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Of the Seventy
Elder George Reynolds
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Historical Gospel Account
President Spencer W. Kimball
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Historical Gospel Account (8)
Robert E. Parsons
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We express gratitude that to these fertile islands thou didst guide descendants of Father Lehi and hast enabled them to prosper.
President David O. McKay
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Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Again, there was something prophetic about it. Here were two great strains of the house of Israel the children of Ephraim from the isles of Britain, and the children of Lehi from the isles of the Pacific. Gordon B. Hinckley, “Temple in the Pacific.” Improvement Era, July, 1958, 509.
Elder Gordon B. Hinckley
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Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles We thank Thee, O God, for revealing to us the Book of Mormon, the story of the ancient inhabitants of America. We thank Thee that from among those inhabitants, the ancestors of these whose heads are bowed before Thee here, came from the western shores of America into the South Seas pursuant to Thy plan and now their descendants humbly raise their voices in grateful acknowledgment of Thy kindness, Thy mercy, and Thy love for them and those who went before them. And now, O God, we are erecting this Temple in New Zealand as Thou seest the cornerstone is laid. We thank Thee for the faithful men and women who have made it possible. We thank Thee for the skills of the artisans, for the willingness of the laborers, for the vision of the architects and for Thy blessing upon all who have participated. We humbly pray that the work on this building may go on now until it is fully completed, and that it may be dedicated to Thee, the Lord. We humbly thank Thee that this building is erected in this land, so that those faithful Maoris who came here in early days, descendants of
Elder Hugh B. Brown
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[Speaking to the Hawaiins] Brothers and sisters, you are God’s children—you are Israel. You have in your veins the blood of Nephi.
Elder Matthew Cowley
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As we met with the people in Sauniatu, we prayed with them, we spoke to them, we sang with them, and again recognized that these people were but representative of all of the Polynesian Saints and that the Polynesian Saints are characterized by a tremendous faith. Why do they have this great faith? It is because these people are of the blood of Israel. They are heirs to the promises of the Book of Mormon. God is now awakening them to their great destiny. As Latter-day Saints we have always believed that the Polynesians are descendants of Lehi and blood relatives of the American Indians, despite the contrary theories of other men.
Elder Mark E. Peterson
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I thought to read to you a sacred scripture which pertains especially to you the islanders of the Pacific. It is in the sixty-third chapter of Alma [He then read the account of Hagoth.] And so it seems to me rather clear that your ancestors moved northward and crossed a part of the South Pacific. You did not bring your records with you, but you brought much food and provisions. And so we have a great congregation of people in the South seas who came from the Nephites, and who came from the land southward and went to the land northward, which could have been Hawaii. And then the further settlement could have been a move southward again to all of these islands and even to New Zealand. The Lord knows what he is doing when he sends his people from one place to another. That was the scattering of Israel. Some of them remained in America and went from Alaska to the southern point. And others of you came this direction.
President Spencer W. Kimball
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