Find the text here. This talk is about the poor. He is not addressing the poor but the care that needs taken of them. Welfare if a really serious subject in the LDS church. I seriously recommend watching or reading this one. It is only moderately doctrinal.
This REALLY surprised me. The commitment of Church leaders to relieve human suffering was as certain as it was irrevocable. President Grant wanted “a system that would … reach out and take care of the people no matter what the cost.” He said he would even go so far as to “close the seminaries, shut down missionary work for a period of time, or even close the temples, but they would not let the people go hungry.”
Many programs have been set up by well-meaning individuals to aid those who are in need. However, many of these programs are designed with the shortsighted objective of ‘helping people,’ as opposed to ‘helping people help themselves.
The prophetic welfare plan is not merely an interesting footnote in the history of the Church. The principles upon which it is based define who we are as a people. It is the essence of who we are as individual disciples of our Savior and Exemplar, Jesus the Christ.
I don't know what to say about this talk. It is fantastic and it would be really beneficial to read or listen to it.
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