Marion G. Romney
"The Lord sent many prophets to the Jaredites, who ’…prophesied of the destruction of that great people except they should repent…’ (Ether 11:1.)
"As the end approached, Ether, ’…did cry from the morning even until the going down of the sun, exhorting the people to believe in God unto repentance lest they should be destroyed,…’ (Ibid., 12:3.)
"The prophets were rejected and the Jaredite nation perished.
"…We today are at the crossroads of another cycle in the universal pattern, a cycle fraught with everlasting consequences. Whether it shall close in the light or in the shadow is for us to determine. The ominous signs are upon us, and the issues are crystal clear.
"Our whole world is in confusion. The wisdom of our wise men has proved inadequate to stay the rising crisis. With the means to unleash universal destruction in the hands of evil men, fear and apprehension ride with every breeze. In the past, situations similar to ours have generally terminated in destruction. It would seem that the judgments of God are about to be once more poured out upon the nations.
“The world situation being as it is, I feel impelled to emphasize the fact that, as already pointed out with respect to similar situations in the past, the Lord saw this one coming, and, in harmony with his universal pattern, sounded the warning and prescribed the means of escape. For although the pattern is universal so that the lesson may be clearly drawn from history, the Lord always warns the people of a new dispensation through prophets raised up unto them in their own day.” (Conference Report, Apr. 1958, p. 128)