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Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, March 31, 2006:
“...The promoters of darkness often seem to have direct access to the media microphone. ...Surely the most powerful way to counter darkness is to fill the world with light...
“Is it not part of our work as sons and daughters of God to encourage creative efforts that dispel darkness and replace it with light?
“...There are among us artists and artisans who need only to receive a little more support and encouragement from men and women of conscience to produce works that...fill the earth with light and knowledge—our children will see the darkness for what it is. They will see that it is counterfeit, that it brings only sorrow, pain, and emptiness. They will come to prefer light and be attracted to that which is good and true.
“...We must support, encourage, and finance that which is positive and life-affirming, art and beauty—in short, truth—that encourages people to come out of the darkness into the light.
“...Children don’t—indeed, can’t—fight their battles alone.”
(to the Lighted Candle Society, at their 4th annual Guardian of the Light award dinner)
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