Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-09

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80 easy. This Book Of Mormon IS re-
plete al the way through with the tesu-
! monies of the servants Of God that men
are born to be immortal; that after the
resurrection their bodies are to live as
| long as their spirits, aud their spirits
cannot die. They are immortal beings,
and they are destined, VI they commit
/ the unpardonabie sin, to be bauishgd
/ from the presence OF God and endure
/ the punishment OF the devil and his
angels throughout al eternity ! think
the wicked would prefer humiliation to
the suH ring of such punishment. That
would be an end to punishmCut-an end
/ to beng. This view cannot De rccOncilcd
/ with the word Of God.
Alma says: (l2: 81
Therefore. a. che soul can never DIE. and Zoe
| hn had brought upon 40 mankind spiritual
/ delih as well ls temporal iI.i h ihay were
cut ln from ihc pre- .ncc of ihc Lord 10 Do cN.
pedcn, that mankind should De reclaimed tom
| ihe spiritual death.
And again he says: A2' f6.)
Row repentance could not come unto men,
| except there were o. punishment Which also
! was eiefnti. ms thc DE of the soul should De-,
| affixed opposite 20 hc plan Of happiness. which
was as eternal also as thc lIil oilhc s7ui.
I ~ ~ AHNNAAAH Na"H NH|I ANfANaa
10 Que, De- good. 20 thc rcsuufegu1n of rycr-
] lasting lc. and they be evil 90 ilD resurrection
| ui lIu1lu5H, being ON parallel. ihs enc uu
Che one hand and The other ou ihe other hand,
etc.
want to tell you another thing: Our
/ Heavenly Father has never yet TO my
| knowledge revealed to this Church amy
/ great principle through q woman. Now,
Il .. on
| faith. because tell you that God has
never revealed any great and essential
/ truth for the guidance OF the Ituersday
| Saints through any woman. on 'ut,
/ says one, "what abOu, Eliza Shows
beautiful hymn, % my Father Thea that
| dWcllest,' etc2 Did not the Lord reveal
| through her that great and .louous
/ principle that we have mother as well
/ rs father In heaven" No. God re-.
vcalcd that principle 10 Joseph Smith;
| Josef pin Smith revealed 10 10 Eliza Snow
| Smith, his vile, and Eliza Snow was
/ inspired, being pc ito putitintO verse.
! u we give anybody on earth credit Tor
| lh1t, we give IL TO the Prophet Joseph
/ Smith. But first oil 40 VIC give Do 10 God.
/ who revealed 20 90 Ills servant the
/ Prophet. God reveals Himself and His
/ truths through the ChIunc1 Of the
| pnt gihood. Who wrote the Voice OF
| Warming Farley T.. Pat. From
whom did Farley r. Pratt receive the
| hey TO the knowledge that is contained
DO that book From Joseph Smith. lie
wrote as he had been taught by the
Prophet But he wrote it under the
| guiding influence OF the Holy Spirit,
which was his right and privilege to do.
| lie, however, did not originate o. lie
/ did not reveal IL TO the children % men;
nor could be, because God did not raise
him up for that purpose. lie raised up
| Joseph Smith for that purpose, and lie
taught Joseph Smith the principles that
are contained IN Farley Z. Prau's Voice
of Warning. II any man has written
| Gods truth ia this age, he owes II In.
| directly to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
| Who laid the foundation and prepared
the waY God Almighty did, aud lie
did d through Joseph smith, I loved
Aunt Eliza, Tor she was a noble woman,
but when people say that God revealed
this great truth through her, all have
to say is that they do not state the exact
| truth. God did not reveal II through q
woman. lie revealed IL through the
| Prophet, and the woman being taught Of
him put II into poetry. We will give
her credit for her poetic virtues, but We
donot give her the Crcdit-nOr would she
claim Il hefseli-oi having revealed to
us great truths from God.
Before sitting down, let me add few
words OF admoniuou. We are engaged
in this great work. We have life eternal
before u.s. Aud we have the second
death before as. II any people on earth
are capable OF committing the unpardon-
able sin, you will find them among
those who have, or will, come 10 a
| knowledge OF the truth. Why there
| will be redemption for the heathen-
those that know not God. Those that
have no law are not judged by law, and
they will come forth IN the first rcsurrec.
tion-not perhaps Ia the morning OF the
first resurrection, but they will come
forth in that resurreclion-aud they will
sit down with Abraham and paftake Of
glory for they lived and died with.
out law. They will not be Judged as
those will who have received the light
aud the law and have rejected them.
You aud have received the light We
have received the Holy Priesthood. We
have received the Testimony Of the Holy
| Spirit, and have been brought from
death unto life. Therefore, we are now
on very safe orion dangerous ground, go.
dangerous II We are triliug with these
sacred things that have been committed
to our care. Hence | warn You, my
brethren and sisters especially my
brethren, against triiling with your
| Bishopnc. fJudas was one Of the chosen
| Twelve.- But he was a devil, and he Is
called in the scriptures a son Of per-
diiion. | think he IS; but 1 do not say
he committed the objectionable sin nor
that he did not although II he continue
In that condition that he was in when he
betrayed the Lord he will surely remain
a son OF prediton Tor ever and ever.
| Bot to say that Judas committed the un-
pardonable sin and became a son OF
perditon by beIaying Christ as he did
is more than ] am able to do, because
/ do not believe that he had ever re-
ceived the gin OF the Holy Ghost. Peter
denied the Lord, and cursed and swore
In order to make unbelieyers think he
was not follower OF Christ. He lied
in the presence OF God and before the
world, and declared that he was not one
Of the disciples OF Jesus. Did he commit
the objectionable sin2 Was he a son OF
| perditlOn2 No; It was only the weakness
OF human nature that was In HIM, and
he repented Of Il. repented sorely, and
God iorgave him Afterwards he re-.
ceived the Holy Ghost. and he never
| committed any such sin again. But
Judas was cast out, his bishopuc was
taken from him aud given to Matthias
and a very severe penalty was inflicted
| unnu him Aud 1 am MOI car. -. a.