refer in this text to 2 Ne. 1:7
“I know, too, that if we will keep the commandments of God—live as he has directed and does now direct, through his prophets—we will continue to have His protecting hand over us. But we must be true to the eternal verities, the great Christian virtues that God has revealed. Then, and only then, will we be safe as a nation and as individuals. God grant that the faithfulness of the Latter-day Saints will provide the balance of power to save this nation in time of crisis.” (Ezra Taft Benson, This Nation Shall Endure, p.145)