Praising the many who give "quiet, unheralded service," Elder Richard P. Lindsay of the Seventy shared several recent experiences in which he has seen humble, selfless giving.

"Such examples of charity, the pure love of Christ, are not restricted to geographic location, age, gender, or station in life," Elder Lindsay said Saturday morning. "Such acts of kindness and love of fellow man seek no praise or reward. . . ."- One brother, related Elder Lindsay, had been a quadriplegic for some 31 years. With Elder James M. Paramore, the two authorities visited the man, and learned that he had been called to be a regular correspondent to the missionaries and servicemen from his stake.

"I have been inspired many times as I have read his letters sent to bolster the faith of choice young missionaries across the world," Elder Lindsay said.

- At another stake conference, he met a couple who had two daughters suffering from a degenerative disease.

Though they weren't given much time to live, said Elder Lindsay, "their eyes were beautiful and clear - full of faith and love of their Savior, whose presence had been made real in their lives by loving parents, grandparents and devoted Church teachers."

- Elder Lindsay met one sister confined to a wheelchair, who took care of her bedridden husband. Earlier, her husband had helped her adjust to the crippling effects of her illness.

"She spoke of her gratitude that the Lord had empowered her with greater strength . . . to administer to the many needs of her dear companion who had tenderly cared for her," he said.

- He related an incident that took place some years ago - as he went to a local hospital to visit a dear friend suffering from a terminal illness, the woman's husband greeted him excitedly, saying that President Spencer W. Kimball had just come into their room.

"He prayed with us and he blessed us and it was as though the Savior Himself had come to lift our burdens," Elder Lindsay's friend told him joyously.

- He also recalled a close friend who recently passed away. Years ago the friend frequently visited and gave blessings to Elder Lindsay's family after the passing of their father.

"To me he was the epitome of the `pure religion' described in the epistle of James: `. . . to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.' (James 1:27.)

"In these challenging times," he concluded, "the need to `minister unto the least of these' of our Father's children is so great. How much we need the gift of discernment and wisdom and charity to know how to really reach down and lift our brothers and sisters to a higher ground."