- Remember Him

- Proclaim His name

Just a few hours after he was sustained a member of the Council of the Twelve April 1, an emotional Elder Henry B. Eyring addressed the Saturday afternoon session.

Elder Eyring's call to the Twelve filled a vacancy created when Elder James E. Faust was called by President Gordon B. Hinckley to serve as second counselor in the First Presidency. Elder Eyring had served in the First Quorum of the Seventy since October 1992, and before that for 71/2 years as first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric.

In his conference address, Elder Eyring reflected upon an assignment he had years ago in Brazil, where he was asked by two missionaries: "Tell us how we can become more humble."

Elder Eyring said he felt he had failed them. "If only I could have that chance again on this beautiful day. I've learned some things about their question since President Hinckley invited me to meet with him yesterday afternoon [Friday, March 31] and issued to me the call to this sacred office. I think I could help them a little more now.

"First, I would have realized they had already had the first lesson in their hearts. The fact that they even asked meant they had gone beyond being overwhelmed by their doubts about themselves to hope that if they would just submit, if they could just learn what to do, they could be better. If I had the chance again, I would have told them that.

"And then I would have given them just one bit of counsel about what to do. I would have said just this: `Always remember Him.' I would have tried to help them to do that by taking them in their minds to a garden where they would hear the Savior of the world's words: `Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.'

"And then I would have taken them forward in time to that glorious day reported in the Book of Mormon, when the resurrected Lord appeared to the people in the Americas and said: `And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.' " (3 Ne. 11:11.)

With emotion in his voice, Elder Eyring said, "I wished I had known what I learned last night so that I could read to them . . . these words from the first section of the Doctrine and Covenants:

" `That the fulness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers. And inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed. And inasmuch as they sinned they might be chastened, that they might repent. And inasmuch as they were humble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive knowledge from time to time.' " (D&C 1:23, 26-28.)

In his concluding remarks, Elder Eyring testified: "Jesus the Christ, at the will of the Father, did atone for all of our sins. Because of Him, we will be resurrected. Because of His atonement, we may be exalted."