Howard W. Hunter (November 14, 1907 – March 3, 1995)
On June 6, 1994, the day after Howard W. Hunter was set apart as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he extended two invitations. Speaking with a tone of gentle encouragement, he said:
“First of all, I would invite all members of the Church to live with ever more attention to the life and example of the Lord Jesus Christ, especially the love and hope and compassion He displayed. I pray that we might treat each other with more kindness, more courtesy, more humility and patience and forgiveness.”1
Encouraging people to follow the Savior’s example had been a focus of President Hunter’s teachings for decades. “Please remember this one thing,” he had said a few years earlier. “If our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and his restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and his teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right.”
Chapter 1: Jesus Christ- Our only way to Hope and Joy
Chapter 2: My Peace I Give unto You
Chapter 3: Adversity—Part of God’s Plan for Our Eternal Progress
Chapter 5: Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration
Chapter 6: The Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Chapter 7: Continuous Revelation through Living Prophets
Chapter 8: Taking the Gospel to All the World
Chapter 10: The Scriptures—The Most Profitable of All Study
Chapter 12: Come Back and Feast at the Table of the Lord
Chapter 13: The Temple—The Great Symbol of Our Membership
Chapter 14: Hastening Family History and Temple Work
Chapter 15: The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
Chapter 16: Marriage—An Eternal Partnership
Chapter 17: Preserve and Protect the Family
Chapter 18: We Believe in Being Honest
Chapter 19: Our Commitment to God
Chapter 20: Walking the Savior’s Path of Charity
Chapter 21: Faith and Testimony
Chapter 22: Teaching the Gospel
Chapter 23: “No Less Serviceable”
Chapter 24: Following the Example of Jesus Christ
