When you were conversing about “the people of the land” desiring to help (Ezra 4:2), you quoted Orson F. Whitney saying ” The Lord need such men outside the church….” Where might I find that complete statement? I have seen that principle in my own life and have thanked those non-members who I felt taught principles of the gospel to those who would not hear my words, because of my membership.
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Randall,
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The Lord needs such men on the outside of his Church, to help it along. They are among its auxiliaries, and can do more good for the cause where the Lord has placed them, than anywhere else. And the same is true of the priesthood and its auxiliaries inside the Church. Hence, some are drawn into the fold and receive a testimony of the Truth; while others remain unconverted—for the present; the beauties and glories of the gospel being veiled temporarily from their view, for a wise purpose. The Lord will open their eyes in his own due time. God is using more than one people for the accomplishment of his great and marvelous work. The Latter-day Saints cannot do it all. It is too vast, too arduous, for any one people (Orson F. Whitney, CR Apr. 1928, 59; See also Ensign, July 1972, 59).
When you were conversing about “the people of the land” desiring to help (Ezra 4:2), you quoted Orson F. Whitney saying ” The Lord need such men outside the church….” Where might I find that complete statement? I have seen that principle in my own life and have thanked those non-members who I felt taught principles of the gospel to those who would not hear my words, because of my membership.
Randall,
Thanks for listening to the podcast!
The Lord needs such men on the outside of his Church, to help it along. They are among its auxiliaries, and can do more good for the cause where the Lord has placed them, than anywhere else. And the same is true of the priesthood and its auxiliaries inside the Church. Hence, some are drawn into the fold and receive a testimony of the Truth; while others remain unconverted—for the present; the beauties and glories of the gospel being veiled temporarily from their view, for a wise purpose. The Lord will open their eyes in his own due time. God is using more than one people for the accomplishment of his great and marvelous work. The Latter-day Saints cannot do it all. It is too vast, too arduous, for any one people (Orson F. Whitney, CR Apr. 1928, 59; See also Ensign, July 1972, 59).