October, 1997 General Confernce

— LDS GENERAL CONFERENCE —

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Quorum of the Twelve


      The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way to "satisfy ultimate spiritual hunger" and to allay "definitive spiritual thirst."
      In a time when people need spiritual nourishment, some may actually choose to be spiritually malnourished, "willfully indulging in a kind of spiritual anorexia."
      But Christ has lifted the spiritual famine spoken of in the scriptures. Only he "knows how to heal our modern wounds" and can "answer the deepest and most urgent questions of our soul."
      "In spite of life's tribulations and as fearful as some of our prospects are, I testify there is help for the journey. There is the 'Bread of Eternal Life' and the 'Well of Living Water.' Christ has overcome the world — he's overcome our world — and his gift to us is peace now and exaltation in the world to come."
      Members must have faith in and always follow him. "When he bids us to walk in his way and by his light it is because he has walked this way before us, and he has made it safe for our travel here."