David O. McKay was a man
of great spirituality. Certainly, the Lord
blessed him with gifts of the Holy Spirit
that were manifest often during his ministry. His years of service were
replete with examples of the gift of tongues,
healings, visions, discernment, wisdom, charity, and revelation. As a man of godly
spirituality, he invited all to
follow the same path. He taught-- Spirituality is the highest
acquisition of the soul-- the divine in man, the
supreme crowning gift that makes him king
of all created things. It is the consciousness
of victory over self and of communion
with the infinite. To acquire more and
more power, to feel one's faculties unfolding, and
one's soul in harmony with God and with the infinite-- that is spirituality. Spirituality is manifest
in doing, not in dreaming. Rapturous daydreams,
flights of heavenly fancy, longings to see the
invisible are not so impressive as the
plain doing of duty. Every being doing and living of
good for the very good's sake-- that is spiritual. You lose the soul unless you
develop spirituality within.