And more blessed are you because you are called to preach my gosepl -
To lift up your voice as with the sound of a trump, both long and loud, and cry repentance unto a crooked and perverse generation, preparing the way of the Lord for his second coming.For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, the time is soon at hand that I shall come in a cloud with power and great glory. - D&C 34:5-7
"There is an urgency in this day for us to prepare for the coming of the Lord," Elder Marvin J. Ashton of the Quorum of the Twelve said at the April 1973 general conference. "For you who have heeded the warning and continue in your preparations to accumulate the oil of righteousness in your lamps, great blessings are yours.
". . . I pray our Heavenly Father to daily assist us in our preparations that we may accumulate the oil of spirituality drop by drop, thought by thought, and act by act as we walk forward. The signs are available to us if we will but look. Thanks to the mercy and kindness of God, we can say, `Spiritual Fuel Available - No Rationing - No Stamps - No Quotas - Come and Prepare.' "
