Thomas S. Monson
"…it is not my desire to speak to a formal text, but rather to bear my personal testimony concerning Jesus of Nazareth and to suggest that each person undertake a personal search for him.
"Many of you have traveled far to attend this conference. From Europe, from Canada, from Mexico, from the isles of the sea, and from many other points you have come. In the New Testament of our Lord John describes a similar journey by those who would worship.
’And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
The same came therefore to Philip which was of Bethsaida of Galilee and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.’ (John 12:20-21)
"I feel this is your desire even today. The little children have another way of expressing the same wish. Most often they say: ’Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear; things I would ask him to tell me if he were here.’ (W. H. Parker, The Children Sing, No. 65.) They seek after Jesus, and so it has ever been. No search is so universal. No undertaking so richly rewarding. No effort so ennobling. No purpose so divine.
“The search for Jesus is not new to this present period of time. In his touching and tender farewell to the gentiles, Moroni emphasized the importance of this search: ’…I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, …’ (Ether 12:38, 41.)” (Conference Report, Oct. 1965, pp. 140-1)