Friday, December 12, 2008

administer to their wants

The best measure or principle to bring the poor to repentance is to administer to their wants. The Ladies' Relief Society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.


Joseph Smith, Jr., Pure Religion: The Story of Church Welfare Since 1930 by Glen L. Rudd. 1995. P.245. Originally found in History of the Church, 5:24-25.

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