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Talk of Edna Zitting, Salt Lake City, 20 March 1960

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20 March 1960

Talk of Edna Zitting, Salt Lake City, 20 March 1960

A talk by Edna Zitting at a general meeting at the Fischer home in Salt Lake City. The archive file is labeled Edna Zitting. The automatic transcript of the opening does not clearly name the speaker. A short biography of Edna Zitting is on her person page. The text is an automatic, unreviewed transcript of the recording, lightly paragraphed for reading. The recording itself is the source.

Members · Full recording · 6:12

I thought I was really getting a treat by getting up here. I feel like Brother Harmon when he says that the longer he lived in this church, the more thankfully he was fired and he wouldn't trade places with those who were determined to get rid of us. And they have their pomp and their show and their honor and their praise. Trade places either. Even though they might laugh at me a lot.

Humble jobs from day to day are still here to thank the Lord for the knowledge I have of this work. I am indeed truly grateful for the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the wonderful work he introduced through the help of the Lord in these latter days. I am grateful for the power that I have to taught me fundamental principles and encouraged me in this game. Even though they didn't believe during my younger days in the principle of parameters being lived today, they knew that it was right. And they always used to teach me, tell them, that if you couldn't say anything good about it, you could never say anything bad. And for that, I'm grateful.

Because I know that when we are embittered against the principle, we can never see the light of it. Great song to the Lord for the husband I had who helped me to see and understand more fully this work. And for the example he showed us and for the thought he has given us to go on in this life. It is my desire.

and hope that I can live worthy of doing the things that he would have me to do. Because I know that my first judge, after I live this life, will be my husband. Because I should be with him after I live this life. I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father for the good brother in whom I try so hard.

Teach us in the way that we should go. And I sincerely desire and hope for each and every one of us that we will take heed to the teachings which they teach us while they are teaching us the truth. And we will never, world without end, gain the goal that we are seeking unless we adhere to those teachings that they give us.

And I pray that the Lord will bless each and every one of us, that we will have receptive minds to those two things that are given unto us from time to time, for indeed it's a wonderful privilege we've had, and an opportunity that we don't know how long it's going to last. So if we can feed while we have the chance, before it is too late, for I feel that the time is going fast.

When we're going back, that we won't always have these privileges. And that we're going to be sorry for not making the best use of our time and our opportunities if we don't care for us. Now may we not care for us. May we strive hard to overcome those things which are holding us back and retarding us in the works. But may we support our brethren as we should and dignify our lives.

and make our lives more sacred from day to day. I humbly pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Sources

  1. From the Historical Short Creek archive, 1960 documents. Duration 6:12. Automatic transcript (unreviewed). Speaker identification is from the archive file name, checked against the opening of the recording where it names or introduces the speaker.

This transcript is free to read. The full recording is for members. No public media URL is listed here.