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This devotional address entitled entitled, a man after God's Own Heart, was given on February 17th of

1981 by Von J. Featherstone, then a member of the first quorum of the 70 of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I'm honored and delighted to be with all of you here this morning.

Appreciate your being here. I have considered as the remarks which I'd like to make, having a heart

liken to God's own heart. And I want to enlarge in that in a few minutes.

However, first I'd like to pay a special tribute to a man that I respect greatly,

Dr. Hugh Nibbley here at B.Y.U.

A man who quietly and effectively brilliantly loves honors and defends this great church.

He is a man of great, great integrity, rare wisdom, unmatched judgment.

What a great blessing he's been to the church over the years.

I love honor and respect him.

I think no one has ever had to ask which side of an issue Dr. Nibley is on.

His work with the Book of Mormon,

ancient studies, leadership versus management, one of the great talks ever given it a devotional.

All are wonderful tributes to the church. There is a saying that states,

never walk on the message. Dr. Nibley has never done that. Not once. There are far, far too many who do.

BYU has had a profound influence on the church in many ways. Dr. Henry Airing, who is the commissioner of church education,

is in the corm of the 12 apostlesles. Two of the Corp of the Twelve

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