Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-22
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inhucnces' There could be no CON.
ocmnalun for our doing what wc could
not help; but We can help doing these
| lungs. We can help Welding To wroup
! influences, and being qulifelsome and
selhsh. We eau help giving way u the
! splft OF ihtit aud we can resist the
spliit OF lust God has given rs power
10 resist these things. that our hearts
may De Kept free from them, and also
] Houl doubt, and when Satan comes and
[ as'dus us, % IS our privilege to saw.
YET thee bchild me, Satan, Tor have
no TOT nor portion in you, and YOU have
no part 10 me. ] am In the scryi-c Of
''u' "hd ] am going TO serve Him. and
YOU can do what you please. Ii Is no
we YOU presenting yourself with your
NI'uushmenis 10 me. You come and
ny 10 ins'nuatc into my heart evil
thoughts about the servants of God or
ABOUT the work OF God, and will not
listen to you, ! will close my heart
against YOU"
Do we not have this power Ger
laiuly we have. Ia the same way every
human being outside Of this Church has
we power to receive the spirit Of lght.
Tor the Spirit d God is q spirit Of light
ana It does not bring darkness. When.
ever dafkness ILLS our minds. We may
know mat we are not possessed ui the
spun OF God, and We must ggt rad OF
H. When We are filed with the Spirit
ui God we are filed with 10y. with
peace, ana with happiness, no matter
Wh't our circumstances may be. for 70 ig
a. spiiit Of chucfiulLcss and Of happinc IS.
ne LORD has given unto as the gff uf
inc HOLY Ghost Il IS our privilege ID
nave mat Holy Ghost reign within us.
so ihat from morning till night aud from
nlglt ull morning We hall have the ily.
tlc ilght aud The revelation thereof n
s our duiy To prepare ourselves tor the
WORD 10 come uy living il the lisht oil
thl, Apift. We are here ON probation.
hhu only tor short time. This Is our
second estate We Kept our ir,tcsiatr.
ln the time Of trial 90 the eternal words.
When TIE spirits had to choose between
satan and jesus, we aud all the children
~ men who are on the face oi line
earth adhered TO our Father. There
was oHc-iIird Of the hosts OF heaven
VINO joined Satan 10 his rebellion. The
pan which he proposed for the saliva.
uon OF the children OF men was SO
speclous and attractive that one third of
the children Of God thought Satan wa.
rSht and the Father wrong. These
did not Keep their first estate. and
therefore they were denied the privilege
ol coming on earth and receiving a
tabernacle. They arc Consigned 10
dafknrss-to hcll-and are IN torment.
They are angels 10 the devil. You who
are familiar with this Church and d,
experiences, did YOU ever see an apos.
tate, who abandoned himself To evil
that dit not have that same spirit-1
spirit Of darkness and Of mufderous
mater Most Of you probably have had
experience IN this. aud YOU have seen
the great change that comes over men
and women when they lose the Spirit OF
God and give way TO the shirt vi the
evil one. They are filed with torment
and misery, and they seek to destroy
all those who love God and cling to the
truth. !, has been so from the begin.
ming. Jesus said that the devil was A
liar and a murderer from the beginning
lie inspired men to hate one anotb n
and to commit the worst Of deeds. and
at times he has changed this air earth
INTO a complete hell through tins spirit
being received by the inhabitants II the
earth.
Now, the Lord our God has given
unto us this probation, which we call
our second estate. lie said TO as, IN
substance, you 10 down here aud take |
this mission. ! wall Withdraw my pres
ence from you; a veil shall be drawn I.
between me aud you; and 1 will leave |
YOU 10 exercise your own agency ON |
the earth. ! will give YOU Ny Spirit, |
and increase Il upon you II you will |
seek for Il, and II you will listen 10 that !
Spirit, It viii guide you Alright. Then, |
Il you will obey My Gospel you shall |
receive the Holy Ghost and the gifts |
thereof, and you shall walk IN the light, !
knowing My mind and will through the /
Holy Ghost" This Is the promise that |
God made TO Us IN the beginning Hc .
has made II TO Us since we have been |
upon the earth We consented to come .
here. For when the foundations Of the
earth were laid, the sons Of God sang /
together, and rejoiced because an earth
vas prepared to which they could come
aud receive tabernacles and enjoy the
blessings connected herewith. Il was
4 step IN our progress towards the glory |
hat Our Father has attained unto. The
Lord has given unto all the children OF
men His Spirit; not the Holy Ghost
with H. gifts, for that Is only received
by obedience to the commandments of |
Sod; but every man receives the light
IT the Spirit, and every man that has
istened to and cherished II has joined
his Church Those who have not lis,
ened TO the voice OF the Spirit have not
received the Gospel The Lord gives
Is a rule In this revelation by which we
nay know the righteous from the
wicked. II Is that those who receive
not His voice and are not acquainted
with Il are not Of Him Those vino have
desire Tor righteousness listen TO the
,oics OF the Spirit, aud they reject every !
ithcr Influence. But il Is lust as the
parable which the Lord gave OF the
lowing OF the seed There are many
hinps. aiier the seed Is sown, that rise
n the human heart and choke the good
.eed 1 was thinking this morning.
when ] was speaking OF how many ,
here are whom we have known who !
,nce had a standing In this Church, who
we're faithful, aud who had glorious
,rosDects before tucm and who, 10 all
human appearances have disappeared
rom among rs, their names almost for
.otteu. When | think Of this ! can |
ealize how true are the words OF the Z
ord, "Wide Is the gate, aud broad Is
he way, that leadcth TO destruction,
md many there be who 30 ln lhercai;
because STRAIT Is the gate. and narrow
8 the way, which leldeth unto life, aud
ew there be that find IT, There will
DC but comparatively few OF the human
imily that will attain TO celestial glory
,ecause they will not listen TO the voice
Il God. Many there will be that will