The season of the world before us will be like no other in the history of mankind. Satan has unleashed every evil, every scheme, every blatant vile perversion ever known to the dispensation of the fulness of evil. Just as this is the dispensation of the fulness of times, so it is also the dispensation of the fulness of evil. We and our wives and husbands, our children, and our members must find safety. There is no safety in the world, wealth cannot provide it, enforcement agencies cannot assure it, membership in the Lord's church alone cannot bring it.
As the evil night darkens upon this generation, we must come to the temple for light. In our temples we find quiet, sacred havens where the storm cannot penetrate to us. There are numbers of unseen sentinels watching over and guarding our temples. Angels attend every door. As it was in the days of Elisha so it will be for us, "Those that be with us are more than they that be against us". (2 Kings 6:15-17)
Before the Savior comes the world will darken, there will come a period of time where even the very elect will lose hope if they do not come to the temples. The world will be so filled with evil that the righteous will only feel secure within these walls. The Saints will come here not only to do vicarious work, but to find a haven of peace. They will long to bring their children here for safety's sake.
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. Those who will sit in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are here. There are many in our homes and communities who will have Apostolic Callings.
We must keep them clean, sweet, and pure in an oh so wicked world. There will be a greater host of unseen beings in the temple. Prophets of old as well as those in this dispensation will visit temples. Those who attend will feel their strength and feel their companionship. We will not be alone in our temple.
Our garments worn as instructed will clothe us in a manner as protective as temple walls. The covenants and ordinances will fill us with faith as a living fire. In a day of desolating sickness, scorched and barren wastes, sickening plagues, disease, destruction and death, we as a people will rest in the shade of tees, we will drink from the cooling fountains. We will abide in places of refuge from the storm, and mount up as on eagle's wings, we will be lifted out of an insane and evil world. We will be as fair as the sun, and clear as the moon.
The Savior will come and will honor His people. Those who are spared and prepared will be a temple-loving people. They will know Him. They will cry out, "Blessed be the name of Him that cometh in the name of the Lord, thou art my God and I will bless thee, though art my God and I will exalt thee".
Our children will bow down at His feet and worship Him as the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings. They will bathe His feet with their tears, and he will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity, and He will love them. "He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward to dwell with him."
We will do it in these holy, sacred temples. Come, come, oh come up to the temples of the Lord and abide in His presence.