The servants of the last days are called to perform a mighty work. As verse 62 declares the work must accelerate this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall prune my vineyard. The time period spoken of here is today, the dispensation of the fullness of times when the righteous are to call the wicked to repentance. Now behold a marvelous work is about to come forth among the children of men. Therefore, O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before God at the last day (DC 4:1-2). To Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, the Lord said, thou art called to prune my vineyard with a mighty pruning, yea, even for the last time; yea, and also all those whom thou hast ordained (DC 24:29). The Doctrine and Covenants is full of scriptures calling the world to repentance. Say nothing but repentance unto this generation (DC 11:9), and all men must repent and believe on the name of Jesus Christ (DC 20:29), are common themes. This is the message that will bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.
Nephi saw the servants of this dispensation in vision. He said, I beheld the church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers were few…I beheld that the…saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small (1 Nephi 14:12). This is just as it is described by the allegory, the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants; and they were few (v. 70). And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things (1 Nephi 16:29).