Talks:
“The Tongue of Angels,” Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign, May 2007, 16–18
Quotes:
Henry B. Eyring:
There are some commandments which, when broken, destroy unity. Some have to do with what we say and some with how we react to what others say. We must speak no ill of anyone. We must see the good in each other and speak well of each other whenever we can (see David O. McKay, in Conference Report, Oct. 1967, 4–11).
At the same time, we must stand against those who speak contemptuously of sacred things, because the certain effect of that offense is to offend the Spirit and so create contention and confusion. President Spencer W. Kimball showed the way to stand without being contentious as he lay on a hospital gurney and asked an attendant who, in a moment of frustration, took the name of the Lord in vain: “ ‘Please! Please! That is my Lord whose names you revile.’ There was a deathly silence, then a subdued voice whispered: ‘I am sorry’ ” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 198). An inspired, loving rebuke can be an invitation to unity. Failure to give it when moved upon by the Holy Ghost will lead to discord.
Henry B. Eyring, “That We May Be One,” Ensign, May 1998, 66
Scriptures:
3 Nephi 12:33-37
33 And again it is written, thou shalt not aforswear thyself, but shalt bperform unto the Lord thine coaths;
34 But verily, verily, I say unto you, aswear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
35 Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool;
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair black or white;
37 But let your acommunication be bYea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever cometh of more than these is evil.
