Magnificent talk - so hopeful and inspiring to me!
“Ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are yours, and the riches of eternity are yours.” 29
As
young Elder Hinckley came of missionary age in the depths of the 1930s’
depression, the world was in financial crisis, unemployment was raging
at a devastating 35 percent, and few missionaries were going into the
field. Young Gordon, who had finished his bachelor’s degree, was
desperately anxious to attend graduate school and then somehow find a
way to earn a living. His mother had recently passed away; his father
was alone, facing the economic pressures of the day.
In the midst of these concerns, Gordon received a mission call to
England—at the time the most expensive mission in the world, with no
equalization plan as there is today. As he prepared to leave, with all
of these emotions and such potential problems troubling him, his beloved
father, Bryant S. Hinckley, quietly handed him a card on which were
written just five words: “Be not afraid,” it said, “only believe.” 3
We know for certain that if and when everything else in the latter days
is down or dying; if governments, economies, industries, and
institutions crumble; if societies and cultures become a quagmire of
chaos and insecurity, nevertheless, through it all the gospel of Jesus
Christ and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that bears
that gospel to the world will stand triumphant. It will stand undefiled
in God’s hand until the very Son of God Himself comes to rule and reign
as Lord of lords and King of kings. Nothing is more certain in this
world. Nothing is more sure. Nothing could be more of an antidote to
anxiety. As the Prophet Joseph declared, and as a generation of
missionaries quote with fervor: The truth of God will sweep every
country and sound in every ear. No unhallowed hand can stop it from
progressing. 8 Still true.
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