Responsibility of Latter-day Saints

For unto whomsoever much is given,

of him shall be much required.

Luke 12:48

We have laid upon us as a people a greater

charge, a great responsibility than any other

have ever had in the history of the world.

We are responsible for the blessings of the gospel

of Jesus Christ to all who have lived upon the earth,

to all who now live upon the earth, and to all who will yet

to live upon the earth.  No other people

have had so great a responsibility as that.  God bless

the faithful Latter-day Saints who carry in their

hearts the love and respect of the great doctrine of

the eternity of the family, and the tremendous

doctrine of vicarious work for the dead. 

Gordon B. Hinckley