Comments on: Hymn #114: Come unto him

By: James

James — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:19:43 +0000

“Elder Holland said: “On the example of the Savior himself and his call to his apostles, and with the need for peace and comfort ringing in our ears, I ask you to be a healer, be a helper, be someone who joins in the work of Christ in lifting burdens, in making the load lighter, in making things better. ”

Really enjoyed your insights – My hope is we focus more on this stuff.

“I realize that I may be farther “out” than I am willing to admit.”

IMO I think their is going to be a considerable number of people who share your same views.

By: Rigel Hawthorne

Rigel Hawthorne — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:24:25 +0000

Thanks for bringing up that point Ray. 3 Nephi 28:34-35 has perplexed me in a similar way, going so far as to say that “it would be better for them that they had not been born.” If you hone in on verse 34 however, it is about those who will not hearken to the “WORDS of Jesus” or those who “receiveth not the WORDS of Jesus”.

The words of Jesus can be delivered in many ways, thus the manner in which they are received will vary according to the way they are delivered. During my missionary experience, it was natural to look at my calling as one “sent among them” to deliver the “words of Jesus”, but some of the wonderful non-
Christian investigators who studied with us had lived a host of principles that shared features of the gospel of Jesus Christ from their youth.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:24:46 +0000

This really is a beautiful hymn. There are so many hymns that share that basic message, and all of them are powerful to me, as well.

Just one thing:

You said you have a problem with “the belief that Christ is the “only way” to achieve happiness/eternal life/whatever.” If it helps at all, I always have interpreted that to mean that the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ is the only way – which I take to mean the principles He taught. I believe that is why we can say that those of other religions who live according to those principles can be saved and exalted just as Christians in this life can be – that they lived according to the principles of the Gospel and the light of Christ they brought with them to this earth, even though they “knew not Christ in this life”.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:19:07 +0000

I say a hymn is a perfectly good placeholder right now. I’m glad that, even in a famine of spiritual light (if I’m understanding you correctly), you can feast upon the words of Christ in the form of a hymn. You might even find your answers there…