Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04
-MAnRIAeN AND nNsuRnEorIoN.

ne says ne Goes not uNucfhtdnu' hoI
the benefit OF others we viii quote tho
passages to which he refers and then
make some explanations The subject
touched upon BY the Savior was that Of
woman who had seven husbands in
succession, aud the question asked OF
Him was, Therefore In the resurroc-
ton whose wife Is she2'
"3i--And Jesus answering said unto
them, the children Of this world marry
and are given In marriage.
'S5-But they which shall be account
ed worthy 10 obtain that world. and the
resurrection from the dead relther
marry nor are given In marriage
The difficulty In the mind Of our cor
respondent IS doubtless occasloied by
comparison Of those texts with the
doctrine Of celestial or eternal mar
riage, as taught by the Church OF Je-
sus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. Hut
when the matter Is fully understood the
apparent conflict between them entirely
disappears,
II should be observed that the re-
marks Of the Master were In reference
to tho children Of this world" He
Is not speaking of the Saints who are
mot Of the world" because lie had
"chosen them out OF the world" In
the resurrection from the dead they
the children OF this world neither mar
ny nor are given In marriage. But as
We read IN tho 36th verse "They are
equal unto the angels They do moi
"die any more,' as lie said They are
"the children Of God being the chill
dren Of the resurrection" But they are
not numbered among those who have
part I'm the first resurrection, who are
"ldngs and priests unto Cod heirs Of
God and Joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
to inherit an things These win OBJ
tain "a far more and an eternal and
exceeding weight Of glory" than the
children Of this world, who receive the
glory Of the moon or Of the stars as
compared with the glory Of the sun
which Is celestial
The angels with whom the people re-
ferred to u found worthy to obtain
that world are TO be made equal are
administering spirits unto the heirs Of
salvation" They are separate and
single in their saved condition. The
Saints when crowned with glory will
judge angels and direct their minlsiIa-
lions. They win be far above the am
gels In might, and power and domin-
ion, and "of their increase there WIN be
no end" "rhe man Will not be with
out the woman, nor the woman without
the man. in the Lord" In the resur-
rectIon, everything essential to per.
fected being win be restored to each
exalted one and made perpetual The
spirit and the body viii be reunited,
nothing win be lost but every faculty
and function OF the entire personality
VIII be revived and made eternal
The ordinance and ceremony Of mar
riage, In which God joins man and
woman together, through the authority
which He confers by revelation, belongs
10 this life "a do the ordinances of
baptism, confirmation ordination, etc.
II is performed In mortality but
reaches to Immortality That which
by this authority Is sealed on earth,
n sealed in heaven and IL OF virtue
and force in the world to come. The
marriage and giving In marriage are
not performed In or after the resurrec.
ton, but attended TO- as the Lord or
dams, in this life and belong to this
sphere.
When Adam and Eve were united In
marriage, there was no death on this
earth, They would have been man and
wife forever II they had not trans
crossed Christ atoned for their sin.
That which was lost in "the fair Is
restored in the redemption, Adam and
Eve WIN stand at the head of the race
as man and woman lmmortollSed, and
made one according to the blessing pro-
nounced upon them in their matr-
monlal union, Those OF their posterlt,
who are Joined In wedlock by the same
ordinance and authority, viii stand NJ
the head Of their respective families
and possess a kingdom which win in
crease through endless ages.
The children OF this world, when they
are accounted worthy Of the resource
ton, VIII come forth ct the proper time
every one in his own order, but with
out the blessings and dominion and
glory Of the celestial world Such mar.
rlagestas they enter into in this world
having been only until death aid them
part, have no force or effect In the
world 20 come, They neither marry nor
ore given in marriage ID or after the
resurrection from the dead but become
hike the angels" IN their several
grades and positions IN the many man
sions Of the Fathers kingdom They ad-
vance in knowledge and happiness
along the lines Of their own conditions
but honceforth are mnlsterlng spirits
but are not crowned with The glory Of
eternal lives, wherein ls everlasting in
'rease IN the presence Of God and Christ
On high
Viewed in the light Of latter day rev.
slation, there is no diaicuty In the way
of understanding the sayings OF the sa-
FLOR, nor ls there any conflict betwcIi
The inspirations OF the present anu
hose Of The past The eternal union
u the Saints Of God In the celestial
amdy relation Is one OF the most
glorious encouraging and inspiring