![]() ![]() As students and teachers at Brigham Young University, we are engaged in the immediate task of gaining knowledge. ![]() The Holy Ghost as a Teacherįirst is the function of the Holy Ghost as a teacher. As I discuss the three roles or functions of the Holy Ghost, may I share with you true accounts of the marvelous influence of the Holy Ghost. I must hand the hat over to that wonderful personage, the Holy Ghost. And when either my students or my children-and now my grandchildren-have these bumps, I whip out my hat of the comforter and give this other role a try. Try as I might, I couldn’t save them from all the bumps of life. My children had their share of cut lips and skinned knees. As a mother, I have also been a teacher and a guardian. I appreciate them for helping me be a better teacher. Thank goodness for sharp students who set me right. Just this week, I found I had mixed up the colors in the War of the Roses and gave the red rose to the York faction instead of the Lancaster faction. ![]() They also know that unlike the Holy Ghost, I am not infallible. My students know me here as a teacher of Shakespeare, technical writing, and creative writing. I have keenly felt the importance of the Holy Ghost as a teacher, a guardian, and a comforter in my life because I have also worn these hats. I pray that you may listen by the spirit of the Holy Ghost to discern those things that are most needful in your individual lives. So today I would like to narrow my discussion to three special functions of the Holy Ghost that dynamically affect our lives at Brigham Young University: teacher, guardian, and comforter. SALLY TAYLOR FULLThese hats-callings, functions, roles, or gifts-and their manifestations are so numerous that full books could be written about them (as I found when I was preparing this talk). One might say his influence is multifaceted, like a precious diamond, or that he also wears many hats. The title of my talk today is “The Holy Ghost: Our Infallible Guide.” The Holy Ghost has touched my life in many ways. My life has been one of marvelous experiences. Seuss, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins ). Like Bartholomew Cubbins and his 500 hats, one just keeps popping on the minute I take another off: daughter, wife, mother, grandmother student, teacher missionary, visiting teacher, Relief Society president, nursery leader, choir member and on and on (see Dr. I am truly a person who has worn many hats in my life. I am humbled by the awesome responsibility of speaking before you today, and I appreciate President Bateman’s kind introduction. ![]()
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