Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, 87, dies - Church News If dogged and grim, you besiege and beset it, youll get it! VAUGHN J. FEATHERSTONE-The Man of Christ - IMDb 18. I wanted to tell you that little incident just to give you some background about the kind of man Douglas Snarr is. I went home, and for the first time in my life I got down on my knees and started asking God for something. Ali Hafid was rich. We are all going to be subjected to these things, but we can live the kind of lives that would draw us close to the Savior and help us to be the kind of people we ought to beonce we make the decision to do it. 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. A bishop from a ward in a distant city came to see me one day and said, Weve got a woman in our ward who would like to be excommunicated., I said, All right. He said, Your name is Douglas Snarr. I havent been through that kind of a test. It is totally wrong, and I cant imagine that they couldnt see that themselves. You know, there are those few people who just seem to lift right up to the top, above everyone else, and you think, If only I had their talent. The Vaughn J. Featherstone Letter About the Second Coming Here are all of you wonderful young people at BYUall getting the thing that Ive longed for and hungered for. He was poor because he was discontented, and he was discontented because he felt and feared that he was poor. What I am trying to do is help you to realize that you have your own acres of diamonds. On April 6, 1983, Elder Featherstone drafted aletter addressed to twenty-first century members of the Church. I am satisfied with it. What the artist had just discovered was that, if he was satisfied with the picture, he didnt know how to improve. Over at church I am somebody. Mother would come to me, hand me a list, and say, Vaughn, would you take this up to the store? This is a great life, and it is a marvelous time to live. Resolved: Release in which this issue/RFE has been resolved. What if it isnt for five years and nine months? If anyone were to ask me the day and the hour of the Second Coming, Icould only answer that Ido not know. He just cannot believe that anyone cant succeed if he wants to succeed. 14. You swim and you swim farther, and you finally get there, but he always pulls it away. I think if youll be a trainer of people, or a teacher, or a philosopher, you need to plant the sweet smell of success in the nostrils of those you would inspire. He had had BYU and Utah State University and the University of Utah check it out. GordonB.Hinckley, We Need Not Fear His Coming, BYU Devotional, March 25, 1979. So I expected that his promises would take place. 2. Im telling you because I hope that in some small way you will get the message that Im going to leave with you in this story. Theyll laugh me to scorn over at church. And so I decided I wouldnt wear them, and I wouldnt go to church. Vaughn J. Featherstone's - Interpreter Foundation "Forgive Them, I Pray Thee" - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter But while neither Inor any other man knows when He will come, there are some things that Ido know and that knowledge comes from the scriptures, and the testimony of its truth comes by the power of the Holy Ghost. Elder McConkie did not say he knew who it was, he actually said We know that an angel came from the courts of glory to strengthen him in his ordeal, and we suppose it was mighty Michael, who foremost fell that mortal man might be. In other words Elder McConkie doesnt know either, he supposes it was but not 100% certain. Monday nights were reserved for family night, and Friday nights were exclusively for Sister Featherstone. After his senior year, he had earned enough money in that business to come to BYU. BYU Speeches He said that after working in Church Correlation for a time, that Elder Featherstone indicated that if he had had that experience earlier in his general authority ministry that he would have been more careful and cautious and circumspect in his doctrinal teachings to the Church. They were a pair of womens nurses shoes. He has been a general authority of the church since 1972. Then he said, Id like to give you a blessing also. I didnt ask for the blessing; he just volunteered it. Re: The Masturbation ScrollBy Vaughn J. FeatherstoneOldie But There is enough water in it to prime the pump, but not if you drink some first. green tea face mask for glowing skin. Under the white rock I buried a bottle of waterout of the sun and cork end up. He heard a friend bear testimony of the truth of the gospel, and Elder Featherstone could tell that this friend really knew what he was saying. Youll git water; the well has never run dry. 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. When I went back East, I found the school, went in, and was met by a seventy-four-year-old, white-haired man. 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In the gospel, as we gain a great deal of light, we can then judge good and evil. Then the pressure got more intense. As he pulled it out, he noticed that it caught all the different hues of the rainbow, so he took it in the house and set it on his mantel. We cant add one featherweight of burden to our mothers heart. And so wed go to bed hungry. A short time after that I went one day to see my sweet mother. I turned to the man and said, Youre no good! Then I turned and left. Nobody was there. I guess I could share with you a personal story. Vaughn J. Featherstone - Bibliography - List of Talks Talks by Vaughn J. Featherstone Show Timeline Presiding Bishopric - 2nd Counselor (6 Apr 1972 - 1 Oct 1976) 6 Apr 1972 A Challenge to the Priesthood General Conference 7 Oct 1972 The Sure Word of God General Conference 6 Apr 1973 "Now Abideth Faith, Hope, and Charity" General Conference Jun 1973 I dashed over to church half an hour early, and it worked. Vaughn J. Featherstone (March 26, 1931 - May 12, 2018) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 until his death. Then the policeman said to the driver, We will report this to your company and take appropriate action., The bus driver started to cry. He tried to cause an accident. He reached down into the water and pulled a huge stone out. That whole meeting just seemed to stop and wait until I moved, so I had to move. My wife is expecting. Ibelieve when the Lord says no man knows, it really means[Page 317]that no man knows. You will always find diamonds.. Although Ido not know the time, Ilook forward to the Lords coming.26. 