goal of, 259
opposes temple work, 321
“Our Fading Civility,” President Gordon B.
Hinckley, 331
“Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off
Conqueror,” 333
resist, 177
temptations of, 143, 330–36
tries to destroy God’s plan of happiness, 134,
231, 259savings, 118
Scott, Richard G., viii, 65, 84, 113, 124, 140, 156, 168,
188, 199, 240, 242, 275, 312, 345, 348
“Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge,” 148
“Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse,” 5
“The Joy of Living the Great Plan of Happiness,” 360
scriptures
cited, 10, 19, 31, 59, 73, 84, 93, 111, 112, 113, 139,
152, 154, 221, 222, 337, 338
personal study of, 148, 281
study as family, 286, 355
self-control
essential for happy marriage, 186, 341
in money matters, 116
over passion, 143, 164
over temper, 23
selfishness, 304
as measuring stick, 17
blessings of shedding, 336
cause of divorce, 88, 171, 176
dangers of, 333
“Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence,” Elder
Joe J. Christensen, 120
“I Have a Question,” Homer Ellsworth, 17
“Put Off the Natural Man, and Come Off
Conqueror,” Elder Neal A. Maxwell, 333
unselfishness, 9, 171, 336
“What God Hath Joined Together,” President
Gordon B. Hinckley, 174
self-reliance, 305–10
“Becoming Self-Reliant,” Elder L. Tom Perry, 307
in finances, 62
“Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel,” Elder Neal A.
Maxwell, 95
“Self-Reliance,” Elder Boyd K. Packer, 305
service for youth, 58
sex education in schools, 144, 231
Simpson, Robert L., 89
sin
contrasted with transgression, 260
of living together without marriage, 152
of pride, 269, 271
single
members, 168, 206, 246, 313, 362
men, 175, 190, 262
mothers, 177, 216
parents, 311–13, 359
women, 175, 189, 358
Smith, Barbara B., 94, 100, 343
Smith, George Albert, 79, 347
Smith, Joseph, ix, 47, 315, 347
Smith, Joseph F., 9, 14, 139
Smith, Joseph Fielding, 38, 84, 157, 191, 314, 315
Snow, Eliza R., 80
Snow, Lorenzo, 140, 168
soul mates, an illusion, 51, 191
spiritual knowledge, 148–51
standards
do not lower, 190
For the Strength of Youth: Fulfilling Our Duty to God, 52
Stapley, Delbert L., 245
Talmage, James E., 314
Tanner, N. Eldon, 14, 47, 222, 247, 248
Taylor, John, 139
television viewing, 266
temper
discipline your, 23, 160, 210
“Discipline a Violent Temper” President Gordon B.
Hinckley, 332
temple. See alsoendowment, temple; garments,
temple; covenants and ordinances
blessings of, 146, 322
“The Holy Temple,” Elder Boyd K. Packer, 318
preparation, 314–26
“The Temple Garment: ‘An Outward Expression
of an Inward Commitment,’” Elder Carlos E.
Asay, 322
“Why Marry in the Temple?” Elder John A.
Widtsoe, 178
temporal preparedness, 327–29
temptations of Satan and the natural man, 330–36
Tenorio, Horacio A., 252
thoughts, control of, 222, 228, 230384 INDEX