Nephi's warning against teaching that "all is well in Zion" evidently refers to a situation in which people say everything is well when actually it is not. Concerning such a condition, President Wilford Woodruff has warned:
Can we fold our arms in peace and cry "all is peace in Zion," when, so far as we have the power of the priesthood resting upon us, we can see the condition of the world? Can we imagine that our garments will be clean without lifting our voice before our fellowmen and warning them of the things that are at their doors? No, we cannot. There never was a set of men since God made the world under a stronger responsibility to warn this generation, to lift up our voices long and loud, day and night so far as we have the opportunity and declare the words of God unto this generation. We are required to do this. This is our calling. It is our duty. It is our business. (Journal of Discourses, 21:122.)