“It was essentially the sin of pride that kept us from establishing Zion in the days of the Prophet Joseph Smith. It was the same sin of pride that brought consecration to an end among the Nephites. (See 4 Ne. 1:24–25.)
“Pride is the great stumbling block to Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block to Zion.
“We must cleanse the inner vessel by conquering pride. (See Alma 6:2–4; Matt. 23:25–26.)
“We must yield ‘to the enticings of the Holy Spirit,’ put off the prideful ‘natural man,’ become ‘a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord,’ and become ‘as a child, submissive, meek, humble’ [Mosiah 3:19]” (Benson, “Beware of Pride,” 7).