THESE ARE THE THINGS OF WHICH I KNOW

How deeply grateful I am for this true church,
To know of God and that which does not subvert.
Our knowledge comes directly from Joseph Smith
The Father and the Son spoke in his presence.
He was taught basic truths which help me to grow.
Sacred truths are the things of which I rightly know.

I know that God governs all the universe
I know that His children can with Him converse.
I've felt God's influence. I'll not Him deny.
He hears our prayers, hears our cries, He is most wise.
In a time of divisiveness, He is truth.
And my heart is so full in all that I do.

I know that Jehovah created the earth.
He put His light in all things that have birth.
With His finger he wrote commandments to man.
He served us through humble birth and circumstance.
Our Lord suffered for us in Gethsemane.
Of this, I bear witness of personally.

The sorrow of death softens with this promise.
I know that our Brother was and always is.
Jesus spoke of those who were not of this fold.
He came to the new world as had been foretold.
And they made a record for the Latter-Day.
Of these things I humbly witness and proclaim.

- President Gordon B. Hinckley

83–85, Gordon B. Hinckley, May 2007,
“The Things of Which I Know, ” Ensign