519 Howard W. HunterPresident of the Church, 19941995 "Look to the temple of the Lord as the great symbol of your membership," President Hunter urged. "It is the deepest desire of my heart to have every member of the Church worthy to enter the temple" (in Conference Report, Oct. 1994, 8; or Ensign, Nov. 1994, 8). "Let us follow the Son of God in all ways and in all walks of life. Let us make him our exemplar and our guide. We should at every opportunity ask ourselves, 'What would Jesus do?' and then be more courageous to act upon the answer. ... "What manner of men and women ought we to be? Even as he is" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1994, 84; or Ensign, May 1994, 64). "I 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 will treat each other with more kindness, more patience, more courtesy and forgiveness" (in Conference Report, Oct. 1994, 7). 1907 | Born 14 November in Boise, Idaho, to John William (Will) Hunter and Nellie Marie Rasmussen Hunter | 1920 | Age 12, baptized on 4 April in an indoor swimming pool in Boise, Idaho; ordained a deacon by his bishop on 21 June | 1931 | Age 23, marries Clara (Claire) May Jeffs on 10 June; she dies in 1983 | 1959 | Age 51, ordained an Apostle by President David O. McKay on 15 October | 1989 | Age 81, dedicates the BYU Jerusalem Center, marking the completion of a decade-long endeavor | 1990 | Age 82, marries Inis Bernice Egan on 10 April | 1994 | Age 86, sustained as President of the Church on 1 October, with Gordon B. Hinckley and Thomas S. Monson as counselors; dedicates the Orlando Florida Temple on 9 October; age 87, presides over creation of the Church's 2,000th stake, the Mexico City Mexico Contreras Stake, on 11 December | 1995 | Age 87, dedicates the Bountiful Utah Temple on 8 January; dies at home in Salt Lake City on 3 March after nine months as President of the Church |
SummaryHoward W. Hunter, 14th President of the Church, encouraged each member to live worthy to receive the blessings of the temple. He told us to follow the example of Jesus Christ and to "treat each other with more kindness, more patience, more courtesy and forgiveness." © 1997 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA |
