Show to the saints believe not every spirit but try the spirits spirit borove rove them and learn whether they be godlike god like andia so receive that spirit but if not reject it for wh whatsoever tso 1 is not of god is evil it is no uncommon unc ammo n jiing i ng for a false spirit to assume a more mor e plausible ap appearance ear to a casual observer than a true spirit bould on the same subject it was so formerly it is sl ab I 1 latterly I 1 we were forcibly reminded of these h e a sister remarked in a recent conversation 11 il That ahat a happy thing it would be if the writings of Z c I 1 and mesmerize rs were true concer nit nii the spirit world for then all would be saved I 1 i yes said we just as happy a thing would it now le ie as it was in the councils of eternity when the 11 lather h er made proposals concerning the salvation of i man I 1 when he should sin on the earth jesus to redeem all who would repent and keep a celestal ce estal law lucifer a younger brother offered to all jesus offer was accepted by the father and laif lucifero Lu cifers as was rejected and yet lucifero Lu cifers proposition api appeared eared so plausible so much more liberal noble benevolent yat caw part of the s bohs 0 of god believed it and joined lucifero Lu cifers standard that was what made division in heaven and war followed lucifer with one third of the spirits of heaven which he drew around him by his sophistry soph stry and false philanthropy declared war against jesus and ana the two thirds that rallied round his stan standard darl to maintain the truth 5 and they fought until lucifer and his followers were overcome and cast out of heaven even unto the earth and were cursed with this curse even that they should not receive unto themselves bodies on the earth like the two birds who maintained their integrity and fought bt bj the side of jesus this curse came through imbibing and exercising 11 a false spirit a sympathising sympathizing spirits spirit a spirit that will sympathise with misery or punishment when aimery is justly due by punishment lucifer made his followers believe that he was a far more tenderhearted tender hearted and merciful being c than jesus and got all he could to help him sympathise for the miseries mise rids that must follow the abominable crimes of man on the tarth and they went it for salvation any how bow rt rig it or wrong 5 they were so good SOL sa holy and so benevolent th they e y could ou I 1 d not do otherwise there are multitudes of benevolent icuss on the earth at the present day men may lie steal iteal swear get drunk then murder and shed innocent flood for which there is no forgiveness in this world nor the world to come come and tor for which as good a mai as kin ring 6 R david a man after gods own heart was thrust down to hell and there will remain till he be I 1 has paid the uttermost farthing and yet there are man in abundance on the earth who are possessed of t the le same holy benevolence with their father Luci lucifer fet who will pray over them exhort them to 5 petition the governor to pardon them and do dc all in their power to save them from the punishment punish mint d decreed by the laws of heaven they aie are so sympathetic have so much kind hearted feeling so full of closti cu asti an benevolence disinterested benevolence benevolent bene volen c e th they ey bould aavo the bmw fi om punishment if possible ie they can cant t bear to have their poor fellow creature creature suffer so much it is too bad such stich conduct is the disinterested benevolence of which the world is so fil f qa and boasts so much i but what is the benevolence of heaven th sympathy of the holy ones in such matters D diero to hell where david went down to hell ye anen aers t ye whose sins cannot be pardoned ye have talon the blood of your fellows and ye cant restore re st ore it th afore ore howl ye f for or hot wrath is upon you and nd he that in the heavens will laugh at your calamity ancock anc mock when your fear cometh your destruction mth like the whirlwind and no power can stay it i herein is the benevolence of Godi manifested when hen there is no more hope of a in man in instead of app deping ing him in the midst of the children of men to condit further outrages and mar the peace of his kingdom OM he thrusts him down to his own place to hou out his lamentations and work his passage to th tb last mile stone while the disinterested benevol benevolence enee the priests of baal would pray him into heaven in ditc I 1 of the decrees of heaven with all his table sins sins upon his head if they had the power they are so full of sympathy dear spirit spirit they would have all men saved as muo as the sister who had bad read clairvoyance till she ha almost forgot her god and hoped the mesmeric corid carld of spirits was true or that the followers of lufer luer who lost their own salvation by exercising a irit irit of false sympathy and so will it ft be with all pho ho forsake the living god and raise up gods of theiarn imaginations and harbor barbor false spirits I 1 i false spirits are more subtle and more conta sous than the small pox their number and diversity diver siti of L operations cannot be counted by man and the arst st moment the saints leave the path of duty abatino ment they are subject to the influence of evil f ise ilse spirits which once having taken possession 0 of the e soul are difficult if not impossible to be removes remove rb by y the person so receiving them without assistance from om those who have more wisdom the great i of evil spirits is to get bodies and nd the only chance hey have is to dispossess a soul of the spirit of the lard brol I 1 the light of eternal truth and take possession of hat body thus dispossessed and when thus once inos in los session it may truly be said there is a body possessed posse sed of the devil jesus and his disciples in different ages have om banded the unclean and wicked spirits to depart out of those of whom they had bad taken possession and toy tey have departed but there are those spirits which axe are not easily dispossessed imil and go out only by prayer wd ind fasting and again there are those spirits that vill hardly go out at any price except it is by the vil yell of those who harbor them and of what class are they 9 they are invited spirits invited shirts yes many spirits watch their opportunity to themselves ined a person when and where they are not wanted arld and such are much more easily cast ut aut than those who are invited guests for instance a person for some real or supposed injury or neglect from a friend wishes to retaliate to be reve revenged ng ged an and d of course opens the way an and d invites the spirit of jealousy to take possession and the no ito ment jealousy enters the breast there is a perfect lell al of happiness and no scheme that hell bell itself can levise to torment perplex harass disturbs disturb vex ind mar the peace of the te wife or the wife of the husbard hus baid is left untouched unmoved