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“The Lord has little if anything to do with this war. He will overrule things so that good will come out of it, but he will not heed the war lords who have transgressed his laws, changed his ordinances, and broken the everlasting covenant and arrogated to themselves authority which has never been conferred upon them. …
“There is only one thing that can bring peace into the world. It is the adoption of the gospel of Jesus Christ, rightly understood, obeyed and practiced by rulers and people alike. It is being preached in spirit to all nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples of the world, by the Latter-day Saints, and the day is not far distant when its message of salvation shall sink deep into the hearts of the common people, who, in sincerity and earnestness, when the time comes, will not only surely register their judgment against a false Christianity, but against war and the makers of war as crimes against the human race.”
– Joseph F. Smith, “The Great War,” Improvement Era, September 1914, 1074-1076
I needed this today. I had the news on, and the newscasters were tumbling over themselves, trying to cover all the Breaking News at once…and none of it good. Last days, for sure, and this cheered me up.It’ll all work out in the end, and this is not the end yet.
What do people do who do not have prophets? How do they stand knowing what is going on in the world without knowing this?