President
Spencer W. Kimball:
“I was in
another stake, also in a reorganization program, and another brother was
considered for one of the highest positions; and when we asked him of his
occupation, he said he was a grocer by trade. ‘Well, most of the stores keep
open on the Sabbath. Do you?’ ‘We lock our store on Sunday,’ he said. ‘But how
can you compete with these people who are open seven days a week?’ ‘We compete.
At least we get along very well,’ was his reply. ‘But would not the Sabbath be
your biggest day?’ ‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘we would probably sell twice as much on
the Sabbath as we would on an average day, but we get along without it, and the
Lord has been kind; he has been gracious; he has been good.’ … And I could not
refrain from saying, ‘God bless you, my faithful brother. The Lord will not be
unmindful of these seeming sacrifices. Your dollars are clean. They will surely
not hinder you in finding your way into the kingdom of God.’” (Teachings of
Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball, (2006), 165-77. Chapter 16 - The
Sabbath a Delight.)
