Talk of Leroy S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, 19 June 1960
19 June 1960
Talk of Leroy S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, 19 June 1960
A talk by Leroy S. Johnson at a general meeting in Salt Lake City. The automatic transcript of the opening includes “President Johnson.” The archive file is labeled Leroy S. Johnson. The text is an automatic, unreviewed transcript of the recording, lightly paragraphed for reading. The recording itself is the source.
Members · Full recording · 16:18
I'll turn the time to President Johnson. Meet with you again this afternoon. ...savable circumstance. Two moments that I rest upon that I know by him. This way a little further. Opening the minds of the people. Give you the true interpretation of the scripture. Every time one of the elders of Israel can bow their testimony to the people.
Since I've been acquainted with this work, I've been inspired of the Lord to interpret the scriptures in the way that they should be. The Lord has truly said, given you my word in great plainness that you might know and understand if you think through the salvation. I think we need to refresh our minds a little more often upon what the Lord, what the Savior said to his people, both in Jerusalem and upon this time, and compare them. Take the instructions that he gave the apostles in Jerusalem, and then turn to the Book of Mormon.
and he made the instructions that were given to them upon this time and see if you can detect any difference in the teachings that he gave to the people within their salvation when he was at last instructed to his disciples in Jerusalem he told them that he had other chiefs to visit who were not of that fold and he would go now to them Give them the will of the Father to them. And when he appeared to the Nephites, let's read a little of what he said there. He told his disciples that they had been commanded by the Father to visit the tribes of Israel that were lost. Those that the Father had led away into the north country. He says they are not lost unto the Father because he knows.
where they are. In another place he told them that he had other sheep which were not of the fold of Jerusalem nor of this fold that he had been commanded of the Father to visit. There's no doubt in my mind that what he visited all of the people that we have any record of that belongs to this world. We are told in the scriptures that He visited the spirits in prison that lived in the days of Noah. If that was his mission, then he must have been commanded of the Father to visit the people of Enoch, the people of Pele, as well as the lost tribes of Israel. So when all of the people of God are gathered together in the last days, during the days of millennium, There'll be a great concourse of people. When we look around us at the present time, we only see a few who have any faith in the words of the prophet Joseph Smith. If all those who have been baptized and joined the church had full faith in all that Joseph gave to us, we'd have quite a concourse of people today.
But Brother Guy very ably and beautifully portrayed before us today the condition of the people in this time. And then let me draw this to your attention that the gospel in the days of Christ went to the house of Israel. In all of our studies we'll find that it was Israel that Christ was most interested in. In the latter days, we've been told that the gospel would go to the Gentiles and then to Israel. So what can we expect, my brothers and sisters, of this generation in which we live? We are living among people who are not of the house of Israel. We are trying to gather out from among the Gentile nations a little of the blood of Israel that is scattered among them. No wonder the Lord showed to the old prophet Lehi the broad road that led to destruction. And that narrow road and the few that were in it that continued their journey to eternal life. We should refresh ourselves upon these glorious
vision and find out for ourselves the reason why we are having such a time at the present time to gather around us a few who will have faith in us that they will be counted among those who will be partakers of the blessings of the glorious millennial reign the prophet Joseph Smith gave his life trying to gather around in a few Who would believe and have faith enough in his testimonies that they could save their own souls? The Lord has plainly told us that if we labored a lifetime and saved and were capable of saving, save it be one soul, how great would be our reward or our joy with that soul in the kingdom of heaven. If you labor all your days and you say you're able to save your own soul, how great will be your joy in the hereafter. Take these things over and then refer to the scriptures, to these glorious things that the Lord has given to this people and see how near we come to measuring up, to saving our own souls and those of our loved ones who God has entrusted into our task. The responsibility of this
of you people, of teaching your children correct principles that they might follow in your footsteps with the great things in your life. Remembering that those who have taken upon them the responsibility of living the celestial law are paving the way for the most joyous spirits of heaven to come forth in this day and age.
to be protectors of the blessings of the glorious millennium and the helping to establish it. This is a great blessing to be placed upon a people. I don't wish to speak further, but I pray that the Spirit of God will rest upon you, each and every one, that you might know and understand the true way of life and salvation.
that your souls may be saved in that glorious thing. I humbly pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Sources
- From the Historical Short Creek archive, 1960 documents. Duration 16:18. Automatic transcript (unreviewed). Speaker identification is from the archive file name, checked against the opening of the recording where it names or introduces the speaker.
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