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Show GOSPEL 10 OF THE FATHER YOUR "If I was to reveal to this people what the Lord has man or woman would stay The scriptures teach: "And others will he (Satan) revealed to me there is not a with me" Joseph Smith as 9 RESPONSIBILITY pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away care' quoted by Brigham Young ID 9:294 "Had I inspiration, revelation, and Lungs to communi fully down to hell cate what my soul has at ease in Zion! in times past, there contemplated is not a soul in this congregation but would go to their homes and shut their rnouth s in everlasting silence on religion till they had learned something." TPJS 320 ... Therefore, wo be unto him that is Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well! 2nd Nephi 28:21,24-25 Heber C. Kimball said: "To meet the difficulties that are coming I it will be "If the Church knew all the commandments, one-half necessary for you to have they would condemn through prejudice and ignorance." TPIS 112 this work for yourselves; the difficulties will be of such a character that the man a knowledge of the truth of or woman who does not "There has been a great difficulty in getting anything generation. It has been like , splitting hemlock knots with a corn-dodger for a wedqe, j and a pumpkin for a beetle. Even the Saints are slow to possess That is : personal knowledge or witness will fall the word of God to you people. Remember these sayings, this into the heads of this " understand. ... for many of you will live to see time will nor woman end ure come when no man them fulfilled. The will be able to : borrowed light. Each will have to be guided, Conference Report of : by the light within himself April 1906, p 74-77 on " .•• I have tried for a number of years to get the minds of prepared to receive the things of God; but we frequently see some of them, after suffering all they have for the work of God, will fly to pieces like glass as soon as anything comes that is contrary to i their traditions; they cannot stand the fire at all. How many will be able to abide a celestial law, and go through and receive their exaltation, I am unable to say,' a s many are called, but few are chosen." TPIS 331 the Saints , 'I say to all those who are disposed to set up stakes for the Almighty you will come short of the glory of God. To become a joint heir of the heirship of the Son, , I , one must put away all his false traditions." D. H. C. 5:554 kept some of the higher priric ipl e s of the gospel from the general members of the Church is not because he wanted them to remain in ignorance knowledge of these things. As has been seen Joseph ever expressed a s t+, rong desire for the saints to learn the thing s of God. One must conclude from reading the Prophet's discourses that the reason he did not teach these higher principles was that the saints were so steeped in the traditions of their fathers that they would reject the truth in order to or that he did not want them to have maintain them. come great many methods of testing the integrity of men; and he taught a great many things a a That the traditions of the saints would in conflict with the is made evident from the Wilford Woodruff said of the Prophet: "Brother Joseph used The reason Joseph higher pr iric i pl e s of the gospel following words of the Prophet: "But I beg leave to say unto you, brethren, that ignorance, superstition and bigotry placing itself where it oughC not, is oftentimes in the way of the prosperity of this TPIS 138 Church" |
