“The Prophet Joseph
Smith declared—and he never taught more comforting doctrine—that the eternal
sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant
service in the Cause of Truth, would save not only themselves, but likewise
their posterity. Though some of the sheep may wander, the eye of the Shepherd
is upon them, and sooner or later they will feel the tentacles of Divine
Providence reaching out after them and drawing them back to the fold. Either in
this life or the life to come, they will return. They will have to pay their
debt to justice; they will suffer for theirs; and may tread a thorny path; but
if it leads them at last, like the penitent Prodigal, to a loving and forgiving
father’s heart and home, the painful experience will not have been in vain.
Pray for your careless and disobedient children; hold on to them with your
faith. Hope on, trust on, till you see the salvation of God.”
Orson F. Whitney, in Conference Report, Apr. 1929, 110.
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