That is the only place where, through holy ordinances, we can receive that which will qualify us for exaltation in the celestial kingdom. Nauvoo Illinois Temple. Relief Society sisters helped each other prepare for these ordinances and their attendant covenants.
They contributed to the building of the temple, learned from the Prophet and from each other in Relief Society meetings, charitably served one another, and sought to live with greater sanctity. Temple ordinance workers on the steps of the Salt Lake Temple, As the temple neared completion, 36 women were called to serve as temple ordinance workers.
I worked in the Temple every day without cessation until it was closed. In the Church today, faithful women and men all over the world continue to serve in the temple and find strength in the blessings that can be received only through temple ordinances. Relief Society helps sisters strengthen homes and families, thus helping to accomplish one of the fundamental purposes of the priesthood.
The priesthood is the power and the priesthood line is the means provided by the Lord to support the family. Elder Dallin H. Only this relationship culminates in exaltation. The sealing ordinance binds husband and wife to each other, to their children, and to their Father in Heaven. Adam and Eve had a unified covenant relationship. When a husband and wife are blessed with the opportunity to be parents, they share a solemn responsibility to help their children understand and receive priesthood ordinances and covenants.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught:. She heard all that Adam said. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.
Latter-day Saints all over the world follow this counsel in simple but powerful ways. Husbands and wives gather their children to pray and read the scriptures.
In many homes, parents establish a special place—perhaps a simple shelf—where they keep scriptures and other Church resources. They teach the gospel through their words and their examples. They help their children prepare to receive the blessings of the temple, serve full-time missions, establish homes of their own, and continue serving in the Church.
Like Adam and Eve, they share the responsibilities to teach, to pray, to serve, and to worship the Lord. In some cases, a husband or wife may feel alone in these responsibilities because their spouse has not made covenants or has strayed from covenants that have been made.
Even in these situations, faithful family members need not feel alone. They are blessed and strengthened through the priesthood ordinances they have received and the covenants they keep.
They can also call upon the support of extended family members and other Latter-day Saints. Relief Society supports women as they nurture their children. Many Latter-day Saints have never been married. Others are single because of the death of a spouse, abandonment, or divorce.
Like all members of the Church, these members will be blessed as they remain faithful to their covenants and do all they can to strive for the ideal of living in an eternal family.
They can enjoy the blessings, strength, and influence of the priesthood in their lives and homes through the ordinances they have received and the covenants they keep. Oaks told of the faithfulness of his mother, who was widowed at a young age. Having been sealed to her husband in the temple, she did not consider herself single; nevertheless, she had to rear her three children alone.
Elder Oaks recalled:. I was the oldest of three small children our widowed mother struggled to raise. When I was ordained a deacon, she said how pleased she was to have a priesthood holder in the home. But Mother continued to direct the family, including calling on which one of us would pray when we knelt together each morning.
She had no priesthood office, but as the surviving parent in her marriage she had become the governing officer in her family. At the same time, she was always totally respectful of the priesthood authority of our bishop and other Church leaders.
She presided over her family, but they presided over the Church. She always honored the position of our deceased father. She made him a presence in our home. She spoke of the eternal duration of their temple marriage. Under these circumstances, it was difficult for me to leave home for two years, but I went.
She needed and appreciated the special attention she received from men who held the priesthood—her father and brothers, her home teachers, other men in the ward.
However, her greatest strength came from the Lord Himself. She did not have to wait for a visit in order to have the blessings of the priesthood in her home, and when visitors left, those blessings did not leave with them. Because she was faithful to the covenants she had made in the waters of baptism and in the temple, she always had the blessings of the priesthood in her life. The Lord gave her inspiration and strength beyond her own capacity, and she raised children who now keep the same covenants that have sustained her.
These women understood that they received added strength and help through the covenants they had made and kept. All those who serve in an official capacity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do so under the direction and authority of those who hold priesthood keys, such as bishops and stake presidents.
In Relief Society, this pattern was established in the first Relief Society meeting. Cleveland and Elizabeth Ann Whitney, one by one. He blessed them to be guided in their service. Ever since, sisters who have served in Relief Society callings, in all other Church callings, and as visiting teachers have served under the authority of those who hold priesthood keys. Too many sisters, however, think that Relief Society is merely a class to attend.
The same sense of belonging to the Relief Society rather than just attending a class must be fostered in the heart of every woman. Priesthood quorums organize men in a brotherhood to give service, to learn and carry out their duties, and to study the doctrines of the gospel. Relief Society accomplishes these same purposes for the women of the Church. All women in the Church belong to Relief Society, even if they have other responsibilities that make it difficult for them to attend all Relief Society meetings.
They continue to be watched over and taught through the sisterhood of Relief Society. In Conference Report, Apr. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, men and women are to strengthen and fortify one another and work together in unity.
Sister Eliza R. Snow remembered and cherished this example all her life. She shared it with local Church leaders when the Relief Society was reestablished in Utah. When Sister Bathsheba W. Hinckley [], It was on the morning of a beautiful, clear day. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him! Through the visits of the angel Moroni, Joseph Smith learned where to find the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated, a book tied to fulfillment of the ancient prophecies in Joel —32 and Malachi , 5—6.
Aaronic Priesthood. Melchizedek Priesthood. The presiding officers of the Church were addressed by name, and the full name of the Church was revealed in Doctrine and Covenants —5. The Book of Mormon revealed that many plain and precious truths had been taken from the Bible see 1 Nephi The inspired translation of the Bible that Joseph Smith was commanded to undertake restored many of these truths.
The First Presidency was initially organized in March The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was organized in February The Quorum of the Seventy was organized in February On April 6, , at the organization of the Church in the Peter Whitmer home in Fayette, New York, the Prophet and others unanimously voted to organize all of the revelations given thus far.
Ancient prophets appeared on April 3, , to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery to deliver important priesthood keys that opened the door to gather Israel and bind families together forever. Current publication of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
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