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Hidden in General Conference
Exploring the poetry, books, music, and classic works quoted by prophets and apostles — a quiet archive of the words behind the words.
Words within words
Explore public-domain literary references quoted in General Conference
Voices that echo from the pulpit
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Footnotes Worth Reading
Five Times C.S. Lewis Was Quoted in General Conference
From Mere Christianity to The Weight of Glory, Lewis's voice has echoed through the Tabernacle for nearly seventy years. Here are five of the most resonant moments.
Books the Apostles Love
What's on the bedside table of a modern prophet? A look at the recurring titles — from Tolstoy to Tolkien — that shape the minds of those who lead.
The Most Beautiful Poetry Ever Referenced in Conference
Wordsworth, Browning, Longfellow, Dickinson — when an apostle reaches for a poem, the pulpit becomes, for a moment, a chapel of language.
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A library, in squares
It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship.
There is a prospect greater than the sea, and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul.
The quality of mercy is not strain'd. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
Trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.