Marvin O. Ashton First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric (April 6, 1938 – October 7, 1946) General Conference Addresses October 1946 General Conference Goodbye “There are some people—I am not guessing, I know what I am talking about—that have a thousand cattle on a thousand hills, and if you’d ask them for a thousand dollars,…

Stayner Richards Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (October 6, 1951 – May 28, 1953) General Conference Addresses April 1953 General Conference The Building Program of the Church “On one occasion a small boy returned from Sunday School where apparently they had been talking about the Darwinian theory, and as he entered the…

Thomas E. McKay Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (April 6, 1941 – January 15, 1958) General Conference Addresses April 1956 General Conference Kind Words “Now, with reference to this telephone call, it did give me a theme, kind words; I never heard my father, and nobody else did, speak an unkind word…

Clifford E. Young Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (April 6, 1941 – August 21, 1958) General Conference Addresses April 1958 General Conference We Lay Our Coats Away “You multiply that attitude of sympathy and thoughtfulness throughout the world—and no one is immune; it is an experience vouchsafed to everyone—and you will comprehend…

Levi E. Young First Council of the Seventy (October 6, 1909 – December 13, 1963) General Conference Addresses April 1960 General Conference A Look at History “May we all come to the faith that has been this morning told us by the speakers and will be told us by the speakers today and Wednesday. Let…

Carl W. Buehner Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric (April 6, 1952 – September 30, 1961) General Conference Addresses October 1961 General Conference Being Released “I have had the honor of sitting in the presence of President McKay and his Counselors at least twice each week, and many times, oftener. I will never be in…

Antoine R. Ivins First Council of the Seventy (October 4, 1931 – October 18, 1967) General Conference Addresses October 1963 General Conference The Need for Faith “Service, then, becomes a measuring stick for faith. If men serve faithfully and willingly, it is an indication of faith.” “It need not be offensive to suggest to a…

Thorpe B. Isaacson Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles (January 23, 1970 – November 9, 1970) Counselor in the First Presidency (October 28, 1965 – January 18, 1970) Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles (September 30, 1961 – October 28, 1965) First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric (April 6, 1952 – September 30,…

William J. Critchlow Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles (October 11, 1958 – August 30, 1968) General Conference Addresses October 1967 General Conference The Eternal Life of Man “This world drama is but a small part, a very brief act, in a great, grandiose drama that has been coursing through time and will continue…

John Longden Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles (October 6, 1951 – August 30, 1969) General Conference Addresses April 1969 General Conference The Use of Our Personal Influence “Always, when I hear tributes like this, I find myself applying them to the great men I sustain as prophets of God. Today, and in past…