Richard Ballantyne Richard Ballantyne, convert to the Church, pioneer of Utah and founder of the first Latter-day Saint Sunday School, was born in Whitridgebog, Scotland, on August 26, 1817. When Richard was eleven years of age, his father died, and the boy had to find employment to assist in supportingContinue Reading

The temporal salvation of man Taken from an address at a Church Welfare Meeting, Salt Lake Tabernacle, General Conference, Saturday, April 5, 1941. In 1897 when I was on my first mission, I found myself, one morning, distributing tracts in a little undesirable district in Stirling, Scotland. I approached oneContinue Reading

Joseph Smith’s mother is confronted by a pastor, and predicts members of his congregation will join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lucy Mack Smith recorded the following encounter: In a few days subsequent to this, we all set out to visit Mrs. Stanly, who was also myContinue Reading

Have you noticed that when you have determined to accomplish a very important task, many good ideas for other things to do seem to come to your mind? If they are allowed to interfere, they will distract you from the more important objective. I have found help by writing downContinue Reading

This story is told by President Gordon B. Hinckley in General Conference, April 1998, “Testimony”: Let me tell you a story that I heard recently in Mexico.  In Torreón I was driven about in the fine automobile that belonged to the man of whom I speak.  His name is DavidContinue Reading

Another example is a family in the mission over which I presided, a family by the name of Agnew. They were difficult people to convert. William Agnew, particularly, would not listen to the missionaries, but finally he consented to attend our Sunday School with his wife, three children, and theContinue Reading

As most of you are aware, I am a convert to the Church, having been baptized in Tokyo, Japan, back in 1952 while serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict. I was born and reared in Missouri, where much of the early history of this church took place.Continue Reading

John and his two-year-old brother lived with their mother in Trondheim, Norway. After Father’s death they had moved from Froya to a small apartment on Steensbakken (Steen’s Hill). The two little boys and their mother often looked out over the beautiful old city on the outermost island off the coastContinue Reading

Joseph Smith’s name had for good and evil Elder John H. Groberg of the Seventy told of an experience in which he saw a fulfillment of Moroni’s prophecy in Joseph Smith—History 1:33. While serving as a missionary in the South Pacific, Elder Groberg visited a remote island named Tafahi, which had onlyContinue Reading