President Gordon B. Hinckley greeted members of the Church gathered in Montreal by sharing some of his joys and thoughts from his journey across Canada. The Montreal member meeting was near the end of his 12-city Canadian tour.

"[It has been] a truly remarkable journey," President Hinckley declared. "We have looked into the faces of thousands of the best people on earth . . . men and women of great faith and kindness and goodness. We have had a wonderful experience for which I feel so tremendously grateful."Speaking to more than 3,000 members gathered in the Place des Arts Aug. 6, President Hinckley related several comments written by members of the Southern Baptist Convention who visited Salt Lake City in June as part of their annual meetings.

One was from North Carolina. It read: "This place was beautiful and very Christ-oriented. I could feel the presence of Christ here. The missionaries were very helpful."

President Hinckley continued, "We ask you, every one of you who is a member of this Church, to reach out to assist the missionaries, to help them get to those whom they can teach. You offer the greatest opportunity in the world to build the Church and kingdom of God in the earth."

President Hinckley then asked each member to see that "every convert to this Church who is baptized into this work will have a friend to whom he can turn for answers to his questions, that every bishop and branch president will see that every convert has a responsibility on which he can grow."

Relating an experience from last Christmas, President Hinckley told of three men and their families who visited him. They were sons of a man whom President Hinckley had met some years ago on a flight from London.

The man, who was living in England, wondered if President Hinckley was a Mormon since he noticed that President Hinckley had "had more orange juice than anybody else on the plane."

One thing led to another, President Hinckley said, and soon the man mentioned he wanted his sons to attend an American university. Since the eldest son had interests in forestry, President Hinckley arranged with the registrar at Utah State University for the necessary admission papers to be sent.

Before long, the eldest son came to President Hinckley and said he was going to be baptized. The next boy came to Utah State, and he joined. The third son also joined the Church.

"I performed marriages in the temple for all three of those boys. The father died of a stroke. His wife joined the Church and they did his work in the temple for him.

"I can bear you my testimony that there is no feeling in the world quite like the feeling of assisting in the baptism of a good individual and of encouraging them and leading them along in faith and righteousness and truth," he said.