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John Fife Bowman (2)
John F. Bowman
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Every valley shall be exalted
President Joseph Fielding Smith
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Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles In concluding my remarks, I should like to quote a statement by Orson F. Whitney concerning the land of Missouri. For said he, "Here in the most ancient region, where parallel with the stream of time, the great river of mortal life arose, had pitched their tents, the saints of the latter day. Here dwelt Adam and Eve in the world's infancy. Here they tasted of the fruit forbidden and were driven forth from Eden, their fall foreordained that mortal man might be. Here the great sire of mankind built altars unto God, offering sacrifice unto the Father in commemoration of the atonement of the Son. Here fell the first martyr." And it is of interest. And we contemplated this fact as we stood on the ground at Far West, a most holy and consecrated place, and when the prophet of our own dispensation, President McKay said, “I feel a great spiritual influence in this place.” And we have reason to believe by the testimony of the brethren that it was at Far West that Abel was martyred by his brother Cain. That was their dwelling place in the early day in that area. And it was in that vicinity that the first martyr of this dispensation took place. And so here fell the first martyr. Here righteous Abel's blood was spilled. Here burst the awful thunders of heaven's awakened wrath upon the guilty head of earth's first murderer. Here Adam bowed with age blessed the righteous residue of his seed and predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity to the latest generation. Of all this ere the days of Peleg in whose days was the earth divided ere Enoch city rose to heaven or the ark of Noah floated over a wave-buried world, ere Babel's towering folly mocked the skies, ere wrecked was language on confusion strand ere the great river of humanity dividing into rills went forth to water with the streams of life, the soil of every land. Here in the time of restitution, when all things in Christ are gathered in one, Adam, Michael, the Great Prince, the Ancient of Days, is to come in power and glory, revisiting the scenes of his earthly pilgrimage. America, the old world, not the new. Cradle of man, mother of nations, grave of empires.
Elder Alvin R. Dyer
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Three natural changes in the earth—all apparently growing out of one transcendent happening—are here named [Revelation 16:17–21] as attending our Lord’s Second Coming. They are: 1. Earth’s land masses shall unite; islands and continents shall become one land. 2. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low; the rugged terrain of today shall level out into a millennial garden. 3. Such an earthquake as has never been known since man’s foot was planted on this planet shall attend these changes in the earth’s surface and appearance. And, fourthly, as recorded elsewhere, the great deep—presumably the Atlantic ocean—shall return to its place in the north, ‘and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided.’
Elder Bruce R. McConkie
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The Second Coming of Christ (3)
Elder Bruce R. McConkie
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