Year:1830
Scriptures:
Joel
2:28
28
¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh;
“Now,
my brethren and sisters, I am not going to confine this prophecy
to the members of the Church. The Lord said he would pour out his
Spirit upon all flesh. That does not mean that upon all flesh the
Holy Ghost should be sent, and that they should be participants
in the blessings which those are privileged to receive who have been
baptized and endowed and become members of the Church; but the
Lord would pour out his blessings and his Spirit upon all people and
use them to accomplish his purposes....
“There
has never been a step taken..., in discovery or invention, where the
Spirit of the Lord (that is, the Spirit of which Joel spoke, the
Light of Christ, not the Holy Ghost!) was not the prevailing force,
resting upon the individual, which caused him to make the discovery
or the invention. The world does not understand that, but it is
perfectly clear to me; nor did the Lord always use those who have
faith, nor does he always do so today. He uses such minds as are
pliable and can be turned in certain directions to accomplish his
work, whether they believe in him or not.
“There
have been a great many discoveries. In fact, since the establishment
of the gospel, these discoveries and inventions have been increasing
more rapidly and we have seen more, perhaps... than was seen during
all the years from the days of the revival of learning and
Reformation down to the visitation of Moroni to the Prophet Joseph
Smith.”(Joseph
Fielding Smith, Doctrines
of Salvation, 3
vols. edited by Bruce R. McConkie [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft,
1954-1956]
1:176-179)
Since
the restoration of the church in 1830, the Spirit of God or Light of
Christ has been poured out in great abundance. This has resulted in
the great discoveries and rapid advancement in all fields of science,
technology and intellectual pursuits including our current
information age.
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