“Youth of Zion, do you realize you are living in the days of the fulfillment of these signs and wonders? You are among those who will see many of these prophecies fulfilled. Just as certain as was the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem and the scattering of the Jews, so shall these words of the Savior be certain to your generation … You will live in the midst of economic, political and spiritual instability. When you see these signs — unmistakable evidences that His coming is nigh — be not troubled, but ‘stand … in holy places …’ These holy places consist of our temples, our chapels, our homes and the stakes of Zion, which are as the Lord declares, ‘for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from the wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth’ … We have every confidence that you, ‘the rising generation,’ will not falter. I repeat: You were valiant spirits reserved for this exceptional time. You have but one choice: To rise to the task of history’s most significant hour!”

Ezra Taft Benson – 16 September 1980, “Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord” (Rexburg, Idaho: The Devotional Assembly, Ricks College, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980).