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Still small voice 'whispers, not shouts'

Published: Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001

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But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.

— Doctrine and Covenants 9:8

During the April 1991 general conference, Bishop Henry B. Eyring, then first counselor in the Presiding Bishopric and now of the Quorum of the Twelve, spoke of the still small voice.

"It whispers, not shouts. And so you must be very quiet inside. That is why you may wisely fast when you want to listen. And that is why you will listen best when you feel, 'Father, thy will, not mine, be done.' You will have a feeling of 'I want what you want.' Then, the still small voice will seem as if it pierces you. It may make your bones to quake. More often it will make your heart burn within you, again softly, but with a burning which will lift and reassure."