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President Henry B. Eyring

First Counselor, First Presidency
Published: Saturday, April 5, 2008

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"This is the true church, the only true church, because in it are the keys of the priesthood. Only in this church has the Lord lodged the power to seal on earth and to seal in heaven as he did in the time of the Apostle Peter. ..

"This is a day of historical significance and of eternal importance in the history of the world and to the children of our Heavenly Father. Now, our obligation is to remain worthy of the faith necessary for us to fulfill our promise to sustain those who have been called ... To sustain (them) we must examine our lives, repent as necessary, pledge to keep the Lord's commandments and follow his servants. The Lord warns us that if we do not do those things, the Holy Ghost will be withdrawn, we will lose the light which we have received and we will not be able to keep the pledge we have made today to sustain the Lord's servants ...

"I am personally aware of the power of the faith of members of the church to sustain those who have been called. In the past few weeks, I have felt in powerful ways the prayers and faith of people whom I do not know and who know me only as someone called to serve through the keys of the priesthood."