October 2010 General conference
Courageous parenting by Elder Larry R. Lawrence
There was one talk in the October 2009 General Conference about the rising generation, and this last conference (April 2010) there were quite a few that mentioned the rising generation.
Here are the talks that mention this term:
Henry B. Eyring, "Help Them on Their Way"
We encourage young people in the rising generation to see their own potential to build great spiritual strength. And we plead with those who care about those young people to rise to what the Lord requires of us to help them. And since the future of the Church depends upon them, all of us care.
On reflection I realized that the contents of these booklets are a physical representation of the Lord’s trust in the rising generation and in all of us who love them. And I have seen evidence that the trust is well placed.
It is interesting that there are some incidents in the scriptures about the rising generation. Sometimes there are good outcomes, and sometimes not so good. I am reading in the Old Testament about the generation that came up after Joshua was the prophet. This is in Judges 1:
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which aknew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Other examples are:
the rising generation that came up after the group that Moses delivered out of Egypt.
the group that hadn't seen the miracles with Alma.
the people of Ammon whose boys fought because they hadn't made the same vow not to fight as their parents had.
I think it was President Hinckley that said the church is one generation away from apostacy. Reading the examples from the scriptures, it is interesting and understandable to see how much is invested in the youth of our church. We need to keep the flame of testimony burning in each succeeding generation.
