“When I contemplate the rapidity with which the great and glorious day of the coming of the Son of Man advances, when He shall come to receive His Saints unto Himself, where they shall dwell in His presence, and be crowned with glory and immortality; when I consider that soon the heavens are to be shaken, and the earth tremble and reel to and fro; and that the heavens are to be unfolded as a scroll when it is rolled up; and that every mountain and island are to flee away, I cry out in my heart, What manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness!
“Kapag naiisip ko ang mabilis na pagdating ng dakila at kakilakilabot na araw ng Anak ng Tao, kung kailan paparito Siya upang tanggapin ang Kanyang mga Banal sa Kanyang Sarili, kung saan sila ay mananahang kasama Niya, at mapuputungan ng kaluwalhatian at kawalang-kamatayan; kapag naiisip ko na malapit nang panginigin ang kalangitan, at payanigin at ugain ang lupa; at mahawi ang tabing ng kalangitan na parang nakalulong papel na iniladlad; at mangawala ang bawat bundok at pulo, ay nagsumigaw ang puso ko, Ano ngang anyo ng mga pagkatao ang nararapat sa [atin] sa banal na pamumuhay at pagkamaawain!LDS LDS