President Eyring stresses teaching by Spirit

Though the number of students in the Church Educational System continually grows, President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency told CES instructors that what is to be taught remains the same.Speaking to CES employees, volunteers, guests and others at "An Evening with President Henry B. Eyring," Friday, Feb. 26, he said, "Our call has been to teach eternal truth in such a way that a child of God can choose to know, and to love, our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son."Speaking to a large congregation in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, President Eyring's address was also broadcast via satellite to other congregations around the world in what has become a CES annual event: "An Evening With a General Authority." President Eyring was accompanied by his wife, Sister Kathleen Eyring. Among others in attendance were Elder Paul V. Johnson of the Seventy and Church commissioner of education; Elder Cecil O. Samuelson Jr. of the Seventy and president of BYU; as well as Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president; and Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women general president, both of whom serve on the Church Board of Education.In his address about teaching, President Eyring said students cannot be fortified with "a sure foundation to stand steady through the temptations and trials of their lives" unless they have a witness of the truths of the gospel through the Holy Ghost.See the full story on ldschurchnews.com.