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ship that shall exist IN eternity be.
tween the sexes, how shall those who
have died be united one 10 the other In
eternity? God has commanded tenn.
pies 10 be built In order that that ordi.
nance may be attended to therein.
Jesus died for US. He made u vicari.
Gus Offering for US. He died Ia our
stead, and through His death We are
redeemed. In like manner, we can be
saviors, To u certain extent. Wa can
act vicariOusly for our dead. IL my
grandfather and grandmother died be-
fore they had the opportunity Of being
married by the authority which God
recognizes, and which would make
their marriage bindlng for time and
eternity, Las their heir, can 20 forward
In the temple OF God, with tho heirees,
my sister, who may represent the fe'
male branch OF the family, and We eau
be united for and In their behalf, act.
ing for them In this viclriOus manner.
Thus the family Relationship that exist.
ed and that wDs dissolved with death,
can be re-created and nude perpetual
and binding throughout all eternity.
Thus children can be scaled TO their
parents, and one generation TO another,
until the whole family OF man shall be-
reunited and bound together, all being
the children Of God. Hence II IL Rs
the Savior said, that there will be no
marrying nor giving In marriage In
the resurrection, because this Ordin-
ance will he Attended TO upon the earth
In this manner.
These will be some OF the labOTs that
we shall have to perform In the mil.
lennium, during the thousand years OF
peace on tho earth, when Satan will DO
bound. We shall build temples, and
we shall go forth In peace anu In right.
eousness, doing the works OF redenp-
tiOn TINT have TO be done for those that
have died In Ignorance OF the Gospel
and without receiving these saving or.
dinanceH. We shall IND plenty OF
employment during the thousand
years IN doing these works, and the
earth will be oleansed from sin. Satan
will DO bound, aud he will not have
power to tempt the nations OF the
earth, aud we shall dwell In peace and
Righteousness. There will be no war,
for swords will DO beaten into plow-
shares, and spears into pruning hooks,
anu there shall be peace from one
end Of the earth to the other. Aud
this is tho beginning OF 1t here in these
mountains. Already we have q
foretaste OF that spirit which, whom
II spreads throughout the earth,
will bring about that happy con.
summation, that glorious period
Of which the Prophets and Apostles
have spoken. Already that spirit has
been poured upon us, TO q certain ex.
tent, and we enjoy II; and when we
live according TO that spirit, there is no
quarreliDg, there " no contention, there
is no disposition to fight, but we are
filled with love. This, my brethren
anu sisters, as 1 have said, 10 n fore.
taste OF that which 10 to come; and
though II may seem TO you that IT is q
long delayed day, 1t nevertheless Is
near at hand. An We have To do Ia TO
bear patiently the trials and the
stlllctious that We have TO contend
with, for the hour Of our delivsTance Ia
near at hand. The Lord Ia mighty,
and this wickedness that now afiiicts
men and that Ii 30 sorrowful to CON
template, will he banished from the
face OF the earth; for there will he calAm.
tiles, and scourges and Judgments 10
forth to remove the wicked; and there
will be but few men loft, the Prophet
says. We are required TO prepare our.
selves for these things. God has not
forgotten US, and will not forget us.
He Is with this people, and Is oyerrul.