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. I was looking all the time. You will always find diamonds.. Also see "Answering Gospel Questions." I thought, Ill put my feet back under the pew so no one can see them, and then Ill wait till everyone leaves. I didnt ask for the blessing; he volunteered it and gave it to me. Has Ali Hafid returned?, No, Ali Hafid has not returned, and thats not a diamond. to me, or to our Table? Thats all you have to do if you want to be a success! I think that if we went through this audience every single person would think of something hed change if he could. The professor went down the whole list and said, Wed like to have Douglas Snarr come up and give the opening prayer., Doug said, I made my way out and walked down, and I stood in front with my head bowed. Millennial Reign, 7 Year Tribulation in the SEVENTH Seal TIMELINE, YouTube video, 54:00, March 12, 2020. He walked over and said, Well, thats a diamond! That whole meeting just seemed to stop and wait until I moved, so I had to move. If only I had their skill. We wouldnt suppose that a king would have problems, but do you suppose that any physical ailment could be near the hurt of having the one you love most dearly on this earth be unfaithful to you? Ican see in my mind[]s eye great hosts of converts to exceed amillion members in the South. When authors state that items come from the Church or Church Headquarters or Salt Lake one does have to be cautious because that is often a way to sneak something past the unwary or give them an air of authority they do not actually possess. Cross-posted from Truth Will Prevail. As they walked along the banks of these rivers, they saw beautiful white sands and the old Arab guide told story after story, kind of like a modern-day barber. So I think we ought to stop worrying and being concerned about those things. The bus driver slammed the window shut on Dougs arm, and when he pulled it out it was bleeding down his white shirt and his suit. Ten times tens of thousands will be baptized into the Lords true Church. They really care about me. I remember thinking that through, and I went to a little box of shoes some neighbors had given us. The videos creator, Masayoshi Montemayor, makes his points largely through official Church sources, including the Churchs website, institute manuals, and conference reports. Pray with all your strength for it; MS22631. Nobody knows who the Angel was and thats okay. He kept waving, and pretty soon I succumbed to the temptation and looked over at him. Many things cant be changed, and we have to live with them. They were a pair of womens nurses shoes. If life seems all empty and useless without it, We appreciated your talkand so forth. I dont care what the handicaps are that you think are so severe; you can overcome them. It means that those of us who are here were born precisely in the time when President Brown, if he could have chosen, would have chosen to be born. She stood by us and was our great defender in those bitter years. He tells of being in Baghdad and hiring an old Arab guide. Featherstone was born in Stockton, Tooele County, Utah. Finally, instead of acting as if I werent listening, Conwell said, Id act as if I were listening and then just turn him off. It doesnt matter what the problems are; we can overcome any of them if we just understand that we are creations of God, and each of us is somebody. Of course they saw those nurses shoes that I had to wear to church. She lived on a knoll in a beautiful colonial home. He died a couple of years ago. As far as Iknow, none of my brethren in the Council of the Twelve or even in the First Presidency know. Elder Featherstone also wrote many books, particularly for youth of the Church, about gospel topics for which he felt strongly. Where should I look for one?, The Buddhist priest, having been awakened early in the morning and not feeling too pleasant, said, You look for a river between high mountains, and the river will flow on white sands, and there you will find diamonds., There is, replied the priest, and there are many of them, and you will find them. Let me tell you just one other thing about Douglas Snarr, because I know that his ability to speak is a miracle. He suggests apossible reading of this half-hour as aclue to the timing of prophecy. This quote is taken fromCamelot. Weve been married five years, but we have no children. What of their pain and their torment? The photocopy digital information was uploaded by Elder JohnE.Enslen from the Church History Department.8This is misleading. Strength and sagacity; faith, hope, and confidence, stern pertinacity; When it was finally over I dashed home, went in the house and thought to myself, Thank goodness nobody saw them. How ridiculous! I sent him a copy of it I had found online somewhere. In the 1990s, adifferent statement from Elder Featherstone began to circulate. And Iwould humbly suggest to you, my young brothers and sisters, that if we do not know, then nobody knows, no matter how compelling their arguments or how reasonable their calculations. I think you ought to tell it at church. Although I said I didnt think I could do it, she continued, Do it, Douglas. Featherstone then turns his attention to the future growth of the Church in the American South. There is no reason we need to fail. We cant add one featherweight of burden to our mothers heart. And so wed go to bed hungry. I think youre getting the message. As it did, it went through other fog banks, and the dew settled on the earth, and the crust began to form. However, in other instances, he points to obscure sources, including an April1983 letter written by Seventy VaughnJ.Featherstone. