The Time Shall Come and We Are All Enlisted

This was a good talk. I enjoyed hearing about the prophets of the Old Testament. Daniel in particular. Elder Clayton quoted Wilford Woodruff when he shared a personal experience of hearing the Prophet Joseph Smith prophesy of the future of the church to the small band of Priesthood Brethren. Elder Clayton said,

These prophecies that:
1) the kingdom of God like a stone cut out of a mountain would fill the earth;
2) the name of Joseph Smith would be known throughout the world; and
3) the Church would fill the Americas and fill the world

might have seemed laughable 170 years ago. The little band of believers, eking out a living on the American frontier and moving to escape persecution, didn’t look like the foundation of a faith that would cross international borders and penetrate hearts everywhere.

I've not been shy of my love for Elder Holland. I love his boldness and great strength in testimony. This talk was no exception.

Do I need to hum a few bars of “We Are All Enlisted”? You know, the line about “We are waiting now for soldiers; who’ll volunteer?”2 Of course, the great thing about this call to arms is that we ask not for volunteers to fire a rifle or throw a hand grenade. No, we want battalions who will take as their weapons “every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God.”3 So I am looking tonight for missionaries who will not voluntarily bind their tongues but will, with the Spirit of the Lord and the power of their priesthood, open their mouths and speak miracles. Such speech, the early brethren taught, would be the means by which faith’s “mightiest works have been, and will be, performed.”