves to receive the rich treasures of wisdom and knowledge that he had to impart."
In one of his climactic discourses, the Prophet said, "Knowledge through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the grand key that unlocks the glories and mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven." (Truman G Madsen)
No comments:
Post a Comment