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This is a very delicate and important topic. I would like, in short, to speak to you about
you. You might entitle my talk “Sacred to Me” maybe in a way this is misleading. Sacred to me
implies that there is something external to the individual that is sacred to that person. Better still,
you are sacred to yourself, and it’s of this particular theme that I’d like to develop my talk this
evening.
You are a very vital intricate Being. Science can’t duplicate you, they can’t even
approximate a duplication. You are a creature of God. A Being formed in His very likeness and
nature. An individual who has the same organs, endowments, and physical attributes in embryo
that He has. You are a very special creature. The value of the human soul in this sense is
certainly an important issue. The Lord has said (D&C 18:10-11): “Remember the worth of souls
is great in the sight of God: For, behold, the Lord your Redeemer suffered death in the flesh;
wherefore he suffered the pain of all men, that all men might repent and come unto him.” On the
basis of repentance.