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We cannot gain a testimony without having the help of the Holy Ghost. We must be self-sufficient ourselves, but that does not mean independent of help of others. And for that reason we are dependent on others. It is clear to me that we have imperfections of body, imperfections of mind and intellect-that we are not perfect. In preparing this message, it has become very clear to me that the true nature of the gospel plan is the interdependence we have upon one another in this life and the estate in which we now live. He wants us to return with honor with our families and those whom we have helped along the road of life. When we return to our Heavenly Father, he does not want us to come back alone. And all these are acts of love and service which require the help of others and the giving of help to others. Our blessing as a child, our baptism, our receiving the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, our receiving membership in his church, ordination to the priesthood, going on a mission, being married, having children of our own, blessings during illness and times of need-all require the help of others. The many missions which we have in life cannot be embarked upon successfully without the help of others. We need “works” to serve and to be served. James put it best: “Faith without works is dead, being alone.” ( James 2:17.) The gospel plan requires giving and receiving. It is also God’s plan that we cannot return to his presence alone, without the help of someone else. The opposition which we must have is to make us strong the fire which we withstand is to harden our spiritual steel. We also know that we chose to take a physical body, to come to live in this estate, to live His commandments, and to have opposition in all things. I am here to bear my testimony that we were with our Heavenly Father before we came to this life. It has always been a mystery to me why the intellectual elite sometimes shut themselves off from the Spirit of God. We need the inspired help of others to avoid deceiving ourselves. The balance and perspective which come from caring about others and allowing others to care for us form the essence of life itself. The “isolated self” shut off from the Light of Christ makes us become fallible-open to delusion.

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Is valid, but must be qualified and expanded to include the concern for how to be true to yourself and your fellowman. You can’t hide your actions from self and others. Yet, my brothers and sisters, with all of this knowledge, why is it that some of us fail to learn the very critical point that we did not come to this life to live it alone? Kimball is a prophet of God who has all the keys of the priesthood vested in him to lead this church by revelation in these latter days. We live in the “fulness of times”-a time when the scriptures that have been revealed to us are virtually all the scriptures available to mankind. Yes, we live in that choice period of time which is the “last dispensation” before the second coming of Jesus Christ. We may know that Joseph Smith has restored The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the last dispensation of the fulness of times. We may know that he gave his life for our redemption, that he is resurrected that we might live, and that he is alive today. We all have a testimony which we have developed ourselves throughout our lives which the Holy Ghost has helped us to obtain. We have all been given the Spirit of Christ at birth. Spend a few thoughtful moments with me, if you would, discussing the phrase “We can’t do it alone.” Many of us have varying degrees of testimonies. These things make it possible for me to discuss a subject which is close to my heart. There is a great spirit that comes from the choir. He is a man of God, simple and humble, with whom I hope to be able to spend the rest of my life in the service of the Lord. There is no better man to follow and be next to than Adney Y. My brothers and sisters, I am blessed to stand at this pulpit and feel the radiating spirit of those who have gone before over the past 108 years since the first conference was held in this building, and to feel the testimonies which have been borne this day.