Thirteenth Article Of Faith

[Guest MrsS]

<div align="center">THE ARTICLES OF FAITH

OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

History of the Church, Vol. 4, pp. 535—541

13 We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

This final Article of Faith is one that I am going to print out, laminate and post on my wall at work. Think I will make one for my kitchen wall, living room wall, bedroom wall, and a small one to carry in my purse and in my scriptures. I truly love this one. I truly need to be reminded of this one. Being honest is easy for me, same with chaste. It is the others that I struggle with. Benevolent, I am going to have to look that one up. Same with virtuous - just so I am sure that I have the right meaning.

When I helped the Primary children learn the Articles of Faith, this is the one that the children loved the best. Even though this is one of the longest of the Articles it is the first that they memorized. We not only had the children memorize them, but we spent one Sunday a month explaining each one of them. Line upon line, precept upon precept.

[Maureen]

...Benevolent, I am going to have to look that one up. Same with virtuous - just so I am sure that I have the right meaning.

be•nev•o•lent

adj.

1. Characterized by or suggestive of doing good.

2. Of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity.

adj 1: doing or producing good [syn: beneficent, gracious] 2: intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society" 3: having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others; "his benevolent smile"; "a benevolent nature" [syn: good] [ant: malevolent] 4: generous in providing aid to others [syn: freehearted] 5: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions" [syn: beneficent, eleemosynary, philanthropic]

vir•tu•ous

adj.

1. Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence: led a virtuous life.

2. Possessing or characterized by chastity; pure: a virtuous woman. See Synonyms at moral.

adj 1: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass [syn: good, just, upright] 2: morally excellent [ant: wicked] 3: behaving according to standards of what is right or just; "led a virtuous (or moral) life" 4: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin, virginal]

M. :) (from of course dictionary.com)