When he got into the new class, he said to his teacher, Well, what is a moron?, His teacher said, Well, Timmy, I guess a moron is someone who doesnt know quite as much about something as someone else., He said, Oh, Im in the right place then. Timmy said, You know, Ive only been in your class just a little while, and you already know more about me than that other teacher did all year. I tried to compensate by buying books, and I have thousandsI dont know how many books. I had a good job, but I had this serious health problem. 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. And so this sweet fellow said, All right, Ill speak at your sacrament meeting. The whole night before his talk, Doug hardly slept at all. 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. vaughn j featherstone excommunicated. These things havent happened, so you expect them now. I think thats a great concept: others must be able to see some vision out ahead. I could tell you about some great men who have had that kind of impact and influence on my life. Anyway, this little gal came in, looked at me, and said, Is that you? I wanted to pray, but the words wouldnt come. A Wise and Understanding Heart. He said, This story I save for my particular friends. Then he told me this story: In ancient Persia there was a man by the name of Ali Hafid who owned orchards, gardens, and fields of grain. He decided he would try to find a speech correction school. 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. 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? 28. Enslen, To Any Who May Be Interested.. When I was your age I had a problem very similar to yours. 27. As he read, he felt as though he were present in the ancient Americas for the events taking place. It really does come forth when you start serving people. But the most important thing is the inner beauty that starts to shine forth. But finally the facts were out, and he knew they were true. 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. He just cannot believe that anyone cant succeed if he wants to succeed. He was 87. Under the white rock I buried a bottle of waterout of the sun and cork end up. After his senior year, he had earned enough money in that business to come to BYU. There is no reason we need to fail. ], Abstract:In this essay, Iexamine aletter written by Elder VaughnJ. Featherstone in 1983 and deposited in the cornerstone of the Atlanta Georgia Temple. So I think we ought to stop worrying and being concerned about those things. Youll git water; the well has never run dry. BYU Speeches If the problem persists, copy the info under View Details and paste it into the Feedback form opened from the side of the screen. The fact is that the whole thing is afabrication. I think its mentioned in Dr. Carlton Maltzs bookThe Power of Self-Image Psychology. Why are you weeping? Could it possibly be civilized to destroy what I love? VaughnJ.Featherstone, To My Beloved Fellow Saints in the Twenty-First Century, (letter, April 6, 1983). Possibly you have seen many of his billboards. As he did, he saw something glistening in the sand. Could this be interpreted to mean that such aperiod will elapse after the commencement of the seventh thousand-year period and before the outpouring of the woes about to be named?25This is important to the timing suggested by Masayoshi Montemayor as well. VaughnJ.Featherstone, Holiness to the Lord, Nick Literskis Latter-day Saint Temple Homepage. Enslen had only acquired this letter the week previous.9However, Enslen, who was serving in an Alabama stake presidency in 1983, recalled that he had heard Featherstone read this letter at ameeting in Alabama ashort time after the letters date.10We have no way of knowing whether Featherstone shared his letter with other general authorities, but its inclusion in the Church History Library does not imply it came with any official approval. While he was growing up, his parents were divorced and his mother was left to provide and care for eight children. She lived on a knoll in a beautiful colonial home. You must simply trust in him as Job did. [Author unknown]. I told some seminary students the other day about an experience I had after getting glasses. This powerful document predicts the millennial ministry of the Savior and the future success of the Saints missionary labors in the American South. 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 I demand a mans vengeance! However, in other instances, he points to obscure sources, including an April1983 letter written by Seventy VaughnJ.Featherstone. 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. Another who served in Little Rock, Arkansas, recalls discussing portions of the letter involving baptisms in the Southern states all throughout my mission from 20002002. The mission even had asong that included averse stating, Amillion will join us! By Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone Of the First Quorum of the Seventy My beloved brothers and sisters, it has been my privilege through the past years as a stake president, a mission president, and a General Authority to serve as a common judge in modern Israel. The Savior said that of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only (Matthew24:36). by Vaughn J Featherstone . [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 she needed braces, I guess they did this. If it does not, it is not. It shines through and makes him beautiful from within and without. 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. If gladly youll sweat for it, fret for it, plan for it, I guess quite a few people sent in snapshots of what they thought were the ugliest girls in America, and there was a big promotion. Many things cant be changed, and we have to live with them. 2. We started speaking slowly, but then we picked up pace. My older brother was the only one at the wedding from our side of the family. 