Show THE resurrection thime THESE is no one subject involving consequences of greater moment to the human family than that of the hd and considering its vast imports importance nee perhaps no other subject ia a so poorly comprehended by humanity generally be due to the fact that without the aid of revelation it is impossible to understand the correctness of this principle in any degree whatever and the tendency in the present age is to deny revelation rather than accept it IL consequently large numbers of otherwise intelligent men look upon the doctrine of the as a myth a chimera of the brain altogether contrary to the principles of true philosophy I 1 and as se scientifically daentl fi cally demonstrated an utter impossibility in support of this the most ingenious and seemingly logical arguments are used embodying embody ing physiological and chemical proofs which are considered incontrovertible it Is ia not my purpose in this lecture to discuss the subject of the resurrection with unbelievers un believers for in the lang language of paul if christ be not risen 1 l to which may be added if these isi no resurrection l then Is ie our fAlth vain and we are yet in our aw sins every true latter day saint so ao ceata the doctrine of the resurrection ach views it as ap ad assured fact for every religious religions labor they thay perform together with every ordin ordinance ancla they receive avd and more especially those that pert pertain to Holy Temples poin cointa ta directly and bears a close relationship lation ship to our resurrection from the dead prominent among them may be mentioned our marriages for fer eternity as well as time making possible the continuation of the seeds through throughout cut endless ages agea thus preserving and perpetuating that patriarchal order which was established by heaven in the early periods of this earths existence and which Is ia the pa pattern t te r TA of fam family I 1 y re relationship la t 1 0 IM h I 1 p in the heavens hea veins 1 it has been remarked and truly too that after the fall we were temporally and spiritually dead and must for ever have remained la in that condition but for the atonement wrought out ott by our elder brother which atonement made possible or in other words brought to pass caf the resurrection from the dead for as aa in adam au all died even vo 40 in christ all were made alive our father adam realized zed this the following lecture prepared and ana written by joseph E afas r 4 in the 1096 tolo june 2nd and 1888 whew he prophesied concerning conc eming the families of the earth saying in this ma life I 1 shall have joy and in ia inthe the flesh T shall ahall see god of geef page 10 while eve bejot ced over the prospect of redempa wh and the eternal life promised them for bor their posterity this could not kave been realized but for the f sill fall by which hach the evil and the good ead were made manifest and their chil dren Svere were left free from that time to chokbe far themselves assuming then at the outset the of the resurrection to be an established met fact we will laune launch h at once drift upon the broad ocean that lift lies before Us and in our researches ant into some of its ito details will go no farther thin than the light of revelation will justify there is so BO much pertaining to this subject th athas not as yet been revealed and an d there is such an intense desire to learn more in relation thereto as to provoke considerable speculation in theory which is always dangerous as applying to heavenly things it must be remembered that in our mortal state without the aid of a quickening power we w cannot at all 11 corn comprehend the glorified condition tion of a reunion of the constituent elements of the mortal tabernacle and thelm the immortal mortal spirit which have been separated by death and we shall never fully realize that condi tion until after the powers plo of the resurrection have been brought to bear upon us for experience alone WIN and complete knowledge edge either as to the glories of a resurrection to eternal life or the suit sufferings and torments of the sons of perdition the revelation says concerning the latter and the end thereof neither the place thereof nor their torment no man knows neither was it revealed neither is neither will be revealed unto man except those who are made ers era thereof 1 nevertheless 1 I the lord show it by vision unto many but straightway shut abut it if up again wherefore the end the width the height the depth and the misery thereof they understand not neither any man except those who are ordained unto this condemnation P it is also undoubtedly wisdom in the A mighty almighty to hide from us the glories of it ft resurrected state for such knowledge would unquestionably have a tendency to make us dissatisfied with our present condition there being no genuine joy upon this earth neither can there be separate from anticipations of a glorious future not merely in spirit life in the paradise of god but more especially after the frow from the dead i paul sensed thip abea he e exclaimed it lix in ibis this life onla we have hoped hope we are of all alj men most mi miserable 11 1 T the vision which the prophet jooeph joeeph had of the glories of the kingdoms kingdom makes very pauls paulas statement that there is ip pue