[Teachldsseminary] TEACH: D&C 58 26-27 great glue quote

[Linda Harper]

Here's a great glue quote I heard on the BYU D&C discussions regarding D&C 
58 that I looked up and thought I'd pass along.

Linda Harper

Duncan, SC





D&C 58:26-27 – Bishop Glenn L. Pace: Wherever we live in the world there is 
pain and sorrow all around us. We need to take more  initiative as 
individuals in deciding how we can best be of service. . . The Church 
teaches principles. Use those principles and the Spirit to decide which 
organizations you would like to support. The Lord said, “Verily I say, men 
should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own 
free will.” (D&C 58:27.) Good things can be done through the Church 
organization, community organizations, and very often through no formal 
organization at all. We must reach out beyond the walls of our own church. 
In humanitarian work, as in other areas of the gospel, we cannot become the 
salt of the earth if we stay in one lump in the cultural halls of our 
beautiful meetinghouses. We need not wait for a call or an assignment from a 
Church leader before we become involved in activities that are best carried 
out on a community or individual basis.  Glenn L. Pace, “A Thousand Times,” 
Ensign, Nov. 1990, 8