Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the governing First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, urged the all-male priesthood Saturday night to support and “sustain” the faith’s well-meaning yet fallible leaders.
“You make a promise with God, whose servants these are, that you will sustain them,” Eyring told those assembled in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City during the 189th Annual General Conference or watching the proceedings via satellite, TV or the internet. “These are imperfect human beings, as are you. Keeping your promises will take unshakable faith that the Lord called them.