Orson F. Whitney

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July 01, 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah, The United States

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May 16, 1931

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Orson Ferguson Whitney was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from April 9, 1906 until his death.

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Average rating: 4.24 · 79 ratings · 16 reviews · 20 distinct works

	Life of Heber C. Kimball: An Apostle 4.28 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Strength of the "Mormon" Position 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Elias: An Epic of the Ages 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Poetical Writings of Orson F. Whitney; Poems and Poetic Prose 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
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	The Mormon prophet's tragedy; a review of an article by the late John Hay, published originally in the Atlantic Monthly for December, 1869, and republished in the Saints Herald of June 21, 1905 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
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“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.”
― Orson F. Whitney

tags: endurance , experience , faith , fortitude , humility , pain , patience , sorrow , suffering , trial

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“The spirit of the gospel is optimistic; it trusts in God and looks on the bright side of things. The opposite or pessimistic spirit drags men down and away from God, looks on the dark side, murmurs, complains, and is slow to yield obedience.”
― Orson F. Whitney

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“Education, human education, is the leading out and lifting up of the soul into the ripe, full enjoyment of all its powes potential. To educate men and women is to put them in full command of themselves, to completely possess them of their faculties, which are only half possessed until they are educated. Education imparts nothing but discipline and development. It does not increase the number of man's original talents; it adds nothing to the sum of his inherent capabilities; but it improves those talents, it develops and strengthens those capabilities, brightening what is dull, making the crude fine, the clumsy skillful, the small great, and the great still greater. Education supplements creation, and moves next to it in the order of infinite progression.”
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