Gordon B. Hinckley

When Paul McNabb was a missionary in Japan, he met Elder Gordon B. Hinckley at a missionary conference. He remembers the kindness of Elder Hinckley, who was then an apostle:
I met Gordon B. Hinckley once when I was a missionary in Japan in the mid 1970s. After speaking to the missionaries at a special conference, [...]

In the Hall of the Prophets of the LDS Conference Center, the first evening of President Gordon B. Hinckley’s 2-day viewing drew thousands of visitors. A reverence pervaded the Center as the faithful flowed in to share their expressions of love at the passing of the 15th Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of [...]

April 1995

This Work is Concerned with People (Priesthood)
This is the Work of the Master
We Have A Work to Do
Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World (General Relief Society Meeting)

October 1995

As We Gather Together
Of Missions, Temples, and Stewardship (Priesthood)
Stay the Course–Keep the Faith
The Fabric of Faith and Testimony
The Light Within You

April 1996

“Be Ye Clean” (Priesthood)
This [...]

“When it was announced that we would build a temple in [Denver] and had selected a site on which it should stand, opposition rose against us. We gave up that site an tried another. Again we were thwarted. But we were determined to go forward, putting our trust in the Lord that He would guide [...]

“I thank [Joseph Smith] and love him for the sealing power of the holy priesthood that makes possible and certain the continuance of the family through eternity. I have said many times that if nothing else came out of all the sorrow and travail and pain of the restoration than the sealing power of the [...]

“I thank my Eternal Father for the restoration of the holy priesthood, that ‘every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world’ (D&C 1:20). I have seen the beauty and wonder of that priesthood in the governance of this remarkable church. I have felt its power flow [...]

“I always remember two young men who served in my mission. One was a superstar. He was educated. He was bright. He was quick. He was a little arrogant. We had another who was a sign painter. He came from a sign shop with very little education, but he knew his inadequacies and he relied [...]

“I can call on the Lord for help as a leader in this Church. I know we do it, but we need to do it a little more earnestly. Nothing helps so much as putting a matter in the hands of the Lord. . . I don’t hesitate to say that I have had prayers [...]

“Nearly sixty years have gone since my mother passed away. At the time I was a university student. I have forgotten much of what I was studying then, but he memories of those last months of my mother’s life remain ever green, as do the memories of earlier years. I hope she knew that I [...]

“Is there a missionary who has never felt fear? I know of none. Of course we feel fear now and again. Some are fearful of tracting. Some are fearful of their own capacity. Some are fearful of dogs. Some are fearful of speaking out in declaration of the truth. All of us experience fear now [...]