"Everyone who will live the gospel of Jesus Christ daily and endure to the end will gain eternal life. That is the promise of the Lord. In its essentials, the gospel is simple and easy to understand and adapted to the capacity of the weakest."
The process of applying saving principles was manifest in the reconversion of a man who had spent many years away from the church.
Through the diligence of faithful home teachers, he ultimately was persuaded to read the Book of Mormon, then to return to church. But it took weeks for him to feel worthy enough to partake of the sacrament, one of the most holy of activities for a faithful Latter-day Saint.
He continued studying, praying, attending church and receiving appropriate counsel from church leaders, with ongoing encouragement from his home teachers. "Then the day arrived when, joyfully, he felt ready to put forth his hand to partake of the precious sacrament. When we partake worthily, thoughtfully and reverently of the holy sacrament, we are enabled to become partakers of the 'diving nature' because of the atonement of Christ and the power of the Holy Ghost.
"In the wake of our best and very limited efforts ... great things are brought to pass by small and simple things."
