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

angel came and taught him the Gospel
Of salvation, held Up before him Christ,
the Rcdecmer OF the world, who was TO
come Ia the meridian Of time possessed
OF power to conquer death and 10 re-
deem Adam and his postciiy from The
fall aud from the grasp OF Satan No
son of perdtion. { take g. can be more
completely lost than was Adam after
the fall so far as he himself was con
cemcd. Somebody else had to reach
down and help him up. Some other
aud higher power than his had to bring
him forth out OF the condition IN which
he had placed HIMSELF Tor he was sub.
iect unto Satan and powCfle5s and help
less In and OF himself The Gospel was,
therefore, preached to him, and a way
Of escape from that spiritual death
given unto him. That way OF escape
was through faith in God, repentance Of
sin, baptism for the remission OF sins,
the gilt Of the Holy Ghost by the laying
on OF hands. Thereby he received
knowledge OF the truth and a test.
mony Of Jesus Christ, and was redeemed
from the spiritual death that cain, upon
him, which was the first death, aud a
complete and perfect death, so iar as
spirit was concerned, although he lived
aud moved aud had his being, as he
did before he plrtook OF the forbidden
fruit and became spiritually dead, he
had hts entity and his organization.
But he was spiritually dead, aud he had
TO be redeemed from that condition.
Now, why ] put so much stress upon
this point Is that ] may impress upon
YOU the word Of God as declared 10 Us;
Tor He says:
Wherefore the Lord God caused that be
should be- east OUT tom ihc Garden n Eden,
tom my presence. b1clu'. Of Dds iansgr' sion,
wherein be became spiritually dead. which s
Che Cost death. even that same death which n
ihe last death, which .a spiritual, which 1hlIl Dee
pronounced upon Che wicked when ! shall say
Depart, go cursed.
Thus we see that the first death which
came into the world Is also the last
death which shall be pronounced upon
the sons OF perdiu1n. What Is ~
Bini 'hmcnt from the presence Of God.
Bauishment from the power Of God
Banshment from the glory OF God.
Punishment from the joys OF heaven.
Punishment from al progress. Danish.
ment into outer darkness. Blnish-
mcnt into he'll, which Is as q lake Of Gre
and birthstone, where tucir worm dicth
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cause the soul lives ana Is lJurd Co
live on. suffering the damnaiion Of hell.
This Is what | understand spiritual
death IS. do not understand u 10 be
the separation OF the body and the
spirit agaii. ! 90 not understand u 90
/ be The dissolution OF the spirit into dts
native Glmcnt. ! understand the second
/ death 70 be the same as the FIRST death
spiritual death; the same condition
/ that Adam was 10 and that he had to be
| redeemed from by the blood of Christ,
and by faith an obedience to the com
mands Of God. By this means Adam
/ was redeemed from the first death, aud
| brought back again into the prcsclcs
| OF God, back again into the favor Of
/ the Almighty back again into the
| channel OF eternal increase and prog.
ress. And u a man, after being placed
| IN this condition, shall deny the Holy
Ghost and Jesus Christ, putting Him
/ again to open shame and cmcilyng
| Him airesh, then that first death which
fell upon our first parents will again he
| pronounced upon that man, and IL Is
| not written that he shall ever be de
| lyered from Il. II Is not written that
| there IS any forgiveness Tor il, nor any
| redemption thereirom.
| did not expect TO speak upon this
| subject when ! arose to talk to you, and
had not prepared myself to dwell
upon II. There are. perhaps, scores Of
passages Ia the Bible the Book OF
Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants
| relating TO this subject. Norman can pos
| sibIy commit the objectionable sin In TX
norance, A man must be brought to a
/ knowledge OF Christ. he must receive a
testimony Of Christ in his heart, and
possess light and power. knowledge
and understanding, before he is capable
OF committing that sin. But when a
man turns away from the truth, violates
the knowledge that he has received,
tramples Il under his feet puts Christ
again to open shame, denies His atone.
merit denies the power OF the resur
rect!on, denies the miracles that lie has
| wrought for the salvaC on OF the human
family, and says In hs heart, 1T Is not
true, and abides IN that denial Of the
| truth, alter having received the test.
mony OF the spirit, he commits the un-
| paTdonable sin, This Is blasphemy
against the Holy Chest, for which
| there Is no forgiveness in this world
| nor the world to corie. lie will
live on, an immortal soul that can.
not die, and yet that cannot live
| IN the presence Of God. lie will be
| bauished INTO outer darkness, to suffer
The consequences OF his own acts. Not
the consequences OF an unjust, partial or
wicked Judgment; but the consequences
OF his own wickedness and transsres, ion
OF the laws Of God. And he will know
that his punishment is just, which will
but add more and more 70 the sorrow
and anguish incident to his condition.
| lie will know that he merits il, aud that
there is no redemption Tor him.
why" says one, "is noticed merci.
full Can He be just and yet inll.ct such
punishment upon His own children}n
Let me tell you that God does not and
will not inillct II upon them. Those
who enter into this death will find thar
they have inflicted II upon themselves.
ana that God has not done il, Tbcv
have done Il because they loved unripht-
eousness. they loved not the truth. and
abode not in the truth. And their
Judgment will be Just, and they will be
| conscious that II is just. No one perhaps
Will feel more sorrowiul over their
dreadful fate than the loving God who
gave them life and being in the world
| and who created us all To become form
ed and fashioned in the image and
likeness OF his Only Begolten Son. In
whom there was no guile, aud who was
without sin unto salvation. We were
loreoIdalned and predestined to become
like Him; and II there shall be any fail.
ure we viii bring II upon ourselves.
We shall Ind that instead Of fulfilling
our destiny ana accomplishing the mis-.