Elder Robert S. Wood
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"We cannot afford to be caught up in a world prone to give and to take offense. Rather, as the Lord revealed to both Paul and Moroni, we must neither envy nor be puffed up in pride. We are not easily provoked nor behave unseemly. We rejoice not in iniquity but in the truth. Surely this is the pure love of Christ which we represent.
"In a world beset by wrath, the prophet of our day, President Gordon B. Hinckley, has counseled: 'Now there is much that we can and must do in these perilous times. We can give our opinions on the merit of the situation as we see it, but never let us become a party to words or works of evil concerning our brothers and sisters in various nations on one side or the other. Political differences never justify hatred or ill will. I hope that the Lord's people may be at peace one with another during times of trouble, regardless of what loyalties they may have to different governments or parties."
"The first casualties of human wrath are truth and understanding. James counseled that we be 'swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.' "
"Let us daily renew in our hearts the pure love of Christ and overcome with our Master the darkness of the world."