20. I didnt hear a word of the lesson. Doug ran around to the door and saw it was locked. There is enough water in it to prime the pump, but not if you drink some first. 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. 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). 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. So they went out and dug in the sands nearby, and with almost every shovelful of sand, they turned up more diamonds. 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. Eventually, she and his siblings were baptized as well. He didnt sleep all that night, and when the morning came, he arose early and went over to the Buddhist priests home and said to him, I must find a diamond mine. He loved the youth and especially loved Scouting; he stayed physically active throughout his life and was even a qualified professional river rafting guide. In 1978, adocument circulating among the Saints alleged that Elder Hinckley had revealed to missionaries serving in South Africa that the Second Coming would occur on April6[Page 316]and would be on aSunday. The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. So why would Featherstone have believed the Second Coming was scheduled for the early twenty-first century if it had not come to him by an independent revelation? So I expected that his promises would take place. But I just sat there. I would run over there very early and sit down close to the front before anybody got there. I am nobody. The competition is so keen here at BYU. His name is Douglas Snarr. 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. If you only knew some of the great people of the earth and what they have accomplished. So the fellow behind him shouted out the window, Move the trash can, pilgrim!. I had lunch this past Tuesday with a man I admire very much. With a camel train they went down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. lauren conrad and stephen colletti /; 2. 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. The light turned green, but the fellow was preoccupied and didnt notice it. A man would become mighty, and a woman powerful. If we have that kind of attitude it doesnt matter what we go through, our reward is certain in the next life. Later on my mother and father were divorced. Help me to say the right thing today. After she had finished, I said, You know, I really dont think you want to be excommunicated. We appreciated your talkand so forth. It would be deposited in atime capsule at the dedication of the Atlanta Georgia Temple presumably, like other Church time capsules, to be opened fifty years later. This letter serves as Montemayors final piece of evidence for an imminent second coming. Pray with all your strength for it; The woman I was talking to said, You know, Doug, youve got a great story to tell. I was watching everybody to see if anyone was looking at me. You may feel like what we talked about earlier, or you may have a physical ailment of some kind that causes you not to be all that you think you ought to be. Iwould suggest the most likely explanation for Elder Featherstones assumption that the twenty-first century readers of his letter would have lived through the Second Coming was that he shared the belief of Elder McConkie and Elder Lund that the seventh seal would open in 2000 CE and that it would not be much longer before the Second Coming occurred. This is a great life, and it is a marvelous time to live. He was so overcome by the Spirit that when he finished the book, he recalls, All I could do was kneel down and thank the Lord for my testimony, because then I knew the gospel was true.. Featherstone was born in Stockton, Tooele County, Utah. 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.. I wanted to tell you that little incident just to give you some background about the kind of man Douglas Snarr is. Amen. 6. I am very pleased to be with you tonight. The letter is addressed to twenty-first century members of the Church and is written with the expectation that these future Saints will have been alive for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The bus driver looked down, saw this black driver, and started trying to force him off the road. 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. Ican see in my mind[]s eye great hosts of converts to exceed amillion members in the South. Is there any doubt of their devotion . He reached in, grabbed the bus driver, and started pulling him down. Then the pressure got more intense. Is that really you? Based on aFebruary2001 devotional at BrighamYoung University, it appears that Featherstone remained convinced that the Second Coming would be in our present lifetimes. She asked, Bishop Featherstone, before I leave, would you please give me a blessing? And so I gave her a blessing, and she left. 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. This letter is included in the same collection as the VaughnJ.Featherstone letter. 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. I thought, Ill put my feet back under the pew so no one can see them, and then Ill wait till everyone leaves. We paid our tithing all those years. Ive done that more times than I can tell youembarrassed, bitterly embarrassed, every single time. We didnt say anything for ten days. Lord Byron Buckingham said, Make my heart like transparent crystals so that others may look into my heart and see the foulest deed my heart does hold. When I am in the presence of the Brethren I feel as if they can see inside of me anyway, and so theres nothing to hide. Vaughn J. Featherstone graduated from South High School in Salt Lake City in 1949. Failure can be overcome, but a failure can suck the lifeblood from a persons ego and leave him useless to himself, his family, and his company., The woods are filled with losers, and they have a hundred different excuses why they lose, but Im not interested in talking to you at all about that today. They werent the best shoes. 