I bear testimony to you, my brothers and sisters, that I, like others who have talked in this conference, know that this is the kingdom of God, that this is his Church. I have confidence in this work and in the missionaries who are teaching the gospel, for they are teaching the truth.

A Living, Loving Father

I know that God lives and that he is a Loving Father, and that Jesus Christ is his Son. I know he has patience with me as with all because he is a Loving Father, that he has gone through such experiences previously. Otherwise I would think prayers would be useless if he weren't a Living, Loving Father who could answer them.

His Son, Jesus Christ

I know that Jesus Christ is his Son both in the spirit and on the earth, for Christ himself testified that God was his Father. I know the two both appeared to Joseph Smith, two separate Personages and the Father said to Joseph, "This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!"  JS—H 1:17 putting in their proper order of organization which has always been since the time Adam was driven out of the Garden of Eden. Unto Adam was said as he left that he should learn obedience by his own experience. By partaking of the fruit he was shut out of the presence of the Father, but all that he should receive from then on should come through his Son Jesus Christ.

Instructions to Us

And so we, as children of Adam, receive our instructions from our Father through his Son Jesus Christ and are here to learn obedience by our own experience. The Lord gives us opportunity here for trials through difficulties. Many of us think we have a most difficult row to hoe; what comes to us seems to be the hardest; but it helps us because we need that training probably. That's what it takes for us to attain perfection, for we must be able to go through all the trials and difficulties in this life which are necessary to attain perfection.

So the Lord, as a Kind, Loving Father, gives us experiences, stumbling blocks to stumble on by which we may be strengthened; problems to overcome by which we may be strengthened; trials by which we may grow bigger, stronger; so we may attain the perfection he has planned for us through this life in mortality.

Guidance Through Prayer

I would invite all those who are not members of the Church who have a desire to seek God, to seek God through prayer because he will answer their prayers. He is a True and Living God. He will answer their prayers. He may not answer them as you think he may, for our Father has many languages, but he will choose the language which is best for you. It may come to you through experiences. Some may be difficult, yet they will be a lesson to you which will answer your prayers. He may answer your prayer in a way which will make you stronger, help you to progress, and give you the burning in your heart that this is the gospel of Jesus Christ restored in these the latter days.

His Way Best

I testify to you that this knowledge has come to me, not from just one little experience but over a lifetime. I have often said to myself in my younger days, as trials and difficulties came along, "The Lord's way is the best way." As long as conditions are beyond my control, then I leave them up to the Lord. I worry only about those things that are in my control, and those things I try to make better and ask the Lord to help me.

Through those experiences through life with that as my guide and wherein the Lord is my guide, I have learned to know without a doubt that the Father and the Son did appear to Joseph Smith; that these truths which have been referred to by others in this conference were given to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery; that the kingdom of God is now established upon the earth in this the last Dispensation of the Fullness of Times, in the Saturday evening of time, never again to be taken from the earth; and that this is the time of preparation for the ushering in of the millennium when Christ himself will come and reign on the earth.

I bear you my testimony that I know this to be true, I know this is the gospel of Jesus Christ, and do so in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.