Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
Fast offerings are used for one purpose only: to bless the lives of those in need.
Wirthlin, Joseph B. "The Law of the Fast." Ensign, May 2001, p. 74.
Quoted by Jack Kemp in Senate Hearing, June 3, 1992
This passage was quoted by Colonial Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop in A Modell of Christian Charity, 1630.
Joseph Bitner Wirthlin was an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was sustained to the Twelve on October 4, 1986, and ordained an apostle on October 9, 1986, by Thomas S. Monson. He became an apostle following the death of church president Spencer W. Kimball. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Wirthlin was accepted by the church membership as a prophet, seer, and revelator.