one gl glory of the sun and another glory of ake moon and another glory of the stars ani and that the lory of the stars is as varied astha as the stare ibea vary in brIght brightness vess aps sepha ewh I 1 a description is more minute than pavas and if would seem ut tap he had bad at this aid d othet other mes aare pore extended vie vic EBU remarked at ai one time that paul said he knew a mart man who wh owa vas up to the third bea veil 11 I 1 setd he ill 1 know a man who was wao caught caugh it up MP to the seventh heaven hat man jap I 1 have always believed to be joseph himself cpr the reason that no mn living could supersede him therefore ei if it wag ap apt jiin himself who was thus caught up it must have been 0 one re of the th ap anci ente wb with whom he had c conversed vav seeing 8 ee g that joseph held the keys ot of t the h e last jat dispensation hi his s privileges were 1 re certainly equal to those ano 1 haid had J heretofore held similar authority y and power this t being afi the dis dispensation pusa when everything isto be irr ed who so likely as the head of the dispensation to become possessed of this knowledge seeing affia itse he i Is s made the channel of communication n I 1 to us we may therefore full fully rei rely ul upon n what be saw in vision on various occasions in rega regard rd lt to tile turie and we presume to 4 say MO these visions were ere often before him chett ha in aher after times he hb ff ine subject of the future tits IM bordi may consequently be li ab accepted as unquestionable authority I 1 there are different periods spoken i en of when a resurrection from t atie aft dead should take place and aid though very little is said concerning the resurrection of any other since our saviors ascension this being the commencement odthe of first resurrection ur yet any resurrection I 1 1 would aim simply 1 the th farst resurrection was omin his ascension we will wik fur ther upon this as we proceed ar we we wish now nov to consider the death of our great progenitor it is recorded in the oth chapter of genelis that adam c died e at the advanced age of years it jig often asked did adam lie in the grave until hemas redeemed redee there from through death and j aiom of iff opy batten AV I 1 wAll ask 44 a aja reply rid d jei have ye power top to 4 lay down his life ano and bake it up again he 8 so 0 declared john 3 F 18 it might e wll enquire who bo was waa the 4 bajor lor of he world boylr and wp ahat I 1 at relation aio he bear tp to our father emr abam cpr for the veil of the 4 ja hag med lifted jiu just A a I 1 little to eoe enable ai us t to we ee wathan irbin i t wal ast arst ote from a discourse pt preacher by Opt ja B youad in 14 I 1 salt 1 ake ri ay april dah 1852 jaee wrap W bowks vol 1 we 60 7 Ther tuest IT has bas been often ask asked W who 01 it that begot ot t abie of 6 awl 1 w wm ten yoa bov pv it 11 TB ip our father it in heaven begat mee spirits that ever were or evahl b 9 apo upon this J earth ead and tej they y were horn P ts ia the eternal wo world d anen en thelford thel the jord by his power and in the tabernacle of man we w made st ab staat P ual al ad afterward ift erward temporal POM now ow hear it ah ye barite rif df the earth aa aw and gentile ta and anro when dur our into he garden of of eden h b came 0 o j th fj Clet 0 als div ami him he g to make ita ada he ja ancient of ays ond about whom holy written and spoken po ea he e idour father ond W VW ha 0 do att the earth whether or non PO sling sing bear it abw wl aiu waw vf I 1 H t eri ay f L 1 yaw ste anal thene M ahia herbee of the field okd the pho aeo W bah ancl planed fa 1 ne thewl hatle ae yie thorh the ta briar and mhd abrio di e dad not pear after the tarth W ww i F chien adamand Ad amAud eve ha deAken of t the 1 f forbidden fruit thear bodies thel from m its ite effects acts and were Ai ortal when Us mbry mazy the h gotten alto in Jp leff he e 0 as natt begotten lay ibe hajy ghost abos boat t abad who 0 is the th fattier t he te is the fint of the tee human when be teok it 4 WM begotten by his fathel in after the sarae ni dianner manner anner as ae the taber naceb or of cain abel abed A bed kud the rest of 61 the aoa son Band sand daughters idaet and aad eve from the fruito 14 if the ea earth t first ar eart tily hh y ta taberna A C clea arh were b rn by t ahe e F father a 9 and aid so 80 on to V all 1 gucfa about this but wito tell you wit kole kuth baabe bw would be nath ng wm com pared to it hi fa the ilie ft estimation dicia W on of the and over righteous of man kindi I 1 however I 1 have ave told y you ou the truth mar as I 1 have gone it is true thE anat at the earth wa was or juthe JW by aree rb viz elvheim El jehovah and michael these three formed a quorum as I 1 in ill all heavenly bodies and in organizing elements perfectly represented to is the D deity eity as a father son and holy ghost jesus our elder brother was begotten in tha th flesh ly by the game character Is as wb was 8 tn the watdell abden of eden atrid chos Is our father in heaven latall let all w who homay may hear r these doctrines pau pause se before they w make light of them or treat them with indifference for thoy they will win prove their salvation or damnation 11 we will flow quote some of the of joseph smith upon upon tins this point as uttered jy