TTS:
Things They’re Saying

Lila Chadwick, at the Twin Falls and Twin Falls West Stake seminary graduation in Idaho

“And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!

“For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father.” (D&C 76:22–23.)

This is the testimony that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon gave to the world. What a wonderful blessing it would be to know as surely and as certainly as they did that Jesus is our living Savior! And we can. Few of us will see, as they did, that he lives; most of us will have to gain our knowledge through feeling—feeling his presence in the same way that we feel the unseen wind.

A testimony that Jesus lives is the greatest gift a person can have. It is our chief responsibility and our most important duty to get that testimony, because it is only through it that we receive such blessings as the priesthood, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, endowments, and eternal marriage.

A testimony that Christ lives is the greatest possession a man can own.

I have a friend who wants a testimony. He wants to be as positive and certain as Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon were. He would like to know that his Redeemer lives, but he is looking for his testimony in the wrong direction. One day I heard him say, “You prove to me scientifically that Jesus lives, and I’ll join your church.” Well, trying to prove something like that scientifically is like trying to weigh wheat with a ruler. That’s just not how it’s done.