Watchman, what of the night?

1. Watchman, what of the night? Khinckley1@yahoo.com

2. Powerful BYU Letter to the Editor Energy is a resource that many people take for granted. What people don't realize is that every time you turn on a light switch, you impact much more than you think. Energy use impacts our environment, foreign policy, domestic security and economy. The United States contains only four percent of the world's population and is responsible for more than twenty percent of the world's emission. Action must be taken now. Brigham Young University is an ideal place to start… Through investments in energy efficiency and clean energy resources, we can all "set an example for our community and help to ensure a more suitable future for our children and our grandchildren." I agree and am willing to pay a dollar to see that happen…

3. Captain Moroni Fortifications Ditches Mounds Picketts Towers Men in the Towers!

4. The Watchman O, watchman, what of the night? Dawns not yet the morning light? World, hear the watchman's cry; The perfect day draweth nigh. (Improvement Era, 1901)

5. D&C 1:38 38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.

6. Question: Which “watchman” is more popular: Living ones or dead ones?

7. President Ezra Taft Benson "God's revelations to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark. Noah needed his own revelation. Therefore, the most important prophet, so far as you and I are concerned, is the one living in our day and age to whom the Lord is currently revealing His will for us." (The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, 335)

8. Why Living prophets? Satan’s Tactics in the last days Wicked Righteous …stirred up to anger… [for] at that day shall [Satan] rage in the hearts of the Children of men and stir them up to anger against that which is good (2 Nephi 28: 19,20) And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell. (2 Nephi 28:21)

9. President Kimball We testify to the world that revelation continues and that the vaults and files of the Church contain those revelations which come month to month and day to day. We testify also that there is, since 1830 when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, and will continue to be, so long as time shall last, a prophet, recognized of God and his people, who will continue to interpret the mind and will of the Lord. Expecting the spectacular, one may not be fully alerted to the constant flow of revealed communication. I say, in the deepest of humility, but also by the power and force of a burning testimony in my soul,that from the prophet of the Restoration to the prophet of our own year, the communication line is unbroken, the authority is continuous, a light, brilliant and penetrating, continues to shine. The sound of the voice of the Lord is a continuous melody and a thunderous appeal. For nearly a century and a half there has been no interruption. (Ensign, May 1977, p. 78, emphasis added.)

10. President Hinckley with Mike Wallace Question: . The Mormons, Mr. President, call you a “living Moses,” a prophet who literally communicates with Jesus. How do you do that? Answer:I do it in prayer. Let me say first that there is a tremendous history behind this church, a history of prophecy, a history of revelation, and a backlog of decisions which set the pattern of the Church so that there aren't constant recurring problems that require any special dispensation. But there are occasionally things that arise where the will of the Lord is sought, and in those circumstances I think the best way I could describe the process is to liken it to the experience of Elijah as set forth in First Kings. Elijah spoke to the Lord and there was a wind. And there was a tempest, or an earthquake, and the Lord was not in the earthquake. And there was a fire, and the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire a still, small voice, which I describe as the whisperings of the Spirit. Now let me just say, categorically, that the things of God are understood by the Spirit of God, and one must have and seek and cultivate that Spirit, and there comes understanding that is real. I can give testimony of that. (Dew, Sheri L. Go Forward with Faith, The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley. Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1996, pp. 585-86).

11. From the life of Pres. Kimball The Reverend Norman Vincent Peale took the opportunity to meet the first Presidency. He was struggling with a personal challenge and asked President Kimball to bless him. "You mean you want me to give you a blessing such as I give our people?" Spencer queried. "Yes." Willingly President Kimball and his counselors put their hands on Dr. Peale's head and, as Dr. Peale related: President Kimball in his quiet, sincere, loving manner prayed for me by name and asked the Lord to be near to me and love me and to take care of me and to guide me, and as he talked I began to be very broken up and touched, and then all of a sudden I had a wondrous feeling of the presence and I said to him, "Sir, He is here; I feel His presence." We said goodbye; I walked out into that crisp, sun-kissed morning and ... as I walked along, I suddenly felt the burden lift, and I saw the answer to the difficulty and I felt the victory.

12. Current Revelation from Pres. Hinckley? …I offer a challenge to members of the Church throughout the world and to our friends everywhere to read or reread the Book of Mormon… Without reservation I promise you that if each of you will observe this simple program, regardless of how many times you previously may have read the Book of Mormon, there will come into your lives and into your homes • an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, • a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, • and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God.