Stories of faith and sacrifice from the Condie family line
"They sold everything they owned. Everything. And with five small children, they boarded a sailing vessel, all their worldly possessions packed into one tiny trunk."
Mosiah 24:14
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Read Script"Word had spread among the men riding the rails: 'You will get fed at the house that has the fence picket with a mark on it.'"
Matthew 25:35, 40
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Read Script"Without hesitation, Grandfather Condie reached into his pocket. He pulled out a key. And he handed it to Old Bob, saying tenderly: 'Take it. Stay as long as you like.'"
James 1:27
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Read Script"Each of his lessons was carefully planned out and presented with good humor and enthusiasm. He could fit the lessons to any time — from five minutes to an hour — without excuse or complaint."
Ether 12:27
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Read Script"It was no premeditated show, but it all came about quite naturally and turned out to be the greatest tribute I have ever seen a family make to their parents."
3 Nephi 27:21
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Read Script"Your joys have been my joys, and your sorrows my sorrows. I feel so blessed that our Heavenly Father chose to send each of you to us."
2 Corinthians 12:9
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Read Script"She loved us all. Not with the gushy, showy type love, but with the love that supports, lifts, and comforts."
Moroni 7:47
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Read Script"As Cecelia walked home, she spoke the words that would echo through generations: 'I can see my way.'"
Mark 11:24
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Read Script"No father. No mother. No sister. No family anywhere on the continent. Just a twenty-four-year-old woman, walking the final miles to a valley she had never seen."
Psalm 23:4
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Read Script"A broken wagon. Two gaunt oxen. And a determined spirit to serve God. These were Gibson Condie's possessions on entering this city in 1850."
Alma 32:6
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Read Script"He was an affectionate husband and father and used to say that he could taste the sweetness of his children's kisses."
Psalm 127:3
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Read Script"He surveyed them in silence for a long time. He let his eyes do what his hands could no longer do — hold it all, one last time."
Ecclesiastes 3:1–2
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Gibson & Cecelia Sharp Condie left Clackmannan for Zion in 1848 — a story of faith told by their great-grandson, President Thomas S. Monson. Read the full story →
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