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This devotional address entitled All Hell is Moved was given on November 8th of

1977 by Neil A. Maxwell, then a president of the first quorum of the 70 of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Thank you very much, President Oakes.

One of the joys of my life has been the association in recent years with President Oakes.

He is, in my opinion, the outstanding university president in America today.

He could preside over other universities and render a great service, but I'm glad he is here.

I'm grateful for this beautiful music that has been so well sung,

for those anthems of praise, and for the prayer offered in each of our behalf. Because President

Oakes has been courteous to me many times, I have had this signal honor before, but, as he pointed

out, for the first time I feel as though I belong and am one of you. And as a father and an adopted alumnus of

this university, may I take this opportunity to thank the faculty of Brigham Young University,

who have taught and are now teaching so well my four children and two children acquired through

marriage. It is a great blessing to have a faculty of such fine men and women, and to feel as a father

that one's children are being so well taught. With us today also is our first grandchild, Peter, a grandson seven months old, who is

checking the campus out. Hopefully he will come here too, someday, unless today's devotional speaker

proves too depressing. The theme of my address comes from a prophecy in President George Q. Cannon's speech given in the tabernacle in May of 1866.

President Cannon spoke of the generations that had passed before the restoration of the gospel during which the adversary was indifferent and unconcerned with regard to the fractious religious movements among mankind, which were not based upon the fullness of truth.

However, President Cannon observed that the movement of the Holy Priesthood of God and the Church

were restored. Then all hell is moved. He cataloged the forms of resistance that can be

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