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Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (10th prophet):
This work of preaching the gospel to the nations has not yet been finished. The missionaries of the Church are now going out with this message, but the Lord has said he would cut short his work in righteousness, moreover that he would hasten it in its time. By means of modern invention and discovery we can readily see how this may be accomplished, and the hearts of the people of the earth he reached by radio, through the press, and by communication such as the nations of the earth did not have in former times. I do not know how long it will be before this mission shall be accomplished and these words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ shall be fulfilled, but that he will work speedily, that he will accomplish his purposes within the time that he has set, I fully believe, and his promises shall not fail.
Source: McConkie, Bruce R., ed. Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith, Vol. 3. 6 - 7. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954-1955.