I love Bishop Koyle. As far as prophets (lower case 'p'), he may be considered one of the greatest in this last dispensation. Probably greater than Heber C. Kimball.
My good buddy up here in Alberta recently complained that his sources said the grain elevator in Magrath, AB has been completely emptied by the church administrator and it will lie empty for the next while? Not sure if it was old wheat, or what - but that detail is distressing to me. The silo was built at the request of one of the Apostles in the 1980's to supply against a time of famine when the refugees were gathered to this area. After learning of this, I also found out that the silos on Welfare Square were emptied, as well and sold to the Chinese (was someone trying to be a good global citizen? - or was it a gadianton selling the Lord's people down the river??). I likely will never know. Here is a disturbing prophecy in light of the above intelligence:
Carter Grant recorded some of his conversations with Bishop Koyle on these important matters:
Wednesday, March 4, 1931:
Last night Brothers William A. Jones, Clyde Hood, Philip Tadje, Richard Sonntag, and I went to Brother Koyle's, arriving at 8:00 p.m. After asking each one of us about the hard times, getting what we knew, Brother Koyle opened declaring that they would grow worse and worse each week; that even the Church would become so hard pressed that the cry of the needy could not be satisfied.
Also he said, "We will have a mild open winter after the mine comes in, which will permit us to pour concrete all winter long to build the grain bins He spoke of a fall following the dry, hot summer that would be more like spring when the mine turned out, and it would be followed by a very mild, open winter which would permit the uninterrupted construction of a series of large grain bins, or elvators which would hold a million bushels of wheat. These would be built high on the hill near the mine and get them filled up against this time of great distress and famine. These would hold one million bushels of grain. This we would do, he said, barely in the nick-of-time before it would be too late when no more food supplies could be purchased at any price. This would keep many, many thousands of people from starving during the time of famine. At the very same time, he saw that the 315,000 [bushel] grain elevator built at Welfare Square in Salt Lake City would be entirely empty right at the time it would be most needed.
To my knowledge, the Dream Mine has not been worked and the grain bins have not been built, but I would not be surprised if this went down this fall/winter or one year from then....
I former counselor in my bishopric was in a meeting years ago where a group of members were being addressed by a leader of the church. A portion of the address related to one of these large grain storage facilities. The gist of the remarks were that the grain was not for the members - they had already been warned and were expected to see to their own preparations. Those grain stores were intended to relieve hunger among those who had not been warned. It's a second hand account at this point, but it would be interesting if the grain was already pre-mobilized to areas where the need will arise.
ReplyDeleteIt should be noted that the Church IS drawing down grain storage capacity and actual grain stored. This is a deliberate matter of policy, and their criteria for the system is ten years of grain storage capacity for the welfare system as currently constituted.
ReplyDeleteThis is a generous amount, and should be more than enough for the foreseeable future, even considering emergencies. The Church's grain silos were allowed to proliferate far beyond needs, and should be brought into line with needs. It is a system, not a silo. The Church has more than enough.