Elder Loren C. Dunn
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"The gospel is designed to teach us what to do as fathers and mothers, and it would seem that when families are intact, we may very well do good things and give as our first reason 'because my father sent me' or because a father showed me the way."
There are some exceptions, such as death, but what is needed today are fathers to commit to being fathers.
"To assume the responsibility and to live by it. That you may become an anchor to all who come after you. If the example has not been set in your life, then reach out and try to help establish it, and resolve that example will begin with you, if there is no one else. If all is not perfect in your home, then let it begin with you."
President Harold B. Lee said that turning the hearts of the children to their fathers and the fathers to the children was not only a commission to do work for the dead but should also be applied to the living by keeping family relationships intact in this life.
"A father succeeds when he steps forward and accepts his commitment as a father. Always loving, praying for and doing what he can for his family and never giving up."
The history of the church of Jesus Christ from Adam and Eve down to the present day is closely associated with father and mother and family. The introductory pages of the Book of Mormon have the great prophet Nephi first paying homage to his father.
