{"id":9139,"date":"2017-09-12T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/?p=9139"},"modified":"2017-09-13T10:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:49:14","slug":"hinckley-chapter-18-virtue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/12\/hinckley-chapter-18-virtue\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinckley: Chapter 18&#8211;Virtue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much like \u201cIntegrity,\u201d \u201cVirtue\u201d is a word that is better shown than talked about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIRTUE&#8211;THE WORLD\u2019S DEFINITION<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dictionary states the definition of virtue as \u201cbehavior showing high moral standards.\u201d Merriam-<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/girls-camp-antelope-island-beach-woman-young-women-1246755-gallery.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8291\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/girls-camp-antelope-island-beach-woman-young-women-1246755-gallery-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/girls-camp-antelope-island-beach-woman-young-women-1246755-gallery.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/girls-camp-antelope-island-beach-woman-young-women-1246755-gallery.jpg?w=664&amp;ssl=1 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Webster, however, found recent evidence of how the word \u201cvirtue\u201d is being used in our vocabulary today:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of their 7 p.m. kick-off Thursday at Roger Bacon&#8217;s Bron Bacevich Stadium, the Titans and Tigers will be the first football offering.<\/span>\u2014Scott Springer, <i><span>Cincinnati.com<\/span><\/i><span>, &#8220;Play it forward: St. Bernard, Bethel, CPS to raise funds for Hurricane Harvey relief,&#8221; 29 Aug. 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But many white suffragists didn\u2019t advocate for the ending of lynching because protecting white women\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was often the excuse used to justify the brutal act.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Evette Dionne, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teen Vogue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &#8220;Women&#8217;s Suffrage Leaders Left Out Black Women,&#8221; 18 Aug. 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Smooth shampoo is thick and tacky and appears counterintuitive to any notion of a cleansing agent.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Ashley Weatherford, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cut<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &#8220;The Best New Shampoo Is Made From Human Hair,&#8221; 15 Aug. 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royals have long extolled the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtues<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Gordon\u2019s defense in left field.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Rustin Dodd, <em>K<\/em><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ansas City<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &#8220;After two games, Royals\u2019 Alex Gordon returns to the lineup,&#8221; 10 Aug. 2017<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly, the world is not using this word with its true, and best, definition. I find this revealing and shocking all at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIRTUE&#8211;LDS DEFINITION<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, in Gospel Topics, virtue is defined as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop-300x150.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/issue-of-bloodcrop.jpg?w=1923&amp;ssl=1 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cVirtue is a prerequisite to entering the Lord\u2019s holy temples and to receiving the Spirit\u2019s guidance. Virtue \u2018is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards.\u2019 It encompasses chastity and moral purity. Virtue begins in the heart and in the mind. It is nurtured in the home. It is the accumulation of thousands of small decisions and actions. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a word we don\u2019t hear often in today\u2019s society, but the Latin root word <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">virtus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means strength. Virtuous women and men possess a quiet dignity and inner strength. They are confident because they are worthy to receive and be guided by the Holy Ghost.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a contrast!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIRTUE&#8211;WHO WE REALLY WANT TO BECOME<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtue is what we desire in our hearts to become. We came down to earth to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">become<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> something, to prove ourselves to God. That, even though we have gone through the veil of forgetfulness, we can still make the choice to choose Jesus Christ as our Savior, and Redeemer. Virtue is the very act of believing the Holy Ghost and allowing Him to remind us who we are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Hinckley shares this story in a talk called, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/1996\/04\/be-ye-clean?lang=eng\">\u201cBe Ye Clean\u201d (Apr. 1996)<\/a>. I first read this story in a Primary lesson, and it has reminded me of the power that comes with righteous living. Joseph F. Smith is speaking:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI dreamed [one night] that I was on a journey, and I was impressed that I ought to hurry\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/NO-NAME-No-Regrets-2-434x600.