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Show '( - CHAPl'ER An , NINErY excerpt from a discourse by Brigham Young. Aug.15,1876. JD 18:212,213 1.When I consider the greatness of the kingdom of God, and the privilege afforded us of becoming heirs to God our Father, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ our elder brother, and then sense the cond.1 tion of the Latter-day Saints, I do not wonder that the question was asked of,the Savior by his disciplesz o, then, can be saved?" 2.There are very few of the children of Father Adam and Mother Eve, who will be prepared to go into the Celestial Kingdom. 3.Those who prepare themselves here below, through obedience to the Gospel, receiving through their faithfulness the keys of the Priesthood, and sanctifying themselves through the truth,they are. preparing them selves to become the sons of God. 4. If we become the sons of God, we shall be joint heirs with Jesus to all the inheritances that the Father hath prepared for the faithful. 5.But there are few of all the human fa.mily that will ever attain to t highest stat. of glory. CHAPrER NINETY-ONE Excerpts from a discourse by Brigham Young. Sept.17,1876.JD 18:232. 1.The elements form and develop, and continue to do so until they nture, they decay and become disorganized. 2.Th. acuntadna around us were formed. in this way. By and by, when they $hall have reached their maturity, the work of disintegration and decay will commence. It has been so froll all eternity, and will continue to be and then commence to so until they are made celestial. J. Wh.a t do men and ;romen who turn a;ay from the fa! th, as they occasional 1y do, turn to? To an empty sound, from a reality to a shadow. 4.They reject a knowledge of the eternal principles by which the heavens are, . and will be J they turn to the follies and weakness of man and yield to the influences. of the devil, who , with the third put of the hoe+.s Qf heaven, rebelled against the Father and was cast out of heaven. 5. TJPa. t is the ul t1ma te result of this do •.nward course which so:ne are • •• purs.\itng? 6.Th beautiful organization they now possess, will decrease in beauty, and cont inue to decrease until the elements of which it 18 formed dis solve and return to their original state, just like the action of these mountains, ;.ilich, in their time decay, and return to mother clay. 7.They who turn aloaY from the Gospel of the Son of God, which we preach, turn a lay from the origin of all truth, from light into darkness, from wisdom to folly, untU they are known no more forever, this is the end of a.postacy - .. CHAPTER NINETY-TWO Excerpts from a discourse by Brigham Young. Oct 08; 1876. JD 18: 257- 259. l.F1rst, the philosophy of man upon this earth. This cannot be learned b studying the sciences of d, it is only understood by the revelation of God to ou_-selves. 2.I will give you a part of my own visions upon this matter. 3.d is coposed of two distinct elementsl the f1rs 1s a spiritual orization in eternity, the second is a natural organization on this earth, f'orraed out of the mater1a.l of which this earth is composed. 1".an is first spiritual, then temporal. 4.As it is written in the revelations of God. to man, all things created were s:piritual, and secondly temporal. S.That is, spirits were begotten, born and educated in the celest1a.l world, and were brought forth by celestial bodies. f • |
