“Before the Savior comes the world will darken. There will come a period of time where even the elect will lose hope if they do not come to the temples. The world will be so filled with evil that the righteous will only feel secure within these walls. The Saints will come here not only to do vicarious work, but to find a haven of peace. They will long to bring their children here for safety’s sake.
There will be greater hosts of unseen beings in the temple. Prophets of old as well as those in this dispensation will visit the temples. Those who attend will feel their strength and feel their companionship. We will not be alone in our temples.
Our garments worn as instructed will clothe us in a manner as protective as temple walls. The covenants and ordinances will fill us with faith as a living fire.
In a day of desolating sickness, scorched earth, barren wastes, sickening plagues, disease, destruction, and death, we as a people will rest in the shade of trees, we will drink from the cooling fountains. We will abide in places of refuge from the storm, we will mount up as on eagles’ wings, we will be lifted out of an insane and evil world. We will be as fair as the sun and as clear as the moon.
The Savior will come and will honor His people. Those who are spared and prepared will be a temple-loving people. They will know Him. . . . Our children will bow down at His feet and worship Him as the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings. They will bathe His feet with their tears and He will weep, and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials known to man. . . .
Let us prepare them with faith to surmount every trial and every condition. We will do it in these holy, sacred temples.”
—Vaughn J. Featherstone
(address at the Manti Temple, April 1987)
@blonde_emk I agree with her. Pornography has been "normalized" by society, and yet there truly is nothing normal about it. Destroys relationships, completely undermines families. Never in human history has it been so easy to access "sex," and we are all suffering for it. MEN, DONT DO IT!
@14Ether About 7 years ago. I was the EQP then, so I remember well. The stake president came last-minute and presided, so that made it worse. Must have done a decent job because about 2 months later, he called me to be branch president.
@Mormonger Interesting conclusion to jump to. How does he know David didn't ask to have it removed? That seems more likely to me, but either way, what's the big deal?
On this day 179 years ago, a lawless mob rushed into the jail in Carthage, Illinois and assassinated Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Hyrum was shot first through the door and fell to the ground, crying out, “I am a dead man, Joseph!” 1/6
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