“We are now preparing a generation who will be the great temple builders—design
the temple and buildings in Jackson County, Missouri.
They will be the architects in
Modern Zion. Young men from the ranks of
the Aaronic Priesthood will be
among the great scientists ever in the world. As Elder Packer said
at conference, it may well be a priesthood holder who will find a cure
for addiction. It may be as simple as a pill. I agree with
Elder Packer that the Lord will
not permit man’s agency to be lost, and addiction does that. Economists
and experts will be raised up in this enlightened Church to solve the world’s
hunger problem. Our priesthood brethren will lead out against family
abandonment, child abuse, vulgarity, and evil—those things which are unacceptable
in the kingdom of God.
“There will come greater inventions than television, atomic energy,
or space travel. Our young
men will have greater challenges than Joseph
of Egypt had in solving hunger
problems. They will face greater challenges than World War II or
Vietnam. They will brace themselves against a slavery far more tyrannical
than the slavery which Abraham Lincoln faced. The solution to this
slavery will be even farther reaching than the Emancipation Proclamation.
It will involve souls and reach into godless societies and nations.
This Church will raise up young men that will rival or exceed the accomplishments
of Washington or Columbus.
“Our young men will probe into space further than any have dared before
to do. Our priesthood holders will be leaders of nations, and they
will hold up a standard of the
gospel and this kingdom that will be an ensign to all nations. They
will fly higher, farther, and faster than we can imagine.
“This Church will raise up young men that will perform on the athletic
fields and courts in the Olympics and other contests that will be incompre-
hensible to us. Their athletic achievements will exceed those of
any age
in the past.
“This Church and its priesthood will have a prominent role in finding miraculous cures for cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, blindness, deafness, heart disease, and every major disease or affliction which torments the human race.
“Priesthood leaders will lead out in solving problems of illiteracy,
world hunger, moral degeneracy,
and failing families.
“Our young men who hold the holy Aaronic Priesthood will be the
leaven of the loaf. They
will be the Lord’s army who are fair as the sun
and clear as the moon, and whose
banners will be terrible before the
nations of the earth.
“The preparatory priesthood will truly function in its divinely appointed role to prepare our young men for the significant contribution they must make in the Church, in their professions, leadership, and in saving this world.”
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