"IS IT NOT THE DUTY OF THE EDLERS OF ISRAEL TO SPEAK OF THESE THINGS WITH A WARNING VOICE? SHALL WE CLOSE OUR EYES AND OUR EARS AND SEAL OUR UNDERSTANDING SIMPLY BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE UNPLEASANT TO THE EAR AND TO THE EYE? SHALL WE REFUSE TO RAISE A WARNING VOICE WHEN DANGER APPROACHES, WHEN TROUBLE IS NEAR, WHEN DESTRUCTION IS AT OUR DOOR? SUCH A COURSE WOULD BE COWARDLY IF WE KNEW THE TRUTH. WE CANNOT CRY “ALL IS WELL” WHEN DANGER LURKS ON EVERY SIDE. WE MUST NOT LULL THE PE OPLE TO SLEEP IN FALSE SECURITY. PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF DECLARED THAT “NO MAN THAT IS INSPIRED BY THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF GOD CAN CLOSE HIS EARS, HIS EYES, OR HIS LIPS TO THESE THINGS!”
Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 volumes. Edited by Bruce R. McConkie. Vol. 3 page 48.
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2 comments:
I read this the other day and thought it was good.
yeah, I copied it from your email :-)
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