And it came to pass that peace and the love of God was restored again among the people; and they searched the scriptures . . . - Jacob 7:23
"Now in our day we have the standard works of the Church. We have the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price," said Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Council of the Twelve in October conference in 1959. "There are in these four books a total of 1,579 chapters. I think it would not be too much to say that we could with propriety, day in and day out, consistently read three chapters in one or the other of these works; and if we pursued such a course . . . , we would read the entire New Testament in three months, we would read the Old Testament in ten months. . . . Taken altogether we would read all the standard works in less than eighteen months and be ready to start over again."