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Author: Hugh B. Brown
The world teems with differing teachings, varied philosophies, diverse counsel. From among these often conflicting voices, how shall the ordinary man select his teachers? Da Vinci gave us the clue when he said, "Ask advice of him who governs himself well." This criterion, among many others, qualifies President Hugh B. Brown to be our teacher. The Abundant Life reflects a lifetime of progressive mastery of self in the interests of Gospel ideals. In his vigorous prose the author explores the stimulating thoughts of a brain nurtured by deep study and matured by wide experience. His themes are such as have exercised great minds over the ages - Character, Freedom, Truth, God, Science and Religion, Morality, Eternity, and so on. And, as the reader pursues these themes, he finds himself sharing in a measure the deeper perception and broader vision which the author unfailingly brings to his work. Reading “The Abundant Life” is not merely enjoying a good book but also partaking of a thrilling experience on the mental and spiritual plane. No reader can fail to be inspired and uplifted by these vital messages. And not a few will find in these teachings, as they have in other books and speeches by President Brown, what every Gospel teacher seeks to impart - the incentive and example to live the abundant life.
THE ABUNDANT Life by Hugh B. Brown
Few men living are more qualified to discuss the abundant life than is President Hugh B. Brown, for his years have been filled with teaching this concept and with its steady realization in his life.
We see this happy meeting of precept and example throughout The Abundant Life. When the author extols the value of truth, his unremitting, lifelong search for it is his eloquent testimony. When he admonishes us to study, he speaks as a diligent, lifetime student. When he counsels Church activity, his own outstanding record includes a mission in youth two terms as a mission president (Great Britain), two as a stake president and a host of other callings before becoming an Assistant to the Twelve in 1953, an apostle in 1958 and a member of the First Presidency in 1961. When he talks of freedom, he knows its cost, for he served its cause as a Canadian Army Major in World War I and lost a son in its defense in world War II. When he advises youth, His ministry as LDS servicemen’s coordinator and later his membership of the Brigham Young University faculty illustrate his success in that field. And when he counsels fathers to honor their priesthood in the home, his gracious wife and their family, comprising six daughters and one son besides the one who has passed on, are living witnesses to his own respect for priesthood and fatherhood.
At the peak of his outstanding mortal endeavors, President Brown typifies for us the life lived to the full. In words of power and eloquence the fruits of that life are presented for our inspiration and profit in The Abundant Life.
