The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-09
REVEALED IN INEFFABLE GLORY

ane the testimony OIL JlllS mas DeeH SuSJdlhcu
by others VINO have since seen the Lord
Jesus Christ and who are living witnesses
that they have seen Him and that He IS in
deed the Son Of God and one of the per
sonages that formed the Godhead.
In our faith is knowledge concerning the
parsonage of God. We know what He IS to
a certain extent. Brother Lorenzo Snow,
speaking of a revelation that he had, said
something to this effect that 'as God now
is. we will be; man is, God was This IS
very comprehensive, and we depend upon
this being. We possess His attributes
though they are not developed, and He de
sires to help US forward. This IS the OBJ
iect of the gospel, my brethren and sisters,
to help us forward. Men talk about evolu-
ton. This is the evolution of heaven. we
are developing and advancing in that up
ward and onward career until we shall be-
come like our father III heaven, until we
shall possess the powers that He possessed
and exercise the dominion that He
now exercises. Talk about sin. Talk
about defilement. Talk about commit
ting ones self. We talk about
laying all that we have upon the altar
Why! Who would not give anything that
they have for those great and glorious
promises? tell you man will never commit
a sin knowingly who has true conception
of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the glory
to be obtained. They would shrink from
it. We may commit things without think
ing and when we are overcome. Who
would do such a thing for an earthly
throne? Why, there have been thousands
upon thousands who have made all kinds
of sacrifices for this, but who shall com
pare this with the
GREAT GLORY THAT GOD HAS PROMISED
to usf He has promised unto usothat we
shall have crowns and that we shall have
posterity as numerous as the stars IN
heaven. as countless as the sands by the
seashore for He said he sealed upon US the
blessings of kingdoms, of princlpalltles and
of thrones and of powers and
dominions. He has sealed upon US
the blessings of Abraham, of Isaac
and of Jacob, and that we shall come forth
in the morning of the t1rst resurrection
clothed with eternal lives. These are the
promises that are made to the Latter-day
Saints. They have been sealed upon the
heads of most of you. The Lord promised
unto Abraham that as the stars were in
Vulnerable and the sands of the shore
countless. so should his seed be. That
same promise has been sealed upon your
head If men and women Will make Sacrl-
fees for earthly honors, what sacrifice Is
there that we should not be Wiling TO make
for what God has promised unto us. What
is tbe faith of the Christian world concern
ing the God whom they Worship They
worship Jesus Christ as their God, and
He is their God. But who is Jesus Christ:
Why, he is called the babe of Bethlehem;
He was once babe. Yes, He was born OF
the Virgin Mary. These is large class OF
Christians who worship the Virgin Mary
and implore her to intercede for them with
her divine Son. And this Son was born OF
this woman.
Now, we are told that there is no sucn
our spirits only began to exist few months
before we were born. A great part Of the
world believes that Jesus the Son OF God
was born of a woman. Is it any more I'M
reasonable that Jesus should have become
an infant? 1t appeals to my reason that II
Jesus could be born that our spirits could