He utilized his skills to preserve sermons delivered by church leaders. May the world see their worth as true pearls of great price precious gems to be gazed upon and cherished.Ībout the time church members relocated themselves to the Salt Lake valley several men learned the profession of shorthand reporting. Just as I prized those marbles of my youth, I prize each and every one of the quotes contained in this book. I would often take them out and look them over one at a time. ![]() Each and every one was very important to me. My grandparents had given me some of the best marbles in my collection. ![]() At school I would trade them and play games with others in order to win more of them. The result of that study is this book – a selection of the most impactful quotes, categorized for easy retrieval.Īs a young boy I kept a collection of marbles in a special bag that my mother had sewn for me. The set would get read from time to time, but it would still be many years until I decided to commit to reading every page and marking them up. Many years later after I was married, my wife learned of my desire, and one year, she bought me the set as a surprise birthday gift. I had always been fascinated by the lives and times of the early church leaders and it stuck in my mind from that time on that I would read the volumes someday. The member said he had been given the set as a wedding gift by his wife, but that he had not had time to read much from them. The title of the volume set was The Journal of Discourses. I was told that they contained a selection of talks given from the time of Brigham Young up until the later part of the 1800’s. ![]() While serving as a young missionary, I had seen a large set of old looking books in the home of a member that I had been visiting. It is from a small selection of their words that this book is comprised. I acknowledge all of the great leaders of the nineteenth century. It is a great blessing to have their words available to read and profit by. I am grateful for modern day apostles and prophets that have spoken the revealed word of God to give us scripture that is specific for our time and circumstances. I give praise and thanks to God for the power found in ancient and modern day revealed scripture.
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