Testimony of President Gordon B. Hinckley
I hope that all of you will remember that on this Sabbath day you heard me bear my witness that this is God's holy work. The vision given the Prophet Joseph in the grove of Palmyra was not an imaginary thing. It was real. It occurred in the broad light of day. Both the Father and the Son spoke to the boy. He saw Them standing in the air above him. He heard Their voices. He gave heed to Their instruction.
"It was the resurrected Lord who was introduced by His Father, the great God of the universe. For the first time in recorded history, both the Father and the Son appeared together to part the curtains and open this, the last and final dispensation, the dispensation of the fullness of times.
"The Book of Mormon is all that it purports to be—a work recorded by prophets who lived anciently and whose words have come forth "to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations" (Book of Mormon title page).
"The priesthood has been restored under the hands of John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John. All the keys and authority pertaining to eternal life are exercised in this Church.
"Joseph Smith was and is a prophet, the great Prophet of this dispensation. This Church, which carries the name of the Redeemer, is true.
"I leave you my testimony, my witness, and my love for each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
President Gordon B. Hinckley
April 1, 2006, Sunday morning session of the 176th Annual World General Conference
第176週年上半年總會教友大會
2006年4月1日，星期日晨間大會
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我希望各位都記得你們在今天這個安息日聽到我作見證說，這是主的神聖事工。
約瑟‧斯密先知在拋邁拉聖林中看到異象這件事絕對不是憑空想像出來的。那件事是真實的。事情發生在大白天，父與子對約瑟說話，他確實看見祂們站在他上面的空中，他聽到祂們說話，而且留心傾聽祂們的指示。
宇宙至高之神，也就是天父，介紹了復活的主。這是有史以來，在歷史上記載父與子首度共同顯現，為這最後的豐滿時代的福音期揭開序幕。
誠如摩爾門經所聲明的一樣，這是由古代眾先知所寫的一本紀錄，這紀錄的問世是「為了使猶太人和外邦人能確信耶穌即基督，是那位向各邦顯明祂自己的永恆之神」（摩爾門經首頁）。
聖職已經藉由施洗約翰、彼得、雅各、約翰之手復興了。所有關乎永生的一切權鑰和權柄都在這教會中執行。
約瑟‧斯密確實是一位先知，是本福音期最偉大的先知。這個承受了救主之名的教會是真的。
我把我的證詞、見證和我對你們每一個人的愛都留給你們，奉耶穌基督的名，阿們。█
全文見2006年5月，利阿賀拿，第81頁）
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