- Accept truths

- Be example- Know all is well

What a wonderful year this has been and what a wonderful future the Church has, said Elder David B. Haight of the Quorum of Twelve.

Speaking Sunday afternoon, Elder Haight talked about the Church's pioneering past and future, as well as the great moment of his life.

"This morning we heard, from President Hinckley, one of the most stirring outlines of the Church for our future that I remember hearing," he said. "I was moved by it. . . . I knew this morning that we were hearing words of the future from a prophet."

During the Sunday morning session, President Hinckley promised Church members that if they live the gospel they will be blessed in a magnificent and wonderful way. Elder Haight spoke of the prophet's words, and reiterated that future blessings are "dependent upon how we live, how we accept the truths that we know about, . . . and what kind of examples we become to those people we work with and associate with."

Elder Haight then talked about the Church's past - which he was reminded of as he listened to the words of the hymn "Come, Come, Ye Saints."

He said he first became acquainted with the hymn as a small boy in a little tabernacle, built from lava rocks, in southern Idaho.

"In that little tabernacle as we would sing `Come, Come, Ye Saints,' I would feel the roof starting to lift off that building," he recalled. "You could feel it because of the power, and the faith and testimony and the belief of the members."

Elder Haight then talked about William Clayton, who wrote the hymn on the plains of Iowa in 1846. Elder Haight recounted the condition in Iowa at that time, as the saints slowly moved across the muddy wet plains, fleeing from Nauvoo. "They were somewhat discouraged, and the going was difficult."

Then William Clayton wrote the words of the hymn, which become an anthem for the Church, he explained.

Elder Haight said that, like William Clayton, he has also come to know that "all is well if we are able to live as we should."

Elder Haight then spoke of a time in his youth when he dreamed of hitting the winning home run for the New York Yankees in the deciding game of the World Series. This, he thought then, would be "the great moment of my life."

"But I want you to know that that isn't true," he said.

Instead he spoke of a time a few years ago: "I sat in the Los Angeles Temple in a little sealing room with my wife, Ruby, . . . and our baby daughter was kneeling at the alter holding the hand of a young man she was to be sealed to.

"As I looked around the room I then realized that this was the great moment of my life. Because I had in that room everything that was precious to me. My wife was there, my eternal sweetheart and companion. Our three children were there with their companions.

"And I thought, `David, in your youth, you had things all wrong, you thought some event of some kind might be the great event of your life.' But I was witnessing it. I was there. I was feeling it. I felt a part of it. And I knew that . . . this was the great moment of my life."