1969

this year I am reading all the talks President Monson gave in General Conference 

here are my thoughts on the talks he gave in 1969

April 1969

Mrs Patton, Arthur Lives

In this talk, President Monson talks about his boyhood friend, Arthur Patton. Arthur died in world war two. Arthur enlisted in the Navy when he was only 15 years old. He died during the battle of the Coral Sea. His mother, Mrs Patton (not a member of the church) was so proud of her son. President Monson addresses his talk to her and talks about the fact that Arthur will live again. 

Because of Christ, all will live again. 

38 years later, in October 2007, President Monson gave a talk entitled, Mrs Patton - the story continues. I can not wait to read that talk!

October 1969

Formula For Success

This talk was given during the Priesthood session, and President Monson talked about how "the greatest and most important duty is to preach the gospel."

He said, "Mediocrity is not in fashion, Excellence is the order of the day."

We can not be ordinary, casual or like others of the world. We have to be more!

In order to succeed President Monson gave four things we can do:

first - search the scriptures with dilligence

second - plan your life with purpose

third - teach the truth with testimony and

fourth - serve the Lord with love

By doing these things we can and will be excellent!

to read about Arthur Patton click here

to read the formula for success click here

a quick side note - lds.org does not have general conference talks before 1971, so I had to find them on a different website.