This people that were not a people have become
a people, even the people of God. They must have the bread of life continually
as well as those who administer unto them in the word of life. We not only need
it who rise up to preach, but every man and woman needs it; they need it in
their families; they need fresh supplies from heaven by the ministrations of
the Holy Ghost daily, hourly, and every moment, to qualify them for their
duties.
Now, in what way can we best promote the favour
of God, so that he will give us the bread of life, so that he will give us
strength and energy, and so that he will empower us, that we may adopt and live
by every word which we hear from our beloved Prophet, and thereby
increase confidence in each other, as he taught us last Sunday. This should be
the design of every man and woman,—at least, so it appears to me. (Franklin D.
Richards, March 22, 1857, JOD 5:45)