BYU Speeches Apparently, at the funeral of Donald Graham, one of the pallbearers, Blackey McGregor, as he rounded the open grave, fell in and broke his arm. We went to one of the seven presidents of the First Council of the Seventy, and he gave my husband a blessing as he ordained him. Many among Montemayors audience have come away with the impression that Elder Featherstones letter received the official sanction of the Churchs leadership. What if it isnt for five years and nine months? If aman lives to be 80 or 90 and is now aboy or not yet born, it could be many years after the turn of the century. I didnt ask for the blessing; he volunteered it and gave it to me. The document found that there were three April 6th Sundays leading up to the year 2000. I want to be excommunicated from the Church., When I heard this sweet soul tell me that story, I want to tell you I sat there and wept with her. Pray with all your strength for it; He tells of being in Baghdad and hiring an old Arab guide. If Im fired from this, I dont know what Ill do., And then big, old, soft-hearted Doug said, If youll go over and apologize to that black driver, it will all be forgotten. So the bus driver went over and apologized to the black driver and got back in his bus, and it was all forgotten. I didnt hear a word of the lesson. Hermanos del sacerdocio, hermanas de la Sociedad de Socorro, el presidente Henry D. Moyle siempre recomendaba que cuando alguien habla deberamos sacar tres conclusiones de su mensaje. This is Douglas Snarrs business. Although Ido not know the time, Ilook forward to the Lords coming.26. He started his remarks by reading apassage from the Book of Jeremiah describing the Millennium, when they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them.21Featherstone then said, It is my conviction that most of you will live to see that day.22Montemayor also pointed to this passage as confirmation of Featherstones letter. My friend also told me that one of Elder Featherstones last assignments before becoming emeritus was to work with the Church Correlation Department as part of its executive leadership. Description. There would be drunks and others lying on benches out in the park, but Id go out and put the newspaper over my arm while reading or talking to myself, with my arm moving back and forth under the paper with every syllablepracticing! Featherstones reasons were likely similar to those Montemayor offers in his video. That you want; We appreciated your talkand so forth. Its great! Dont go drinking up the water first. 2. Vaughn J. Featherstone of the Presiding Bishopric February 3, 1974 Audio 0:00/56:10 Speed I am very pleased to be with you tonight. I know they are honest and upright men, but I dont believe in a God who would not keep his promises. It has been cross-posted with permission. These things havent happened, so you expect them now. Ibelieve we are on the very threshold of great trials. It really does come forth when you start serving people. He himself said:Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. AboutPressCopyrightContact. I am just so excited to live in this day and to be part of the wrapping-up process. Thats a diamond! I was about thirty and I thought, Now I can get married. A short time later I found the fellow, and we fell in love and got married. You swim and you swim farther, and you finally get there, but he always pulls it away. Tomorrow, you pack your things and come and live with us the whole time you are in Chicago., A short time later, this family took me on a trip down to southern Illinois. In his April 1997 Ensign article entitled, Enduring Well Elder Neal A. Maxwell is on record as saying, An angel, whose identity we do not know, came to strengthen Him. If you could look back and see the obstacles they had, I want to tell you that you would be so grateful to have all that you have. I put a new sucker washer into it, and it ought to last for five years. I surely dont know as much as all those people in that other class. Then I said, But you know, you need to develop a Job-like attitude. I think what Im trying to say is that even if we have problems we can be attractive. I closed the door, went over and sat at the desk, and cried. You are a royal generation. I've waited awhile to share this here. I remember that on payday my mother would go over and stand against the mantel and look out the window up the street. Ali Hafid was rich. I went back to the taxi and told the driver to take me to that address. I went through school that year, and then one day when I was sitting in a barber chair, I saw a little ad in the paper about a man back in Chicago who would guarantee speech correction in a course costing one thousand dollars. I havent been through that kind of a test. Elder Featherstone served in several stake leadership positions, on the Church General Missionary Committee, as a member of the Young Men general presidency, and in area presidencies in the Philippines and the Pacific. These members, traditional Protestant and Catholic Christians are being prepared right now. Proposition: Im a king, not a man. I do feel very keenly about young people, and I guess these are the thoughts that went through my heart as I thought about this assignment for the past weeks. Something went wrong. You swim and swim and finally get there, but when you reach out to take hold of it he pulls it away from you again. As he did, he saw something glistening in the sand. No portion