“But There Were More Than a Thousand Brought to the Knowledge of the Truth”

“I have seen, at close range, the manner in which the Lord has turned disasters—war, occupation, and revolution—into blessings.” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 168)

“How extensive the present European war will be we do not know… . The wars that are now taking place will have a tendency, in some measure, to open the way for the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ to go and establish the Church and kingdom of God among those nations.” (Masterful Discourses of Orson Pratt, p. 141)

[referring to the Vietnam War] “Notwithstanding the evil and the tragedy, I see a silver thread shining through the dark and bloody tapestry of conflict. I see the finger of the Lord plucking some good from the evil designs of the adversary. I see coming out of this conflict, as I have witnessed in other conflicts in Asia, an enlargement of the Lord’s program.” (Gordon B. Hinckley, Conference Report, Apr. 1968, p.21)