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. 3. GordonB.Hinckley, We Need Not Fear His Coming, BYU Devotional, March 25, 1979. I went through that night, and the next morningyou know how your mind worksI knew I had to go! Arent you satisfied with it?, The artist replied, That is the problem. Ibelieve we are on the very threshold of great trials. Then Doug climbed into the back of the taxi, and the black driver turned aroundtears streaming down his cheeksand said, Thats the first time in my life that anyone has ever stuck up for me.. His problem was solved. This letter is included in the same collection as the VaughnJ.Featherstone letter. But the social pressure was intense. Would you mind charging fifty pounds of flour, a bucket of lard, some side pork, and a few things? McConkie also commented on the half-hour period of silence that follows the opening of the seventh seal in Revelation 8. Of course Ido not know when the Savior will come. We will take you home tonight. 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. (As you can see, were still going on with having our family. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. I didnt think the Lord would be pleased with my working, and we really didnt need both incomes, so I stopped working. It shines through and makes him beautiful from within and without. Finally they even operated a little bit, did some plastic surgery, and may have taken a hump out of a place or two. Whizzbang, He told me this story, and I asked him if I could lift part of it because I think it might help you understand the message I have for you. Vaughn J. Featherstone was both a physical and spiritual giant who taught others key gospel principles such as tithing through his own quiet example, he added. It is assumed that Church History Library patrons would be aware that documents housed at the Church History Library did not necessarily hold aChurch endorsement. Every man must be tried. Not too long ago a news item came over from Scotland. He would continue to do so all through her life. 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 . We promise to pay back every penny when we get some money. You recall the scene where King Arthur finally, after many months, received reports and innuendos and whatever that Lancelot and King Arthurs wife, Guinevere, had had an affair and were having an affair at that time. According to Doctrine and Covenants77:7, the seven seals opened by the Lamb in Revelationchapter5 represent things relative to this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence. If we are to understand these thousand-year periods as exact and literal, and we hold that the Savior was born on 1 CE, then it would reason that the Millennium was scheduled to begin at 2000 CE. vaughn j featherstone excommunicatedwho is balarama holness mother. 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. I know every bird in the forest. 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. His parents divorced when he was growing up . I didnt have a college education, and I have been embarrassed about it. Youve put a time limit on the Lord. 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. After the marriage, we went out to see my mother. I would imagine there are many young women here today who are concerned that Im twenty-two and Im not married yet or Im twenty-five and not married. That isnt all that serious. They were very poor, and Elder Featherstone spoke often of the gratitude he felt for the help they received during that time, as well as for his stalwart mother. Twice I have heard him say that he heard Elder McConkie say that Gabriel, or Noah, was the angel that appeared in the garden of Gethsemane to strengthen the Savior as he underwent the atonement, or suffering for sin, of all mankind. Vaughn J. Featherstone, emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, offers words of encouragement as students seek to fulfill their God-given potential. He reached down into the water and pulled a huge stone out. He said, Your name is Douglas Snarr. It is powerful in its vision of the future need of temples as a refuge from a wicked world. I guess he noticed this, because all of a sudden he took his turban off and waved it around to get my attention, but I just ignored him. Does it always have to be me? But when I looked into her face and saw the heavy heart she had, Id say, Ill go. So Id take the list, and Id go out and get our old red wagon with the tires worn off and the rims worn flat. Provo, Utah 84602. Is that really you? One returned missionary who served in Oklahoma recalls having acopy in the early 1990s. This is the thing that beautified the earth. I answered, Youre a sweetheart. There are those kinds of people that help others feel as if their idiosyncrasies really arent all that much of a problem. A person nearby saw him and asked, Whats the matter? But the most important thing is the inner beauty that starts to shine forth. . I could tell you about some great men who have had that kind of impact and influence on my life. Just keep serving, and in due time things will take place. I didnt want tolive withthe problem! For while God gives them skill, I give them instruments to play upon, God choosing me to help him. They talk about hard work and long hours. He also said, Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Michelangelo said, If people knew how hard I work to get my mastery, it wouldnt seem so wonderful at all. And Paderewski said, A genius? It is simply not an approved publication of the Church and its contents are only the opinions of the author, even though he be a general authority. Unresolved: Release in which this issue/RFE will be addressed. Three or four weeks later, the old Buddhist priest came by, entered the house, and soon spotted this rock on the mantel. And then it went rolling off through the universe. Learn more about the role of the Holy Ghost in your pursuit of truth and how to become a more self-reliant gospel learner. Jeremiah31:34, quoted in Hebrews8:11. 