of this site may be reproduced without the express written consent of The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research, Inc. Any opinions expressed, implied, or included in or with the goods and services offered by FAIR are solely those of FAIR and not those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model, Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone of the First Quorum of the Seventy discusses the Savior's role in the Plan of Salvation, the Savior and the temple, the Savior and emotions, praying through the Savior, the Savior's mercy, the depth of the Atonement, the power of charity, our need to . He said that after working in Church Correlation for a time, that Elder Featherstone indicated that if he had had that experience earlier in his general authority ministry that he would have been more careful and cautious and circumspect in his doctrinal teachings to the Church. Vaughn J. Featherstone January 03, 2012. Jeremiah31:34, quoted in Hebrews8:11. This quote is taken fromCamelot. Thats a great story relating to what I would like to talk to you about tonight: the acres of diamonds each of you has as an individual. Your parents were married in the temple, and so you are born in the covenant. You should be extremely wary of anyone who claims to be an exception to divine decree.27, Though Ihave questioned the significance VaughnJ.Featherstones letter should play into our sense of the nearness of last days events, that does not mean we dont have reason to prepare and enthusiastically look forward to the Lords return. 21 relations. I dont care whether there are truck strikes or food shortages, or whatever there might be. The Savior said that of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only (Matthew24:36). 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I felt like a freak. Ten times tens of thousands will be baptized into the Lords true Church. Under the white rock I buried a bottle of waterout of the sun and cork end up. This Buddhist priest told how the Almighty put his finger in a bank of fog and started whirling it around faster and faster until it burst into a solid mass of flame. A newspaper reporter covering the incident wanted to put it in the newspaper in a certain way, and so he simply had a little article there that said, Yesterday at Donald Grahams funeral, Blackey McGregor, one of the pallbearers, slipped into the open grave, fracturing a limb, bringing a gloom over the whole occasion. I hope we wont do that tonight. As to how I know, I'll just say I was in a HP calling at the time. Books by Vaughn J. Featherstone The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model Vaughn J. Featherstone $ 4.19 - $ 4.69 Repentance Vaughn J. Featherstone $ 4.69 - $ 4.79 Charity Never Faileth Vaughn J. Featherstone $ 3.99 The Aaronic Priesthood and You Vaughn J. Featherstone Out of Stock Man of Holiness Vaughn J. Featherstone $ 4.69 - $ 4.79 Doug asked, Whats going on here?, The driver answered, I guess this guy doesnt like blacks. The taxi driver slowed down, and the bus went on down the street. Note: Below is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model" by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, that he entitled "Holiness to the Lord." The book was published in 1995. In my own studies of Elder Featherstones messages, which I love, I have found that, like anyone, he could extemporaneously misquote scripture badly and got various things wrong on occasion. Job was a great soul, and he said, Though he [God] slay me, yet will I trust in him (Job 13:15). For while God gives them skill, I give them instruments to play upon, God choosing me to help him. I guess the Lord knew that I had had all the pressure I could possibly take, that I couldnt take one particle more of pressure. [Signed] Mrs. Featherstone.. When I arrived, I rang the doorbell, and a man came to the door with his little girl right behind him. Perhaps, but before I was a genius I was a drudge. Alexander Hamilton said, All the genius I may have is merely the fruit of labor and thought. Dorothea Brand wrote a whole book,Wake Up and Live, to get across one simple formula for success: Act as though it were impossible to fail. Shouldnt we in Gods kingdom act as though it were impossible to fail? Elder McConkie would not have said what he did, in is final inspired address, unless he believed he was correct, but he was familiar enough with church policy to know that it was not his place to declare his views as those of the Church, spoken in general conference. Then the policeman said to the driver, We will report this to your company and take appropriate action., The bus driver started to cry. To watch the entire presentation entitled, "7 Year Tribulation in the SEVENTH Seal TIMELINE" by Millennial Reign, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klg4a. I hope you feel about that story the way I am trying to convey it to you. In 1995, Iwas given acopy of this statement, then titled AHaven in aWorld of Turmoil, dated June1987, as part of aphotocopied packet with various statements on the last days. Id see that great high priest and store owner look at the letter, then look down at me, and tears would come to his eyes. He grew up in a home with an abusive alcoholic father. Fixed: Release in which this issue/RFE has been fixed.The release containing this fix may be available for download as an Early Access Release or a General Availability Release. You