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. When I went to church I would sit with both feet flat on the floor; I didnt want to raise one leg and have someone see Quaker Oats across the bottom of my shoe. Id ten times rather be stripped of all of my limbs than have that happen to me. Arent you satisfied with it?, The artist replied, That is the problem. Do you know what its like to have someone throw a lifebuoy out to you if youre drowning in the middle of the ocean? I sent him a copy of it I had found online somewhere. At the end of the ten days, they taught me to move my arm back and forth slowly while saying, My name is Doug Snarr. I want to tell you what that was to be able to speak! Abstract: In this essay, I examine a letter written by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone in 1983 and deposited in the cornerstone of the Atlanta Georgia Temple. When I went back East, I found the school, went in, and was met by a seventy-four-year-old, white-haired man. She answered, No, I really dont. The tears came a little faster then, and I wanted to say, Would you like me to give you a blessing? but I dared not do it. 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. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.. She was absolutely a beautiful person. The year 1986 could be the one were looking for. In a1979 devotional at BrighamYoung University, Elder Hinckley addressed this rumor and had this to say: Iassume that no one in the Church would think that amember of the Council of the Twelve would make such statements as these attributed to me. He was often open about these beliefs in away in which others might have been more cautious. In fact, these include documents critical of the Church and others that have been repudiated by Church leaders. What if a short time later your health comes? This is Douglas Snarrs business. 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. I also recall an incident that ties into the subject Id like to lead into in a minute. Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone felt the blessings of the gospel deeply in his own life and dedicated himself to sharing those blessings with everyone around him. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. During that time I learned a great many tricks to avoid speaking. I believe that all of us will find in our lives that some of our obstacles turn into advantages and great blessings. 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 was looking all the time. 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. I remember the story of a famous artist who painted a beautiful portrait. All those years that I took care of and supported my brothers and sisters, I had a health problem. And a civilized king. Finally the professor got up, came over and stood by me, put his arm around me, and said, I will give the prayer. And he gave the prayer. When I was 19 1/2, I went to the bishop and asked, Bishop, can I go on a mission?. Also see "Answering Gospel Questions." We promise to pay back every penny when we get some money. Each of my shoes felt two feet in diameter. The priest said, This is where we got our mountains and hills and our valleys and our deep gorges. jaime jaquez injury . vermont temporary registration out of state Top Bar. His teacher said, Well, my goodness, Timmy, youre a genius!, A genius is someone who knows a great deal about one thing.. Ibelieve we are on the very threshold of great trials. Featherstone then turns his attention to the future growth of the Church in the American South. Featherstone graduated from South High in Salt Lake City in 1949. As soon as I did, he started into a story. I watched, but, do you know, not one of those eight-and nine-year-old children in that class laughed at me. On April 6, 1983, Elder Featherstone drafted aletter addressed to twenty-first century members of the Church. He was granted emeritus status in 2001, and was called to be the president of the Logan Utah Temple from 2002 to 2005. Monday nights were reserved for family night, and Friday nights were exclusively for Sister Featherstone. But I have found the great majority of his addresses and teachings precious and filled with truth. 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! Maybe their noses are bigger, or maybe their ears are a little bigger. To give up your peace and your sleep and your time for it; Proposition[and I feel this way about my sons]: If I could choose from every man who breathes on this earth a man for my brother and a man for my son, a man for my friend, they would all be Lance. Finally, instead of acting as if I werent listening, Conwell said, Id act as if I were listening and then just turn him off. 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. But as we start doing the things which cause the Spirit to withdraw from us, then we lose our ability to judge. Strength and sagacity; faith, hope, and confidence, stern pertinacity; What if it isnt for five years and nine months? vaughn j featherstone excommunicated. Go ahead.6Montemayor also states that the copy he cites comes from Church headquarters.7In ablurb below the video, he states that the letter is found on the church website. When it was finally over I dashed home, went in the house and thought to myself, Thank goodness nobody saw them. How ridiculous! Id get to the store and go in and walk around the aisles trying to avoid Mr. Parsons, who by the way (I didnt know at the time) was a high priest in our ward. I got up and just followed the class downstairs. I have seen her stand there from four-thirty to six-thirty, nine-thirty, and ten-thirty at night. I think I learned the greatest lesson I have ever learned in my life that day. We were talking for just a few minutes with each oneThanks for coming. For while God gives them skill, I give them instruments to play upon, God choosing me to help him.
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