Classic blogger, changing everything so I don't know how to get the picture to the left side. Sigh. But we must push on.
So this is the book form of a lecture series given by Truman G. at a BYU Education Week. I listened to the tapes a few times on the mish and liked them enough to get the book and read it. It has lots of cool stories that you don't hear too often and is presented in classic Truman G. style. I'm glad I heard the tapes first so that I could imagine his voice saying the words while I read them. He's got a great voice and emphasizes certain things awesomely. I will recommend this book. It is another prophet of the Restoration testimony-builder.
Quotes:
"The response that came to Joseph Smith [in the Sacred Grove] was an answer, I believe, to millions of prayers offered down through the centuries on both sides of the veil."
From Joseph Smith: "Weary [the Lord] until he blesses you."
"Anyone who has enough of the Spirit of God to know that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ, by that same spirit will be brought to recognize that one of the prophets called by the Father and the Son was Joseph Smith."
"[I]f a man has a bow and keeps it constantly strung tight, it will soon lose its spring."
"Some of his visions were panoramic. He said of Doctrine and Covenants section 76 on the three degrees of glory, 'I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.' A hundred times more than the present length would be more than the full length of the Doctrine and Covenants."
"[Joseph said,] 'I made this my rule: When God commands, do it.' That took him all the way to Carthage - and to the glories of the eternities beyond."
From Joseph Smith: "The devil flatters us that we are very righteous, when we are feeding on the faults of others."
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