PROVO — The historian and recorder for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints feels no obligation more keenly than to "infuse church members with a sense of the practical, spiritual benefit and the eternal importance – not to mention the joy – of acquiring a knowledge of church history."

Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy spoke Friday to a gathering of LDS history enthusiasts at the fourth-annual Church History Symposium at Brigham Young University. His remarks were titled 'Making a Case for Church History.'

"Part to the appeal of such a title surely comes from my legal training," he remarked. "But more importantly, it seems in keeping with the Lord's way of encouraging his children to do the things they ought to do."

The study and enjoyment of the church's history is "an important part of a full life in the gospel of Jesus Christ," he said.

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