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

The last death. which BE- spuiusl. which SHAN be
pronounced upon che wicked when I shall
say Depart, ye cursed.
But behold, ! say unto you, that The Lord
Hol gave unto Adam and unto bis seed that
They should not die as 10 the temporal death.
until The Lord God should send iorth angels
20 declare unto them repentance and Tcdcmp-
Hlon' hrous. faith on the name of mine Only
Aud thus d.i g. me Lord Col. appoint unto
man ile days 90 UH rf1llUou. that by DIS
natural death De- might be- raised loo Immortal.
ny unto eternal l.. even as many as would
And that they believe not unto eternal dam.
nll1n, 'lT hey cannot ue redeemed from
"'f spiritual hl, beeauc they repent not
Now Il Is believed by some people
That the second death Is dissolution OF
the spirit and body from their organized
condition into their native elements
FOR instance, the body, which IS made
OF the earth. when the spirit departs
Rom IL will mouhcr away and become
dissolved IN the earth. This caskct. or
house OF the spirit goes back TO dust;
but by the power OF the resurrection Il
% again recalled. The elements that
composed II before arc rc-urganized
II IS brought into is former shape and
form. bone to its bone, limb to is limb,
Joint TO its joints, sincw 10 sinew, muscle
10 muscle, with flesh, nerves and every
essential part thereof All these parts
wil! be hrous hi forth and tc-organizcd.
md the spirit will enter the body aglin.
The Prophet Amulck says;
Q say unto you that ihn mortal body 0. raI.ed
60 lp Immortal body that s ifou death. even
if'n ihr nui death unto 'iir. that they can die
n9 nHri Their aI..' uniting with their bodies.
mover 90 h' divided. uW che whole becoming
spiritual auu Immortal. that they can u0 more
Bee corruption. .A'ma Al, gs.l
But the question WHAT'S the second
deall' Let me refer you to the words
Of Alma. lie says
aud now behold I Say unto YOU. then
comeih death. even % second dcl.h. which
Na spiritual death. then b o. time that whose
ever d.cih 20 bis Bins. ii 60 a temporal death.
shall also die a spiritual death. yea. hc shall
&c ~ GO things pertaining unto rghicuuurs.
Then % ihc Hmo when their t1mrHu shall be
as % lake of Ere and hdmsiomr. Whose flame
Iccndch up Tot ever and ever, and then b the
time when they shall De chained down 90 an
everlasting destruction, according 20 hr power
and captivity " Satanic having subjected them
according Co ha will.
Then say unto you they shall bo as though
Wric hA4 been 900 redemption made Tor they
cannot De redeemed according 10 Gods mi-
uec, and they cannot Die. seeing that there ~
no more corruption. lAlma xl, i0.is)
In this connection / will also read a
little from the Book OF Doctrine aud
Covenants. Section 70, 5i.4s.)
Thus saith he Lord. concerning all those
who know my power. aud have been made par
iakcu thereof aud suffered themselves. through
he power OF The devil. 90 be overcome and 10
deny the truth and 10y my power
They are they who arc thc sons Of prfditIon.
Of whom say that % had been better ior them
never TO have been born.
For they are the vessels of wrath doomed 90
suffer The wrath of Cod with The devil aud bis
angels In eternity
Conserving whom / have said Their. Is no
forgiveness In the world nor iu thr world o.
come.
Having denied the Holy Spirit ancr having
received %, and having denied thc only Bcs0t-
ten Son OF thr F1iLef-hauug erue.Ged Him
unto themselves and put Him 10 open shame.
These arc they Who shall go away into tie
lake OF hfc and birthstone, with thr devil and
his angels.
And the only ones on whom the second
death shall have any power
Yea, verify, The only ones who shall not Be
redeemed iu The due time OF the Lord, after
lhg suffering Of DIS WRATH
For all thr rest shall be brought forth by thc
resurrection OF The dead. through the triumph
and thc glory Of the Lamb, who was slain who
was in The bosom Of the Father before the
worlds were made.
Who glorihes the Father. and saves all the
works OF hs hands, except those Of pefdition.
who deny The Son after the Father has revealed
Him.
Wherefore lie saves all except them: they
shall go away into everlasting punishment,
which d eternal punishment, 70 reign with the
devil and bis angels in eternity, where their
worm dicih not, and The fire Is no, quenehcd.
which is ther torment
And the enl thereof. neither the place thcrc-
OF, nor their torment, no man knows,
Neither was revealed, neither Is, neither
Will Dee revealed unto man. except 10 those who
are made parttkys thereof
Nevertheless l. the Lord. show II BY vision
unto many, but slrightway shut II up again.
Wherefore the end, the Width the height,
Che depth, and iho misery thereof, they under
stand not, neither any man except them who arc
ordained unto th' condemnation.
Now wan, to go back and repeat a
few words that read before:
whercior, hc Lord God caused that he
should be- cast out from the Garden Of Eden,
irnm my presence, because Of bis trlnsgression,
wherein he became spiritually dead.
want to impress upon your minds
"whereinl he became spiritually dead"
Now what was his condition when he
was placed in the Garden OF EdenP lie
had access to the Father. lie was In
His presence, lie walked aud talked
with Him face to face, as one man walks
and talks with another. This was the
condition OF Adam and Eve when they
were In the garden. But when they
partook Of the forbidden fruit they were
cast out and banished from the presence
OF God, into outer darkness, subject To
the power OF Satan wherein tliey be-
came spiritually dead, which Is the first
death" And II was impossible for
Adam in that condition to extricate
himself from the position In which he
had placed himself. He was within the
grasp OF Satan. lie was ia the confines
OF hell. He was Spiritually dead"-
banished from the presence OF God.
And " there had not been a way OF es.
cape provided for him, his death would
have been perpetual, endless, eternal
death, without any hope Of redemption
lhereirom. But there was a plan laid
for his redemption. II was decreed by
the Almighty that he should not suffer
the temporal death until he should be
taught the way Of escape from the
spiritual death that had come upon
HIM by reason OF sin. Therefore the