President Joseph Fielding Smith was long known as a profound student of ecclesiastical and secular history. His former positions as president of the Genealogical Society of Utah and as Church Historian made him alert to the significance of history. In addition, his calling as a member of the Council of the Twelve in April 1910 and his service as President of that quorum as well as President of the Church made him an authority on gospel principles.
In The Signs of the Times President Smith has combined the many facets of his full career to provide definitive answers. As teacher, as historian, as scripturalist, President Smith prepared himself through the years to write this book, which reflects his thoughtful and inspired approach. In The Signs of the Times President Smith has given straightforward, encouraging answers to puzzling questions.
What are the signs of the times? Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of the Church, was the best-qualified person to provide authoritative answers to this question—which he does in this compilation, titled significantly enough The Signs of the Times. President Smith in this volume of seven succinct discussions directs the reader in the search for truth that preparation can be made before the time of judgment.
President Smith ends The Signs of the Times with the hopeful conclusion that is the Saints will follow the Lord’s way they will find themselves “…accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
The Signs of the Times is a must for all Latter-day Saint libraries.
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