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. I want to talk to him. Finally the bus driver opened the door, and the policeman went in to talk to the driver and the people on the bus. Just to slightly correct something that Dennis wrote, nobody knows who the angel was in Gethsemane. 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. The ushers started coming down the aisle, they got to our row, and everybody got up and left. 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. He didnt have enough concept, skill, or ability to increase and improve that painting. He answered, Well, were only taking one per year per ward. I guess we had fifteen or eighteen boys of mission age, and I couldnt afford to go. Official items meant for members are approved by Correlation and have an approval date (like 6/2020) on them (and now we are seeing the new Christus symbol also). But it was irresistible; they had to look. And so I said, Very good, Spike, Id like to. So I went over to Primary with him, and after I had been there a short time, a year or so, I remember noticing a little box the Primary leaders checked off to show whether you were baptized or not. These members, traditional Protestant and Catholic Christians are being prepared right now. So the fellow behind him shouted out the window, Move the trash can, pilgrim!. Anyway, when they finally finished, they had a picture. I closed the door, went over and sat at the desk, and cried. As the earths crust cooled, that which cooled most rapidly was granite; less rapidly, copper; then silver, gold, and last of all diamonds. And the priest said to Ali Hafid, If you had a diamond as big as your thumb, you could buy this whole country. Iknow that the spirit of the Lord is brooding over the South. I believe, you see, that what King Arthur went through was a terrible thing. It would serve as great "insurance protection" for your marriage. [Featherstone] wanted to make sure that it was good to go for the time capsule, so he sent acopy to Salt Lake, and the Brethren said, Great. If only the desire of it makes your aim strong enough never to tire of it; I know they are honest and upright men, but I dont believe in a God who would not keep his promises. Somebody else said, Nighttime demands from the overburdened soul the things that daylight denies.. He stood up, put his arm out, and then he put it down. You are a person of worth. He finally found one, and after he had taken a battery of tests, the speech therapist told him, You have a severe case of stammering and stuttering. I guess the teacher didnt have to be a genius to tell him that. I cant tell you how embarrassed I was. As I made my way back to my seat, no one wanted to look at me because they didnt want to embarrass me. 20. This is the time of King Arthur, and violence is not strength and compassion is not weakness. When I was 19 1/2, I went to the bishop and asked, Bishop, can I go on a mission?. 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? As far as I know, perhaps the last major public address Elder Featherstone gave was to BYU Idaho in 2013, as found here. Most experienced readers know this. 27. So I had decided I would pay for the course myself. In other words, he believed he really did know, but he wouldnt phrase it that waya wise course. What if in five years and six months you get pregnant, and then you have this child? Mother would come to me, hand me a list, and say, Vaughn, would you take this up to the store? If the time here mentioned is the Lords time in which one day is athousand years, the half hour would be some twenty-one of our years. The Church History Library houses all sorts of documents that could be significant for preserving the Latter-day Saint past, not simply what has received official endorsement. As a giant tide came in between the Pillars of Hercules, unable to resist the terrible temptation, he threw himself into the incoming tide and sank beneath the crestnever to rise again in this life. Doug jumped out of the back seat of the taxi and ran around to the window of the bus. The Atlanta Temple is the first temple in the South. Her hair was done appropriately, and they did whatever else it took to make her more attractive. (This is the part I am embarrassed even to tell you.) I wanted to pray, but the words wouldnt come. With a camel train they went down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. When I arrived, I rang the doorbell, and a man came to the door with his little girl right behind him. Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone an emeritus General Authority, former temple president, and beloved youth leader died Saturday night at his home in Bountiful, Utah. Have you ever heard of Snarr Advertising Agency? Not one of them looked at me. The bus driver looked down, saw this black driver, and started trying to force him off the road. I know diamonds! the priest replied. 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. You come and speak to our people. Then I think we ought to remember that no one else in all the world is like any of us. I was saying something, and it was coming out! King Arthur didnt want to believe it, so he kept it submerged and wouldnt believe it. 