Show DISCOURSE delivered be livered at MUI mill creek salt sall lake county sunday afternoon august 26 spa 1894 by PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON BY ARTHUR WINTER ka will read a portion ot of two cevela jools cand aad they who are not sanctified through the baw which I 1 have given unto you even the law 7 bs bf jb christ rist must inherit another kingdom even at of a terrestrial kingdom or that of a jwj ecial kingdom 4 1 for he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial 6 kingdom cannot abide a celestial twy lory wad he be who cannot abide the law of a terres ad kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory a he abo cannot abide the law of a cann cannot ot abide a glory there 40 fee he be is is not meet for a kingdom of glory fae re he be must abide a kingdom which is alt i of glory haind d again verily I 1 say unto y you ou the earth adeth 1 e th the law of a celestial kingdom for it ai t the rite measure asure of its creation and trans seth not the law wherefore crehore it shall be sanctified yea notwithstanding Af it shall die it shall be quickened abw and shall abide the power by which it is wakened sickened Ak fick ened and the righteous shall inherit it apor for notwithstanding they die they also shall ike age again a spiritual body imey 0 who o are of a celestial spirit shall receive 4 the same body which was a nal natural tural body breh ye shall receive your bodies and your shall hall be that glory by which your bodies M are quickened fe who are quickened by a portion of the celestial glory shall then receive of the same you a fairness i and they who are quickened by a portion oi of ake the terrestrial glory shall then receive of the awe even a fullness kad and also they who are quickened by a por fovos biot the tele glory shall then receive of fire same even a fullness and they who remain shall also be quickened they shall return again to their own ti tace to enjoy that i which they are willing to Jeo sive r because they were not willing to enjoy 1 which they might have received A 5 for what doth it profit a man if a gift is be ed upon him and he be receive th not the gift d he be rejoices not in that which is given unto 0 him neither rejoices in hita him who is the alyer aver of df the gift doc and cov see sec 88 ikins ai 21 33 for the word of the lord is is truth and what siver is truth is light and whatever wha oever is light spirit even he spirit of jesus christ and the spirit light to every man that into the world and the spirit man through the world that heark eneth to the voice of the spirit and d every one that hear keneth to the voice of the spirit cometh unto god even the and aid the father tea cheth him of the covenant which he has renewed and confirmed von upon you much is confirmed upon you for your sakes f and not for your sakes only but for the sake of the whole world and the whole world lieth in sin and gro groa aneth rieth under darkness and under the bondage of sin and by this you may know they are under the bondage of sin because they come not unto me for whoso choso cometh not unto me is under the bondage of sin and whoso choso receive th not my voice is not acquainted with my voice and is not of me and by this you may know the righteous from the wicked and that the whole world gro aneth under sin and darkness even now doc and cov COT sec 84 pars 45 53 from these revelations it is plain that the lord bestows bestons his spirit very liberally upon the children of men much more liberally than they themselves are probably conscious ot and it bears witness to them concerning the truth but the difficulty with mankind is that they are not apparently conscious of the different lerent dif influences that prevail in the world which are invisible to their mori mor i tal eyes but which can make theme them selves felt in their operations upon those who entertain them president woodruff in his remarks this morning alluded to the number of evil spirits that there are who are invisible to us but who bring their influence to bear upon us one of the causes of our being in this state of probation and trial is that we may through the power and blessing of god be able to pass through this world and to overcome these adverse v influences that are seeking to lead us astray and to destroy us in the plan of salvation which our father has devised and which contemplates our exaltation in the eternal vy it is essential that we should be exposed to various temptations and trials that through the experience we thereby gain we may be able to overcome god our ebern eternal al father intends to endow those of his children who are faithful to him in their second estate with indescribable glory even if the human mind could conceive the human tongue could not describe that glory we cannot though our minds be fully illumined by the spirit of god conceive in our mortal estate the greatness of the glory gl 0 ry that god has bas in store for his ath faithful ful ones when we even approach the understanding of it it must be by vision yet to those who are true to him in the midst of the numerous temptations that abound in the world that glory will be given every properly constituted person can feel the influence of the various spirits that aarein the worl dand that seek to i ring us in subjection to them to some it is given