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. M.RussellBallard, When Shall These Things Be? BYU Devotional, March 12, 1996. I want to tell you I was terrified. My older brother was the only one at the wedding from our side of the family. 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. BYU Speeches His idea kind of wraps up what Doug said about his experience: You see, Im a stutterer, and Ive spent twenty-five years of my life doing a pretty good job of it. I know this speech is on TV and will be on tape, and I thought about this at the time I prepared what I would say. Could it possibly be civilized to love myself above all? Then Doug climbed into the back of the taxi, and the black driver turned aroundtears streaming down his cheeksand said, Thats the first time in my life that anyone has ever stuck up for me.. 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. I was saying something, and it was coming out! vaughn j featherstone excommunicated 21 relations. [FairMormon has received several questions about this recently, so we were pleased to see Interpreter publish this essay by Christopher J. Blythe. He tells of being in Baghdad and hiring an old Arab guide. Vaughn J. Featherstone's Atlanta Temple Letter | Meridian Magazine And then it went rolling off through the universe. I surely dont know as much as all those people in that other class. Id have given anything, but they still wouldnt come. Vaughn J Featherstone God Spiritual Religious "It is not difficult to understand why the great God of heaven has reserved these special spirits for the final work of the kingdom prior to his millennial reign.. 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. I didnt know what baptism was, but I wanted that little box checked off. Then I said, My-name-is-Doug-Snarr. Can you begin to understand how I feel about her? 218 University Press Building 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. I think its mentioned in Dr. Carlton Maltzs bookThe Power of Self-Image Psychology. . Were really excited about it.) You have a great deal to offer. But I promise you, as surely as God is in heaven, that those promises made by righteous priesthood bearers will take place in your life. If in my limited way I could see all that she had gone through and feel all that she had suffered enough, God would know much more than I ever could what suffering she should go through, the depth of it, and then at the right time he would not withhold those blessings from her. 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. If only the desire of it makes your aim strong enough never to tire of it; He loved the youth and especially loved Scouting; he stayed physically active throughout his life and was even a qualified professional river rafting guide. He stood up, put his arm out, and then he put it down. A newspaper reporter covering the incident wanted to put it in the newspaper in a certain way, and so he simply had a little article there that said, Yesterday at Donald Grahams funeral, Blackey McGregor, one of the pallbearers, slipped into the open grave, fracturing a limb, bringing a gloom over the whole occasion. I hope we wont do that tonight. Featherstone spoke on the importance of temple attendance in the last dispensation, when "Satan has unleashed every evil." He was also quoted as saying, "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. He said he had never seen or heard of it. He grew up in a home with an abusive alcoholic father. If it does not, it is not. Description. Millennial Reign, 7 Year Tribulation in the SEVENTH Seal TIMELINE, YouTube video, 54:00, March 12, 2020. He wanted to be baptized, and his mother was supportive. 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. 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 want to be excommunicated from the Church., When I heard this sweet soul tell me that story, I want to tell you I sat there and wept with her. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming providers. Somebody else said, Nighttime demands from the overburdened soul the things that daylight denies.. Vaughn J. Featherstone - Unionpedia, the concept map So I had decided I would pay for the course myself. This generation will face trials and troubles that will exceed those of their pioneer forebears. Several years ago, a man by the name of Russell Conwell wrote a great book,Acres of Diamonds, taken from his lectures. When I was eighteen my mother died, and I had four younger brothers and sisters. Do you know what its like to have someone throw a lifebuoy out to you if youre drowning in the middle of the ocean? Finally they even operated a little bit, did some plastic surgery, and may have taken a hump out of a place or two. Yes, I love them. By God, Excalibur, I shall be a King! I didnt ask for the blessing; he volunteered it and gave it to me. When you git watered up, fill the bottle and put it back like you found it for the next feller. I have heard very intelligent peoplepeople who hold temple recommends, but who have been involved in serious errorsay, Is that really wrong? There isnt any question about it. I hadnt worn them all my life, so they changed my appearance a little bit. I went downstairs, and the teacher had us sit in a big half-circle. Emmawas born on October 18 1909, in Mammoth, Juab, 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.. 12. Ican see in my mind[]s eye great hosts of converts to exceed amillion members in the South. Ask Mr. Parsons, the neighborhood grocer, if we could charge these groceries, and tell him we dont have any food. He answered, Well, were only taking one per year per ward. I guess we had fifteen or eighteen boys of mission age, and I couldnt afford to go. 