Responsibilities of Conception (1): The Responsibility to Conceive

Think about it. When we send out a missionary, do we bid him farewell with the words, Now be careful not to get too many converts. If you start a church, limit its membership. Have only a few families . . . .? We could, you know, with plausible-sounding arguments, have only a few members, and you can instruct them more fully in doctrine. There will be less disagreement, more unity. If the few members are sound in faith, heresy will be less likely to creep in . . . Or, how about with already...