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.