by him in narvo nauvo april oth 1844 it is the first principle of the to know for foi a certainty talty the character of god and to know that at we may inay converse with him as one man converses with another and that he was made iliade a man pail uke like us yea that god him lf the father of us all 01 dwelt on of earth the same as jm aeh christ rist did W I 1 will show it from the 1131 bible ble wish I 1 were in a suitable place to ten it and that I 1 had thoi the trump af pf an all archangel so that I 1 could relate wie the story in such a manner oe cution would cease forever NN what at w did jesus say mark it E elder nadon Kig dpn the scriptures inform Us that J jesus said ag AA the father hath power in himself so hath bath the son powers to todo do chatz wha why what the father did the answer is obi obvious laus inia ini 14 a manner to lay down his body and takle take it bip awn aga u jesu hatire you going todo to do to lay and down my ady life ano it take it up aja again im do you believe 0 ta 1 you do ot believe bit eve it you rou ho 09 not bel beneve leive thi the bible the scalp scriptures tell it div and I 1 ellef defy y all a the learning 11 9 and wisdom and all ail tim thua com bained powers of earth aud and hell bell to nether dd herto to refute it what didT did jesus esus why 1 I do twe the things I 1 saw ai father ather do when worlds came rolling to ing into existence my father and worked out his kingdom w with ith fe fear trembling and I 1 must mua do the same and when I 1 get my kingdom I 1 ala shall present it to my MS her so do that he may obtain 11 K kingdom upon kingdom langdom lUng dom and it will wiil exalt exa him gim ju in glory he 1111 will then take a ni ellal exaltation and tatIon and awill I 1 will take ali sp fht t ace thereby become exit itoe mr self adiao Ms 00 that jesus treads tre adain in tha trick of father and what god did before n I 1 think these two quote 0 o ons ns the such a reliable fully solve question as to die ae relationship hip existing between fattier father adam abd the savior of the world and prove beyond question the power that adam possessed in regard to taking his body again after laying it down which power he never eod hay have attained unless he haid recel received first t a resurrection fronk from the g grave ave to a condition of immortality we further say that this power was not forfeited when asa celestial being lie he voluntarily partook of the forbidden fruit and thereby rendered his body mortal in order that he might become the flather father of mortal tabernacles allesi as he eady the father of goring opportunity to the offspring offs of laifi own begetting to js through the ordeal ord pals necessary to prepare them for a hom the dead a celestial el estial glory i AH that father adam di did dupon upon this time that ho he tock jeup up Us his abode authie garden of raeul was dow doe for hw destea his bia farmer as the fahlor pt a world and afterwards or now as atje cathor Ipa thiEU of 0 world only added to the glory which he already pos d ife 14 as aa the t 4 e of a gerad hit he had the power to lay down his hia lifland life and the refe ej asuit a father pf af a world which is qu advanced aava need wp hplu that he gra araje je was pov powerless to hold bold him after hat at bisio wai completed AH aal those ww flow for ahw bat time taken upon themselves mortality ulu kiib i st walt wait ifor bac their resurrection t through bim who volie alone possesses the power t to bring it to pass paes it te is and them only whose bow recurt ve bece eo consider wider but 34 we will now new rawa the consid oon sid oration of the qUeW question QU via the the dw did omd and arl take places Hing wadae writings wo aie re in tie abe sok of mormon MOT de declares beelar elar that i chece cometh a 9 even a first resurrection yefto even a resurrection r ba bf those til use that have been ba h and which a are re ind and which wb ich shall be even until t the e resurrection ur of christ for so shah tilia he atje b galteri ani and now new yie dihe re tian of the prophets and all those that haire believed in their words or orall aa those that tufit have kept the com cotea mandame of god glad these shall tome come forth in the first rg resurrection 11 there fore they are the first resurrection there are those who hive have patr in the first resurrection and taw are they that chave died in their norance or before christ cease came not having salvation declared unto them thus theli the lord ord bri bringe ngeth fh about the besora restora tion of these and they have part in the first resurrection or have ave ethreal life being redeemed of bf the loid and little children also have eternal life the lord nona none such ai as reb eleth against mim him and dieth in their sine taba yea teven WL all those that have perished in their sins ever since the world bega beg begach anh haye have wilfully rebelled against god that hal nave known the bb ments df ad d would oum not k keepe aej them these are they who haye no BO part lin in the flara resurrection alma ateo also in speaking to hla his son Coti Cor anton lanton upon this subject mys cand and beheld again it hath been 0 that there thare Is 48 fin wm A wf all 1 which W have r been oiw or heb are am or W shall be down to the tee iau of christ behold I 1 say |