`Don't neglect converts,' president counsels
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President Gordon B. Hinckley spoke to an overflow crowd of about 10,000 people on Sunday, Aug. 2, at the Shaw Conference Centre, the fifth city he had visited in his eight-day, 12-city Canadian tour.
Members from the four Northern Alberta stakes attended. Also present were various members of the Canadian Parliament from the Edmonton area, the leader of the Provincial Opposition and members of the media.President Hinckley admonished the members to concentrate on helping friendship new converts.
"You're LDS," he said. "You pray; that's good. You pay tithing; that's good. But you don't neglect the converts. They'll have many questions. You can't expect to learn all about the gospel in six missionary lessons."
He added, "None of us knows all there is to know about the gospel."
Speaking of families, the prophet counseled husbands to love their wives and said their wives are the most important people in the world to them.
And he told wives to love their husbands, adding: "Husbands need your kindness."
He also warned parents against child abuse. He said he was fortunate to have had a father who never laid a hand on his children. When they did something wrong, his father sat down and talked to them, and it was hoped they would not make the same errors again.
Also speaking at the meeting were Sister Marjorie P. Hinckley; President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve, and his wife Donna; and Elder Kenneth Johnson of the Seventy and a counselor in the North America Central Area presidency and his wife, Pamela.
A 300-voice choir from the three Edmonton-area stakes provided music at the conference, under the direction of Maureen Williams of the Riverbend Stake. The organist was Ronda Davey.
