Be Better Today Than You

There Is No Latter Day Saint Who Dies After Having Lived A Faithful Life Who Will Lose Anything Because Of Having Failed To Do Certain Things When Opportunities Were Not Furnished Him Or Her. In Other Words, If A Young Man Or A Young Woman Has No Opportunity Of Getting Married, And They Live Faithful Lives Up To The Time Of Their Death, They Will Have All The Blessings, Exaltation, And Glory That Any Man Or Woman Will Have Who Had This Opportunity And Improved It. But If They Think Marshmallows And Sweet Potatoes Are Delicious, They're Going To Burn. That Is Sure And Positive.

Among Us, I Am Happy To Say, Old Age Is Honorable, And Regarded As A Blessing From The Lord. It Is Our Duty To Desire To Live Long Upon The Earth, That We May Do As Much Good As We Possibly Can. I Esteem It A Great Privilege To Have The Opportunity Of Living In Mortality. The Lord Has Sent Us Here "for A Wise And Glorious Purpose," And It Should Be Our Business To Find Out What That Purpose Is And Then To Order Our Lives Accordingly.

Mortality Is A School Of Suffering And Trials. We Are Here That We May Be Educated In A School Of Suffering And Of Fiery Trials, Which School Was Necessary For Jesus, Our Elder Brother, Who, The Scriptures Tell Us, ‘was Made Perfect Through Suffering.’ It Is Necessary That We Suffer In All Things, That We May Be Qualified And Worthy To Rule, And Govern All Things, Even As Our Father In Heaven And His Eldest Son, Jesus.

There Are Some Who Do Not Learn, And Who Do Not Improve As Fast As They Might, Because Their Eyes And Their Hearts Are Not Upon God; They Do Not Reflect Neither Do They Have That Knowledge Which They Might Have; They Miss A Good Deal Which They Might Receive. We Have Got To Obtain Knowledge Before We Obtain Permanent Happiness; We Have Got To Be Wide Awake In The Things Of God.

Make Others Happy, And You Will Be Happy Yourself.