to see these influences but all can feel them whence is it that anger comes you will see a man all at once seized with a spirit of nger anger a another time you will see a person seized with a spirit of jealousy or some other evil influence infuriated sometimes so much so that he or she is transformed you have seen peoples faces completely changed by the spirit that takes possession of them T they hey cannot see that power but it is undoubtedly a spiritual entity we may not be conscious of it but it takes possession of us if we yield to it the lord our god has sent Us here to get experience in these things so that we may know the good from the evil and be able to close our hearts against the evil but says one 1 I have not power to do that it takes possession possess i on of me and I 1 have not power to resist it another says 1 I am assailed by doubts and by unbelief un belie and I 1 cannot help it now this is not so it is true time that some have gre greater ater power of res resistance is t tance than others but everyone has the power to close his biart heart against doubt against darkness against unbelief against depression against g a 9 st anger against hatred against j jealousy e a lousy against malice against envy go god d has given this power unto all of us and we can gain sti still greater power by calling tipon lupon him for that which we lack if it were not so how bow could we be condemned for giving way to wrong influences there could be no condemnation dem nation for our doing what we could not help but we can help doing these things we can help yielding to wron wrong influences and being quarrelsome ana and selfish we can help giving way to the spirit ot of theft and we can resist the spirit of lust god has g given ive i ti us power to resist these things that our bower hearts aarts may be kept free from them and also from doubt and when satan comics comes and assails us it is our privilege to say get thep thee behind me satan for I 1 have no lot nor portion in you and you have no part in me I 1 am in the service of god and I 1 am going to serve him and you L can A n do what you please it is no use ou presenting yourself your with your blandishments blandish ments to me you come and try ta to 0 insinuate into my heart evil troug t thoughts ats about t the h i servants of god or a bout about thin the work of bt god and I 1 will not listen to you I 1 will close my heart against you do we not abt have this power certainly we have in the same way every human being outside of this church has the power to receive the th spirit of light for the spirit of god is a spirit of light and it does not bring darkness whenever darkness fills our minds we may know that we are not posse possessed sied ot of the spirit of god and we mut get rid of it when we are filled with the spirit af god we are filled with joy with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be f for or it is a spir spirit it of cheerful cheerfulness ress and of happiness the lord has given unto us the gift of the holy ghost it is our privilege to have that holy ghost reign within us so that from morning till night and from n night ig ht till morning we shall have theroy the joy the he I 1 light ight and the revelation thereof it I 1 i is sour our duty to prepare ourselves for the world to come by living in the light of this spirit we are here on a probation and only for a short time this is our second state estate we kept our first estate in the time of trial in the eternal worlds when the spirits had to choose between satan and jesus we and all the children of men who are on the face of the earth adhered to our father there was one third of the hosts of heaven who j joined 0 ined satan in his rebellion the plan w which aich he proposed for the salvation of the children of men was so specious and attractive that one third of the children of god thought satan was right and the father wrong these did not keep their first estate and therefore they were denied the privilege of coming on earth and receiving a tabernacle they are coD consigned signed to darkness to hell and are in torment they are angels to the devil you who are familiar with this church and its experiences did you ever see an apos tate tale who abandoned himself to evil that did not have that same spirit a spirit of darkness and of murderous nate most of you probably have had experience in this thi sand and you have seen the great change that comes over men and women when they lose the spirit of god and give way to the spirit of the epilone ev evil ilone one they are filled with torment and misery and they seek to destroy all those who love god and cling to the truth it has been so from the beginning jesus said that the devil was a liar and a murderer from the beginning he inspired men to hate one another and to commit the worst of deeds and at times he has changed this fair earth into a complete hell through this spirit being received by the inhabitants of 01 the earth now the lord our god has given unto us this probation which we call our second estate he said to us in substance you go down here and take this mission I 1 will withdraw my presence from you a veil shall be drawn between me and you and I 1 will leave you to exercise your own agency on the earth I 1 will give you my spirit and increase it upon jou you if you will