Just recently, in the October 2013 General Conference, President Thomas S. Monson declared, "The holy scriptures contain no proclamation more relevant, no responsibility more binding, no instruction more direct than the injunction given by the resurrected Lord as He appeared in Galilee to the eleven disciples. Said He, 'Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.' The Prophet Joseph Smith declared, 'After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel.' Some of you here today will yet remember the words of President David O. McKay who phrased the familiar 'Every member a missionary!'
To their words I add my own. Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together, to work together, to labor in the Lord's vineyard to bring souls unto Him. He has prepared the means for us to share the gospel in a multitude of ways, and He will assist us in our labor if we will act in faith to fulfill His work."
"Now is the time," he said. Now is the time. May we all do what we can to assist the missionaries in their great efforts so that David O. McKay's vision of every member a missionary can be realized.
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