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(1/22/05)
"The question of the nearness of the second
coming of the Son of Man rests upon many in our present day. In pondering the
question I have often thought of three things. The first is observed in these
words of the Lord: 'But of that day, and hour, no one knoweth; no, not the
angels of God in heaven, but my Father only.' (JS-M
1:40.)
"There are signs, however, which indicate the nearness of this great event.
For instance, and secondly, living in the last dispensation; we must be aware of
the fact that there will not be another. It follows that all that God has
intended for the redemption and salvation of man upon the earth through the
gospel plan will culminate in this dispensation. Actually, the Lord identifies
this present day, in particular, as a time of preparation. (D&C
65:4-6.)...
"The culmination of this dispensation in the sequence of the Lord's time
will see the glorious coming of the Son of Man.
"The third condition which I often ponder concerns the day of the gentile,
which day is now, wherein the gospel is being taken to the gentile nations of
the earth, that they may, if obedient to the call, come in and be numbered with
the house of Israel. (See 1 Ne. 13,
14.)" - Alvin R. Dyer, "Ye
Shall Not Fear," Ensign, June 1971, p. 89
(2/24/05)
"I bear my testimony to you, my brothers and sisters, that I know that the
gospel is true....
"I have had the assurance of this since the day, as a young missionary in
Pennsylvania, when I placed a Book of Mormon in the hands of an investigator who
went directly to a clump of bushes in a park to ask God if this book were true.
He returned convinced and asked for baptism. And again when a farmer in
Pennsylvania met us at the farm gate to say, 'I have been expecting you. I have
seen you in my dreams.' After a day and night of giving them a message of the
restoration, I witnessed this family of five request baptism, which was
accomplished by damming the creek in back of their barn." - Alvin R. Dyer,
"The
Nobility of Man in Choosing Good Over Evil," Ensign, Dec. 1971, 122
