While visiting a branch of the Church as a member of a stake presidency some time ago, I sat on the stand observing the young Aaronic Priesthood brethren as they prepared to administer the sacrament. How impressive they were in their Sunday attire, doing their best to fulfill their duty in acting as ministers on the Lord’s errand. The sacrament song that day was a well-known hymn whose text begins: “While of these emblems we partake, / In Jesus’ name and for his sake, / Let us remember and be sure / Our hearts and hands are clean and pure.” Just as we were singing the words “Our hearts and hands are clean are clean and pure” I happened to look down at one of the young deacons on the front row and caught him in a priceless pose. He was leaning forward, elbows on knees, with both hands outstretched in front of him, palms facing upward toward his countenance. He was staring intently at those two hands, with fixed gaze, as if to take stock of his spiritual worthiness and make sure his hands were, indeed, clean and pure. What a great lesson from a dedicated young man. What came to my mind immediately was the scriptural passage: “Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord” (Isaiah 52:11; 3 Nephi 20:41; D&C 38:42; 133:5). This event was, for me, a vivid reminder that we should all be continually mindful of the Lord’s commandment not “to partake of my flesh and blood unworthily” (3 Nephi 18:28)—or knowingly allow others to do so—as we work together to achieve more Christlike patterns of living. (Richard J. Allen)