The Lesson in Natural Calamities by President Joseph F. Smith

The Lesson in Natural Calamities By President Joseph F. Smith Improvement Era 9, June 1906, p. 651-54 Quite interesting, if not faith-promoting, are the comments of the religious papers of the country, on the great disaster that befell San Francisco. Many hold that cataclysms of the kind are not divine visitations intended to remind the people of their sins, or call them to repentance. One paper is quoted as saying, “Such a calamity has no connection with human sin, but is cosmic in its origin.”... ...more

The Signs of the Lord's Coming by President Joseph Fielding Smith

The Signs of the Lord’s Coming by President Joseph Fielding Smith Counselor in the First Presidency and President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles General Conference, April 1966 My dear brethren and sisters, I am very thankful to be here with You at this, the 136th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I pray that I shall say something that will be for the upbuilding of the kingdom of our Father and for the benefit of those who are listening.... ...more