Photograph of President Hinckley by Drake Busath
"How wonderful a thing is marriage under the plan of our Eternal Father, a plan provided in His divine wisdom for the happiness and security of His children and the continuity of the race. …
"Surely no one reading the scriptures, both ancient and modern, can doubt the divine concept of marriage. The sweetest feelings of life, the most generous and satisfying impulses of the human heart, find expression in a marriage that stands pure and unsullied above the evil of the world."
President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008), "What God Hath Joined Together," Ensign, May 1991, 71.
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"The largest blessing of being married in the temple is the happiness I feel in knowing that we are united as an eternal family," says Ruth Silva, pictured at right center with her husband, Emanuel, and their daughter, Banira. Top: Ezequiel and Marina Frau, with their daughter, Ailín. Bottom: Lucas and Gisela Romano, with their children, Benjamín and Rebeca.
Photographs by Michael R. Morris, except as noted; background © iStockphoto
"If we desire an eternal companion, we don't have to look for someone perfect. But we must pray and ask the Lord to help us, and we must remain faithful in the Church," Roberto Ignacio Silva, Ushuaia district president, told young adults, many of whom (pictured above) have taken that advice to heart and have married in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple.
Top: photograph by Gabriel J. Paredes
Photograph of Buenos Aires Argentina Temple by Néstor Curbelo
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