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Church Leaders
Pay Tribute to President Hinckley
With arrangements for the funeral of
President Gordon B. Hinckley underway, tributes from the Church
leadership to President Hinckley’s life and service were Wednesday.
Tributes came from President
Thomas S. Monson, who served as the First Counselor in the First
Presidency, and also President Henry B. Eyring, former Second Counselor.
A tribute was also issued from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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President Thomas S. Monson:
It was my privilege to know and love
President Hinckley long before either of us was called to the
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles or the First Presidency. Through
the years I have sat next to him, have served with him and have
learned from him. I am a witness to his prophetic calling.
President Hinckley was prodigious
in his work ethic and was totally dedicated to the gospel of Jesus
Christ. He was a friend to one and all and a leader who inspired
spirituality. His outreach on an international scale was unprecedented.
He was truly a prophet for our time. Like the Master, he devoted
his life to doing good, and God was surely with him. His life
was a gift to the world.
President Henry B. Eyring:
President Hinckley had the gift to
make people want to do better and to feel that they could. Last
Tuesday I sat in a meeting with him as he considered and then
decided matters of great importance, some about individuals and
some affecting the entire Church. He was pleasant, incisive, and
clearly inspired. For me, he raised the standard of what it is
to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, giving all.
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
Members of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles express our heartfelt love and admiration for President
Gordon B. Hinckley and the singular life of service he lived.
He was our prophet, our leader, our brother and our friend. We
feel a deep, personal loss at his passing. He unfailingly demonstrated
his devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ, whose witness he was at
home and abroad.
We will miss his wit and his wisdom,
his leadership and his love. However, we cannot but rejoice in
his reunion with his beloved Marjorie, with his parents and other
family members who have gone before, and with the prophets of
God, both ancient and modern, among whose eternal ranks he now
stands. As the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles we echo the voice
of the Master, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.
… Enter into the joy of thy Lord.”
This story was prepared by the
LDS Newsroom at lds.org.
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