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. I told a group of Aaronic Priesthood holders out in the congregation tonight, if they are pure in heart, they may . In the 1990s, adifferent statement from Elder Featherstone began to circulate. M.RussellBallard made asimilar comment in his own BrighamYoung University devotional on March 12, 1996. Featherstones reasons were likely similar to those Montemayor offers in his video. He came to a class, a very large class, and sat in the middle of the back row, where surely no one would call him to answer questions or do anything. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. There was that terrible attraction over at church. I am very pleased to be with you tonight. So I asked if I could be baptized. In one of his General Conference talks (I think one of his first) Elder Featherstone indicates that he did receive a powerful spiritual experience regarding 3 Nephi 11, and that he was an independent witness that the events therein described were true. Tomorrow, you pack your things and come and live with us the whole time you are in Chicago., A short time later, this family took me on a trip down to southern Illinois. They raised six children together, five sons and one daughter. I cant tell you what it means to me to be on the Saviors team in this very critical day. While he was growing up, his parents were divorced and his mother was left to provide and care for eight children. He retreated to a lonely room where he did some great mental struggling within himself. Featherstone then turns his attention to the future growth of the Church in the American South. Did they ask for this calamity? Finally the judges chose the girl that everybody agreed was the ugliest girl in America. I am going to tell you something I would rather not tell yousomething Ive told just a few people, a select group. 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 views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of FAIR, its officers, directors or supporters. Youve put a time limit on the Lord. I hope you feel about that story the way I am trying to convey it to you. I can spot any bird that flies, and I can tell you what it is, and I can tell you what color it is. Do you drink the bottle of water youve got in your hand, or do you pour it over the sucker washer to see if maybe this once the well did run dry? It shines through and makes him beautiful from within and without. Collected copies of the white horse prophecy, circa 19021970, Church History Library. Of course they saw those nurses shoes that I had to wear to church. 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. From finding the right means to fund your innovative business idea to expanding a family-run business, from grabbing the keys to your dream car to securing your property for your life's biggest project yet - you've always wished to live life to the fullest. 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. Elder Maxwell doesnt know either. Elder Featherstone also wrote many books, particularly for youth of the Church, about gospel topics for which he felt strongly. He later joined the staff of another fast-growing supermarket chain, which would take him to various executive positions in Utah, Idaho, and California. Ibelieve we are on the very threshold of great trials. 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. My father was a great man when he was sober. In 1993, an institute director contacted Elder Featherstone to confirm that this was agenuine statement. When I arrived, I rang the doorbell, and a man came to the door with his little girl right behind him. vaughn j featherstone excommunicated - firmenchroniker.de So I voluntarily lengthened my skirts. That you want; I have seen her stand there from four-thirty to six-thirty, nine-thirty, and ten-thirty at night. Prime the pump with it, and youll git all you can hold. He gave the whole talk without moving his arm. This fellow was just a little incensed at this, and so he got out of his car, walked back to the Volkswagen and said, I dont take that kind of guff out of nobody. The door opened, and the other fellow started getting out, and he kept getting out and kept getting out, and when he was all the way out he was six feet five inches and 240 pounds. I didnt think the Lord would be pleased with my working, and we really didnt need both incomes, so I stopped working. Thanks. I was heartsick. We dont know what we can really do for you, Doug, but I will tell you this: we can teach you how to live with the problem.. Did Elder Featherstone believe he had apersonal revelation on the timing of the Second Coming? As a giant tide came in between the Pillars of Hercules, unable to resist the terrible temptation, he threw himself into the incoming tide and sank beneath the crestnever to rise again in this life. MS22631. Maybe their shoulders are slumped instead of squaredI dont know. And Iwould humbly suggest to you, my young brothers and sisters, that if we do not know, then nobody knows, no matter how compelling their arguments or how reasonable their calculations. So I think we ought to stop worrying and being concerned about those things. She has since joined and been through the temple, but then she wasnt even a member of the Church. You just reported in, but you didnt dare ask for anything. The driver, who was black, pulled in beside a bus. I have first-hand knowledge of a recent Mission President who excommunicated relatively soon after returning home. Vaughn J. Featherstone was second counselor of the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when this fireside address was given at Brigham Young University on 3 February 1974. I think youre getting the message. It has been cross-posted with permission. Ive-prayed-and-God-has-sent-me-to-you., The little girl went running to her mother and said, Mother, come quick. Sexuality has a prominent role within the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which teaches that gender is defined in the premortal existence, and that part of the purpose of mortal life is for men and women to be sealed together, forming bonds that allow them to progress eternally together in the afterlife. 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.
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