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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: - Prov. 1:5.
"Conference time is a season of spiritual revival when knowledge and testimony are increased and solidified that God lives and blesses those who are faithful," Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve said at October 1981 general conference."It is a time when an understanding that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, is burned into the hearts of those who have the determination to serve Him and Keep His commandments. Conference is the time when our leaders give us inspired direction in the conduct of our lives - a time when souls are stirred and resolutions are made to be better husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, more obedient sons and daughters, better friends and neighbors.
"As we enter into the spirit of conference, another feeling comes to us - one of deep gratitude that we have been blessed by an understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ as tit has been restored to earth in this dispensation of time. We mix with others from around the world who have the same feeling, and we wish that men and women everywhere could understand and find the joy and peace that come from the knowledge that all people are children of God and therefore brothers and sisters..."