seek for it and if you will listen to that s spirit irit it will guide you aright then it you will obey my gospel you shall receive the holy ghost and the gifts thereof and you shall walk in the light knowing my mind and will through the holy ghost this is the promise that god made to us in the beginning he has made it to us since we have been upon the earth we consented to come here for when the foundations of the earth were laid the sons of god sang together and rejoiced because an earth was prepared to which they could come and receive tabernacles and enjoy the blessings connected therewith it was a step in ii our progress towards the glory that our father has attained unto the lord has given unto all the children of men his spirit not the holy ghost with its gilts gifts for that is only received by obedience to the commandments of god but every man receives the light of the spirit and every man that has listened to and cherished it has joined this church those who have not listened to the voice of the spirit have not received the gospel the lord gives us a rule in this revelation by which we may know the righteous from the wicked it is that those who receive not his voice and are not acquainted with it are not of him those who have a desire for righteousness listen to the voice of the spirit and they reject every other influence but it is just as the parable which the lord gave of the sowing of the seed there are many things after the seed is sown that rise in the human heart and choke the good seed I 1 was thinking this morning when I 1 was speaking of how many there are whom we have known who once had a standing in this church who were faithful and who had glorious prospects before them and who to all euman human appearances have disappeared from among us their names almost for gotten when I 1 think of this I 1 can realize how true are the words of the lord wide is the gate and broad is the way that to destruction and many there be who go in thereat because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which unto life and few there be that find it there will be but comparatively few of the human family that will attain to celestial glory because they will not listen to the voice of god many there will be that will fall by the wayside and will yield to an influence that is not of god and the result will be that they will lose that exaltation which god is desirous to bestow upon his children but we shall all be rewarded according to our deeds the men and the women who keep the commandments of god will most assuredly receive the reward As I 1 have read in your hearing whatever spirit we are influenced by we shall receive a falness of it if it be the spirit of the glory or of the terrestrial glory a falness of that will be our reward it if on the other hand we ive desire a celestial glory and live for it having a determination that with the help of god we will be as our savior was in the flesh obedient hum ble meek and lowly enduring all things tor for the glory that awai teth us then we shall attain to the falness of that glory and that will be the reward bes bestowed upon us how much there is mi my brethren and sisters to stir us up to diligence in these things and to cause us to constantly remember the great prize that our father in heaven has placed within our reach he wants the latter day saints to attain to the highest glory we have been gathered out from the various nations ot of the earth a few here and a few there just as one of the prophets said felike like the gleaning gleach rag of grapes after the vitae vintage is over we form now the church 0 of jesus christ of latter day saints and the lord is pouring out his holy spirit upon us and is pleading with us constantly through his servants to listen to his voice and not to the persuasions of the wicked he entreats us to concentrate all our desires and determinations upon keeping his commandments and living lives of righteousness and yet my brethren and sisters when we examine ourselves how far we are individually from coming up to it why many of us cannot even obey the simple himpe requirements em bodied in the revelation concerning the word ot of wisdom many of us cannot rise high enough in our laith faith to pay an honest tithing many of us fail in living with that singleness of purpose and that unselfish unselfishness fiess which the gospel ot of the lord jesus christ requires at our hands many of us have not faith enough even to send for the elderson Elder the church when any one of our family is is sick but the first thought is go for a doctor as though the gift of healing had been lost in the church how many of you my brethren and sisters feel as it the gift of healing no longer existed in the church of christ but that doctors must be sent for and drugs administered and this among the latter day saints a people whoa who profess what we do and to whom such glorious promises have been made Is not this true it is so to some extent in salt lake city cita I 1 do not know how it is in this ward IL I am scarcely ever called in to administer to a sick person without being told what the doctor is doing and what he says to me it is an evidence of a want of faith in the ordinances of gods house and in his promises to think of a people with the promise 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