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Much of the major
growth that is coming to the Church in
the last days will come because many of the
good women of the world, in whom there is often such an
inner sense of spirituality, will be drawn to the
Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree
that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and
articulateness in their lives and to the degree that
the women of the Church are seen as distinct and
different in happy ways from the women of the world. My dear sisters, you who
are our vital associates during this winding-up scene. The day that President
Kimball foresaw is today. You are the women he foresaw. Your virtue, light, love,
knowledge, courage, character, faith, and righteous
lives will draw good women of the world along
with their families to the Church in
unprecedented numbers. We need your strength, your
conversion, your conviction, your ability to lead, your
wisdom, and your voices. The kingdom of God is not and
cannot be complete without women who make sacred
covenants and then keep them, women who can speak with the
power and authority of God. Whatever you're calling,
whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your
insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak
up and speak out in ward and stake councils. We need each married
sister to speak as a contributing
and full partner as you unite with your husband
in governing your family. Married or single,
you sisters possess distinctive capabilities
and special intuition you have received
as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate
your unique influence. We know that the culminating
act of all creation was the creation of woman. We need your strength. I thank you, my dear
sisters, and bless you to rise to
your full stature, to fulfill the measure
of your creation as we walk arm in arm
in this sacred work. Together, we will help prepare
the world for the Second Coming of the Lord. Of this I testify,
as your brother, in the name of
Jesus Christ, amen.