Status Updates From Brigham Young: American Moses

“To Joseph Smith he wrote: “Almost without exception it is the poor that receive the gospel.” For these humble, teachable people, Brigham wrote, “simple testimony is enough.” - the purpose of trials often is to put us in a state we couldn’t be in if full of pride; humble and teachable, like a sponge that can absorb the gospel. hardening your heart turns it into a stone, which doesn’t absorb much at all