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/NO-NAME-No-Regrets-2-434x600-217x300.jpg?resize=217%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/NO-NAME-No-Regrets-2-434x600.jpg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/NO-NAME-No-Regrets-2-434x600.jpg?resize=434%2C600&amp;ssl=1 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>hurry with all my might, for fear I might be too late. I rushed on my way as fast as I possibly could, and I was only conscious of having just a little bundle, a handkerchief with a small bundle wrapped in it. I did not realize just what it was, when I was hurrying as fast as I could; but finally I came to a wonderful mansion. \u2026 I thought I knew that was my destination. As I passed towards it, as fast as I could, I saw a notice, \u2018Bath.\u2019 I turned aside quickly and went into the bath and washed myself clean. I opened up this little bundle that I had, and there was a pair of white, clean garments, a thing I had not seen for a long time, because the people I was with did not think very much of making things exceedingly clean. But my garments were clean, and I put them on. Then I rushed to what appeared to be a great opening, or door. I knocked and the door opened, and the man who stood there was the Prophet Joseph Smith. He looked at me a little reprovingly, and the first words he said: \u2018Joseph, you are late.\u2019 Yet I took confidence and replied:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c\u2018Yes, but I am clean\u2014I am clean!\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIRTUE&#8211;CHASTITY<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Living a virtuous life also includes living the Law of Chastity. This is where Satan reigns with a whole lot of blood and horror. So many wrecked marriages, so much anger and heartache. So much misery. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep your marriage covenants. Stay clean and pure. Avoid all situations of compromise, weakness, and empty revenge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people think that because we live in this world, we simply have to deal with the ugly. Yes, in many cases we will not be protected from everything. However, there is much we can control in our lives. The Spirit will guide us and protect us from the worst of sin. If we choose righteousness, there is a certain amount of bubble space that will preserve us. A lot of our protection will come from how we choose to live virtuously. The righteous choices we make can keep us clean in this world of sorrow and sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VIRTUE&#8211;THE TREASURE OF THE BOOK OF MORMON<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/bc\/content\/shared\/content\/english\/pdf\/language-materials\/36035_eng.pdf?lang=eng\">Young Women\u2019s Personal Progress program,<\/a> the project for the Value of Virtue is to read the Book of Mormon. How does that fit in with what virtue is? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monte Nyman, a former associate dean of Religious Education at BYU, wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/ensign\/1984\/06\/the-most-correct-book?lang=eng\">\u201cThe Most Correct Book,\u201d<\/a> explaining two things the Book of Mormon does for us:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continual exposure to the Book of Mormon precepts can help us change our lives for the better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Courage may also be won by reading the \u201cmost correct book,\u201d for within its pages are examples of others who gained courage and great strength.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He concludes with this hopeful statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Virgins-Rane.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6181\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Virgins-Rane-300x174.jpeg?resize=300%2C174\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Virgins-Rane.jpeg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Virgins-Rane.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cAnd we, too, can receive courage by realizing that the Lord is constant in his aid to those who believe in him and seek to live by his principles and do his work. What was accomplished by the people in biblical times and by those who migrated to this continent can be accomplished by us with God\u2019s help.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtue, in all its forms, is what keeps us going along the path toward the Tree of Life. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes great strength of character to maintain a virtuous life; to not be thrown off course by every wind of change. Once we get on the path, it is our virtue that will keep us in place with our high moral standards and our high moral courage to persevere and endure to the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much like \u201cIntegrity,\u201d \u201cVirtue\u201d is a word that is better shown than talked about. &nbsp; VIRTUE&#8211;THE WORLD\u2019S DEFINITION &nbsp; The dictionary states the definition of virtue as \u201cbehavior showing high moral standards.\u201d Merriam-Webster, however, found recent evidence of how the word \u201cvirtue\u201d is being used in our vocabulary today: &nbsp; By virtue of their 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[489],"tags":[135,711,25],"class_list":["post-9139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching","tag-book-of-mormon","tag-righteous-living","tag-virtue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hinckley: Chapter 18--Virtue &#8211; Relief Society Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Relief Society lesson on virtue. 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