and by that time he breast of the Is opened to all al the evil splits of pandemonium all have free access and oh a world of glory dwells there and how shall that jealous spirit be removed by the laying on of hands the lord deliver us ettya I 1 I 1 such an ordinance in such stich a case why that spirit was invited to take up its abode there and while that spirit is is made welcome by that person what right have we to dispossess it it would be abridging tile the agency of the indi individual ivi dual who invited the th spirit for any one to cause that spirit to depart without the persons leave 5 and we choose that all should exercise their own agency and rc responsibility and then they are subjects of accountability other spirits pot not particularly invited or desired gain an easy access to those who are careless heedless and but too indifferent to the statutes ordinances and duties of gods kingdom who neglect their prayers their assembling r together and doing as they would be done unto and from these splits spirits arise contention strife evil thinking evil s speaking peaking evil surmising MIS ing detraction revenge I 1 lawsuits law aw suits and a host of such perplexing annoyances sufficient to disturb a nation but the man who is obedient to his god in all things who abo knows no will of his own only to do the will of his father in the heavens is free from these spirits the devil has no power over him for he resists him and evil spirits are compelled to flee at his i rebuke I 1 some may ask how bow shall I 1 know when aen I 1 am operated upon by a false spirit there are many keys by which the door of knowledge is unlocked to the saints in r relation el aaion to spirits as well as other things pertaining to the kingdom but one may suffice at the present time for we have not designed this brief notice to cover all or any considerable portion of the ground which the subject includes the spirit of heaven is a spirit of peace joy comfort consolation and knowledge to its possessor md and all saints who have enjoyed this spirit and all saints have more or le less ss may know when this peaceful spirit dwelling within them is disturbed that something thin is wrong that some false spirit is lurking within or about them striving to enter and if they will resist the first impulse oi of their disturbed feelings and command satan in the name of jesus to depart peace will instantly be restored to their souls it is not the wrong doings of others which destroys that peace within ourselves which the world can neither give nor take away it is our own wrongs which cause that peaceful spirit to leave us and would to god that this truth were indelibly imprinted on the heart and recollection of every saint it is your own wrongs or evil spirits pi rits that destroy your peace and not the wrongs of your friend or neighbor know ye all ye saints it if the peace of heaven and a foretaste of the blessings of the celestial world are not continually with you there is something wrong within some foul spirit has got possession of yourself and the quicker you dispossess it the better carry out this principle and what will be the result every saint will live by his creed and mind his own business every dear wife will look with a zealous eye towards the happiness and welfare of ner dear husband and if she is tempted to think he is doing wrong she will say get thee behind me satan that is none of my business I 1 will do right that is enough for me and I 1 shall have peace in my soul and so continue to do till he has done so wrong that forbearance is no iong longer a virtue then give him a divorce vierce and do better i if fer you can but while you live with him live in peace and keep jealousy out of doors if you dont you will always have hell bell within and devils enough to carry it on the moment you are jealous J that your husband is wrong that moment you are miserable that misery is proof positive that you yourself are wrong I 1 for it destroys your peace jealous husbands are quite as bad and a little less excusably it if there can be any excuse than jealous wives husbands if your wives do wrong teach them better if they are willing to be taught and if they are not keep out of their way till they are willing and no quarrelling betwixt you you need not fret your soul because your dear wife does wrong dont let the devil destroy your peace and cause the holy ghost to depart fi from om you because your wife has jivers given way to a bad spirit show yourself a man of god be at peace with yourself pray for her and when she has been buffet ted by tha devil lon long i g enough she will get tired of him leave him and return to you some husbands are so mighty big because they are the head that the wife has no room in the house if she thinks she thinks wrong if she speaks she speaks vang wrong if she acts she acts wrong she cant do a right thing for the life of her and do what she will no matter she is as likely to get a cuffed ear as any thing else and a little more so and if she should ask forgiveness she would meet with the consoling retort from her dear clear lord yes and do the same thing again next minute why all this because the dear bus husband ausband band the great lord of the house has got so many devils in him they make him so big there is no not t room lor for any body else in that house and the quicker the peaceful wife divides the house and gives her liege sovereign the inside the sooner he will be delivered and learn his true size the things of which we speak are but too cornmon common among the nations of christendom and too much of it has been brought together among the saints but it is time for saints to stop such things husbands love love and cherish your wives as you ought give them their place their rights their dominion that they may act upon their agency as you yon do on yours and quit your fretting and snarling and quarreling with them if you ever did it what 9 a man quarrel with hi himself in yes justas just a well as quarrel with his wife all the same if there is one solitary case such as we have supposed among the saints we would venture a prescription what are youa you a doctor we make no such pretensions but men may say that we are let the holliand hos liand who wants a quarrel lits wife go to some deep remote kanyon where no human voice was ever heard or foot trod there strip and fight till you are tired of it then come home and behave yourself let the wife who wants to pick a quarrel with her husband retire to some dark room or cellar which contains nothing but bare walls and total darkness and there fight till you are tired of fighting then return to your ybur family and behave yourself and when husband and wife have got through with their fights they will each be willing to acknowledge that they had had as many devils in them thein as mary magdelene or they would not have been such fools as to fight themselves at such fearful odds and if they denb well make another gratis prescription to be continued |