Pulpit

Closing Counsel

J. Reuben Clark Jr., First Counselor in the First Presidency

1945 April General Conference·Third Day Afternoon Session·1945-04-08

We will now close what I am sure all of us will agree has been one of our great conferences, great in the teachings that have come to us and great in the high spirituality which has characterized it. We have heard much that we should remember and that if remembered and put into practice will make of us the people whom God designed that we should be.

I will close with reading the passage read by Brother Mark E. Petersen from Joshua:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

God Grant that that may be the determination not only of us who are here but of every member of the Church. We send our greetings to President Grant and ask God to bless him with his choicest blessings.

Cite this talkJ. Reuben Clark Jr., "Closing Counsel," 1945 April General Conference, Third Day Afternoon Session (1945-04-08). Pulpit Vault, 1945-04-j-reuben-clark-jr-closing-counsel. Authoritative print text from archive.org.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).
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