Ever since the Salt Lake
Temple was dedicated, we have interpreted that
scripture from Isaiah, repeated again in Micah, as
applying to this sacred house of the Lord. And of this place, since
the day of its dedication, an ever-increasing number
from across the world have said in effect,
"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to
the house of the God of Jacob, that He might teach
us of His ways, that we might walk in His path." I believe and testify that it
is the mission of this Church to stand as an ensign to
the nations and a light to the world. We have had placed
upon us a great, all-encompassing mandate from
which we cannot shrink nor turn aside. We accept that mandate and
are determined to fulfill it, and with the help of
God we shall do it.