The Foundation For A Major Work

Salt Lake Temple at Christmas - Photo From LDS Media Library

"I am confident that the Lord will permit us and direct us to go on building these sacred structures as we become worthy of them. Our important test of that worthiness will lie in doing the research that becomes the foundation for the major work to be carried on in them."  

- President Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Century of Family History Service," Ensign, March 1995.

Without Any Expectation Of Thanks Or Reward

Provo City Center Temple - Stuart L. Gardner Photography

"That which goes on in the House of the Lord, and which must be preceded by research, comes nearer to the spirit of the sacrifice of the Lord than any other activity of which I know. Why? Because it is done by those who give freely of time and substance, without any expectation of thanks or reward, to do for others that which they cannot do for themselves."  

- President Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Century of Family History Service," Ensign, March 1995.

There Is No Other Purpose For It

Nauvoo Illinois Temple - © Matthew Christopher Andrews

“All of our vast family history endeavor is directed to temple work. There is no other purpose for it. The temple ordinances become the crowning blessings the Church has to offer.” 

– President Gordon B. Hinckley, “New Temples to Provide “Crowning Blessings” of the Gospel”, Ensign, May 1998, p. 88.