who are reading this letter are witnesses to my words.4, [Page 311]The letter concludes with apersonal message of gratitude to the Savior in the event that this letter come to the attention of our Lord who is reigning personally upon the earth.5. Each Gospel Topic includes a brief overview sharing what Latter-day Saints believe about the topic, links to resources that will help you learn more about the topic, and ideas to help you teach it to others.. Well, I thought you had on horn-rimmed glasses and a plastic nose!, I said, No, thats my nose. And then I said, I have one advantage over you: I take one breath and it lasts me all day., After hearing that story, quite a few of the seminary leaders came up to shake hands. They can if theyre trained properly and if they have self-discipline. I think it was Michelangelo, blind and reaching his ninetieth year, who said as he felt a sculpture that someone else had done, Even at ninety I continue to learn.. Hes come to take me out tonight. And with those words she took all the pressure off and alleviated the problem., Despite his problem, Douglas decided that he had a great talenta great artistic talent, as some of you here might knowand so he developed a business. I remember the story of a famous artist who painted a beautiful portrait. No one pointed at my shoes. During that time (and this is the part I would rather not tell), my dad was an alcoholic, and my mother wasnt a member of the Church. shelved 790 times Showing 20 distinct works. Yes, I love them. As a young man, Douglas Snarr developed a serious problem with stuttering and stammering. Others can help us be attractive on the surface, and I think its important to look attractive. But the washer dries out, and the pump has got to be primed. Find signed collectible books by 'Vaughn J Featherstone' The Aaronic priesthood and you. Finally they even operated a little bit, did some plastic surgery, and may have taken a hump out of a place or two. I thought, How can I wear those? The man who conducted the tests said to him, We really dont know all that much about stammering and stuttering when the case is as severe as yours. VAUGHN FEATHERSTONE OBITUARY 1931 ~ 2018 Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, 87, Emeritus General Authority for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away peacefully in his home. I didnt have a college education, and I have been embarrassed about it. They had all told him that the teacher was a quack, and that he really couldnt do anything, and that the course was just a waste of money. If you could hear Douglas Snarr talk today, you would find that he speaks about as fast as I do, and I speak very fast. He died a couple of years ago. You will always find diamonds.. Ive never had the Lord throw out a lifebuoy to me, let me swim toward it, and just as I got there pull it away from me. In one of his General Conference talks (I think one of his first) Elder Featherstone indicates that he did receive a powerful spiritual experience regarding 3 Nephi 11, and that he was an independent witness that the events therein described were true. The Atlanta Temple is the first temple in the South. I tried to compensate by buying books, and I have thousandsI dont know how many books. Elder Featherstone also wrote many books, particularly for youth of the Church, about gospel topics for which he felt strongly. The pressure was absolutely intense. Charity is the pure love of Christ, when you dont mind being embarrassed, when all you can think about is the good of the people. 2. ISBN 9780875790855 (978--87579-085-5) Hardcover, Deseret Book Co, 1987. What I am saying is that if the Lord will take a scroungy little kid like that, who had to wear nurses shoes to church and had to go and beg for groceries, and if he will make him a high councilor or a stake president or the second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, can you believe what he would do for you? The videos creator, Masayoshi Montemayor, makes his points largely through official Church sources, including the Churchs website, institute manuals, and conference reports. It has not. Enslen, To Any Who May Be Interested.. 1. If life seems all empty and useless without it, After theyre gone Ill come running home half an hour later or something. That was my plan. His family then settled in Salt Lake City when he was five. I believe that all of us will find in our lives that some of our obstacles turn into advantages and great blessings. The man who bought the farm from Ali Hafid went out to water his camel one day in the little stream that ran through the white sands of the farm. Thats the only reason I am here., I said, Would you just take a few minutes and explain the story to me?. McConkie also commented on the half-hour period of silence that follows the opening of the seventh seal in Revelation 8. If only the desire of it makes your aim strong enough never to tire of it; I can tell you when the eggs are laid, and when they hatch, what color they are, and the different varieties. He went on and on. As it did, it went through other fog banks, and the dew settled on the earth, and the crust began to form. por el obispo Vaughn J. Featherstone Segundo Consejero en el Obispado Presidente. I knew I couldnt for fear that someone would see my shoes. When I was invited to accept this assignment, I looked to it as a great honor and one to which hopefully I can contribute something. She doesnt know