Conference Report, Oct. 1961, pp. 121-122
“A seer is a prophet selected and appointed to possess and use these holy interpreters [the Urim and Thummim]… . The President of the Church holds the office of seership (D&C 107:92; 124:94, 125). Indeed, the apostolic office itself is one of seership, and the members of the Council of the Twelve, together with the Presidency and Patriarch to the Church, are chosen and sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators to the Church. If there are seers among a people, that people is the Lord’s. Where there are no seers, apostasy prevails (Isa. 29:10; 2 Ne. 27:5).” (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 700-701)