That's awesome! Thanks for sharing it with us! In GOD we trust! Love, Debbie Bailey Conger FUEL - Focused.Unlimited.Extraordinary.Life ~ Mindset Journal You know, I once had a dream that didn’t come true. I know how that is. Ouch!! Painful!! Humiliating!! Until I realized, it wasn’t too late to dream something better. It’s never too late. ~ The Universe - Mike Dooley Please delete details of all previous senders, including mine, to reduce spam, viruses, and identity theft. It is best to use the Bcc when forwarding. To do this, click your pointer at the very end of the list of addresses, then hold down the ‘backspace’ key. When using the Bcc, space between each email address, the address will not show on the forwards. This will prevent unwanted email addresses from being automatically added to your contact list. Thank you! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 23:28:42 -0400 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] quote > > I found the quote Megan shared in a May 1980 Ensign article by Elder A. > Theodore Tuttle as well. Also a quote that caused me to smile that I will > share here that is a quote by the Prophet Joseph Smith. (It follows his > well known quote regarding the Saints who neglect it in behalf of their > deceased relatives, do it at the peril of their own salvation): > > Yet, in his anxiety the Prophet once observed, "but there has been a great > difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation. It has > been like splitting hemlock knots with a corndodger for a wedge, and a > pumpkin for a beetle. Even the Saints are slow to understand" (Teachings, > p. 331). > > I really do not know about hemlock knots, corndodgers, and the pumpkin for a > beetle but I can imagine it. > > Nancy Scott > > > > > > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

if you google "hemlock knots" , you will find a lot of sites mention this observation. hemlock knots are very hard wood, like a burl corn dodger is corn cob try this concept in your mind.... use pumpkin as sledgehammer, using corn cob as a wedge in hardened knot wood. David Samuelsen On 5/23/2012 2:46 PM, Debbie Bailey Conger wrote: >> Yet, in his anxiety the Prophet once observed, "but there has been a great >> difficulty in getting anything into the heads of this generation. It has >> been like splitting hemlock knots with a corndodger for a wedge, and a >> pumpkin for a beetle. Even the Saints are slow to understand" (Teachings, >> p. 331). >> >> I really do not know about hemlock knots, corndodgers, and the pumpkin for a >> beetle but I can imagine it.