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And a civilized king. If youll simply go after the thing that you want with all your capacity, As to how I know, I'll just say I was in a HP calling at the time. We will baptize people in the tens of thousands. You have to have a lot of faith because each of you is someone special. 9. 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. As he did, he saw something glistening in the sand. People Projects Discussions . Post author: Post published: 22/06/2022 Post category: wireshark filter list of ip addresses Post comments: difference between mikasa v200w and v300w difference between mikasa v200w and v300w When any man holds twixt hand and chin a violin of mine, he will be glad that Stradivari lived, made violins, and made them of the best. All he has to do is make his own rules and then live by them, and he will succeed. And then the old Arab stopped telling the story and went back to straighten the pack on the camels back. Amen. P.S. Featherstone spoke on the importance of temple attendance in the last dispensation, when "Satan has unleashed every evil." He was also quoted as saying, "I believe we may well have living on the earth now, or very soon, the boy or babe who will be the prophet of the Church when the Savior comes. But I can understand that the light has withdrawn from them, and its hard to discern when you dont have that light. Anyway, the branch president invited me in, we talked for a while, and he said, Go out and send the taxi away. There has been some who misunderstand my statement.19. Now you dont want to be excommunicated, do you? I was teary-eyed. In fact, he would go on to state Those who live in that day whether that be us, our children, our childrens children, or some future generation will bow down at His feet and worship Him as the Lord of lords, King of kings.20We should weigh both Featherstones 1993 explanatory note and his published sentiments in 1995 when we consider whether he claimed to have had arevelation on the matter. He loved the youth and especially loved Scouting; he stayed physically active throughout his life and was even a qualified professional river rafting guide. Ive tried to compensate for it. Prime the pump with it, and youll git all you can hold. It might be seven years, or fifteen years, or maybe not in this life. Youve been married five years. Vaughn J. Featherstone - Bibliography - List of Talks Talks by Vaughn J. Featherstone Show Timeline Presiding Bishopric - 2nd Counselor (6 Apr 1972 - 1 Oct 1976) 6 Apr 1972 A Challenge to the Priesthood General Conference 7 Oct 1972 The Sure Word of God General Conference 6 Apr 1973 "Now Abideth Faith, Hope, and Charity" General Conference Jun 1973 Is there any doubt of their devotion . I also recall an incident that ties into the subject Id like to lead into in a minute. Oh what ablessed generation you are and must be.2, Featherstone notes that in his own time the Church was facing great adversity. I heard President Brown make a statement a long time ago: If I could choose from all the times in the history of the earth to live, it would be about fifty years later than I was born. Do you know what that means? 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. I told a group of Aaronic Priesthood holders out in the congregation tonight, if they are pure in heart, they may . Be it sin or not sin, they betray me in their hearts, and thats far sin enough. Ive-prayed-and-God-has-sent-me-to-you., The little girl went running to her mother and said, Mother, come quick. Pretty soon everyone came in, and then all of a sudden someone announced: We will now be separated for classes. I had forgotten you had to go to class. This was incorrect, since it was Michael, or Adam, that Elder McConkie is on record as teaching as the identity of this angel. You can imagine how I felt. I was in a store, and one of our neighbors came ina good LDS gal about our age (young). In 1972 he was called to the Presiding Bishopric, where he served for four years before being called as a general authority seventy and presiding over the Texas San Antonio Mission. In fact, these include documents critical of the Church and others that have been repudiated by Church leaders. Featherstone takes for granted the fact that the Second Coming would have occurred by the time these future Saints had read his letter, but he speaks only of seeing in my minds eyes and offers specific details of the future when it comes to the South.16Even in that regard, John Enslen recalled that over time Elder Featherstone seemed somewhat uncomfortable about calling his statements aprophesy [sic]. He preferred that they be referred to as his prediction.17, What is certain is that VaughnJ.Featherstone believed the Second Coming was imminent. A short time after that I went one day to see my sweet mother. Others can help us be attractive on the surface, and I think its important to look attractive. It goes like this: When you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, I hadnt been baptized, and I was nine years old by this time. Doug described his reaction: Something welled up inside of me that made me so mad I could hardly stand it. Were here on the earth, and were going to have the benefit of all those great things that President Brownas a prophet, seer, and revelator in the First Presidencycould probably see were ahead for us. vaughn j featherstone excommunicated. As it formed, after it had gone through fog bank after fog bank, some of the inner eruption came forth. He said, I just suggest you get married. So I did, and we have this lovely family. He is very successful, and hes been a pushera driver. 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!