very much; she must be a moron! I think thats a great story, and I believe it will lead into what Im going to tell you tonight. This is the time of King Arthur, and we reach for the stars! ), 15. This is the time of King Arthur, and violence is not strength and compassion is not weakness. Featherstone then turns his attention to the future growth of the Church in the American South. All he has to do is make his own rules and then live by them, and he will succeed. Later on a member of the stake presidency gave me a blessing and promised me that my health would be increased, but my health isnt any better. Can you begin to understand how I feel about her? My goal is not to criticize ElderFeatherstone or to disparage sincere Latter-day Saints among them presumably this videos creator who like myself are eager to be present for our Saviors coming. I was looking all the time. Cross-posted from Truth Will Prevail. When it was finally over I dashed home, went in the house and thought to myself, Thank goodness nobody saw them. How ridiculous! But they had the fine instinct not to laugh. Then he said, Id like to give you a blessing also. I didnt ask for the blessing; he just volunteered it. 218 University Press Building By all accounts, Featherstones letter appears genuine. The bus driver looked down, saw this black driver, and started trying to force him off the road. We lived off my husbands income, and I managed his affairs for him at home. Provo, Utah 84602, We Never Know Where Walking in His Steps Will Lead, As If They Would Ask Him to Tarry a Little Longer. It goes like this: When you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, Finally, instead of acting as if I werent listening, Conwell said, Id act as if I were listening and then just turn him off. Several years ago I contacted a friend and mentor who had worked with Correlation for three decades but has been retired now for over a decade, about the Featherstone letter. P.S. He heard a friend bear testimony of the truth of the gospel, and Elder Featherstone could tell that this friend really knew what he was saying. M.RussellBallard, When Shall These Things Be? BYU Devotional, March 12, 1996. Doug jumped out of the back seat of the taxi and ran around to the window of the bus. One day a Buddhist priest came by Ali Hafids home, and together they sat by the fire. It was on the day Merlene and I were married. Copies have been in circulation for many years, and the letter has similarities to other statements that Elder Featherstone made during his ministry.14John Enslen recalls its being read in ameeting in the mid-1980s. Whats the problem? To work day and night for it, The light turned green, but the fellow was preoccupied and didnt notice it. 10. . Ali Hafid answered, Then I will go. And he went home and sold his farm and collected the money. I dont believe in a God like that. I guess, if I had my druthers, I would hope that my family could be spared from all the filth and pornography and all the garbage on the newsstands and the things we see in the movies. I guess if you had finally crawled that last few yards and found this pump with the letter, your faith would really be tested. Every man must be tried. From finding the right means to fund your innovative business idea to expanding a family-run business, from grabbing the keys to your dream car to securing your property for your life's biggest project yet - you've always wished to live life to the fullest. Brown: No matter how dark the night, the dawn is irresistible. I want to tell you there are times when that gives me a great deal of hope, because the dawn must come. The woman came in, and I asked, You are so-and-so?, She responded, The only reason I am here is that my bishop said if I would come and talk to you I could be excommunicated after the interview. The Arab concluded his story by saying that Ali Hafids farm was the Golconda mine, the richest diamond mine in all the history of the world. It is powerful in its vision of the future need of temples as a refuge from a wicked world. I had a good job, but I had this serious health problem. Hed go get a big grocery cart, and then he would push it around the store and fill it up with all those things. Vaughn J. Featherstones humble beginnings gave him an intense appreciation for the gospel and its blessings. Resolved: We shall live through this together, Excalibur: They, you and I! Everything had hinged on that one interview, and God had been there. When Montemayor speaks of Church headquarters, he is referring to the Church History Library, which does in fact house acopy of the letter. Do you know what its like to have someone throw a lifebuoy out to you if youre drowning in the middle of the ocean? when will wendy williams return; list of gift cards in thailand; jackson hole lacrosse; jimmy kimmel band members; tractor supply cub cadet yellow paint; porque mi ex me sigue hablando; maxwell funeral home obituaries manahawkin; 3. Vaughn J. Featherstone | Beggar's Bread Home About Beggar's Bread Essential and Non-Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith Moderation Policy Beggar's Bread Beggars sharing the bread that they've so freely and graciously received Stay updated via RSS Recent Posts The 10 Myths Mormons Believe About Christianity: Epilogue His parents divorced when he was growing up . I think thats what happens when someone begins to have an inner beauty.
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