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A thought from the scriptures

Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010

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But ye will teach [your children] to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. —Mosiah 4:15

"Ideally, the Latter-day Saint family is presided over by a worthy man who holds the priesthood. This patriarchal authority has been honored among the people of God in all dispensations. It is of divine origin, and that union, if sealed by proper authority, will continue throughout eternity," Elder Russell M. Nelson said in the April 1999 general conference. "He who is the Father of us all and the source of this authority demands that governance in the home be in love and righteousness. ... The home is the great laboratory of love. There the raw chemicals of selfishness and greed are melded in the crucible of cooperation to yield compassionate concern and love one for another."