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A thought from the scriptures

Published: Saturday, May 8, 1999

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Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it. — Alma 56:47-48

"The priesthood cannot work out its destiny, nor can God's purposes be fulfilled, without our helpmates," said President Howard W. Hunter during the October 1994 general conference.

"Mothers perform a labor the priesthood cannot do. For this gift of life, the priesthood should have love unbounded for the mothers of their children.

"Honor your wife's unique and divinely appointed role as a mother in Israel and her special capacity to bear and nurture children."