And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
George F. Richards
"More than forty years ago I had a dream, which I am sure was from the Lord. In this dream I was in the presence of my Savior as he stood in mid-air. He spoke no word to me, but my love for him was such that I have not words to explain. I know that no mortal man can love the Lord as I experienced that love for the Savior unless God reveals it unto him. I would have remained in his presence, but there was a power drawing me away from him, and as a result of that dream I had this feeling, that no matter what might be required at my hands, what the gospel might entail unto me, I would do what I should be asked to do, even to the laying down of my life.
"And so when we read in the scriptures what the Savior said to his disciples:'In my Father's house are many mansions: . . . I go to prepare a place for you . . . that where I am, there ye may be also' (John 14:2,3.)
"I think that is where I want to be. If only I can be with my Savior and have that same sense of love that I had in that dream, it will be the goal of my existence, the desire of my life." (Conference Report, October 1946, Afternoon Meeting 139.)
"And so when we read in the scriptures what the Savior said to his disciples:'In my Father's house are many mansions: . . . I go to prepare a place for you . . . that where I am, there ye may be also' (John 14:2,3.)
"I think that is where I want to be. If only I can be with my Savior and have that same sense of love that I had in that dream, it will be the goal of my existence, the desire of my life." (Conference Report, October 1946, Afternoon Meeting 139.)
