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Author- George Teasdale

My brethren and sisters: Let us pray to God our Eternal Father; let us make ourselves familiar with His Spirit and the impress thereof; let us, if we have not done so, put [p. 54b] our houses in order, remembering that we are living in perilous times, that we are living in the hour of God’s judgment, Rev. 14:7 that we are on the eve of famine, of pestilence, of earthquakes; 2 Ne. 6:15 D&C 87:6 and it behooves every man and woman professing to be Latter-day Saints to be alive to their duties, to put away all folly, to live humbly and frugally before God, and to prepare for the calamities that are coming upon the earth. We have been warned and forewarned, and I say unto the Latter-day Saints prepare ye, O prepare ye, for the calamities that are at our doors. Let us cease all extravagance; let us remember the children entrusted to our care that they, too, may have something for a day when nothing shall be raised; let us sanctify
ourselves before the Lord, striving to do His will and keep His commandments, calling upon Him in mighty prayer Moro. 2:2 D&C 29:2 (remembering “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much,”) James 5:16 to have mercy upon His heritage; and that these valleys of the mountains may indeed and of a truth be the land of the free and the home of the brave; which blessings I ask in the name of Jesus Christ.

Visit to the South—Testimony Obtained From God—Necessity and Benefits of Prayer. Discourse by Apostle George Teasdale, delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, January 11, 1885. Reported By: John Irvine.

Categories: Spiritual Preparedness, Prayer