Monday, April 06, 2015

To Die or Not to Die


Gen. Conf. October 1973 by ELRay L. Christiansen, Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles


“I have often said: You can’t repent too soon because you don’t know how soon it will be too late.

One of my distant Scandinavian relatives who was thriving financially in Denmark came with his family as converts to the Church to America and his family was directed to settle in Sanpete County. He was quite well-to-do…(and) he became so interested and involved in his possessions that he forgot about the purpose of his coming to America…

The bishop would call upon him and implore him to become active as he used to be, and he would promise them that in the future when he got certain things settled that he would do it. Finally he was growing old, and they came and said to him, ‘Now, Lars, the Lord was good to you when you were in Denmark. He has been good to you since you have come here. See all of the things that you possess. We think now, since you are growing a little older, that it would be well for you to spend some of your time in the interests of the Church. After all, you can’t take these things with you when you go.’

He stopped. He was shocked, and he said, ‘Vell, den, I vill not go.’ But he did. And so will we. It is time today to begin the program and process of repenting!”

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