Every missionary who is proclaiming the name and
gospel of Jesus Christ will be blessed by daily feasting from
the Book of Mormon.
Parents who struggle to get a witness of the Savior into the
heart of the child will be helped, as they seek for a way
to bring the words and the spirit of the Book of Mormon
into the home and all the lives in their family.
That has proven true for us.
I can see that miracle is happening in every [INAUDIBLE]
meeting and every class I attend in the Church.
Speakers and teachers show a love and mature understanding
of the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon.
And personal testimonies clearly come from deep within
their hearts.
They teach with increased conviction and bear witness
with power.
You can take courage as I do from an example of endurance
given us by Moroni.
He was alone in his ministry.
He knew the end of life was near for him.
And yet listen to what he wrote for the sake of people
not yet born, and the descendants
of his mortal enemies.
"Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny
yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny
yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your
might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you,
that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ."
Moroni gave that witness as the valedictory to his life
and ministry.
He urged charity, as do the prophets
throughout the Book of Mormon.
He added his witness of the Savior when death loomed
before him.
He was a truly converted child of God, as we can be, filled
with charity, constant, and fearless, as a witness of the
Savior and His gospel, and determined to
endure to the end.
Your copy of the Book of Mormon may be hidden from your
view by cares and attention to all you have accumulated in
your journey.
I plead with you to drink deeply and
often from its pages.
It has in it the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ,
which is the only way home to God.
I leave you my sure witness that God lives and will
answer your prayers.
Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world.
The Book of Mormon is a true and sure witness that He
lives, that He is our resurrected and living Savior.
The Book of Mormon is a precious witness, which I now leave
with you, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.