Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.

There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn.

Believe in God our Eternal Father, He who is greatest of all, who stands ever ready to help us and who has the power to do so. Believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior and the Redeemer of mankind, the worker of miracles, the greatest who ever walked the earth, the intercessor with our Father. Believe in the power of the Holy Ghost to lead, to inspire, to comfort, to protect. Believe in the Prophet Joseph, as an instrument in the hands of the Almighty in ushering in this the dispensation of the fullness of times.

We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.

So much of the civil strife and conflict in our society could be ameliorated by a small touch of mercy.