A stone cut without hands

Yesterday's Sunday School lesson was on the vision recorded in Daniel about the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, rolling and filling the earth.  Here are some statistics shared:

                        1830            1880              1930               1980             1995               2000                 2010
 Members            6        133,628         670,017     4.6 million    9.3 million    11 million +    14 million +
 BofM Lang.       1                 10                  16                   44                 88                 100        107 (2008)
 Stakes                 0                 23                104              1,218            2,150              2,581                2,890
 Missions            0                 10                  30                 188               307                 334                   340
 Temples              0                   1                   7                   19                  47                 102          134 (157)

I thought of that as I was reading this in an article entitled Becoming A Zion Society by R. Quinn Gardner:

This vision of the glory and brilliance of the fully developed Zion is truly inspiring, even overwhelming.  Wisely, however, the Lord refracts the light of this vision, permitting us to see it line upon line.  In His wisdom, He helps us go about establishing Zion step by step.  Because Zion matures in phases, we may not always recognize its growth but a survey of recent developments in the Church assures us that the process is proceeding at an ever quickening pace.

This was written in 1979.  I wonder what Brother Gardner would say today about the quick pace of the Church.  I wonder what he would say about the maturation of Zion.