PROPHETIC WORDS FROM DAVID O. MCKAY FROM A FB FRIEND

Just wow....

In 1944 David I'm McKay gave a conference talk, "Will Nations Avert a World War III?" From this talk:
"Approximately only a quarter of a century ago, the world listened to the clanging of arms of nations fighting in a worldwide war that was supposed to end war forever. Up to that time it was the bloodiest war in history.
"Again, misguided leaders of nations, worshiping the god of materialism, have brought on World War II, and unless the nations avoid the evil things which caused this war, there will be a World War III even more destructive, more terrible than the present murderous conflict. Like causes produce like effects.
"Now, while the trying exigencies of war are wringing our hearts, it would seem the part of wisdom for men to examine some of the basic causes that produce armed conflict with the view of avoiding them in the future."
He then lists these basic causes:
- development of brutal instincts
- the collapse of humanitarian principles and their replacement with avarice, selfishness, and wickedness
" if the few ruling nations, mighty in the implements of warfare, seek to dominate weaker nations and to tell them how to live and what to do; if they seek success only in materialism and shut their eyes to the value of human souls; if they reject the teachings of Christ and pursue their selfish interests, history will repeat itself, the world will be plunged into another war, and again the Lord in pity and sorrow will weep over the folly and blindness of the human race."
October 1944 General Conference